Is the Guitar Dead/Dying?

music_phantom13 · 03-27-2010, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnny_Rotter

If you haven`t been exposed to grindcore or death metal, than I very much doubt you have listened to much hard music.

You pissed me off enough that I decided to respond even though this thread is getting really boring. I listen to a lot of "hard" or "heavy" music, whatever you want to call it, and I hate grindcore and am not a big fan of death metal.

Noise Rock/Experimental:

Indie Rock

Experimental Electronic (by the way, I've been to more than a few concerts of all genres, death metal included, and Melt-Banana rocked louder and harder than anyone I've ever seen)

Shoegaze

Please refrain from making such idiotic comments in the future.

boo boo · 03-27-2010, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Conan

This thread is getting tedious as balls.

Deja Vu?

music_phantom13 · 03-27-2010, 06:35 PM

Yeah, I guess so. I'm always glad to help. And congratulations on coming out of your cupboard.

HVYMTLROCK · 09-24-2010, 06:16 AM

The guitar is not dying... It just has too many people that know how to play it so it is hard to come up with something better than the last person... Instruments fade once the peak of technical and physical restraints have been pushed... It is also a change in fade for what people are listening to.

Husky McDump · 09-24-2010, 08:48 AM

Guitar as we know it today is split from the passed 3 decades in music. 70s influence is present in the use of effects and fuzzy tones, rhythmic strumming patterns, and tasteful use of bar chords. Most metal heads now-a-days were 80s kids that loved to thrash. Indy guitar players I believe have been shaped by the 80s and 90s. Guitar is still evolving believe it or not. There are still chord changes and progressions that are not utilized or rarely at all.

Guitar is here to stay for quite some time in my opinion.

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra · 09-24-2010, 11:20 AM

I'm honestly glad that the focus of music isn't who can pull off the best solo. The 80s was littered with bands that wrote extremely bland pop songs but kept room for a big bridge where they could pull off a big cheesy solo, and pretend to be Van Halen.

Guitar should remain as an instrument in music but I think the bias towards guitar over other instruments is ridiculous. The fact instruments like Marimba and Xylophone are never considered legit cause they're just silly cartoon kids instruments is ludicrous. I think both produce fantastic sounds. I think if it weren't for the idiotic close mindedness of modern music consumers both could still have a fantastic potential.

The big thing with the guitar is it seems the only instrument where extended play is generally accepted. I mean, You can say a large portion of what Jimi Hendrix did was not proper guitar playing. Guitar was put on a platform for that reason. Now, my big problem isn't that the guitarists is forced to step back, it's that nothing really replaces it's spot on that platform without being treated as a gimmick or joke.

Superhast · 09-24-2010, 11:34 AM

A real lot of people play guitar, so wouldn't say it's dying, more like the opposite.

09-24-2010, 06:16 AM	#74 (permalink)
HVYMTLROCK Groupie Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Limbo aka Purgatory of Life Posts: 10	The guitar is not dying... It just has too many people that know how to play it so it is hard to come up with something better than the last person... Instruments fade once the peak of technical and physical restraints have been pushed... It is also a change in fade for what people are listening to. __________________ Since the day you cut my throat.... I've learned to smile from my neck!

09-24-2010, 08:48 AM	#75 (permalink)
Husky McDump No Shirt Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 442	Guitar as we know it today is split from the passed 3 decades in music. 70s influence is present in the use of effects and fuzzy tones, rhythmic strumming patterns, and tasteful use of bar chords. Most metal heads now-a-days were 80s kids that loved to thrash. Indy guitar players I believe have been shaped by the 80s and 90s. Guitar is still evolving believe it or not. There are still chord changes and progressions that are not utilized or rarely at all. Guitar is here to stay for quite some time in my opinion. __________________ not everyone can make it to the pros, some rise to the top, others down low.

09-24-2010, 11:34 AM	#77 (permalink)
Superhast Groupie Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Sweden Posts: 48	A real lot of people play guitar, so wouldn't say it's dying, more like the opposite. __________________ A Horse Is Not A Home

03-27-2010, 06:35 PM	#73 (permalink)
music_phantom13 Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 942	Yeah, I guess so. I'm always glad to help. And congratulations on coming out of your cupboard.

09-24-2010, 11:20 AM	#76 (permalink)
Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra \/ GOD Join Date: May 2010 Location: Nowhere... Posts: 2,179	I'm honestly glad that the focus of music isn't who can pull off the best solo. The 80s was littered with bands that wrote extremely bland pop songs but kept room for a big bridge where they could pull off a big cheesy solo, and pretend to be Van Halen. Guitar should remain as an instrument in music but I think the bias towards guitar over other instruments is ridiculous. The fact instruments like Marimba and Xylophone are never considered legit cause they're just silly cartoon kids instruments is ludicrous. I think both produce fantastic sounds. I think if it weren't for the idiotic close mindedness of modern music consumers both could still have a fantastic potential. The big thing with the guitar is it seems the only instrument where extended play is generally accepted. I mean, You can say a large portion of what Jimi Hendrix did was not proper guitar playing. Guitar was put on a platform for that reason. Now, my big problem isn't that the guitarists is forced to step back, it's that nothing really replaces it's spot on that platform without being treated as a gimmick or joke.