Playing music VS writing music (listening to music, house, metal, punk)

crimepartner · 11-10-2005, 01:52 PM

I have a friend that always plays metallica and whatever guitar solo sounds good.He goes for the technical aspect of music rather than writing good music.I feel sorry for him. I am however totally biased to writing whatever sounds good to me on whatever instrument it sounds best.
I just think that the macho image of Rock is totally useless if it sounds like everything else.

big coffin hunter · 11-11-2005, 07:30 AM

my friend is the same way but he plays led zepplin a red hot chile peppers i like them to but we want to be in a band together and i told him we have to make are own stuf 2 he said ok but he really didnt like the idea

Electric Eye · 11-12-2005, 02:53 AM

I spend aboute half the time i play writing riffs and shreding just off he top og my head the other half i spend playing like zeppelin, red hot chili peppers, judas priest metallica, megadeth......blacksabbath. You fill in the middle.

judas_priest · 11-12-2005, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Electric Eye

I spend aboute half the time i play writing riffs and shreding just off he top og my head the other half i spend playing like zeppelin, red hot chili peppers, judas priest metallica, megadeth......blacksabbath. You fill in the middle.

You have good taste in music.

How long have you been playing?

Electric Eye · 11-12-2005, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by judas_priest

You have good taste in music.

How long have you been playing?

Not all that long less than a year but i'm pretty good, ok i have had it laying around the house for 2 years, but have actually been playing fir kess than a year, but i play for more than 3 hours each day usually like 6 or sometimes even more, and guess what i'm failailing all my classes, i'm gonna upgade all my gear soon, i'm gonna get a new fender amp like aboute 500 or 600$ i forget which, a boss oh i forget what it is but it has a but load of effects, a new guitar, ether an esp or a jackson, i'm thinking jackson.

crimepartner · 11-14-2005, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by big coffin hunter

my friend is the same way but he plays led zepplin a red hot chile peppers i like them to but we want to be in a band together and i told him we have to make are own stuf 2 he said ok but he really didnt like the idea

thats exactly the same with me... I make everthing myself and totally ignore tabs, though I taught myself with tabs. I can play along to anything he makes but he cant to me. Its dumb because his sound is way to mainstreem (todays rock) and mine is totally mine. I dont like playing other peoples music because it gives no credit to me

judas_priest · 11-14-2005, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Electric Eye

Not all that long less than a year but i'm pretty good, ok i have had it laying around the house for 2 years, but have actually been playing fir kess than a year, but i play for more than 3 hours each day usually like 6 or sometimes even more, and guess what i'm failailing all my classes, i'm gonna upgade all my gear soon, i'm gonna get a new fender amp like aboute 500 or 600$ i forget which, a boss oh i forget what it is but it has a but load of effects, a new guitar, ether an esp or a jackson, i'm thinking jackson.

Cool- I love the Jackson Flying Vs and the amp you're going to get sounds pretty amazing! I've only been playing for a month and I'm teaching myself so I'm not very good yet. Are you self taught? I really enjoy playing my guitar and listening to music-so much so that i fail some of my classes too- lol.

judas_priest · 11-14-2005, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by crimepartner

thats exactly the same with me... I make everthing myself and totally ignore tabs, though I taught myself with tabs. I can play along to anything he makes but he cant to me. Its dumb because his sound is way to mainstreem (todays rock) and mine is totally mine. I dont like playing other peoples music because it gives no credit to me

How long were you playing before you started writing your own stuff?

Electric Eye · 11-14-2005, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by judas_priest

Cool- I love the Jackson Flying Vs and the amp you're going to get sounds pretty amazing! I've only been playing for a month and I'm teaching myself so I'm not very good yet. Are you self taught? I really enjoy playing my guitar and listening to music-so much so that i fail some of my classes too- lol.

No well ok i have lessons, i started them after i was pretty good, and i just take them to improve my soloing, so he just gives me alot of techneques, and now i can solo like a madman ok that was a lie, but i am still pretty good.

crimepartner · 11-14-2005, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by judas_priest

How long were you playing before you started writing your own stuff?

I started right away. I recorded whatever sounded good and built off of it. I think nofx tabs really got me playing, even though I dont listen to punk rock at all.

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big coffin hunter Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: fitchburg MA Posts: 93	my friend is the same way but he plays led zepplin a red hot chile peppers i like them to but we want to be in a band together and i told him we have to make are own stuf 2 he said ok but he really didnt like the idea

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Electric Eye Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 93	I spend aboute half the time i play writing riffs and shreding just off he top og my head the other half i spend playing like zeppelin, red hot chili peppers, judas priest metallica, megadeth......blacksabbath. You fill in the middle.