Seriously, no joke.

[Gtrjunior]

I Was taking guitar lessons about a year and a half ago and we studied some funk guitar.

VERY challenging...

I had a lesson book I specifically bought for these lessons. We went through the entire book. It took maybe 3 months in total. I was taking 2 lessons/ month and I didn’t skip ahead until my teacher was satisfied that I had absorbed the material.

All of the examples we played, we played at 60bpm.
The faster tempos were actually easier so at 60bpm it was quite a challenge to not speed up.

 

[Lewguitar]

I'm a psychologist Lew. That is ONE thing it can do. And a very tenuous and narrow interpretation. Stop reading Psychology today or wherever you are getting these little tiny slices of pop-psychology.

People DO NOT listen to creator/Slayer and then get all chaos and go kill things.
You have three examples of people here listening to this kind of music and reporting very positive effects.

If you do, then certainly don't. If listening to music makes you feel that the music is controlling how you are internally....whole other problem/issue.

Are the positive effect guys lying to you?

I doubt you are a psychologist. If you are you're not a good one. The way you behave? The rage you exhibit? No. You're no psychologist.

You constantly lie and accuse me of saying things I never said to give strength to your attacks on me.

An example: "People DO NOT listen to creator/Slayer and then get all chaos and go kill things."

I didn't say that. Nowhere did I say that.

A real psychologist would be intelligent enough to state their case without lying or putting words in the person's mouth who they disagree with.

You're not intelligent enough to be able to do that.

You're no psychologist.

You've been thrown off of this forum multiple times and given a timeout by the mods for your malicious, rude behavior.

That is not the behavior of a psychologist.

That's the behavior of an immature, attention seeking loser who cannot control his rage.
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[Securb]

That's the behavior of an immature, attention seeking loser who cannot control his rage.
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Once again Lew insults another member, once again Lew gets no infraction.

It seemed like we had this discussion back to music, can we please just talk about music. Huh, Lew?

 

[Aceman]

You've been thrown off of this forum multiple times and given a timeout by the mods for your malicious, rude behavior.
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One time. And I was only trying to be entertaining. I clearly did not effectively communicate that message. And I politely took my time out.

You brought up the issues Lew - I only refuted it based on what you seem to believe is the singular result of listening to music. You may believe what you wish to believe. Having read the journals and taught these things, I know differently. People can decide for themselves who is right. But from now on please address me as Dr. Aceman. I do in fact have a Ph.D. and more than enough people will verify that. I'll be glad to post a picture if you like. I am not a practicing clinician/therapist. I am a guitar player though.



Meanwhile - back at Super Fat Round pickup sounds....

You know Demaniac, I was thinking. While I did say I can't imagine a fat round sweet sound working for that, to be fair, it is still no reason not to try. Someone might come up with something pretty interesting. Is there anyone doing that? Maybe an opportunity to experiment. Slashes sound was something different when he came out playing those fat neck leads in hard rock too...

 

[JB_From_Hell]

This reminds me of when my dad always telling me about how much rap sucks, and how it takes no talent whatsoever. This conversation went from my childhood until 30 some years later, we were in the car and it came up again. I put on a Jay Z song and said, "Ok. Do what he's doing. Speak in a musical flow that dances around the beat without ever being on or off of it." Alas, he could not.

 

[weepingminotaur]

I don't understand grown-ass adults who have to establish a hierarchy of taste. You are aware that this stuff is almost completely subjective, yes? Why do you derive joy from putting other people and their tastes down? If that gives you pleasure or purpose, that's pretty sad.

In any case, back to the topic. I feel like I'm just starting to vibe with fat, round tones, and it's more a question of me getting better at dialing in tone for specific musical applications than anything else. And also, when you play a lot of metal, fat/round frequently loses to bite/cutting. But if I'm just noodling around with jazz chords, you better believe that tone knob is rolled off and I'm looking for a sound that is warm and mellow.

 

[Securb]

When people tell me rap sucks, it has no music components or is all drum machines and rhymes I will typically play them this one of my favorite raps ever. Once again even if you don't like the music you should respect the sweat equity that goes into making it.

 

[weepingminotaur]

When people tell me rap sucks, it has no music components or is all drum machines and rhymes I will typically play them this one of my favorite raps ever. Once again even if you don't like the music you should respect the sweat equity that goes into making it.

My response to anti-rap people is usually to walk away, since most of it boils down to thinly-veiled racism masquerading as "objective" musical taste. But if they persist, Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly is a pretty good way to shut that stuff down.

 

[Dave Locher]

Man this thread goes in some interesting directions! er
I am one of those people who will say "I don't like rap." (Not "hate," just "don't care for it overall.") But I have heard a couple songs I really like and I certainly don't think it is easy or stupid. Same with country: not my thing, some of it is okay, every now and then I hear a country song I genuinely appreciate.

I think most musicians can really appreciate when we hear something truly great even when it isn't to our taste? But I also totally relate to the thought of "why do people like this?"

 

[Demanic]

Round fat and warm can work just fine for jazz, but for thrash it would probably just turn into a muddy mess.Though I think that I prefer a brighter single coil sound for jazzier stuff.

 

[Dave Locher]

Once again Lew insults another member, once again Lew gets no infraction.

It seemed like we had this discussion back to music, can we please just talk about music. Huh, Lew?

Seriously! That is beyond simple disagreement and wanders pretty firmly into the personal attack zone!

 

[JB_From_Hell]

Round fat and warm can work just fine for jazz, but for thrash it would probably just turn into a muddy mess.Though I think that I prefer a brighter single coil sound for jazzier stuff.

For a lead part a fat solo tone would be fine in thrash, as long as you’re only playing one note at a time. It’s that second finger in those chords that screws it all up.

Fat and warm works for heavy, but it’s better for slow heavy like Fu Manchu or the like.

 

[Clint 55]

Jeez Lew.....
You're the most angry person on the forum and you don't listen to angry music....
What does psychology say about that?

Lol!

 

[Mincer]

Let's bring this back on topic and less about the people here, ok?

 

[Artie]

I Was taking guitar lessons about a year and a half ago and we studied some funk guitar.

VERY challenging...

I had a lesson book I specifically bought for these lessons.

I don't suppose you'd remember what that book was? I'd like to learn some funky rhythms.

 

[Securb]

For a lead part a fat solo tone would be fine in thrash, as long as you’re only playing one note at a time. It’s that second finger in those chords that screws it all up. Fat and warm works for heavy, but it’s better for slow heavy like Fu Manchu or the like.

Agreed. I do not think "Fat" or "Warm" are the problems with high-gain music. I think it is the bloom of the note. We need a signal with a quick, sharp attack. I typically start with a tight bassy, throaty, rhythm tone, and then add "something" when playing a lead. Something could be a boost, modulation, or pitch shifting ever so slightly to detune the signal. For others, compression is the key to these leads. Like I said before we all approach this differently no one is wrong or right.

 

[Obsessive Compulsive]

My response to anti-rap people is usually to walk away, since most of it boils down to thinly-veiled racism masquerading as "objective" musical taste. But if they persist, Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly is a pretty good way to shut that stuff down.

It's not racist. Rap really is at the bottom of the musical talent: A drum beat, calls to smoke weed or womanize your best friend's girl friend and voila...another Dr. Dre hit. I don't hate rap, I used to enjoy 90s releases from Snoop and Dre but in most cases it really really is musical garbage.

 

[Obsessive Compulsive]

I don't understand grown-ass adults who have to establish a hierarchy of taste. You are aware that this stuff is almost completely subjective, yes? Why do you derive joy from putting other people and their tastes down? If that gives you pleasure or purpose, that's pretty sad.

Not that simple. If you carefully observe, you will find a pattern where some genres are subscribed to by specific social classes. It's reality not an opinion.

 

[weepingminotaur]

It's not racist. Rap really is at the bottom of the musical talent: A drum beat, calls to smoke weed or womanize your best friend's girl friend and voila...another Dr. Dre hit. I don't hate rap, I used to enjoy 90s releases from Snoop and Dre but in most cases it really really is musical garbage.

Not going to bother to engage that kind of nonsense. Have fun at your camp!

 

[Gtrjunior]

I don't suppose you'd remember what that book was? I'd like to learn some funky rhythms.

Yes....let me find it and I’ll post a pic of it.