Chula Vista

Tosin is just on another level. And ya, he puts his heart into that ****.

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MicShazam

Tried to get into that band several times, but I just can't do it. There's those sublime moments and creative ideas peppered all over, but in the end there's just too much sterile chugging and dead weight w***ing for my tastes/attention span.

If Tosin Abasi (not sure I named him right) started some band that didn't djent, that would be interesting.

Janszoon

I think they sound their most soulless when they slow it down and try to play with feeling honestly. I've actually been listening to a bunch of this kind of stuff recently (including that Vai album) and I've realized that I like these guys most when they're flying all over the strings. I can get caught up in the cool geometry of that and I think that's emotionally evocative in its own way. When they try to be soulful, not so much.

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grindy

Yeah, I'd love him to use his exceptional talents for some other genre as well.

Oh and there's T.R.A.M. Definitely not djent, but it still doesn't really satisfy me.

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Trollheart

Everything this man did was with feeling. Apart from ****ing "Teenage idol".

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MicShazam

@Janszoon"I think they sound their most soulless when they slow it down and try to play with feeling honestly. I've actually been listening to a bunch of this kind of stuff recently (including that Vai album) and I've realized that I like these guys most when they're flying all over the strings. I can get caught up in the cool geometry of that and I think that's emotionally evocative in its own way. When they try to be soulful, not so much."

That's a good observation.

One can get blinded by the fireworks, I guess. It makes sense that sheer speed adds a feeling of energy which makes the music exhilerating to listen to. Lack of speed means something else is needed to make the music involving.

I've noticed that I like when aggressive bands play messily, though. It can make everything sound more frenetic/dangerous. This applies in the case of less melodic, more extreme music though, not shredders like Vai. Just wanted to bring it up.

MicShazam

I wonder if the producer of that album has done djent records, because it still sounds like that sort of production to me.

MicShazam

I don't even listen to blues, but I still felt something right away as I played some random 10 second bit in the middle of that video. That man has what I'm talking about!

grindy

Totally. One of the reasons it doesn't really satisfy me.


Whenever people talk about guitarists and playing with feeling, I have to sneak in some Marc Ribot. For example this video.
Every note he plays here is pure magic.

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Janszoon

Marc Ribot is great.

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