May 26, 2017

Favorite Guitarist

I think I'm going to make a podcast about this tonight. I like the verbal platform right now much more compared to blogging like this. I feel like this way is a little stale, a little more serious in script versus just talking about it. I'm still going to post this blog though because it's a great way to avoid responsibility at work before the weekend.

This blog entry was originally favorite guitaristS, but I'll save that for the podcast and keep this simple. 
Greg Edwards 
(Failure, Replicants, Lusk, Autolux)
    Greg was an easy first pick for me. Everything from the inimitable tone, chord progressions, to the stage presence - Greg has consistently blown me away. The biggest thing for me was the stone face, zoned out looks Greg always seems to have live. He seems to be so strictly focused on his playing and the atmospheres around him to even realize he's on stage. That or he's just bored out of his fucking mind. Either way, pretty cool right?
 
     The whole "rock star" guitarist look and ego was always the biggest turn off for me. Seeing a guitarist with sunglasses on while his hair blows in the wind, while he just "shreds" over top of the rest of the cheesy music? Snooze fest. Technicality is important, but I realize the older I get I definitely gravitate towards musicians who are technical in their tones and music arrangements, rather than the actual notes they're playing.

What makes for a good song? That obviously depends on the listener. To me, it has to immediately grab my attention. There are millions of varieties to make me not want to hit skip. For it to last, it needs to be a well written, catchy song. Greg writes parts that are always catchy, but have a unique twist to them. Basically, he writes a pretty normal pop song but adds elements of noise, looping, or layers that typical pop songs trim out.

I said I'd keep it short, so expect the verbal version of this to be extra long.



-Novak