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Old 08-31-2010, 12:52 AM   #652 (permalink)
KMS
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Originally Posted by Davey Moore View Post
Most 'guitarist' based acts, like Satriani or Buckethead, are tiresome to me. We get it, you're great at technicality and guitar solos! But are you a good songwriter? The only ones that shine through to me are Hendrix and Santana.
I agree with you, most virtuosic players don't write stuff that anybody but instrumental junkies would like. After a few minutes of impressive displays, you become desensitized to it and often they don't know how to tone it down and build performances with different dynamics to highlight the impressive segments more so.

It's like with a lot of big budget films, the special effects are not special if they are constantly being used.
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