Aceman
I am your doctor of love!
Re: The Well Part XXXVII - We're gonna turn the well over to Aceman - SHOCK ME!
I had to think hard about this. And for the record, KISS wouldn't make the top 20. So let me work it down to the final answer.
First off, a lot of obvious things came to mind like Hendrix, Zepplin, etc...But you all knew that.
Then I went to specific players: Gilmore, Gatemouth, Malmsteen, Eric Johnson, etc...But you know those guys too.
Then I went to other bands: ABBA, for example. The Dixie Chics...Maybe a bit of a stretch
Finally I realized that the main thing in a lot of things I'd recommend, player, band, or otherwise was melody. Whatever you do listen to something with MELODY! Fast/slow, hard/soft, whatever - give me a tune!
But to really answer the question, you want a specific name, so....
I picked something you "kids" might not turn on to.
Runner up: Cheap Trick; The epitomize what music should be about - fun, energy, and great pop tunes. They ballad, they rock, they experiment, they get heavy, they get weird. But it is fun. And by the way...lot's of MELODY! music at the end of the day is about great songs. They have it.
First Place: Billy Squire In The Dark/Emotions In Motion. Those two albums I think are just amazing. They are like Cheap Trick boiled down to just the good stuff! If you could study just two albums to learn what you need to know about music, those two would be a great start. The songs, the arrangements, the instrumentation, the production, the MELODY! Give those two a listen. They won't do a tone for your chops. But at the end of the day if it has to be about the chops, it's probably not music.
I had to think hard about this. And for the record, KISS wouldn't make the top 20. So let me work it down to the final answer.
First off, a lot of obvious things came to mind like Hendrix, Zepplin, etc...But you all knew that.
Then I went to specific players: Gilmore, Gatemouth, Malmsteen, Eric Johnson, etc...But you know those guys too.
Then I went to other bands: ABBA, for example. The Dixie Chics...Maybe a bit of a stretch
Finally I realized that the main thing in a lot of things I'd recommend, player, band, or otherwise was melody. Whatever you do listen to something with MELODY! Fast/slow, hard/soft, whatever - give me a tune!
But to really answer the question, you want a specific name, so....
I picked something you "kids" might not turn on to.
Runner up: Cheap Trick; The epitomize what music should be about - fun, energy, and great pop tunes. They ballad, they rock, they experiment, they get heavy, they get weird. But it is fun. And by the way...lot's of MELODY! music at the end of the day is about great songs. They have it.
First Place: Billy Squire In The Dark/Emotions In Motion. Those two albums I think are just amazing. They are like Cheap Trick boiled down to just the good stuff! If you could study just two albums to learn what you need to know about music, those two would be a great start. The songs, the arrangements, the instrumentation, the production, the MELODY! Give those two a listen. They won't do a tone for your chops. But at the end of the day if it has to be about the chops, it's probably not music.
