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My impression is that rock and roll is...well, dead. Genres wax and wane in popularity, and so does the talent in that genre, as talent becomes attracted to oth
by dlivingston 6y ago
My impression is that rock and roll is...well, dead. Genres wax and wane in popularity, and so does the talent in that genre, as talent becomes attracted to other genres (you ask who the modern day Van Halen is: who is the modern day B.B. King? Or Frank Sinatra? Or Mozart? On some level, it's a silly question, because those genres have become somewhat passé).
A few years ago, garage band rock n' roll was topping the charts: The Black Keys, The White Stripes, The Arctic Monkeys, etc. Now, not so much - or at all. But as much as my soul is warmed by a tasty guitar lick, I'm okay with that, because the seasons change and all we can do is watch as they do.
- beaugunderson 6y agofinding new (to me) bands that sound like the old bands I like is much easier given tools like everynoise.com, which I highly recommend (though it works best if you also have a Spotify account because of the playlists). my current heavy rotation playlist of EVH-style guitar shredding is here, if anyone is interested: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6iCImsdr0rrYHStbFpOi2h?si=ibMXqPPWSt-Y2GCrr-ASgw https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6iCImsdr0rrYHStbFpOi2h?si=... vastly different sound but the technical mastery is apparent.
- ateng 6y agoAllow me to chip in my guitar riff playlist as well https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5q2zcb4xCWviTlAPfk0M8z?si=nS8AZhFZTPeeMJz6hKkGYw https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5q2zcb4xCWviTlAPfk0M8z?si=...
- beaugunderson 6y agogreat playlist, it was largely Satriani/Vai/Johnson who were responsible for my love of guitar wankery :)
- PaulDavisThe1st 6y agoI would encourage listening to Joe Satriani's answer to this question from Rick Beato: https://youtu.be/AYdmelm9ADM?t=2143 https://youtu.be/AYdmelm9ADM?t=2143