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  • Skullgrid@lemmy.worldOPtoMusic@lemmy.worldWho is the most Boomer guitar player?
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    It wasn’t generic as fuck when he made that music. It became generic as fuck because so many people imitated it.

    … the british invasion bands are famous for ripping off blues players. Even Rush (a canadian progressive rock band) put their heroes’ style of music as “American blues interpreted by british rock musicians”

    EDIT : Also, I used the word “IF” to indicate that the judgement is up to you. I have not made it explicit, but I don’t actively hate this boomer stuff, and there’s some of it I enjoy from time to time. the post I made that you are replying to is meant to be an affirmation and encouragement of self confidence and accurate perception of reality.



  • I prefer expressive playing with unique chord voicings versus “shredding”. Technical ability combined with expressiveness is the zenith, but I much prefer “boomer” bends versus Polyphia-esque “Shreddy-Kreuger” guitar-neck masturbating, if it’s one or the other.

    To me, it’s the equivalent of someone who brags about typing at 200 wpm, but makes no points, arguments, or revelations of new ideas in their content.

    but it’s not “one or the other” though, and the problem is boomers shitting on music that is different than theirs. Just because one cannot hear a coherent idea in something doesn’t mean there aren’t worthwhile things there; that person just cannot perceive the ideas.


  • Yeah, Tim’s statement was awesome because he straddled between the worlds of extended techniques & shred, and pop music collaborations. So the boomers and media , hungry for the next pop sensation wanted to get to him, and his frank explanation of , as the article you linked to put it , “the crutch” really got sand in their butts.

    Which had a long time coming; even though the boomers played loud and distorted, as soon as you hit distortion any wilder than sabbath or played over 200bpm would CONSTANTLY sling mud about how it’s unexpressive junk, which is offensive to anyone enjoying or playing death metal, progressive metal or *shock horror* Technical Death Metal, combining the two and sometimes even adding JAZZ INFLUENCE! 😱

    Thankfully headless, ergonomics guitars are becoming more and more mainstream, and these weird bands and playing styles are getting more recognition.