View Poll Results: What Genre Do You Play?

**francric** · 05-26-2005, 06:33 AM

I like hard rock, but I like blues too. Then again progressive rock is cool and then there's jazz, metal, punk.....I AM SOOOOOO CONFUSED!!!!!!!!!

I guess I don't play anything specific. I don't know what I want to play when I grow up!!!!!I need to find a simpler, easier, quicker satisfying hobby like knitting.

**koogie2k** · 05-26-2005, 06:53 AM

Originally Posted by AxSport4me

That`s cool to hear your into some extreme music as well,i thought i might be the only one in here that was! *lol* What are some bands your into?

Exteme bands I am into are:

Slayer, Bathory, Gorgoroth, Shadow's Fall, Mayhem (heheheh), Immortal, most thrash bands from the earlier days.....Amon Amarth, Strapping Young Lad.....

But, I am a HUGE Police fan.

Of course, I like all the shred stuff, country, jazz.....depends on the mood.

When I jump, it is exteme metal all the way.....Nothing like falling from the sky with Slayer or Gorgoroth pounding on the head set....hehehehehe.....

**kbaim** · 05-26-2005, 08:51 AM

I'm sort of in this fingerpicking mode. Lots of open strings for sustain. Not in a band currently, so trying to keep myself involved and at the same time making it sound full enough.

And I always come back to the Luke. feels like it was made for me.

I miss playing rock sounding stuff though.

**edensdad** · 05-26-2005, 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by jongitarz

I play Nu Jazz progressive buble gum voodoo blues with sort of a deth metal vibe enhanced by the r&b tip, combined with afrocentric euro highlights. If it was easy everybody would be doing it.

Ditto. Plus Elbonian Opera

Really I'm mixed - Progressive Metal, SRV white boy blues & Michael Hedges/Loe Kottke Acoustic Fingerstyle are my main three. I dabble with old style Jazz ala Joe Pass sometimes too.

I guess the list could be as long as there are users.

>^..^<

**tvanveen** · 05-26-2005, 11:36 AM

We play sort of indie rock/pop with a bit of alt-country (a very little) thrown in.

When we jam we'll play anything, including funk and reggae.

**SteveB** · 05-26-2005, 11:47 AM

My band plays original rock with elements of folk, prog, blues, jazz and anything else that has influenced us.

I call it "rock" when forced to put a label on it.

As a player, I play anything but rap (which usually has no guitar anyway). I like to jam along with really different kinds of music, like new age, flamenco, shred, 80's pop (or "new wave" as it was called back then), classic rock.. I guess I really don't play any country music either, but it's not intentional. I have a cousin who is a first-rate country guitarist and he's got great chops that I respect a lot.

I know that some of you will hate this idea, but I think a good excercise is to throw on Yanni's "Tribute" album and try to mimic the violin player on guitar (on the song "Renegade"). The girl who plays the violin on that album can really throw down, and I like to try to out-play her, but in the same style. Try it before you knock it.

**mcvinyl** · 05-26-2005, 09:23 PM

Originally Posted by jongitarz

I play Nu Jazz progressive buble gum voodoo blues with sort of a deth metal vibe enhanced by the r&b tip, combined with afrocentric euro highlights. If it was easy everybody would be doing it.

Damn!!! I thought i had invented that.

Oh well back to the drawing board - must find unique style

**Raz** · 05-27-2005, 07:18 AM

Originally Posted by SteveB

My band plays original rock with elements of folk, prog, blues, jazz and anything else that has influenced us.

I call it "rock" when forced to put a label on it.

As a player, I play anything but rap (which usually has no guitar anyway). I like to jam along with really different kinds of music, like new age, flamenco, shred, 80's pop (or "new wave" as it was called back then), classic rock.. I guess I really don't play any country music either, but it's not intentional. I have a cousin who is a first-rate country guitarist and he's got great chops that I respect a lot.

I know that some of you will hate this idea, but I think a good excercise is to throw on Yanni's "Tribute" album and try to mimic the violin player on guitar (on the song "Renegade"). The girl who plays the violin on that album can really throw down, and I like to try to out-play her, but in the same style. Try it before you knock it.

You should check out Uli Jon Roth then...

**ripley** · 05-27-2005, 08:10 AM

Originally Posted by BucketBot

I chose shred even though I suck at it. I like to call it "experimental shred".

that's a pretty cool response. I finally gave up a couple of years ago and started calling my alleged 'style' "quasi-experimental" - which basically says absolutely nothing...

experimental shread is a pretty nifty term. wish I had thought of that.