Shred Room III

I absolutely hate that blues players are put on a pedestal like that. Makes no sense at all. 

Henry Plainview wrote: HughesJB4 wrote: Henry Plainview wrote: Pat and James, have you heard Sir Millard Mulch? And would you agree that he is kind of funny but makes very boring music? He had a good quote about going back in time and killing whoever invented the guitar because the frets let idiots play music, but it's off his website and I'll never find it again. Which is too bad because it is the only thing from him I actually liked. "because the frets let idiots play music" Lol what? Do you ever see a punk rocker play cello? That is the point he was making.   Keep in mind, this is a guy who mostly play guitar. Unfortunately he's more pseudo-Buckethead with pseudo-Zappa lyrics than anything else in my opinion, but that's not

Are you referring to the frets as in, people play guitar because they are too stupid to memorize the notes on a violin/cello? I'm not sure if that was what you were getting at or not.
I barely ever look at the fretboard when I play. The frets are there mainly because certain fret sizes change the way the guitar feels in your hand and for me anyway, that's the main reason I like frets is because it can enhance how a guitar feels, but otherwise I think I could perfectly adapt to learning the notes on a non fretted string instrument given enough time.

HughesJB4 wrote: And to me so is every second 'Blues player' who plays blues to justify their lack of development on the instrument and claim it sounds raw, when it really sounds like sh*t. Blues guitar in particularly, is pretty bad lately, lots of guys 'play it' without having any f**king idea of what they are doing, and they believes blues was about 'just putting in soul and playing'. For christ sake, the reason why Stevie Ray Vaughn sounded so amazing was because he actually knew how to play properly and actually understand the blues beyond the mere basic theoretical concepts and actually knew what he was doing to make the music come alive. Every second blues player is just as bad as every second shredder or jazz guitarist who has no idea what they are doing.

for that rant.

James wrote: HughesJB4 wrote: James wrote: I believe he refers to tapping. All ze kiddlywinks can do tapping. Now give me some soulful playing! Oh shut up James with your 'soulful' crap. Because emotions are only about 'soul', urghh. I'd feel pretty limited myself if all guitars solos had to be 'soulful'. Not all of them. But tapping is far too... erm... empty emotionally for me.

And to me so is every second 'Blues player' who plays blues to justify their lack of development on the instrument and claim it sounds raw, when it really sounds like sh*t.
Blues guitar in particularly, is pretty bad lately, lots of guys 'play it' without having any f**king idea of what they are doing, and they believes blues was about 'just putting in soul and playing'.
For christ sake, the reason why Stevie Ray Vaughn sounded so amazing was because he actually knew how to play properly and actually understand the blues beyond the mere basic theoretical concepts and actually knew what he was doing to make the music come alive.
Every second blues player is just as bad as every second shredder or jazz guitarist who has no idea what they are doing.

NaturalScience wrote: I have too much of a headache to listen to any music. I hate that.

I've gone through a week where all music is too much of what it is, if that makes any sense at all. I've been playing some straight-forward NWOBHM to get the energy back.

Judas Priest live - 26 days left

I'm listening to Mogul Thrash.

It's easy on the ears.

HughesJB4 wrote: James wrote: I believe he refers to tapping. All ze kiddlywinks can do tapping. Now give me some soulful playing! Oh shut up James with your 'soulful' crap. Because emotions are only about 'soul', urghh. I'd feel pretty limited myself if all guitars solos had to be 'soulful'.

Not all of them.

But tapping is far too... erm... empty emotionally for me.

600 000 British children in private schools!?

The last bus I ever took was a school bus.

I believe he refers to tapping.

All ze kiddlywinks can do tapping.

Now give me some soulful playing!