>Technique doesn't matter
>Playing with soul & passion does
Technique doesn't matter
Dylan Williams
Luke James
Technique doesn't matter as much as creativity does. There are a lot of very talented musicians who couldn't write an interesting part if their life depended on it.
Kevin Morris
>Playing with soul & passion doesn't matter
>Technique does
Luis Turner
the black keys are garbage
Leo Thompson
...
Jason Mitchell
honestly, fedora fags are the ones who rave about technique
all dumb fuck dream theater fans
William Nelson
...
Ethan Brown
it should be switched
Gavin Russell
Alright mu
What's the consensus
Which is better : playing really well with a complex melody/rhythm or playing just alright with a simple composition that sounds good.
Or both
Joseph Hernandez
creativity
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Mason Brown
idk fag, go back to reddid asshole and underage
Jack Long
creativity, unless a complex rhythm just inherently sounds good to you, which is just subjective at that point
Michael Turner
creativity over everything idgaf at how fast u can play, if ur a joe satriani fan u can suck my tiny dick
Hudson Green
I am not too interested in the instrumental technique. I am more interested in emotion than in technique. Traditionally, jazz has been associated with technique (an odd mis-interpretation of the original spirit of Afro-american music by white intellectuals). I do not enjoy listening to music for the sake of a brilliant solo. That solo has to deliver emotion. If it is technically breathtaking but does not deliver any emotion, that musician is not very interesting to me. There is a difference, in my opinion, between a juggler and an artist. If the playing is barely passable, but it delivers a lot of emotion, that musician is a genius.
Nolan Long
>If the playing is barely passable, but it delivers a lot of emotion, that musician is a genius.
I'd like to hear some examples. I'm interested.
Robert Taylor
Not him, but the most obvious example would be B.B. King.
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Isaiah Rogers
I mean, people are literally crying. David Gilmour, Robert Wyatt, Andrew Latimer are something else too:
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Lincoln Green
Sigur Ros:
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Leo Smith
A lot of people confuse technical ability and emotional playing. I've gotten more emotion out of and Randy Rhoades shred fest than any indie guitar solo covered in fuzz and reverb. I'm not really a metal or shred stuff though, but I find that a lot of people write off technical playing as unemotional because they can't hear the emotion in it
Isaiah Lewis
Plus, not all soloing has to solely exist for muh feels.
Jace Walker
IE Joshua Homme who uses solos as a parody of the shitty rock he grew up with a la Kiss and cock rock
Camden Hernandez
>someone watched the josh homme guitar moves video and honestly thinks this
Jonathan Lopez
>not realizing that fusion of technique and passion is obviously what makes good music
autism-spectrum style thinking - creating mutual exclusivity where it doesn't exist
Wyatt Myers
That's objectively true and Miles Davis proves it. Technically speaking, the guy couldn't play horn to save his life.
Elijah Hughes
Neckbeards are the ones who preach "only technicality and complexity matter, brainlets" while listening to Dream Theater.
Oliver Robinson
Its half true. One example of one outlier in one style of music doesn't apply to all of it.
>Technique doesn't matter
False
>Playing with soul & passion does
True
Hudson Nguyen
sometimes its impossible to play with would cause without a certain level of sill you wouldnt be able to express yourself properly
Joseph Martin
>is he retarded?
>no, he's playing, WITH PASSION
Jaxson King
Only one of the options necessarily sounds good, so that one.
Jose Robinson
Neckbeards are a blank projection that can be attached any ideology ever. Get with the program
Brody Reyes
He's exaggerating when he says that every single one of his solos is like this, but in some of his songs he does comes up with some ridiculous mélodies, like "feel good hit" or "smooth sailing".
James Fisher
How is that a fedora opinion? That's more something a music teacher would say for encouragement.
Kevin Anderson
Fedoras only care about technique.