'Scales Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 quite so milod. the vast range of artist 'signature' model guitars, amps and effects pedals on offer provides a fair testimony to such desires if nothing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Yeah... on this stuff perhaps I was an odd duck even as a kid. I wanted to play with the facility of X or Y - but the idea of copying them simply didn't occur as such. Then again, back in the '50s and early '60s, there remained a pattern of different bands and singers doing different "versions" of top pop songs as opposed to doing copies of whomever perhaps had done it first with big record sales. Even early black and white television had "Your Hit Parade" with most of the top 10 or whatever being done by a house band and staff vocalists. So I guess that really hit me into liking songs - and doing what I though sounded good to me in terms of how to do it in an arrangement that seemed to have some of the better features of different ways I'd heard the piece. That's what, 50-60 years ago? Ain't changed much on that perspective, anyway. Now if I could only meet my own expectations... <grin> m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awel Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 ok here is mine: 1. wish I could write like - James Hetfield. 2. wish I could play like - Gary Moore 3. wish I could sing like - Freddie Mercury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Roger Waters. Django Reinhardt. John Lee Hooker. ...or... Beethoven. Paganini. Pavarotti. Hard to choose... P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Hello! 1. Ennio Morricone. 2. Gary Moore. 3. Tony Martin. Cheers... Bence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbrian66 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 I wish I could write. I wish I could play. I wish I could sing. Good answer. I would be happy with that myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 No need to over think these little games. It's just a fun little exercise. We all know that your answers don't mean you literally want to be a clone of these guys. (or gals) 1. Billy Joel comes to mind. Of course I would be a little more "rock" and guitar oriented. But I like the way he can write songs from a lot of different and interesting perspectives. 2. Warren Haynes. He wouldn't be my pick for "favorite" or "greatest" or whatever list. But, for the way I play, it would be great to have his style of talent. 3. Like others said. I just wish I could sing at all. I can actually do a fairly decent Tom Petty. But I would choose to have a more soulful voice like maybe Bob Seger or Paul Rogers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share Posted November 18, 2014 what Milod and a couple others have said, has made me think about the question. and while it is/was a silly little discussion, i guess I really mean who in your opinion has set the bar, that you see as the level to try to reach. I want to write like myself, but as well as John Prine. I want to play like myself, but as well as Betts, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPS1976 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 I'm gonna go with Paul McCartney on all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Paul Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Write (compose) like Rodger Hodgeson Play like Jimmy Page Sing like Rodger Daltrey or Write like Earnest Hemingway Play like Tom Scholz Sing like Steve Marriot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Paul Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 JJ Cale Jan Akkerman Lowell George Hey, gringo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Paul Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Yeah... but one might make more than a decent case that such a pact needn't be Faustian - but for some has unexpected and unintended consequences. m Mate, it's just light hearted free association, not an introspective brow beat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Paul Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Roger Waters. Django Reinhardt. John Lee Hooker. ...or... Beethoven. Paganini. Pavarotti. Hard to choose... P. All depends what era your walking in at the time I guess. Very nice choice, especially the second, very interesting pick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Paul Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 I wish I could write. I wish I could play. I wish I could sing. Too funny, here's a winner! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Glad to see Alex Lifeson get some Love. Always...from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Paul Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 I noticed that Gary Moore got a couple of gongs. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Write: Tom Waits- words, Joe Zawinul- music Play: Kenny Burrell Sing: Howlin Wolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cody78 Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Write: Krzysztof Penderecki Play: Joe Pass Sing: BB King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Write like Dan Wilson Play like Prince Sing like Greg Lake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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