Rokinroller
Well-Known Member
Some are just plain shit disturbers .
Lol. I'm not 13. I'm a fully grown adult man with a family. I'm probably not as old as some of you, but I'm not a kid either. Anyway, none of this has any bearing on you in real life. We're just talking. I don't know if I'm "good". I think that's a weird question to ask. How does one answer that? How do I know if I'm good, and who's to say anyway? Who's the judge of good or bad guitar playing? I don't have guitar heroes. I honestly never really thought much of that stuff until you brought it up. I don't know how or why that even matters. I mean, I get it, this site is guitar-centric. Guitar playing is all that matters to most of you. I can dig it. I don't really think that way though. I'm not into that type of competition. As I've said all along, I can't understand how a bunch of probably very good guitar players (that's you guys) aren't fired up about writing and playing their own songs. That's all. Several posts back I even tried to be encouraging about it. I guess that got glossed over in the rage and fury.Thanks i appreciate that.
I was asking to try to understand your statements. I don’t know anything about you, your age, background, etc....I’m interested in some of your opinions and wonder if they would matter to me in the real world..lol. That’s why i asked if you are good, who you like, etc...you could be a fat 13 yr old for all i know...just trying to get a read on you.
I'm not trying to be a dick. It just comes out that way. How do you say "I hate cover bands" in a nice way? I'm not even sure how we got on cover bands anyway. This thread was about rock stars right? If it's my fault, I apologize for that too.Sometimes a little info helps. It would be cool to hear your music and know a little more about you. If you stuff is good, i”d be the first to say so. I’m totally cool with criticism if it’s legit...not cool with being a dick just to be a dick.
One more thing, I really do want to thank you for asking this weird question before. You really got my wheels turning about guitar hero inspiration and how or why I don't have any. I love guitars and amps and playing guitar, but I don't love any guitarists! So weird. Surely that has stunted my guitar growth tremendously. You've given me some food for thought and I appreciate that.That’s why i asked if you are good, who you like
One more thing, I really do want to thank you for asking this weird question before. You really got my wheels turning about guitar hero inspiration and how or why I don't have any. I love guitars and amps and playing guitar, but I don't love any guitarists! So weird. Surely that has stunted my guitar growth tremendously. You've given me some food for thought and I appreciate that.
I don't know any. I guess that big black dude with Bruce Springsteen? Wait, he died, so....um....the guy from Fishbone. That guy.okay, so who's your favorite Saxophonist then? lol
One more thing, I really do want to thank you for asking this weird question before. You really got my wheels turning about guitar hero inspiration and how or why I don't have any. I love guitars and amps and playing guitar, but I don't love any guitarists! So weird. Surely that has stunted my guitar growth tremendously. You've given me some food for thought and I appreciate that.
I'm gonna need some sound clips before I believe any of that.Posting up clips happens in three instances:
1. Someone posts clips regularly, and they get a modicum of feedback
2. Someone is called out to post up clips, and when they do, they get shredded because people are dicks.
3. Someone is called out to post up clips, and when they wait for the fervor dies down, the clip gets zero feedback and it falls off the front page of posts for eternity.
There here. Buried somewhere around page 35 or so of The Cellar. Just look for threads with 0 replies.I'm gonna need some sound clips before I believe any of that.
That's how I am! I'm the trombonist that plays guitar fo the love of the instrument. Lol. I just like the guitar and wanted to play it to make music. I never cared about playing it to play other people's songs. I'm totally useless at a campfire. I can play like 5 seconds of lots of songs.That's the dichotomy of guitarists. I'd say a vast majority of guitarists begin playing guitar because of some guitar god inspires them to do so after hearing them on some record, or the radio, or some bootleg cassette tape they got their hands on. On the other hand, musicians who play other instruments like the piano, anything brass, or some bowed stringed contraption, fall in love with the instrument based solely on the merit of the gear. I would say Drummers and Bass players would fall into the Guitarist category too but, we don't like to talk about them.
My dad was a Trombone player. When I asked him what inspired him to play it, he said he just loved to play. Same thing with my Mom and the Piano. It wasn't some famous musician that gave them the desire to pick up the instruments. Me on the other hand, it was purely to imitate and recreate the music that shook me to my very foundation. Nuno Bettencourt was the catalyst for that day.
NO YOU POST THEM NOW ARRRRRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHH!There here. Buried somewhere around page 35 or so of The Cellar. Just look for threads with 0 replies.
I'm very reluctant to post any information about myself. I'm sorry. I know that's lame. I just want to remain anonymous. I'll just say I'm in my mid-late 20s.Ghost-have you recorded any of your originals?
What style of music does your band play?
How old are you guys?
There are many ways to become a rock star today, if you have the goods.
I'm very reluctant to post any information about myself. I'm sorry. I know that's lame. I just want to remain anonymous. I'll just say I'm in my mid-late 20s.
I don't really have a "band". Just me and this drummer guy who is a pro. He's kind of helping me out. I need experience. He's really nice and not a total douche bag.
I also don't have any real original material. Just some riffs and a few licks that I play. I don't have a creative or musical bone in my body. I'm the most uncreative person there is. I can't write songs. Every time I try it's just a hopeless exercise in futility. The only thing I've got is some semblance of chops on the guitar and can hack away at some bullshit that sounds decent to the untrained ear. Every time I hear other musicians play their songs it just makes me want to give up. Everyone else seems to have the ability to write good songs and create good melodies etc... I don't really think I have what it takes to be a musician. I don't believe in myself one iota.
Not true.Thats ok. Well mystery insures you getting attention, so I’ll go ahead put you on my attention whore list too.
I'm very reluctant to post any information about myself. I'm sorry. I know that's lame. I just want to remain anonymous. I'll just say I'm in my mid-late 20s.
I don't really have a "band". Just me and this drummer guy who is a pro. He's kind of helping me out. I need experience. He's really nice and not a total douche bag.
I also don't have any real original material. Just some riffs and a few licks that I play. I don't have a creative or musical bone in my body. I'm the most uncreative person there is. I can't write songs. Every time I try it's just a hopeless exercise in futility. The only thing I've got is some semblance of chops on the guitar and can hack away at some bullshit that sounds decent to the untrained ear. Every time I hear other musicians play their songs it just makes me want to give up. Everyone else seems to have the ability to write good songs and create good melodies etc... I don't really think I have what it takes to be a musician. I don't believe in myself one iota.
Not true at all.No one started their musical career playing originals...
There is a difference between an original band doing a few covers and a dedicated covers band.I can't think off the top of my head. I know a great number obviously had to do covers till they were established.
I know KISS (hey like em or hate em, it's a good example) started off doing originals as did Gene in his former band.
Now, everyone learning must learn other songs in order to grasp chord changes etc but doesn't mean once in a band they necessarily played covers.