Post Rock/Post Metal/Math Rock Thread

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 Moatilliatta wrote:

^That's true too. I'm not really all about innovation, I'm more into music that is genuinely inspired and performed by passionate musicians. And usually, if the musicians are inspired enough, they'll find a way to make their own sound. 
Long Distance Calling appears to be on their way to their own sound, but Avoid the Light didn't quite have an identity of its own, within the album itself and compared to other bands in the genre. There was some good stuff there to be certain, but I think they're still an album away from really hitting the mark. But I'm open to giving it a couple more plays. 

Well certainly I don't think my solo project is exactly going to be a whole new sound, but then again, no artist has ever really made something TOTALLY new, even the most innovative of bands, like maybe Meshuggah for example was influenced by thrash metal and groove metal bands before them.
The way I look at things, if my solo project was just going to be a straight ahead post metal album in the Isis or Pelican vein, or a post rock album in the vein of Mogwai or Mono that would be disingenuous I think, because while I like that music and all, that doesn't really represent what I do when I pick up a guitar.
When I pick up a guitar and think "play post metal" it doesn't work, because suddenly I'll have post rock coming out, I'll have post hardcore style coming out and all sorts of other stuff.
Sure,  as wikipedia says about post rock/metal ,"It is the use of 'rock instrumentation' for non-rock purposes", but I'm not purely a textural player, I like to break up those "non rock" moments with more traditional riffing moments because that's who I am as a guitarist and musician.
I guess in a sense I'm lucky knowing I wont sell many copies of this album, which means I have no obligations to stay inside one musical box, I don't have to make it sound like I'm going through the motions for the sake of a record to fulfill a contract and feed a family because I'm not on a label.

What I really just wanted to do, is to mix up all those influences and musical ideas inside of me, and create something that represents where my head is at musically and as I said, ultimately it wont wind up being confined to one distinct genre because that doesn't feel natural to me right now. Also j wanted to use the 7 string guitar since it's still an uncommon instrument and breaking the mold of using a 6 string and effectively allowing me to do things that 90 per cent of other guitarists (well, maybe 90 per cent only play 6 strings, just a guess out of the air) wont be doing.