Members Tex55 Posted August 1, 2004 Members Posted August 1, 2004 I was just wondering how many of you would rather learn to play and sing songs than learn all the soloing techniques and theory etc. Im not lazy I just don't have much drive to go out and learn all the soloing theory YET... Right know im into playing and singing. Im not just talking about Blink 182 stuff either. LOLAnd no im a long ways from Metallica(the harder stuff), but you get the idea...
Members mynameisjonas Posted August 1, 2004 Members Posted August 1, 2004 A few things that you should take into consideration: 1. Learning theory will help you out if you're trying to figure out how to play a song by ear. 2. Theory isn't all about soloing. If you choose to write your own songs, theory will help you IMMENSELY. Even a simple pop song can be made more unique with some knowledge of music theory.
Members Terje Posted August 2, 2004 Members Posted August 2, 2004 Originally posted by Tex55 I was just wondering how many of you would rather learn to play and sing songs than learn all the soloing techniques and theory etc. The good thing for you is that if you get good at it you'll have a much bigger audience than the people who just spend all their time learning how to solo.
Members Bajazz Posted August 2, 2004 Members Posted August 2, 2004 Originally posted by Terje The good thing for you is that if you get good at it you'll have a much bigger audience than the people who just spend all their time learning how to solo. You'll also have a more thankful audience, who wants to hear you perform music who hit their hearts and not just show-off. Which hits you in a different adrenaline-kick way. Which is not bad, btw, but the former runs deeper.I've played acoustic+vocals for 9 years now, and I've yet to get a magical night out of a good-strong-fast-fingers-day. It's those times when you think you sing like a god, the audience does too, the girls are pretty and lighting is perfect! Magical, I'm hunting those for the rest of my life. BUT!!! but... to be able to focus 100% on emotions, connections with audience, delivering a song, you can't worry about the d-string buzzing cause of bad fretting, wether you'll hit that high A, or if you are able to play the rythm even. This has to float automatically, and you'll need a foundation of techniques in your hands. Even if you don't think you practice those things, you do, but in a less focused manner, while singing while playing. You want a best possible muscle memory to handle automatic behaviour as a act cause there's a lot going on.
Members MDLMUSIC Posted August 2, 2004 Members Posted August 2, 2004 Anything you can do to make yourself more marketable can only pay off in the long run. If you sing but don't play an instrument, you'll lose out to the guy (or gal) who can do both, unless your singing ability is tremendous. If you only play rhythm guitar, you'll lose out to the person who can do both rhythm and lead guitar. As a guitarist/vocalist, the best thing is to be able to sing while playing rhythm guitar plus be able to wail away on lead guitar when necessary. That way you've got all the bases covered.
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