RowdyMoon Posted January 7, 2012 Posted January 7, 2012 ...is about opening your mind up to new sounds and techniques, styles, cultures You tube link and then developing your own style.We always have our personal influences but its always good to keep an open mind....just my opinion. Any thoughts?
DanvillRob Posted January 7, 2012 Posted January 7, 2012 Looks like she could take lessons for this guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJh3KaIKDAw
spike286 Posted January 7, 2012 Posted January 7, 2012 For me I don't think of rules just what feels good and sounds good.
DanvillRob Posted January 7, 2012 Posted January 7, 2012 In as much as I hate to admit it, being a guitar player also includes a small attitude, open mind, and of course the ability and willingness to learn new material and keeping your flashy moves and tricks current. The guitarist today is broken into 4 different areas or so I would think. First you have the up and coming guitar players, who are bedroom players and eventually strive to be with a band. Second there are those guitar players that are in bands, live breath and sleep guitar playing. These guys have Marshall signature underwear and Gibson PJ's..... lol Third would be those who have been in bands and no longer want to do the long hours and they are totally satisfied with playing at home and recording their own music. Forth these individuals are not actually anything but casual players who mainly collect instruments and call themselves guitar players. With each group there is a certain level of attitude and possibly expertise. No one is stuck in a certain group and majority of those in the top three groups move around between those groups. The forth group is mostly collectors and those who actually try to justify the high dollar purchases with the urban legend of older guitars have that certain tone that todays guitars cant achieve; right.... cough cough. Some of us are "has beens"..... others of us are "never weres".
JellyWheat Posted January 7, 2012 Posted January 7, 2012 I wasn't trying to be disrespectful... ... and you forgot the players who got fed up with the band scene and developed solo acts (instrumental or otherwise). I find a lot of people equate electric guitars with bands. It ain't necessarily so... Just sayin' B) J/W
LarryUK Posted January 7, 2012 Posted January 7, 2012 ...is about opening your mind up to new sounds and techniques, styles, cultures You tube link and then developing your own style.We always have our personal influences but its always good to keep an open mind....just my opinion. Any thoughts? Her name is Adede Van Halen! Eddie's African auntie.
JellyWheat Posted January 7, 2012 Posted January 7, 2012 Actually thats the third group Third would be those who have been in bands and no longer want to do the long hours and they are totally satisfied with playing at home and recording their own music. Sorry, this does not fit me. I don't just play at home and record. I play live solo instrumental gigs on the outside, for audiences, for $$$. Whatever... B) J/W
Rocky4 Posted January 7, 2012 Posted January 7, 2012 Being able to get your idea out of your instrument. Whether you're The Edge, or Jeff Beck.
EVOL! Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 In as much as I hate to admit it, being a guitar player also includes a small attitude, open mind, and of course the ability and willingness to learn new material and keeping your flashy moves and tricks current. Your attitude comment is an important point. Why would you hate to admit it? In my mind attitude is king and the bigger the better. I'm not talking about being an arrogant jerkface off the stage. I am talking about channeling an inner Iggy Pop or Henry Rollins or Ronnie Hawkins. Some cats get up on stage and put on a show. Others are standing up there mindlessly strumming chords. And it isn't all rolling around in broken glass and doing windmills. I've seen shoegazer cats that just pose; that pose would rival giving the middle finger and it's brilliant.
canon_mutant Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 Actually there's a fifth group I fall into . . . Guitar [and Saxophone for that matter] players who are actually pretty good but are not song writers / composers and don't want to do the bar scene playing others' songs - not that there's anything wrong with that! :unsure: I know on both instruments I am better than a lot of players I have seen in bands, in some cases making millions. So, for me, good or great guitar player is inherent to those that innovate and create, not immitate and master er um fake. I gave it a try and was just not comfortable showing off playing other peoples' stuff - again not that there's anything wrong with that. This is just me talking judging myself here, not you!
lagerfanny Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 I didn't really read the forum, but have to ask why the guy in the video plays the guitar like a piano? He is good though I'd admit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Healey
cookieman15061 Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 Some of us are "has beens"..... others of us are "never weres". touche'
zigzag Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 I'd add another group. Those who play because it's therapeutic. Other than playing because I love the guitar and music, I use playing to meditate, to be creative, to keep my mind active, to learn, and as a release or distraction or diversion from work, etc. I've played most of my life and been in one or more of those other four groups from one time or another.
ChanMan Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 I play for the sheer joy of playing, regardless of the venue. Otherwise, I'd like to think I fit the OP's definition fairly well. I would, however, add that a certain amount of skill, technique and a good sense of rhythm are also required.
surfpup Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 I play for the sheer joy of playing, regardless of the venue. That's it right there. I've played in bands and not in bands... big gigs, small gigs, and no gigs... professional studios and home studios... for $ or for free, it's ultimately about me expressing myself on the guitar - not only because I can (the skill level) but because I want to and it makes me feel good.
JellyWheat Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 That's it right there. I've played in bands and not in bands... big gigs, small gigs, and no gigs... professional studios and home studios... for $ or for free, it's ultimately about me expressing myself on the guitar - not only because I can (the skill level) but because I want to and it makes me feel good. That's it in a nutshell! J/W
milod Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 I'm pretty much with Surfpup and JW on this one. At this point in my life it's largely therapeutic due to work hours and schedules. I do a few benefits a year here and there. The idea of being a "good guitar player" kinda bothers me, though. I don't know if I can feel comfortable with that term. I always claim some skills but little talent which is kinda the story of my three lives regardless what I might have done and/or still do. I can concentrate and put in significant effort to develop skill. So "good" would be, I guess, a matter of a listener's perspective rather than my own. But then one might note that guitar players with both skill and talent might not be considered "good" by some - as in, I don't hear much praise for Segovia from those totally involved in rock or electric blues. m
JellyWheat Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 I'm pretty much with Surfpup and JW on this one. So "good" would be, I guess, a matter of a listener's perspective rather than my own. But then one might note that guitar players with both skill and talent might not be considered "good" by some - as in, I don't hear much praise for Segovia from those totally involved in rock or electric blues. m An excellent point, milod, with which I concur. Regards J/W [ INDEED!]
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