Okay so a lot of people want to be like their hero’s, I know I have many times. Who doesn’t want a guitar from their hero or an amp or anything from their hero’s so they can sound like them, this brings an issue because if you sound the same as they do it presents a identity issue, so my goal is to maybe help people try to find their own voice. So we have a lot of people doing the same thing over and over again in the industry, the reason that this is important is because if we all sound the same we bring nothing new to the industry/music we all want to make it big, but we all want to sound like this person or do this thing that they do because look they are popular. We have to find our own voice we have to be innovators, that’s the one reason why I love guitar we can find our own voice, it’s also a good thing to take inspiration but you can do two things, one is bad the other is good, the good is that you can take that piece and expand on it and make it something new and creative and it can be it’s own identity. The bad thing I that you take that and you copy it doing nothing with it, we have to evolve as musicians so we be creative, it’s also important that we don’t do the same thing over and over again because, I think it obvious by because our music will be boring and won’t bring anything to the table. Also there is people who want music to be their life but they are lazy or not doing anything to get their. Like me I wanted to learn everything I still haven’t I’m not even close, but I was like hey idiot why don’t you actually put in some time instead of wasting people’s time and do nothing and say it didn’t work. That was my mind set not to long ago. So before you think about buying that guitar that your hero has think about it. Don’t be like me and expect everything, you get what you put into it. And most importantly be an innovativer. Go find your own voice. All love, see ya
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- Thread starter Lachlan Hayden
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Well said. I spent too long in my early years trying to sound like slash, not realising I should be finding my own voice. This is why now I get not to learn solos note for note. I try to learn the main parts of the solo but add my own little parts in there. I’ve found this can also help with inspiration for your own solos.
I completely agree, I wanted to be just like Syn and other players but it just wasn’t for me, I could never be like them because I wasn’t them. Tone is 95% in the hands and even if you do play like your idols you will just be ‘a copy’ of them whereas if you spend time developing your feel and style you will enjoy playing so much more and it will feel way more natural. You can still take little ideas from their playing but what makes you you is you. (It came out better in my head).
It’s always important to learn from your heros while retaining your own identity. I think that’s an important reminder for bands as well. Everyone has influences but what’s inpeotant is how you take those and meld them with what you do.
For example, Keith Richards is one of my main guitar heros, but I don’t want to sound exactly like him. I want to learn what i can from him (the man is a rhythmic monster and there is a lot to learn there) and then apply it to what I do. It’s how we help develop our own sound, while keeping the musical genetics of our heros alive
For example, Keith Richards is one of my main guitar heros, but I don’t want to sound exactly like him. I want to learn what i can from him (the man is a rhythmic monster and there is a lot to learn there) and then apply it to what I do. It’s how we help develop our own sound, while keeping the musical genetics of our heros alive
