And as i see your still browsing the topic... So your full of sheit as well........

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Beck is one of my favorites, and he's earned the right to play differently and experiment with sounds--because, most of the time, it works.

But maybe he isn't for everybody--if you don't get him, that's fine--plenty of people out there to listen to--and some of them, I don't get--but people love them.

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It wasn't Willy-Nilly, it was at crows.

That's it huh, One mans trash is another mans treasure, Opinion is subjective in within the eye of the beholder.

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Or the ear of the "belistener"

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It wasn't Willy-Nilly, it was at crows.

Could have saved a lot of dust getting kicked up by answering your own question with this line. I have a feeling you didn't really want an answer anyway.

Bang on, If it was the above statement i wanted confirmed/gratified. But i wanted to see what a forum full of guitar passionates really thought about a guy's style which in total diplomatic terms slips me by. I received some really honest passionate answers in a forum to discuss/debate various topics related to Fender instruments that i hold in high regard. Was just genuine interest of what people with more experience than i thought. Was great. That aside, I will hug anyone who needs one!!! But there is sites with forums for that exact thing!!!!

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To the OP: I think guitar playing (music in general) isn't about "look how skilled he is!". It's rather the way someone does things. Sometimes you have more 'feel' towards artist A than artist B. I think you need to find out what you like best and more importantly: why! This way you know why you like artist A.

I feel you on Jeff Beck, but I know why. I just don't like to hear guitar alone (basically a 7 minute guitar solo). What I like is the combination of guitar and voice (words not necessarily, just the melody of the voice combined with the melody of the guitar). I don't want to get all analytical with what I like but these are some basics. It does not mean I think the guy is crap, you'll just not find me standing in the crowd.

Another thing: when someone is loved by so many, people tend to doubt themselves why they don't like him/her themselves. It's not wrong! What if we all liked the same person...? Great thing about guitarist: there are so many and they all differ...

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I'm sorry but Beck's musicality is very apparent to the likes of the London Symphony Orchestra (recorded on Emotion and Commotion) and world reknown violinists. These people que to play with Beck. He's far from just some chancer who revolves everything round a minor or major pentatonic. Are they even scales??? Really???? I thought they were modes.

Blues is boring, it's boring to play, it's boring to listen to. It was all done 50 odd years ago. If the guitar playing community stays focused on such archaic nonsense, we'll end up with another synth era. Just like we did when everybody got fed up of metal in the early 80's.
Let alone even consider long dead guitarists as being slightly relevant today, despite families strip mining their archives for material the artist didn't think good enough to release.

Please refrain from using vulgarity, even if adjusting of spelling makes it pass the censor program. It's not big, or clever. Infact it shows severe frustration on your part Ozrv. So much frustration that you're willing to bend the rules of language to suit your outbursts.

Not good mate. Chill out a bit eh?

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I think there are many that wouldn't agree, including me, but difference is what makes music interesting. If we all liked and played the same stuff, think how boring that would be.

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!

Yeah granted Mike, but when it's all you play, ever. All you ever listen to. Something is wrong. Theres a lot more to music than blues, isn't there?

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There sure is, but there is also many that eat, sleep and live to master the blues. At some of the jams I've been to and even hosted, they've admitted it.

Interesting read on "don't be a Blues Nazi" :

http://nashvillemusicianssurvivalmanual.com/Blog/?p=209

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!

i enjoyed this read Mike. As I just played my first live blues jam last Tuesday and I am going back for round 2 tonight. It was so much fun. granted, I haven't played guitar long, truly about a year and a half if you count the amount time I have been focused every day on it. I messed up a lot and my leads weren't great, but it was fun and thats what it should be about. A bunch of guys coming together to work on their blues, share music with the crowd that they may have never heard before and just have fun. I had a few people come up to me afterwards and ask "what was that first song you played?" or to say I did well and to keep on picking and having fun. I'll be a lot less nervous tonight and expect the result to be much better. BUT,


that would be ME

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Blues with a feeling.

GUILD GUITARS: MADE TO BE PLAYED!

Whilst that was a great read and shares a lot of ideas that I regard as being wrong with the guitar community in general. I think the term Blue's Nazi is a bit strong, and somewhat offensive to people victim of real nazi's. I prefer the term 'narrow minded pratt'.
You get them people at all jam nights, not just blues. The idiot who thinks the only person with a right to be heard is (usually) him.

All I think is that theres way more to music to limit yourself to one style. It's an absolute shame that anyone should waste their talent so.

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Lol..Right O Wayne. Sorry!!! Easy!!!! ciao!!

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