Lame

So i ripped on davis already for this, but why not again since he likes her music. I saw feist, on the colbert report tonight and was embarrassed for her. She plays the guitar terribly, on top of that she just babbles for lyrics, and makes odd noises like the sound of sea creatures mating. I know this because i frequently visit saltwater aquariums during the mating season. But that is neither here nor there. Feist looks like she needs a shower on the colbert report. In the only video i could find of this song, she looks decent in it, thankfully. But the song is still the oddest thing in the world. Can a man like this music and metallica at the same time? I sometimes feel like davis is like the king of rohan in lord of the rings. Like there is someone whispering poison into his ears,(feist) and his taste is getting worse and worse. We need some gandalf to come and magically rid him of Feist Wormtongue. here is the video, if you wanna witness something Lame.

Campfire Guitar Out of Control

So andy sent me this link to this video of this erik mongrain dude, and i hated it.
I dont deny the intense skill involved. I just think there is no aesthetic value to anything like that. Its like, 'Let me get so good on the guitar, that i turn it into some complex melodic elevator tune.' And that was all it was. It was incredibly talented crap. It was the equivalent of reading a book on the theory of relativity to your friends for entertainment. While incredibly skilled, boring to hear. People would rather you read to them about the greatest prison breaks, funny jokes, best of paul harvey stories, etc. Music is suppost to be exciting and entertaining. This guy while he might be entertaining around a campfire, whipping out an acoustic and displaying a huge wow-factor, has no appeal past the first play. Its like "wow, he can do that percussive slappy thing with the guitar on his lap and it sounds rad, but im ready for someone pull out that same acoustic guitar and play some collective soul,aerosmith, or acdc. here it is

workin on a new one

Its in its bare bones of riffage. I will probably have the finished product at some point. I was just screwin around on it, changing tempos switching things seeing how i felt about it. Its kind of a mess.For now, this is the idea at hand.

Man this is easier than i thought

Here is yet another. I thought maybe my post was hastey and that i should listen to some more Raconteurs to make sure there might be a really original bone in their bodies, but no. Here is the next example.

Listen to the verses of this song if you havent heard it. That is what he is playing off of.

This is the best i could get for the raconteurs, they dont have a video for this song yet or even a sound video thing. The actual song is playing along with this kid.

If there is a Snake in the Grass.....

I will smoke him out. I brought my smoke today, when i heard attention, a song davis was telling me to listen to while trying to convince me i would love the Raconteurs because their riffs are SO original and so unique. Well turns out Attention is a ripoff of Rage against the Machines "Bombtrack". The only differences in the riff are the trill jack white does to start the riff, he uses one different note and gives it a giddyup horsey gallop rhythm for the first part but follows the exact pattern tom morrello used in bombtrack but reverses it, by ascending the riff before decsending it. My Point is not that Jack white found this rage song and thought how can i change it, and use it as my own. I dont think he did that. I do think, he probably heard the rage song from time to time and had it in his subconsious, and it kinda floated out of his fingers in a very similar riff. Which brings us to my point, He is not that original at all, it seems like most of his riffs are like this, very similar to other bands riffs. Which is fine, if you like those other riffs, its like hearing a cover album with a hyena singing instead. Jack white as far as originality goes, only gets my vote on his solos. Those are very original and unique to his name. But never did i say they were good. You decide here they are.

You only need listen to the first 10-15 seconds of each to get the picture.

Classical Gas

Everyone should enjoy this.This is a timeless classic, and the insane value of songwriting should be evident here. Where are songwriters like this anymore?

Supergay

Davis did it again. Somehow he managed to lose us money on our project this year. Im pretty sure he somehow flew back and forth from newark to thwart an early sale of the home. I also have suspicions that he managed to make a quick flight back to mess up our closing this last friday, by tampering with a few things on the house, so i fixed his mess and we finally closed this tuesday. Davis is sneaky, we wont underestimate his abilites this next time around.