I
don't really like blues guitar. I listened to a few players that date
way back to the 1930's - its rough and direct and really resonated with a
lot of people back then. Shit it still resonates with people today.
I've always wanted to learn how to improvise on the guitar, and I have an understanding of how its done, but like anything it takes a lot of time and practice to really engrave the patterns into your mind and fingertips.
I prefer voice and guitar or any instrument playing multiple voices. I also like the framework of a song - the limited scope that is designed to be short. Fleeting. But thanks to recording you can always listen to it again and again. But this limited period also means that you only have so much time to present material and counter-material in order to create dramatic tension.
I definitely enjoy improvisation and length and freedom from songlike parameters but more so during live performances. I like recordings that are tight, efficient, lean (unless its a live recording) - I like even more when they contribute to an album that is thoughtful, well planned, and...composed I guess.
So I don't care for the blues very much. I like pretty much all of the post-cursors like jazz and folk and bluegrass and country ...perhaps because these developed into the popularized / commercialized genres that were marketed to the masses. This also interests me - mass appeal.
I don't really have individual sentiments to express. I don't really listen to any songs or watch movies that seem to speak to me in particular. I like the composition of the work. The challenge. And how there isn't a set perspective to interpret. I think I also like genuine works that are about something true in the world that I can become familiar with at least in a superficial capacity. Maybe this is what mass appeal is - presenting a context that can be consumed by virtually everyone at least on a superficial level. Maybe most would say this is easier / more simplistic than producing a work that is wholly personal or exotic, or esoteric. But I think its more difficult to create something that appeals to everyone.
And plus this is why you become a musician in the first place right? For others to enjoy? To share? I mean yes music exists if you play for yourself, an audience of one, but once you add even one other person, the performance itself suddenly becomes a dialog happening in real time as they react to you and you react to them reacting to you and so on. Its the same as: a language can exist if you speak out loud to yourself, but once you use it with another person, then you are communicating.
I've always wanted to learn how to improvise on the guitar, and I have an understanding of how its done, but like anything it takes a lot of time and practice to really engrave the patterns into your mind and fingertips.
I prefer voice and guitar or any instrument playing multiple voices. I also like the framework of a song - the limited scope that is designed to be short. Fleeting. But thanks to recording you can always listen to it again and again. But this limited period also means that you only have so much time to present material and counter-material in order to create dramatic tension.
I definitely enjoy improvisation and length and freedom from songlike parameters but more so during live performances. I like recordings that are tight, efficient, lean (unless its a live recording) - I like even more when they contribute to an album that is thoughtful, well planned, and...composed I guess.
So I don't care for the blues very much. I like pretty much all of the post-cursors like jazz and folk and bluegrass and country ...perhaps because these developed into the popularized / commercialized genres that were marketed to the masses. This also interests me - mass appeal.
I don't really have individual sentiments to express. I don't really listen to any songs or watch movies that seem to speak to me in particular. I like the composition of the work. The challenge. And how there isn't a set perspective to interpret. I think I also like genuine works that are about something true in the world that I can become familiar with at least in a superficial capacity. Maybe this is what mass appeal is - presenting a context that can be consumed by virtually everyone at least on a superficial level. Maybe most would say this is easier / more simplistic than producing a work that is wholly personal or exotic, or esoteric. But I think its more difficult to create something that appeals to everyone.
And plus this is why you become a musician in the first place right? For others to enjoy? To share? I mean yes music exists if you play for yourself, an audience of one, but once you add even one other person, the performance itself suddenly becomes a dialog happening in real time as they react to you and you react to them reacting to you and so on. Its the same as: a language can exist if you speak out loud to yourself, but once you use it with another person, then you are communicating.