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                        <title>RE: most annoying things...</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/most-annoying-things/paged/6/#post-235546</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2007 20:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[My biggest thing is not fitting in with the other guitarists around me.  There is this unwritten list of guitarists you HAVE to like, Clapton, Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, David Gilmour, they...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[My biggest thing is not fitting in with the other guitarists around me.  There is this unwritten list of guitarists you HAVE to like, Clapton, Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, David Gilmour, they're all on it.  Unforunately, I don't like any of them, I've even been told I'm broken as a guitarist because of it.  The biggest thing is when I'm with other people that play, I don't fit in.  When they talk about some vibrato Clapton does on some song I've never heard of, on an album I've never heard of and I have no idea what they are talking about.  I'm the only one into metal, they are into blues and R+B.  It's really hard to find common ground.

Hey OWA, I'm in to older metal (Maiden, Metallica, Priest, etc) and they don't get too much play here either.  While I would never say that someone is "broken" because they don't like certain music, I must say that I find it odd that you haven't heard some of the music discussed on this board.  The four guys you referenced in your first post are literally being played on the radio, in movies, on TV, in commericals, at the mall (etc,...) constantly.  I don't think you need to like any of the music, but I think if you want to grow as a guitarist at some point in your life, you'll want to listen and understand some of the "classic" riffs out there.  <br><br>I guess my point is, if you want to be a guitarist then other influences will probably come into play for you.  If you just want to play metal then stick with what you know.

I've heard some Pink Floyd, not much.  I heard Jimi Hendrix on the radio, they did a full hour of his music which I didn't like.  I don't feel there is any guitarist out there that I absolutely must study.  I'm not sure what's special about Jimmy Page.  People say I have to hear him in Stairway to Heaven.  I have heard the song, my friend plays it on guitar everytime he comes over.   Of course, if I don't like Jimmy Page I'm not going to see what's so great, nor would I read into it.  <br><br>I think it's more of a case that a lot of people like these guitarists that makes them a must understand in order to grow.  I doubt many Hendrix fans on here have bothered to study Kittie riffs.  There is no reason not to, why not add some hooky Drop C riffs to those rock/blues progressions?  Why?  Because you aren't a fan of Kittie, that's why.  Same with me and Hendrix.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: most annoying things...</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/most-annoying-things/paged/6/#post-235505</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[NEZTOK, have you popped in on the Big Road Blues forum yet?We&#039;ve got several teenage blues fanatics on there, and at least a couple of guys from WV. Grady Martin&#039;s a good friend of mine (not...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[NEZTOK, have you popped in on the Big Road Blues forum yet? <a href="http://bigroadblues.com/forum/">http://bigroadblues.com/forum/</a> We've got several teenage blues fanatics on there, and at least a couple of guys from WV. Grady Martin's a good friend of mine (not a teenager) who lives near Bluefield, not too far from me in Bristol. I can't think who else is from WV, but I know some have popped up in the "Meet and Greet." Several of us are active on both that board and this.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>Ricochet</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: most annoying things...</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/most-annoying-things/paged/6/#post-235417</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[My biggest thing is not fitting in with the other guitarists around me.  There is this unwritten list of guitarists you HAVE to like, Clapton, Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, David Gilmour, they...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[My biggest thing is not fitting in with the other guitarists around me.  There is this unwritten list of guitarists you HAVE to like, Clapton, Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, David Gilmour, they're all on it.  Unforunately, I don't like any of them, I've even been told I'm broken as a guitarist because of it.  The biggest thing is when I'm with other people that play, I don't fit in.  When they talk about some vibrato Clapton does on some song I've never heard of, on an album I've never heard of and I have no idea what they are talking about.  I'm the only one into metal, they are into blues and R+B.  It's really hard to find common ground.

Hey OWA, I'm in to older metal (Maiden, Metallica, Priest, etc) and they don't get too much play here either.  While I would never say that someone is "broken" because they don't like certain music, I must say that I find it odd that you haven't heard some of the music discussed on this board.  The four guys you referenced in your first post are literally being played on the radio, in movies, on TV, in commericals, at the mall (etc,...) constantly.  I don't think you need to like any of the music, but I think if you want to grow as a guitarist at some point in your life, you'll want to listen and understand some of the "classic" riffs out there.  <br><br>I guess my point is, if you want to be a guitarist then other influences will probably come into play for you.  If you just want to play metal then stick with what you know.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>The Dali</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: most annoying things...</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/most-annoying-things/paged/6/#post-235259</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[One of the things that annoys me the most is that one day your fingers move exactly how you want them to, everything you hear in your head, you play, and there&#039;s nobody on planet earth playi...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[One of the things that annoys me the most is that one day your fingers move exactly how you want them to, everything you hear in your head, you play, and there's nobody on planet earth playing better than you are right now.  Then the next day, your fingers move exactly where you don't want them to, nothing you play sounds like what's in your head, and everyone on planet earth is playing better than you right now.  I don't know why this happens, but it does.

Okay....your signature scares me. I didn't even know my <I>own </I>IP address...]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>jimh</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: most annoying things...</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/most-annoying-things/paged/5/#post-233363</link>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2007 08:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Sorry if the above comment from me offended anyones sensibilities :oops:  in recompense here&#039;s a fantastic photo of a Japanese firework display,the annoying thing is that I wasn&#039;t there to w...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Sorry if the above comment from me offended anyones sensibilities :oops:  in recompense here's a fantastic photo of a Japanese firework display,<br>the annoying thing is that I wasn't there to witness it!<br><br><br><br><a href="http://files.myopera.com/dancingwithbulls/blog/JapanFireworks.jpg"><img src="http://files.myopera.com/dancingwithbulls/blog/JapanFireworks.jpg"></a>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>Violet S</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: most annoying things...</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/most-annoying-things/paged/5/#post-232941</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2007 06:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Just losing plectrums; I used to lose them in the soundhole of my mandolin a lot as a child - speaking of which just reminded me of an annoying thing about my mandolin teacher - if I got the...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Just losing plectrums; I used to lose them in the soundhole of my mandolin a lot as a child - speaking of which just reminded me of an annoying thing about my mandolin teacher - if I got the lunch time slot, sometimes he'd eat his sandwich and bits of it would spit out onto the sheet music, ewww!]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>Violet S</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: most annoying things...</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/most-annoying-things/paged/5/#post-232868</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I like that cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit, it takes the same song and adds a new dynamic to it. It&#039;s like A Perfect Circle&#039;s cover of Imagine or DMB&#039;s version of All Along The Watchtower.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I like that cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit, it takes the same song and adds a new dynamic to it. It's like A Perfect Circle's cover of Imagine or DMB's version of All Along The Watchtower.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>Steve-0</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: most annoying things...</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/most-annoying-things/paged/5/#post-232838</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[BB,There&#039;s a lot of room to argue against me like I said I don&#039;t even adhere to my own principles, when I say note for note that&#039;s not totally correct. I probably wouldn&#039;t even know if only ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[BB,<br><br>There's a lot of room to argue against me like I said I don't even adhere to my own principles, when I say note for note that's not totally correct. I probably wouldn't even know if only one or two notes were changed.<br><br>But my argument really wasn't with someone changing the song even though those are the examples I used to defend my position, my argument if you can call it that was that there was something inherently wrong playing a song note for note making for an android guitarist.<br><br>And I understand or at least understand where King and gnease are coming from, but I am no where near there level of expertise on the instrument so playing a solo note for note is still a big accomplishment for me. when and if I ever get to the point that regurgitating note for note solos become second nature then I'll gaurantee you that I will be adding my own twist.<br><br>After playing songs hundreds of times it gets old doing the same old thing.<br><br>But the real reason I decided to push buttons was to see how long it would take before someone responding to this post about annoying things replied: cnev! Then I 'll know I made it.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>cnev</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: most annoying things...</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/most-annoying-things/paged/5/#post-232831</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Cnev...you button pusher!!! :lol: Just to add to the debate......take a very great classic like Imagine....Lennon wrote and performed it on the piano...are we therefore wrong to perform it o...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Cnev...you button pusher!!! :lol: <br><br>Just to add to the debate......take a very great classic like Imagine....Lennon wrote and performed it on the piano...are we therefore wrong to perform it on a guitar?....it certainly wont be note for note in that case....then if you decide to sing it and your voice isn't quite up to scratch....does that mean you would never play it???  just a thought 8)]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>ballybiker</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: most annoying things...</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/most-annoying-things/paged/5/#post-232782</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Or to get back to original post how about changing strings the first time on a Floyd Rose and forget to unloosen the clamp at the nut and breaking them!And it&#039;s more annoying when you do it ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Or to get back to original post how about changing strings the first time on a Floyd Rose and forget to unloosen the clamp at the nut and breaking them!<br><br>And it's more annoying when you do it again!]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>cnev</dc:creator>
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