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Trollheart 11-14-2019 05:28 AM

Mentors
 
As a musician, and even accepting that some of you are already very proficient at what you do; if you could, who would you have as a mentor to train you to play? Living or dead. In other words, who is your musical hero or biggest influence from whom you would be willing/delighted to learn and hone your craft?

YorkeDaddy 11-14-2019 05:50 AM

Elliott Smith easily. He was a master on all of the traditional "rock" music instruments and is one of the most underrated guitarists of all-time for my money.

This is just one guitar track, I don't even know how he's doing it:



He has such an incredible mastery over a guitar, I could spew out gems from his discography all day


Chula Vista 11-14-2019 07:46 AM

After I started learning there was an older dude who moved in across the street (I was 14 so older means like maybe 19?) and he played. He turned me on to Jeff Beck who was his hero. Dude was 100% blues/rock and taught me a ton of stuff.
Years later I learned Cause We've Ended as Lovers and we played it when he was at one of our gigs.
Always wondered what it must have been like for him when I blew past the stuff he was teaching me. He was a weekend warrior while I was practicing 10 hours a day back then.

The Batlord 11-14-2019 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 2090241)
After I started learning there was an older dude who moved in across the street (I was 14 so older means like maybe 19?) and he played. He turned me on to Jeff Beck who was his hero. Dude was 100% blues/rock and taught me a ton of stuff.
Years later I learned Cause We've Ended as Lovers and we played it when he was at one of our gigs.
Always wondered what it must have been like for him when I blew past the stuff he was teaching me. He was a weekend warrior while I was practicing 10 hours a day back then.

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DriveYourCarDownToTheSea 11-14-2019 04:37 PM

I've sometimes has fantasies about sitting down with Paul Simon and having him teach me some of his acoustic guitar stuff.

Frownland 11-14-2019 04:49 PM

I can see the value of a mentor for a beginner, but I would prefer the two-way influence of musically growing alongside a peer. That said, I bet I could learn oodles of good **** about inventive composition in jazz from Anthony Braxton just by spending a day talking to him (or just listening).

Neapolitan 11-14-2019 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 2090225)
As a musician, and even accepting that some of you are already very proficient at what you do; if you could, who would you have as a mentor to train you to play? Living or dead. In other words, who is your musical hero or biggest influence from whom you would be willing/delighted to learn and hone your craft?

@Trollheart You know mentors are not are only for musicians. I tried to be your "music mentor." I feel like I failed cause you act so unruly, like you don't really want to learn anything.

The Batlord 11-14-2019 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan (Post 2090340)
@Trollheart You know mentors are not are only for musicians. I tried to be your "music mentor." I feel like I failed cause you act so unruly, like you don't really want to learn anything.

Bro have you ever heard of Zao? They're Christians.


Trollheart 11-14-2019 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan (Post 2090340)
@Trollheart You know mentors are not are only for musicians. I tried to be your "music mentor." I feel like I failed cause you act so unruly, like you don't really want to learn anything.

Stick a "tor" in front of it and you got it.

Black Francis 11-14-2019 06:57 PM

Oscar Aleman or Fred Frith. Learning from either of them would surely make me a better guitar player.


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