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
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Agreed. I think he used too plain of an open tuning. He should have tried something a little more minor.
amen. you could have listened to almost that same song with a guy hit some chords the easy way. you could tell he was going to long because the crowd started aplauding before he was done. it was boring and long.
no. no. no. you guys have no clue. it is radical to hear. radical. andy and andy give it two thumbs up. and so does everyone else. and just for good measure, it is radical music. well played, well played.
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