Do you ever get inspiration from what seems like the most unlikely source sometimes? Sometimes it may just be a little teaser or idea and others you could get drenched in so much inspiration and creativity you couldn't capture all the music if you tried. Well this time i got a torrential amount of inspiration from this lovely Scottish artist KT Tunstall.
The significance of this is that in the general sense of things i would be considered a metal head by most people (minus the faggish and ignorant qualities possesed by some metal heads). On a normal day i drink my fill of bands such as Metallica, Lamb of God, Children of Bodom, etc. The catch is that i really do love all types of music besides rap, i just don't think to listen to them always.
To get on with the point of this stupid blog i heard KT's debut album and loved it. I immediately got all 3 of her studio albums. The more i listened the more i loved her stuff. Its not the most complex music by any means, but it has a feel and emotion to it void in most of the other music i listen to. The song "Suddenly I See" became the most listened to song on my itunes. Why? Shit if i know, i didnt even know i listened to it that much haha. Sometimes you just hear a progression and its just addicting. You've had a song like that before right?
Well now comes what happend when i got inspired. I went out and got one of my dream guitar....yes a Gretsch White Falcon. Played not only by KT but John Frusciante and James Hetfield this guitar makes me play like never before. The sound is absolutely out of this world. Im used to EMG pickups in my Les Paul sytled ESP Eclipse guitars. I easily wrote 20+ songs in my first week of having this guitar. The "new music" is so much different than my old metal stuff, it seems this guitar just fills me up with ideas every time i touch it. Playing the White Falcon is probably one of the most amazing experiences of my life, call me lame for saying that(fuck you =P) but its true.
So the moral of the story isnt that KT's album was the best thing ive ever heard in my life, or my new favorite album or song or w/e. Nope. It was just what i needed to spend the $3,000 to get my dream guitar. Hell i wanted to be like her, and James, and John some of my own heroes. Sorry for rambling so much, my fingers are so fucking torn up from playing so much i had to do something other than guitar for a few mins haha =)
its such a refreshment to get on UG and check my profile and not have anybody trying to just randomly hit on you or say they know you when they dont, or add you as a friend just because you go to the same school as them....and 30,000 other people, which makes you wonder why they added you. UG is just a bunch of freaking awesome people that are just generally nice, helpful, encouraging and all that other good stuff. PLUS there are very few "add me" whores and no profile comparisons to see who has the most fucking friend. what a concept. anyways i was just saying thanks to all you awesome musician types out there
So i recorded the office theme song. It was a quick little recording to take up time between a few classes. This was the first song i recorded using the Line 6 gearbox software. I must say i was quite pleased with the guitar sounds. Garage Band worked amazing as always...
if you havent listened to it already...you should.
I think it is only beneficial to be able to play multiple styles of music, being a well rounded player is key to becoming the best player you can be. At the same time does anyone else feel like they are betraying themselves when they actually try to write a song outside of their usual genre for whatever reason? It may be trying to write a metal song to headbang to, or a soft lullaby to impress your girlfriend with, or an emo song to fit in with the crowd. For example, i love all types of music but when it comes to guitar i am a metal head. I play all sorts of stuff but i write metal music, i cant help it, metal music just flows out of me (not saying its any good) But i have tried to write soft songs a few times (My Ballerina, My Crazy Diamond) and they are huge failures. I think its great to be able to play many different styles of music, but i think you should let the music flow out of you, not try to force out something your not.
Im doing a college paper on the effects of internet on the music industry. Im a music industries/classical guitar major and i have my own ideas abouut downloading music. I just want to know what you think about it, any information would be great. Im just curious...
Every time i go to a guitar store there are certain rules most guitarist know to follow. Some of these "rules" include but are not limited to....
1. dont play stairway to heaven, eruption, smoke on the water, etc...
2. always tune the guitar first. nothing makes you look more like a noob than picking up a guitar and playing it when the tuning is out of whack
3. dont act like a badass or guitar hero, cause it makes you look like a fag.
4. Dont try to play metal on a fender(or similar) amp, it just shows how little you know about amps.
5. dont play the same little fancy riff that you just learned on every guitar and ever amp, all it proves is that you are an annoying little bugger.
Im still just ammused by guitar stores still because the funniest crap always happens in them. Ive seen people break strings, ive seen owners take guitars away from kids for playing gay songs(fall out boy etc.) ive seen the kid try to show off for his girlfriend by playing a greenday song only to have me come pull off some paul gilbert sweeps next to him. Idk i could write all day about all the funny things that happen in guitar stores and all the fun things you can do to embarass the noobs in them. Im not saying im a pro by any means, but i know what and what not to do in guitar stores. Guitar stores really do have their own culture.
If anyone has any tab request let me know. Im not saying im always perfect with my tabs or just some freak of nature that can tab anything but im usually pretty accurate and given time i can tab most anything. I just think tabbing stuff out is fun and am always up for a challange or tabbing something to help someone out.
Only thing...no country tabs haha. Sorry, i just dont go there.
Sweep picking is probably my favorite technique. Probably because now that i can sweep pick i feel like i accomplished something. I had to play guitar a year before i learned how to sweet but i was learning all the other stuff first. Now after a good 10 years of playing sweeps are just fun to play. I dont use them in songs so much because its easy to loose a crowd if you just sweep all the time but it sure makes for fun warm ups.
As I close my eyes, I try to believe a lie That compassion is rewarded Many are the walking dead Singing a dirge of regret in vain Worshiping idols, instead of their own selves. Stepping stones of judgment- Of a false image of hearts displayed
Wants and needs, are distorted Through a violent act of blame Some many discontented What is taught is misleading What is told crushes the spirit How far must this generation fall before we tighten the noose around its neck How much more can we mourn for ourselves? This way of living miserably
Modern gods on the television set Everybody wants to be a rock-star our intentions were unimpeachable-for what you made us ask for
Depression seeping deeper into us And this world we hold accounted for compassion is a crime, insecurity is our punishment
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