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Subject: "sigh."
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ninjitsu
Member since Oct 07th 2011
4151 posts
Thu Sep-20-12 07:09 AM
19. "sigh."
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In response to 17
yes, actually. not that it's relevant.
https://vimeo.com/29681695
they can play.
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Artists that are hiding their musicianship behind good songwriting
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Wed Sep-19-12 11:05 AM
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RE: Artists that are hiding their musicianship behind good songwriting
howisya
Sep 19th 2012
1
Yikes!
Jakob Hellberg
Sep 19th 2012
2
lol
Dr Claw
Sep 19th 2012
6
Right, it's not fucking Yngwie Malmsteen wer'e dealing with...
Jakob Hellberg
Sep 19th 2012
8
LOL
AFKAP_of_Darkness
Sep 19th 2012
9
RE: Artists that are hiding their musicianship behind good songwriting
Funkymusic
Sep 19th 2012
4
RE: Artists that are hiding their musicianship behind good songwriting
howisya
Sep 19th 2012
5
who cares tho?
PROMO
Sep 19th 2012
3
please never talk about radiohead again.
ninjitsu
Sep 19th 2012
7
RE: please never talk about radiohead again.
cheesecake
Sep 20th 2012
18
not Radiohead, bro
AlBundy
Sep 20th 2012
54
Rock is always supposed to have some rebelious con-game
c71
Sep 19th 2012
10
Good musicianship
d_emme
Sep 19th 2012
11
lol @ Radiohead masking things thru 'great songwriting', that's rich
Bombastic
Sep 19th 2012
12
See when I saw and read this post I instantly thought of
Anonymous
Sep 20th 2012
16
Have you ever actually listened to Radiohead?
bski
Sep 20th 2012
13
exactly.
ninjitsu
Sep 20th 2012
14
RE: exactly.
cheesecake
Sep 20th 2012
17
RE: sigh.
cheesecake
Sep 20th 2012
20
they're not up there with hendrix
ninjitsu
Sep 20th 2012
21
RE: they're not up there with hendrix
cheesecake
Sep 20th 2012
26
Eh....none of that is especially hard to play either.
Buck
Sep 20th 2012
22
And that's the BIG problem with technical views on musicianship
BigReg
Sep 20th 2012
23
RE: And that's the BIG problem with technical views on musicianship
cheesecake
Sep 20th 2012
27
I don't have a dog in this fight either but for what it's worth
AFKAP_of_Darkness
Sep 20th 2012
24
RE: Eh....none of that is especially hard to play either.
cheesecake
Sep 20th 2012
25
If that was all there is to musicianship...
Buck
Sep 20th 2012
28
RE: If that was all there is to musicianship...
cheesecake
Sep 20th 2012
48
Cool, bro.
Buck
Sep 20th 2012
52
agreed, but it's their ability to put these parts together
ninjitsu
Sep 22nd 2012
60
RE: exactly.
bski
Sep 22nd 2012
59
RE: exactly.
cheesecake
Sep 22nd 2012
61
RE: exactly.
bski
Sep 22nd 2012
62
RE: exactly.
cheesecake
Sep 22nd 2012
63
RE: exactly.
bski
Sep 22nd 2012
65
RE: Have you ever actually listened to Radiohead?
Funkymusic
Sep 20th 2012
49
When did Radiohead suddenly become not very good musicians ?
Pete Burns
Sep 20th 2012
15
If we change "musicianship" to "technique," John Mayer's first record...
Buck
Sep 20th 2012
29
yeah, w/o debating 'great songwriting', he's an excellent example
natlawdp
Sep 20th 2012
35
Musicianship and hiding, or whatever this was supposed to be
c71
Sep 20th 2012
30
Why is it "con-game fakery?"
Buck
Sep 20th 2012
31
If you can play advanced, I think you should, esp. if you play
c71
Sep 20th 2012
32
as i'm trying to get at in the other thread
howisya
Sep 20th 2012
33
What if you want to sell some records and make some money?
Buck
Sep 20th 2012
34
Of course a musician can do that, but that gives them a bad
c71
Sep 20th 2012
36
What about Journey?
Buck
Sep 20th 2012
37
RE: What about Journey?
c71
Sep 20th 2012
40
Hmm...do you know what prog is?
Buck
Sep 20th 2012
41
Genesis, Yes, ELP, Asia
c71
Sep 20th 2012
42
i'm glad The Police didn't think like you...
natlawdp
Sep 20th 2012
38
They kind of admitted they were faking being punk at the very
c71
Sep 20th 2012
39
But Rock is a genre that's 'stripped down'
BigReg
Sep 20th 2012
43
Generally people would say Rock is known for being stripped
c71
Sep 20th 2012
44
At the detriment to song writing however...
BigReg
Sep 20th 2012
45
RE: But Rock is a genre that's 'stripped down'
jshua
Sep 20th 2012
46
Ha. Id argue Zappa's biggest songs are tend to also be his simplest.
BigReg
Sep 20th 2012
47
RE: Ha. Id argue Zappa's biggest songs are tend to also be his simplest...
jshua
Sep 21st 2012
57
RE: If you can play advanced, I think you should, esp. if you play
cheesecake
Sep 20th 2012
51
Band Style/identity vs. serving the song/good songwriting
c71
Sep 22nd 2012
64
Wow. n/m
Stringer Bell
Sep 20th 2012
50
i'm a fan of his for the most part
forgivenphoenix
Sep 20th 2012
53
this is a fascinating thread
thebigfunk
Sep 21st 2012
55
CTRL + F "beatles"..... WTF?
T Reynolds
Sep 21st 2012
56
You don't have to "own" your instrument
Kosa12
Sep 21st 2012
58
I don't considering it "hiding" to want to write and play original
amplifya7
Sep 22nd 2012
66
RE: Artists that are hiding their musicianship behind good songwriting
G_The_SP
Sep 23rd 2012
67
it aint hiding.
quatto
Sep 23rd 2012
68
^^^^ one of the only sensible answers in here
cheesecake
Sep 23rd 2012
69
#68 Nailed it I think
Delajoo
Sep 24th 2012
70
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