Thread 128145308

how come some of these "social media guitarists" be so technically good at guitar, yet churn out some of the dullest muzak ever?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTjUfylKTEY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tra16tEoDLY

>>128145308 (OP)
Internalised standards of quality and the view that technical skill equals depth

So much to do, not much to say

>>128145308 (OP)

Most virtuoso guitarist aren't great at song writing. It's just tricks and cramming as many notes as possible in a bar. See srv evh yngwei Holdsworth and Hendrix

>>128145668
How can you compare them to youtube guitarists? A world of difference

>>128145308 (OP)
Because they're guitarists rather than musicians.

Marshall Harrison is a great example. His picking and sweeping techniques are good - but he is completely unmusical and just noodles on livestreams.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYGbJAX-xeI

Josh Meader is a chad. If he linked up with a good composer, he could be really well known.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=pbviPQzVhKE

>>128145308 (OP)
that has always been the case with technically good guitarists

Mancuso is good live though and even better when he just plays tunes by other people.

>>128145668
EVH and Hendrix were great at songwriting

Bob Dylan can't shred

>>128145308 (OP)
I really think the problem is that they're used to soloing over garbage royalty free backing tracks they download online so that's all you're gonna get

>>128145308 (OP)
thats pretty good by guitarist standards

>>128146303
Not the case with guys that are actual musicians and not just guitarists.

Couldn't Stand the Weather [Epic, 1984]
The problem with guitar virtuosos is that most of them wouldn't know a good musical concept if they tripped over it, which happens just often enough to keep everyone confused. The exception that proves not a damn thing is Jimi Hendrix, the finest guitarist in any idiom ever. Though he comes close sometimes, this Texan ain't Hendrix. But between earned Jimi cover and lyric refreshment, album two is almost everything a reasonable person might hope from him: a roadhouse album with gargantuan sonic imagination. B+

>>128145308 (OP)
They focus on technique but lack the talent for coming up with new sounds or melodies, which is much harder

>>128145308 (OP)
What do you get out of hearing a large number of noted played fast?
If they were the notes from Mozart's Alla turca it would be something great, because it's the note intervals that matter, not just playing a lot of notes fast.
And this is what they lack, a sense of melody. Whether it's simple or complex, it matters less
They think complexity makes them look impressive and proficient

>>128145308 (OP)
I have thought the same thing about Mancuso. He's brilliant technically, but boring.

It's all about feel and your personality. That's what made EVH great. His feel for the guitar and his personality were chad, and it came through. He wasn't boring at all.

Ace Frehley sucked technically, but he had feel and personality on the guitar too.

Boring personality, boring guitar playing, no matter your technique.

>>128145734
Was gonna post this. Spot on.

>>128146381
he can't sing or play harmonica either

>>128145308 (OP)
a lot of shredders play killer guitar but couldn't write a pop song to save their lives.many such cases

>>128145308 (OP)
Mancuso is a genuine virtuoso of the six string guitar. "Social media guitarist" is such a smoothbrain take.

>>128151826
He's one of the dullest shits I've ever heard, literally can only play dadrock covers