Muse

[JAStewart]

What do you guys think of Matt Bellamy's keyboard playing? I personally think that he is very talented.

Opinions?

[moderaterock222]

he's a great player considering he taught himself. he's better than most keyboardists ive heard that are in rock bands

[JAStewart]

Yeah, Bliss is a good example, that song rules!

[moderaterock222]

he's also a good influence for some people to start playing this great instrument

[UKTwister]

Im a big fan of muse, his piano playing is alright. Not exactly scott joplin though!

Personally i like playing space dementia at double speed , very enjoyable!

[tamberfaeglasgow]

<comes> Gonnae warn me before you mention his name?

[JAStewart]

?

[enjoii]

:lol: Matt Bellamy is great.

[JAStewart]

**** right.

[Distorted Vision]

He is really talented. He did some good stuff on the Hullabaloo DVD.

I can't wait to see them in November.

[moderaterock222]

i want to see them too

[magic_fairy]

hes great :-) i saw them at reading and they were so cool so yeah bring on november!!

[AJtheguitarist]

You guy heard Space Dementia? Bellamy owns on piano. Like him, I learned how to kick *** on piano before I learned guitar. Now there's useless information.

**Runs back to guitar forum**

[tamberfaeglasgow]

he is also an astounding guitarist.

<cums again>

sh*t

[moderaterock222]

but as if he aint a great guitarist and pianist,what about that voice?its awesome,and he does it even better live

[~Hatchie~]

Matt Bellamy=The Daddy

[tamberfaeglasgow]

<just gives up and goes to the bathroom>

[Frankie-C!]

Originally posted by UKTwister
Im a big fan of muse, his piano playing is alright. Not exactly scott joplin though!

Personally i like playing space dementia at double speed , very enjoyable!

Me too! It sounds twice as good when you speed it up!

I like Matt's keyboarding..too bad he still sucks at singing.

[JAStewart]

Originally posted by Frankie-C
too bad he still sucks at singing.

**** YOU




*had to make it look cool*

[moderaterock222]

^:lol:
his voice is amazing

[JAStewart]

**** right!

[D!nandtott!]

For all the people that say he is an allright pianist:


He is one of the best in the world. He can play a song of Rachimov (sp?) that only a few are able to play.

[maxwell_1888]

Great Musician, but I don't like his voice.

[Piano Thing]

Heh just look at my screen name! For those of you that have only heard piano in songs like Sunburn, Space Dementia, Bliss, etc.... listen to Piano Thing. I have to stop myself turning green whenever I listen to it. I have a live video of him playing the intro to Bliss on a piano... whoa.

[MeTu$]

where can i get their sheet music?

[JAStewart]

www.sheetmusic.com

[MeTu$]

doesn't work. and i want it for free :D

[bwbw]

Originally posted by D!nandtott!
For all the people that say he is an allright pianist:


He is one of the best in the world. He can play a song of Rachimov (sp?) that only a few are able to play.

where did you hear that??

anyway he's influenced me loads, now i love playing the piano. great singer too

indeed, cant wait for november

[nirvincumuse]

i love muse!!! they are smashin! Matt Bellamy is excellent on piano and guitar. His voice is amazing! They're so cool, and their really different to all the other bands out there. i love that song 'in your world' and 'fillip' and the whole origin of symmetry album is fantastiqo!! I'm goin 2 see them in concert in december and i cant wait!!!!! WHOOOHOO!!!

[fizz_the_pirate]

he owns ur *** at keyboard/piano.

Im seeing Muse in DECCCCCCEMMBER:D

[Piano Thing]

Me too! [seeing Muse in December]
If they play Bliss, I can die happy. But I'm not getting my hopes up...
Oh yeah, check out some of the piano playing in 'Footage' at http://www.muse.mu

[standardrule]

his voice is ammazing, WOW, and does he actualy PLAY bliss?
and where r they playing in december?
I just got tickets for november..........BRING IT ON

[I love Muse]

I love muse for one main reason - They have put the piano back into rock music. I quit piano because I got bored of it, but Muse have inspired me to take it up again. I'm going to see them at the Brighton Centre in Dec. Can't wait for the new album!!

[RoboGeek]

I started learning piano just because of muse. They're even better than S Club!

[ROCKFAN2003]

yeah, just listen to bliss and Sunburn they rock

[I love Muse]

Here's a new debate: What is your top three Muse songs?

Mine are:-
New Born
Stockholm Syndrome
Hysteria (from new album)

any replies appreciated.

[Johnny Wonderpants]

To everyone saying he's an amazing singer. He has a nice voice, but it's all in ****ing falsetto! Talk about easy.

Anyway, top three is too hard, so it's top 3 from each album

Showbiz
Sunburn
Cave

Citizen Erased
Microcuts
Space Dementia

Butterflies And Hurricanes
Stockholm Syndrome (Mainly for the orgasm at the end)
Hysteria

Dead Star
Futurism
Nature_1

That last one was miscellaneous tracks...

[I love Muse]

He has an amazing voice both in normal and in falsetto! I go by the theory he was hit in the nuts as a kid and that is why he can sing like that. I'm amazed he's self taught on piano, he's f***ing amazing... The other two in the band are quite good also.

[Johnny Wonderpants]

He is an amazing musician, yes. But Falsetto isn't very hard. If he could hit those notes in his head voice, I'd be very impressed...

Don't think I'm saying anything derogatory towards Matt, I mean Muse are one of my top 5 bands...

[I love Muse]

I'd agree with you about the first point. However, how can you put muse ONLY in a top five? They are by far the best and most innovative band around. With AFI a close second.

[stevenkeith]

What's Falsetto?

[Johnny Wonderpants]

Falsetto is a higher pitched voice register, that's a lot weaker in tone than lower registers. Matt can do it very well, but anyone can sing in falsettos. For example, if you're a guy and not a vocallist, and you try to sing like a girl, that's probably falsetto.

@I Love Muse, you must understand how diverse the music I listen to is, my top 5 bands are probably

Dream Theater
Opeth
Muse
Iron Maiden
Godspeed You! Black Emperor...

[I love Muse]

The only two I've heard of in your list are Muse and Iron Maiden. What are the other three like? Any recommendations?

Four more days to Absolution... YAY!

[Johnny Wonderpants]

Dream Theater are Progressive Metal, Opeth are hard to place in a genre, but Progressive Death Metal is probably the closest thing. Godspeed You! Black Emperor are post rock, something you are probably unfamiliar with. If you want to try out GY!BE, I'd say, try the song, Moya, but you probably wont like it at first, if it all. It's very weird and different...

[D!nandtott!]

Muscle Museum
Showbiz
Unintended

Newborn
Plug in baby
Micro cuts

Butterflies and hurricanes
Tsp
Black out

Forced in
The gallery
Con-science

[~Magdalena~]

he's amazing at piano, guitar, singing and song-writing!! that's why they're my favourite band... i'm seeing muse in december too :D (with fizz_the_pirate ;))

[The Kid A]

Originally posted by Johnny Wonderpants

Godspeed You! Black Emperor... [/B]

jesus **** i love you just for that comment

them and sigur ros are my favorite bands

[Johnny Wonderpants]

Originally posted by The Kid A
jesus **** i love you just for that comment

them and sigur ros are my favorite bands

Heh, cool, Sigur Ros are up there too. Hell, I'm listening to "()" right now...

[I love Muse]

One more day to Absolution... but my friend got it on Friday (two days ago), so we've been listening to it in the common room at college. Sounds f***ing amazing!!!!

[mad_on_muse]

yay, nearly monday!! :) i agree with you all, hes an amazing pianist, geetarist and singer and is a real inspiration. he also has some pretty interesting views on life and existance lol.
i love the song muscle museum, thats what first got me into muse. and i love time is running out. WOW!
if anyone knows any sites with any of the piano sheet music or tabs for any muse songs id greatly appreciate it!

[I love Muse]

go to:

http://zmeba.free.fr/frame.htm

It has clear scanned images of all the official muse songbooks so far (not absolution, dammit), but it is the best I've found. Thank God for two free periods tomorrow so I can go and get it!:)

[I love Muse]

ABSOLUTION IS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(yay)

[Frankie-C!]

DOn't you hate how you can hear Matt gasping after every word?

[I love Muse]

Frankie-C, the poor guy has to breathe!

Absolution is every bit as great as I hoped it would be and more. People weren't happy when I turned their dance music off to put Absolution on, but what the hey!

[mad_on_muse]

hehe yeah i ran away from skool during my free to go buy it :) worth every penny

[I love Muse]

I've listened to Absolution 5 times already. Don't even ask me to pick a fave song...

[~Magdalena~]

Originally posted by I love Muse
ABSOLUTION IS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(yay)
yeah and it is absolutely BRILLIANT!!!:D

[I love Muse]

Brilliant ain't the word. Someone put Absolution on in the common room today, than went after a while. So I put on my copy instead.

Magdalena (and others), are you going to see them on tour this year? I'm going to the one @ The Brighton Centre.

Anyone else going to the Brighton centre?

[~Magdalena~]

Originally posted by I love Muse
Brilliant ain't the word. Someone put Absolution on in the common room today, than went after a while. So I put on my copy instead.

Magdalena (and others), are you going to see them on tour this year? I'm going to the one @ The Brighton Centre.

Anyone else going to the Brighton centre?
yeah, i'm seeing them, but I'm going to the Exeter Westpoint gig.

[Piano Thing]

Originally posted by I love Muse
Anyone else going to the Brighton centre?
Yes, me! I'd kill just to see Bliss and Butterflies and Hurricanes live... I heard them live on the radio the other day.

[I love Muse]

If they play live anything like as well as they do on the album, it will be the best £18 I will ever spend in my life. I will officially shake anyone's hand who can play Butterflies & Hurricanes on piano.

[~Magdalena~]

Originally posted by I love Muse
If they play live anything like as well as they do on the album, it will be the best £18 I will ever spend in my life. I will officially shake anyone's hand who can play Butterflies & Hurricanes on piano.
lol the gig is going do be amazing. i can play apocalypse please but i can't find the sheet music to butterflies&hurricanes anywhere :(

[standardrule]

OVE MUSE, going in november, but MATTs breathing thing ins the one fault, i know he has to brethe and some time it works well with the song, but he does do it too much how do other singers get rid of the sound?

[DecoyMilk]

by moving their head back from the mic??

call me crazy...

And yeah. the album is prety good, not really had a chance to listen to it all the way through.

I think its much more thoughtful than any of their other albums.. maybe a couple more fast-paced songs would have been nice though

[I love Muse]

I think they've got the balance about right on the album. The most distinctive song on the album would be endless. It sounds nothing like any of their other stuff, and is really cool. Any info on the release of the songbook?

[Roddy]

I love Muse.

They are Original, and different than most of the bands today. I know everyone says 'They are just Radiohead', They're not...They're better! (Sorry to any Radiohead fans out there, it's just my opinion :D)

I'm going to see them August 25th in Glasgow, and i cant wait!

Absolution is a great album, and there is a great use of orchestration on the album.

I agree with everyone, the "GASP" between words can be a bit annoying, but i've learned to live with it, and you dont hear it live and lastly, you never know, their next album might not even have the devilish gasps :D

Roddy

[I love Muse]

I love Muse too, hence the name.

[~Magdalena~]

Originally posted by I love Muse
I love Muse too, hence the name.
me too, me too :D

[I love Muse]

I kinda figured that a majority of the people that post on this bit love Muse.

I am finding the intro to 'In you World' really annoying. I can play the right hand, I can play the left hand, but I can't seem to put them together and play at the proper speed. Help me...

[Frankie-C!]

Learn to play drums.

[Speedy Fingers]

Is anyone else seeing them on the 29th of November like me?!?!?! Muses new album rocks!!!!!!

[Speedy Fingers]

Anyone know when the Absolution music book is comin out??????

[I love Muse]

Frankie-C, I'm not being mean, but how does learning to play drums help me with the intro to 'In your World'?

[~Magdalena~]

Originally posted by I love Muse

I am finding the intro to 'In you World' really annoying. I can play the right hand, I can play the left hand, but I can't seem to put them together and play at the proper speed. Help me...
i had that problem, but try and put them both together at a really slow speed, and then try and speed up. that's what i did anyway and it worked :D

[I love Muse]

Cheers for the tip. It's coming along, but is still not quite there. I will keep at it.

[nikki_muse]

I'm going to see muse on 29th november!!!!!Can't wait!I'm standing, best 16.50 i have spent in my life!Absolution is amazing!!!!!!!Muse rock!!!!!!!!!

[I love Muse]

Methinks someone likes Muse...

[~Magdalena~]

Originally posted by I love Muse
Cheers for the tip. It's coming along, but is still not quite there. I will keep at it.
good luck :) :)

[I love Muse]

I can play 'Apocalypse Please' on piano, it's a really cool song, and sets up the album well. How much has everyone else learnt?

[~Magdalena~]

Originally posted by I love Muse
I can play 'Apocalypse Please' on piano, it's a really cool song, and sets up the album well. How much has everyone else learnt?
I've learnt that too, and it's the only song i can play from Absolution because i can't find the music to any of the other ones. But i can play most songs from Origin Of Symmetry like Space Dementia and Megalomania.

[I love Muse]

Yeah, I agree. Origin of Symmetry was reall good was for learning on piano. I haven't attempted 'Plug in Baby', I think that's best left to guitar. The intro to New Born is really cool. Easy as, but a lot of fun to play as fast as you can!

[I love Muse]

Yeah! I was first on page 4 as well!

[Speedy Fingers]

ive learnt most of the muse songs from origin of symmetry, one of the best things i ever did, matt bellamy is sooooooooo inspirational!!!!! gonna buy absolution a.s.a.p,

ps: cant wait to see muse on 29th november...too bad its sittin, but hey, its muse!!!!

[nikki_muse]

Hehe, hope ya hav a gr8 time!!!I've been annoying all my mates about going to see them because i don't shut up about them!Should be amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Does anyone know if muse have got a support band sorted yet for their tour??

[I love Muse]

good point nikki. I heard AFI were going to support them, but now they can't make it. That would have been such a great gig.

[~Magdalena~]

Originally posted by I love Muse
Yeah, I agree. Origin of Symmetry was reall good was for learning on piano. I haven't attempted 'Plug in Baby', I think that's best left to guitar. The intro to New Born is really cool. Easy as, but a lot of fun to play as fast as you can!

I love the intro to new born! I play the beginning to Plug In Baby on the piano but, like you said, it's really better to play on guitar. Maybe i will learn it on guitar one day... :)

Oh, and about the Muse support - on the website muse.mu i read (on the messageboards) that "Elbow" might be supporting.

[DecoyMilk]

Just to let you know, Showbiz was and still is the best alobum they ever made. ;)

But all the others are brilliant too :)
I can play the plug in baby intro *smirk*
And new born *grin*

And to that person who said radiohead suck.. YOU RULE!!
Its just the lead singer.. he's so **** ugly.. I want to hit him :cool:

[nikki_muse]

ugh, i hope elbow don't support them. I've only heard one song but their music doesn't really appeal to me. AFI would have been amazing but shame they can't make it :( If anyone finds out who are supporting could they post it please because i'm dieing to know!

[I love Muse]

elbow who? What a disappointment it would be if they supported.

[nikki_muse]

Yeah, they should announce who are supporting soon because it's not long until they tour!I'll just prey its a good band!

[~Magdalena~]

I just heard that elbow are not supporting, i don't know who it is now.

[I love Muse]

There could be one good thing - If there's no support band, Muse get a longer set list. That's one possibility that would work for me! :)

[~Magdalena~]

Originally posted by I love Muse
There could be one good thing - If there's no support band, Muse get a longer set list. That's one possibility that would work for me! :)
that would be cool! Now they are saying that the Muse support might be Cave In or Kinesis but who knows? Maybe we will find out one day ;)

[~Magdalena~]

This is what someone said on the Muse site:
"OK. Elbow have now been confirmed as the support for Muse. It said it on my cc live newsletter."
maybe its true for a change :)

[I love Muse]

This is too confusing for my poor little brain. Once someone has a DEFINITE answer, post it on here and tell us all. Whoever it is, they won't be as good as Muse! :)

[TSP]

Cave In have been confirmed as the support band for Muse. All the latest Muse news is on www.inmuseworld.net

[standardrule]

Originally posted by I love Muse
There could be one good thing - If there's no support band, Muse get a longer set list. That's one possibility that would work for me! :)


But it sez on the ticket "and special guests" :):)

[Piano Thing]

Originally posted by TSP
Cave In have been confirmed as the support band for Muse.
Haha my friend will just love that. She saw them as suport band to the Foo Fighters and hated them that time.

Bit offtopic from piano discussion but... anyone know what the new 'finale' song is now? TSP? Something else? Still Bliss? Hmm, maybe I should just google 'muse setlist'.

[josh782]

I wish Muse would come over to the Channel Islands....that would rule. Except we never get any bands over here, and even if we do, you have to pay a crap load to go see them.

[I love Muse]

Cave in are a really good band. I'm pleased it's a band that's good rather than a band in which you are just standing/sitting around doing not a lot while waiting for the legends known by the name of Muse.

As for the 'finale', could be anything, but I hope it's one of their faster songs.

[Speedy Fingers]

I just wanna see em sooooooooo badly, which i am, if i wasnt, i think my head would explode!!!!!

[I love Muse]

I know what you mean, the wait is agony!!! However, listening to all things Muse calms me down.

[josh782]

Originally posted by Speedy Fingers
I just wanna see em sooooooooo badly, which i am, if i wasnt, i think my head would explode!!!!!


*head explodes*



:amaze:

[nikki_muse]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought i'd calmed down about muse but now i feel really excited again! Bring on november 29th! It's in the middle of my mocks though, whoops! ahh well! Muse are worth it!!

[I love Muse]

Sod mocks!!! You've got to be excited about seeing Muse, it's all about keeping it inside. Hmmm....

[flywithdiamonds]

Bliss is still the finale song as it is the bands favourite song (and in my opinion is probably the best song they could play to end the gig with), the support band will depend on where you're seeing them (this is based on what happened at their last British gig as they arranged several different bands to support them).

Out of interest where is everyone seeing them? I'm going to the nottingham gig and the gig at their home town (Exeter).

[I love Muse]

I agree with 'Bliss' being the best final song.

I'm going to the Brighton Centre.

[~Magdalena~]

Originally posted by flywithdiamonds
Bliss is still the finale song as it is the bands favourite song (and in my opinion is probably the best song they could play to end the gig with), the support band will depend on where you're seeing them (this is based on what happened at their last British gig as they arranged several different bands to support them).

Out of interest where is everyone seeing them? I'm going to the nottingham gig and the gig at their home town (Exeter).
I'm seeing Muse at Exeter too...should be good :)

[I love Muse]

It makes me sad that people are going to see Muse more than once... I live right on the South coast and therefore can only get to Brighton. Everyone will have to write mini reviews on this site after the gigs!

[standardrule]

just a question, what does the average muyse fam wear to the gig?

[I love Muse]

Clothes...

[Roddy]

Even better is nothing, but i've got in trouble for that sort of thing before :S

Any MUSE clothes would do fine, just dont wear a darkness or metallica top or they might get upset and quit :P

Roddy

[I love Muse]

Why would anyone do that?!

[~Magdalena~]

"It has now been confirmed that Elbow are supporting Muse for the UK arena tour."
Anyone know Elbow? Are they any good?

[nikki_muse]

yeah, its true elbow are supporting, but i don't really like them from the one song i've heard. My mate says they're ok though. Cave in are supporting in the rest of their tour around europe!It would have been amazing if they played at the UK too!Bit annoyed about that!
I'll probably wear a skirt and fishnets and a top of some sort :s and yeah i will be sodding mocks because they're stupid and inconvienient and I've been waiting for muse to tour for aaaaaaaaaages and now they are, there's no way anyone can stop me going!!!!wooooooooooooooooooooooo! i hope everyone else who are going have an amazing time!!!!!!:):):)

[~Magdalena~]

Originally posted by nikki_muse
yeah, its true elbow are supporting, but i don't really like them from the one song i've heard. My mate says they're ok though. Cave in are supporting in the rest of their tour around europe!It would have been amazing if they played at the UK too!Bit annoyed about that!
I'll probably wear a skirt and fishnets and a top of some sort :s and yeah i will be sodding mocks because they're stupid and inconvienient and I've been waiting for muse to tour for aaaaaaaaaages and now they are, there's no way anyone can stop me going!!!!wooooooooooooooooooooooo! i hope everyone else who are going have an amazing time!!!!!!:):):)
It will be amazing, I have to take a day of school can't say I'm sad about it! ;)

[I love Muse]

Elbow suck ***. Cave in are much better than them. Oh well...

Also, the train station is a 15 mins walk, then a long walk to the Brighton Centre. No days off college for me...

[DecoyMilk]

Originally posted by Roddy
Even better is nothing, but i've got in trouble for that sort of thing before :S

Any MUSE clothes would do fine, just dont wear a darkness or metallica top or they might get upset and quit :P

Roddy

There's an unwritten rule about gigs.. and it goes something like this...

Never wear clothes with the band that you are going to see written on them!!

Example: If you go to a Muse gig, dont wear Muse clothes :p
And the reason?? It is guaranteed that there will be a million other 13 year old teener bopper ****s wearing the same 'muse' top as you... if you have a diff. band, you wont bump into somebody wearing the same clothes as you.

Once you've seen two different bands and got 2 different tee's, you're a-ok :)

But most importantly, have fun! :D

[I love Muse]

It seems Decoymilk is a battle hardened gig veteran! He does have a good point, but if you wear the same clothes as the band you're seeing, it means that you are willing to support them enough to see them and buy their merchandise.

And yeah, fun is the main thing!

[aquagl]

if ne1 has the sheet music for 'butterflies and hurricanes' PLEASE PLEASE send it to me at the email address: aquila_grace@hotmail.com. MUSE ROCK!! but that song (B&H) really gets to me and i really want to learn how to play it.

[I love Muse]

Me too! My e-mail address is CJD861112@aol.com

Sounds impossible to play, but I want to find out for myself.

[~Magdalena~]

my piano teacher is helping me work out the whole of Butterflies and hurricanes next lesson...he's really cool, he he!

[I love Muse]

You are soooooooooooo lucky!!!

I'm actually happy you replied, there hasn't been much activity on the piano/keyboard forum. Where is everyone?

[Roddy]

I dunno, this forum is soooo quiet.
Everyone's always in the Guitar/bass, Punk or Rock forum :angry:

I might record Apocalypse please (Piano, Keyboard, Drums, but i'm not even going to think about trying vocals lol)

Absolution is just an amazing album, i've been listening to it constantly since i got it.

Roddy

[MoshaDevastator]

I recently got Absolution and in my opinion it's good, but then again I'm not really into the "Muse" kind of music. I'm into metal mostly, but Matt is talented, but I think the faggot wails too much :P He ruins most of the songs by sounding like someone is squeezing his balls, yet it does suit some of the songs. Seriously though, I think he needs to stop wailing as much.

[I love Muse]

Interesting view... not agreed with by me. The fact that Matt's voice is completely unique makes the band complete. It sounds like there are four instruments played by three people, and I reckon that's quite impressive.

To MoshaDevastator: Which vocalists do you like then?

[Roddy]

Muse are ORIGINAL...

Unlike the 123,200,394,466,789 Punk Bands that sound exactly the same, Same goes for alot of Rock bands and Metal bands.

Only band Muse really compare to are Radiohead, but i think Muse are better, their music is more...i dunno how to put it...'Machure'?

They experiment, Absolution has alot of Classical style in it, (eg - Blackout?). His Voice is unique, and tricky to sing along with. He can play Piano at lightning speedsm blah blah blah.

One other thing i love about Muse, is the bass. Tons of band's bass players just play the root note of what the guitar is playing, but Muse have Bass melodies and they are soo cool and funky :)

I could go on for ages, but they are all very talented.

(1 Month and 11 days till i see them in Glasgow, and jump on stage and do naughty things to Matt...............ummmm......forget i said that.)

Roddy

[I love Muse]

1 month and 20 days until I see them in The Brighton Centre and regret that I got a seated ticket instead of a standing ticket, so even if I wanted to do naughty things to Matt, I probably wouldn't be able to get there.

[Roddy]

Tough Luck man. Thing is, when i bought my tickets, it was £16 for Seating, £16 for Standing, £16 Anywhere, £16 for best available. HMMMMMM which one should i choose :D

Hoody

[~Magdalena~]

Originally posted by I love Muse
You are soooooooooooo lucky!!!

I'm actually happy you replied, there hasn't been much activity on the piano/keyboard forum. Where is everyone?
yeah...i've been thinking that...no one ever goes on here :(

[I love Muse]

I noticed that there are loads and loads of replies and threads on other instruments, but we pianists/keyboardists are a select group.

I normally check on here every morning before college, after college, and some random time in the evening. I think I could just be lacking a life...

To ~Magdalena~: Tell us all how you got on with Butterflies and Hurricanes. Then we'll truly find out if it is impossible or not (having said that, I don't know how good you are at piano).

Also, people are getting a bit annoyed with the constant playing of Absolution in our common room. The irony... if only they knew what good music is.

There you are - an update on all that's going on. There's not much more I can say. Still, hopefully there's enough for people to reply to on here!!!

[Roddy]

I love muse - I seem to check this forum every now and then in the day too, but when i do, only a few replies will be here :(

And people who say 'Muse are gay', 'Muse Suck' etc. As you say i Love Muse, people just don't appreciate really good music.

I learnt most of Apocalypse Please on Piano, i just haven't got round to recording yet :angry:

Roddy

[I love Muse]

well put, Roddy. I learnt as much of Apocalypse Please as I could (basically what was on www.musclemuse.com). I probably won't ever get round to recording it, though. There are only two people taking AS level Music at my college, one plays piano and the other sings. However, we did have the best GCSE group.

Anyone else have a strange affinity for 'Sing for Absolution'?

[MoshaDevastator]

Originally posted by I love Muse
Interesting view... not agreed with by me. The fact that Matt's voice is completely unique makes the band complete. It sounds like there are four instruments played by three people, and I reckon that's quite impressive.

To MoshaDevastator: Which vocalists do you like then?

I like more kind of NU Metal vocalists hence the System of a down picture :p Anyways the band that me and my friends might be starting will be Nu metal. It's only my view that I don't like Matt, but I think that's only because I don't appreciate Muse type music (insert genre here) as much as Nu Metal.:evil:

[D!nandtott!]

I cover citizen erased. I play guitar and I sing. Great song. Oh yeah we do Unintended too. :)

[~Magdalena~]

Originally posted by I love Muse
I noticed that there are loads and loads of replies and threads on other instruments, but we pianists/keyboardists are a select group.

I normally check on here every morning before college, after college, and some random time in the evening. I think I could just be lacking a life...

To ~Magdalena~: Tell us all how you got on with Butterflies and Hurricanes. Then we'll truly find out if it is impossible or not (having said that, I don't know how good you are at piano).

Also, people are getting a bit annoyed with the constant playing of Absolution in our common room. The irony... if only they knew what good music is.

There you are - an update on all that's going on. There's not much more I can say. Still, hopefully there's enough for people to reply to on here!!!

I haven't had my lesson yet but my piano teacher thinks it shouldn't be too hard for me to play, but then again... i think it will be really hard.
I'm only about Grade 5-6ish. But then I've only been playing for two years.
Ha, the other day me and my mate put on Origin Of Symmetry in our English lesson, and people started screaming and turning on the radio (where crap dance music was on!)
Some people should really start listening to better music ;)

[I love Muse]

Origin of Symmetry?! I'd almost forgotten that album existed! I'll have to give it a dust off and listen to it.

Not bad for getting to Grade 5/6 in two years. I learnt for eight years (as every1 on here now knows) and got to grade three. The best story I know is of a mate of mine who passed his grade 1 (with distinction) without lessons!

Quote of the day:

"Muse are like marmite, you either love them or hate them."

[~Magdalena~]

I thought of that marmite thing ages ago ;)

[~Magdalena~]

o god i'm bored... i think i will go play some Satie or whatever he's called, but its pretty boring... :(

[I love Muse]

Life must really be bad if you are posting that you are bored on here. Apologies for the copy of the marmite comment. I thought it was brilliant, so it's no surprise that someone else thought of it before me.

I'm the mad person that goes into college at the normal time when I have first period free. It's just so I can play piano for an hour. Now that's dedication(!)

[deepfat]

I saw muse at one of those special gigs, where they only gave ticket to people that won them on the radio, I saw them at koln and they owned, I won the meet and greet, and matthew bellamey is the coolest guy in existance, these guys own. I even got to listen some of the new songs before the album was released.

[I love Muse]

You are a very lucky person. I agree, Matt Bellamy IS the coolest guy in existence. I want to meet him, and find out what inspired him to write songs in his style.

Here's one: If you could ask Matt Bellamy any one question, what would it be? (keep it clean!)

[D!nandtott!]

To Matt:

How long did you take lessons to sing so high and could you teach me it?

:D

[timmy123]

^^ lol dont we all. i dont have any sheet music for absoution but i can play Sunburn and im working on Space Dementia. any tips for SD, would be appreciated!:D

oh, yeah ive never seen Muse before and i wish i could but i live in north yorkshire :(

[nikki_muse]

I havn't posted on here for a while so I'll write about stuff that was posted a while ago.
In my opinion, Matt's voice is amazing and very unique. He has a superb range and anyone who is willing to critise it, will they first please sing me all three muse albums, in tune and be able to reach every note, then you can slag his voice off.
Also, Wow to deepfat! You're so lucky to meet Matt Bellamy! It would be a dream come true for me to meet muse!They all rule!
Also in answer to Roddy, yeah muse bass is brilliant!I play bass and i love playing all their songs! bass is quite annoying with most bands because it has loads of repetition in it but muse actually make use of bass which makes them sound even better!
Also, i just want to ask people, i play keyboard at the moment but I want to start piano, mainly because i want to learn some Muse songs, I'm 15, do you rekon I'm too old to take it up?

[I love Muse]

You are never too old to take up piano (unless you're dead, of course). As I am taking psychology AS level, here's the clever bit:

When you are younger, you learn faster. The brain is creating neural pathways faster and stronger when you are younger.

Having said that (I'm not a boffin, I just listen in lessons), If you have a good keyboard background, it should make it a lot easier to learn piano. The main differences are the weight of the keys, the dynamics, the pedals, and the range. It helps to just have a half-hour go on a piano. I much prefer piano to keyboards (unless they're really nice keyboards). :)

Some Muse songs are quite easy, some are blooming hard (Butterflies and Hurricanes), but the best way to learn them is to play along with the CD.

Hope all this helps in your quest to learn piano.

[aquagl]

has ne1 got a version of Butterflies and Hurricanes arranged for piano yet? if so, can they give it to me?

[I love Muse]

^^ I don't think you're the first to ask that question.

[bwbw]

im going to men on 29th november, which im sure will be amazing.

has h&b been tabbed out yet? i really want the solo part hehe. Also the end of apocalypse please!

[nikki_muse]

Woo i'm going on 29th too, and thanks for the tips on piano!! Keyboard is very limited i think but piano is sounds way more classy!

[Roddy]

1 Month and 4 days to go, i miss 2 days of school too, just doesn't get any better ;)

Roddy

[I love Muse]

1 month and 13 days to go. No days of school missed, unfortunately.

[nikki_muse]

39days left!woohoooooo! No school days missed but i'm going to manchester all day before the concert so I can spend the day in Aflecs Palace! yipee!!!

[I love Muse]

Here's to hopinng that all posts from here on in aren't about how many days left 'til you see muse. There's more to this great band!

[Roddy]

1 month 3 days ;)

Anyway, What is your favourite Muse Album?

Showbiz?
Origin Of Symetry?
Absolution?

I think Absolution is the best, but the other two albums are just as great.

Roddy

[I love Muse]

You have posted a very hard question. Absolution is (imo) the best produced album, but it is hard to choose a best album for it's content.

On MTV2 (gonzo), Zane lowe said that Muse's greatest hits will be a triple CD. I agree with that. Long live Muse!

[bwbw]

origin of symmetry all the way, i love the others too though

[MoshaDevastator]

I think Id ask Matt if he actually had any balls :p

[~Magdalena~]

Originally posted by Roddy

Anyway, What is your favourite Muse Album?

Showbiz?
Origin Of Symetry?
Absolution?

I think Absolution is the best, but the other two albums are just as great.

Roddy
can't choose...far too hard...but maybe if i had too it would be either absolution or oos :)

[bwbw]

go here>> http://zmeba.free.fr/newborn01.jpg

[previewgenesis]

Originally posted by D!nandtott!
For all the people that say he is an allright pianist:


He is one of the best in the world. He can play a song of Rachimov (sp?) that only a few are able to play.

hes a pretty good pianist but he is nowhere near the best in the world. Maybe one of the best in the rock world but not the world.

[Psychette]

quite multi-talented...rather like me i suppose :lol:

[I love Muse]

^^ Explain yourself. What makes you multi-talented? I'm not having a go, just curious.

[Speedy Fingers]

yeah, **** it!

[JAStewart]

^? What?

[I love Muse]

^^ good question.

[Psychette]

lol...i'd be lying if i said im not talented coz everyone has some kind of talent....its true :p

[weezul_from_weezomodimmy]

Origin of Symmetry?! I'd almost forgotten that album existed! I'll have to give it a dust off and listen to it.

Not bad for getting to Grade 5/6 in two years. I learnt for eight years (as every1 on here now knows) and got to grade three. The best story I know is of a mate of mine who passed his grade 1 (with distinction) without lessons!

Quote of the day:

"Muse are like marmite, you either love them or hate them."


who passed his grade 1 (with distinction) without lessons!

thats waht im hoping to do up to grade 3 on my bass soon, maybe in the next year, and ive been playing a year. the only problem is, i dont know where to go to take the exam lol. maybe i shud bwait a few years but all the examples look do-able for me ?

[I love Muse]

*bump*

How'd this get so low down the order?

[PianoDan]

Woo i'm going on 29th too, and thanks for the tips on piano!! Keyboard is very limited i think but piano is sounds way more classy!

This is my first post on this thread but I'll try and make relevant comments...

For sure piano sounds way classier.. I_Love_Muse Said: "The main differences (between keyboards and pianos) are the weight of the keys, the dynamics, the pedals, and the range. It helps to just have a half-hour go on a piano. I much prefer piano to keyboards (unless they're really nice keyboards)."

Those are four extremely significant differences, and they're only in the actual playing of the instrument. The tone, dynamics, everything, the very sound of the piano is so much better than any keyboard ever made. Keyboards are a different instrument all together. No keyboard, no matter how nice, comes close to a piano.

Also, it's never too late to start learning the piano. Learning early is a good advantage, but I have a friend who's 17 who started playing about 3 or 4 years ago, and has already done grade 5 and can play Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, etc. Just whatever you do, don't get discouraged if you can't play everything by Muse after 2 weeks, it will take time, but the rewards are worth every bit. :thumb:

P.S. Matthew does have an awesome, awesome voice! Plus he's a great guitarist and they only really really good pianist I know of in rock music.

[Disconnected.]

http://zmeba.free.fr/tabla.htm
For all your tabs and sheet music needs, for origin of symmetry and showbiz. Its got all the piano,guitar and bass tabs for their music ^^.

[bwbw]

or http://zmeba.free.fr/frame.htm for all four tab books, or you could just buy them :)

[I love Muse]

'The Gallery' on Hullabaloo is amazing!

MUST..... LEARN......

Chris

[Speedy Fingers]

I have a big problem with listening to Hullabaloo, I can never force myself to listen to it!! I don't know why either!!! I have had it for a year or two, and ive listened to it twice...I need help...

[~Magdalena~]

any of you heard the secret track on the live cd of hullabaloo?

[I love Muse]

secret track?

*goes to listen and find out*

Chris

[wing_of_jupiter]

If Muse are so good, how come I've never heard of them before I heard about them on this forum?

[I love Muse]

where are u from (as in it might make a difference as to whether you've heard of them)?

You are most definitely missing out...

Chris

[Random_Anibas]

P.S. Matthew does have an awesome, awesome voice! Plus he's a great guitarist and they only really really good pianist I know of in rock music.

Two words for ya...

Jordan Rudess.

*drops $2 into box*

--- Amber

[Speedy Fingers]

Jordan Rudess feckin rocks!!!

[wing_of_jupiter]

I'm australian, some british dude that's new at my school is obsessed with them too.

[I love Muse]

They played over in Australia recently, can't remember exactly where and when.

Chris

[~Magdalena~]

Big Day Out Festival thing?

[Lizarrd]

Well, Muse made me fix my old keyboard and take it up for a spin. Learned Sunburn(as its one of my favorites) first, and just having some fun here or there now that I have the tab/sheet music for it, it'll be much more fun. I hate doing the by ear thing. Btw I'm primarily a guitarist, never really played piano...just figured out sunburn and went from there.

[Disconnected.]

Yeah Muse played in Australia at the Big Day Out in all capital cities during january and febuary, and I went to the Melbourne big day out and saw Muse and they were ****ing awesome highlight of the day for sure. Best song they played i think would've had to have been sunburn.

[_Chip_]

he's an amazing pianist, i can play sunburn and the right hand part of in your world.
im more fond of my gee-tar, i can play
bits of new born, plug in baby, unintended, time is running out, hysteria(cant to first half of solo yet), the guitar bits on Bliss and In your world ( i dont usually attempt the hammer ons though) falling down, and iv just recently learned to play Stockholm Syndrome - such an amazingly creative guitar song the whoel thing is so inovative.

its very hard to choose favourites, citezen erased is amazing, i like everything they do.. check out 'The Gallery' for some nice spooky piano playing.

or http://zmeba.free.fr/frame.htm for all four tab books, or you could just buy them

thank for this link all. i have the showbiz song book (from wich im learning so much from!.

bellamy is inspirational, no doubt about it.

[joshmay]

i sadly have never heard muse. but alas i have soulseek now, so all is well. :)

[livefastdieyoung]

i sadly have never heard muse. but alas i have soulseek now, so all is well. :)

Hey man,you should definitely download some stuff :
Bliss
New born
Plug in baby
Time is running out
Hysteria
Stockholm syndrome

:thumb:

[the noise project]

butterflies and hurricanes is awesome. at the end the little piano solo. i love it.

[clearvision]

i sadly have never heard muse. but alas i have soulseek now, so all is well. :)

Nor had i till i came on here. Got two albums for christmas, they are grand, a must have set of albums. Have'nt got round to playing any of it yet :p

[~Magdalena~]

Nor had i till i came on here. Got two albums for christmas, they are grand, a must have set of albums. Have'nt got round to playing any of it yet :p
Sorry that this is totally offtopic, and this might sound ...erm stupid, but youre not in a band called clear vision, by any chance, are you?

[clearvision]

Nope, my soundclick 'band' is called clearvision but im sure you wouldnt have heard the one song on there :rolleyes: I just like the name 'cause its 'cool' :thumb:

P.S your username is APC, im clever!

[satanclaus]

muse are great. im thinking of taking up piano to play some muse. all i can play so far is feeling good cover and newborn. However, i can play every muse song that contains guitar(on guitar, obviously), included solos...to perfection. Plug in Baby inspired me to start playing guitar.

[Speedy Fingers]

Muse were my first ever real influence on the piano, before that it was all just classical, but then they came along, and made everything so much clearer to me. Following on from them, I have grown to love DT and the more progressive side of rock and metal.

[~Magdalena~]

Nope, my soundclick 'band' is called clearvision but im sure you wouldnt have heard the one song on there :rolleyes: I just like the name 'cause its 'cool' :thumb:

P.S your username is APC, im clever!

Ah ok i see.
My username is apc, but its also my middle name.

[absentmindedgenius]

Am I the only one who thinks that the piano solo in Butterflies... sounds kinda like Rachmaninoff? Sorry if anyones asked before

[PianoDan]

It doesn't sound like any Rachmaninov I've ever heard. It's fast and impressive with loud arpeggios and chords but that's about it. He does play part of a Rachmaninov piece (Prelude in C# minor) on the DVD Hullabaloo... I wish I could remember what song that was during. Hrm. I can't. I must buy that DVD one day.

[~Magdalena~]

It doesn't sound like any Rachmaninov I've ever heard. It's fast and impressive with loud arpeggios and chords but that's about it. He does play part of a Rachmaninov piece (Prelude in C# minor) on the DVD Hullabaloo... I wish I could remember what song that was during. Hrm. I can't. I must buy that DVD one day.
Screenager?

[PianoDan]

Twas probably it. Thanks.

[ImJustThePianist]

Im not the biggest Muse fan, but I give Matt Bellamy all my respect.
the guy is one talented dude, and some of their songs are so great.
i have a friend who is completely obsessed with them, and i can see why.

[wing_of_jupiter]

Muse suck . . .

[ImJustThePianist]

how d'ya work that out??

[wing_of_jupiter]

I've never heard of them, so they must suck . . .

[FrankieC]

I've never heard of you, so I guess you suck.

Muse were good. Now they're just another pretentious, angsty brit-pop act. Matt Bellamy could write cool tunes, but he's not as good at singing as he thinks he is.

[I love Muse]

Muse were good. Now they're just another pretentious, angsty brit-pop act. Matt Bellamy could write cool tunes, but he's not as good at singing as he thinks he is.

Fair comment, but is this a gripe at their latest album? Virtually everyone agrres that Origin of Symmetry was amazing, but they've gone in a different direction from that.

[FatherKeeL]

hm hm ...

most of matts keyboarding sounds amazing, but is really quite simple i find ... i have never learned the piano, but at some point i thought "i can play sunburn on the guitar, i can play newborn on the guitar, why not try it on the keaboard as well " ... and yeah, its easy... of course not all his stuff is simple...

ive seen AFI mentioned a couple of times in this thread ... how do you combine AFI with muse??!?

yeah... showbiz is best, origin of symmetrie rocks, hoolabaloo is interesting ...

and absolution is... hm ... the album i like the least... i think they defnatly need to find back to their roots...

but yeah... matt is awasome... during the entire hoolabaloo dvd i think there is one minor mistake in his playing, i did not find anything else.

but:

the bass player rocks. he is way more than just a bass player. i think he plays the guitar better than matt ectually, and he rocks. and so does the drummer. muse would be nothing without the other two, so dont give matt all the credit.

oh yeah.

last summer in croatia i met this person from england and told him about muse. he said "yeah, ive heard of them, but dont remember where" .. i showed him the hulabaloo dvd, and he said "ah i remember... theire a local band, from the town i grew up in ... Matt is a asshole... how come you know them?"

sort of funny i find...

[Random_Anibas]

Muse were good. Now they're just another pretentious, angsty brit-pop act. Matt Bellamy could write cool tunes, but he's not as good at singing as he thinks he is.

Amen brother \m/ I don't understand why so many people wank over them so much, I've heard better bands that deserve more attention than they have.

--- Amber

[Random_Anibas]

I've never heard of them, so they must suck . . .

That's an incredibly commercial attitude to have. That's like saying therefore you haven't heard of Dream Theater, they must suck, even though they're recognised by many musicians as one of the most talented bands in their genre. But hell, just because YOU haven't heard of them...

--- Amber

[wing_of_jupiter]

I need to have a commercial attitude. Otherwise music will only ever be my hobby, and never a career .. .

[wing_of_jupiter]

I've never heard of you, so I guess you suck.


I haven't tried to promote my music. I haven't got a band. Suck on that, freakish.

[Random_Anibas]

Saying other bands suck because you haven't heard of them is completely illogical and you WILL get flamed for it by their fans :P

What is your problem today?!

--- Amber

[wing_of_jupiter]

My problem? Wtf is the world's problem. Screw you all . . . you think that's illogical? It's illogical that some beginner fag has a grand piano, and I have a ****box untunable upright. It's illogical the only music I hear on the radio is made and listened to by scallies and their computers. It's illogical that I got given a broken nose by a druggo for bashing his mate who threw a glass bottle at my face. It's illogical that all girls I know prefer guys that look and act like neanderthals. So, I might as well fit into this illogical world, and hold opinions without backing them up? Is that good enough, you homosexual freak??!

[Random_Anibas]

*raises an eyebrow* Who rattled your cage this morning? Looks like you got a bad case of the green eye :P

You're just pissed off I've got a girlfriend and you haven't :thumb:

--- Amber

[I love Muse]

WHOA!!!!!

:eek: :eek: :eek:

*stands back from argument*











:eek:

[Speedy Fingers]

This.....is.......uncomfortable!!!!!!!

[wing_of_jupiter]

Yeh, you chickens had better step back, or you'll get not only goth slapped, but dyke-goth slapped! Run for your lives, flee from the terror! No, it's not the green eye, it's the carpet breath that you continuously exhale upon this forum . . .

[Random_Anibas]

They won't get dykegoth slapped... YOU'LL get dykegoth slapped, along with a really big new rock BOOT up the ARSEHOLE if you don't get yourself an attitude adjustment and start being civil.

--- Amber

[wing_of_jupiter]

civil! well god may save the queen, and brittania may be ruled where you come from, but that doesn't happen here, so you can go have a devonshire tea, and we'll all be happy.

[Random_Anibas]

What a great comeback there that was SO relevent... how about you stop being lame and give me a real challenge.

--- Amber

[wing_of_jupiter]

relevant to your civil society . ..

[Speedy Fingers]

no...it isn't even relevant to our stereotypical society....if you're going to insult people, you've got to at least do it right!!!

[wing_of_jupiter]

Sorry, old chap. Shine your shoes, gov'nor?

[FrankieC]

Why do you have to start fights all the time? If I was a lesbian, I would ALWAYS be happy. ALWAYS.

[Random_Anibas]

Why do you have to start fights all the time? If I was a lesbian, I would ALWAYS be happy. ALWAYS.

LOL! :D Welcome to my world :thumb:

--- Amber

[weezul_from_weezomodimmy]

k i visit my favourite thread on here nad i see discussions about lesbians?

muse
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talk muse god****it lol. have a request. Ive lernt pretty much all of Apocalypse please on the piano, the only bit i cant play is the Coda at the end, its bloody crazy, i got the sheet music but to me it dosent sound right, i cant even play the first bar, so i dont suppose someone could record them playing it? n post it? ya? nein?

[atthedrive-in]

Yeah he's a an amazing piano player, I saw them live it blew me away and he did Space Dementia and i was just amazed to see that he played it perfectly and sang and then switch to guitar at the end!! I know this Level 8 piano player and he is amazing I think he's a hot pick for the National orchestra or whatever they're called anyways and it took him a least half an hour to get it and even then it wasnt perfect. Matt bellamy is a sicko

[atthedrive-in]

I also am in disbelief that, he's self taught thats just sickening his piano playing just sounds so technical and classically trained it seems crazy that thats not the case

[Speedy Fingers]

Matt is a perfect example of somebody who loves music enough to become so good, yet not be taught whatsoever!!!!

[PianoDan]

I also am in disbelief that, he's self taught thats just sickening his piano playing just sounds so technical and classically trained it seems crazy that thats not the case

As good as Matthew Bellamy is, particularly having taught himself, he's not THAT good. It doesn't sound that technical and classically trained to the classically trained ear. I am in awe of the guy, but really, his playing is very chord and arpeggio based. The coda in Apocalypse Please is quite simple, it just has loud, big chords that jump around a lot to sound impressive. By far his most impressive playing is the bridge of Butterflies and Hurricanes, but even that's not all that difficult, really. It's simply a few chords broken up and played very quickly.

Not to say I could play like he does and sing like he does at the same time.

The man is my modern rock hero, but he's no Ludwig or Wolfgang or Frederic Chopin. No way. I reckon he's better at guitar than he is at piano, but maybe that's coz I'm a hopeless guitarist. :confused:

[Speedy Fingers]

I agree, there are far better keyboard and piano players around the world, but the sad thing is they don't make it big like he has, so not a lot of people understand how much more technical piano playing can get. And he's not a better guitarist that keyboardist!!!!

[PianoDan]

Yeah, that's the thing. There should be more piano in rock music.

I wouldn't really know if he's better at guitar or piano, he just seems to me really good at guitar coz he's far, far, far better than I am; his piano playing is nothing out of my reach, so to me that doesn't seem so awesome. I wouldn't know really.

[Pretzel Head]

Yay! A Muse thread, what fun.

Matt is a great pianist, simply for the fact that he's not afraid to use it so prevalently in his music. The fact that he can play Space Dementia and sing as well continues to astound me. While its true there are tons of guys who can play better than him, he is excellent when it comes to interpretation of his stuff. If he can make something simple seem incredibly difficult, than thats almost as good as actually playing something difficult. As musicians its our job to be showmen, no matter what we're playing.

He is definitely a better guitarist than pianist though, coming from a guy who does both. I especially appreciate his use of Efx, nice to see someone really trying to experiment with new sounds and auto-harmonies.

Going back to his piano playing, his version of Rach's prelude no. 2 on the DVD is excellent, im sure anyone would agree.

Also anyone picked up the little motive he borrows from the Rach Concerto no. 2 in Space Dementia? Its at the end of the chorus vocal line.

[rockinbass17]

I just started listening to muse after I read this thread- Matt Belamy is an awsome piano player! He also has an incredible voice. I think he should find another guitarist, and focus only on piano and singing. That way, he could use the piano in more of his songs.

[jashy]

muse are great! i love their sound and there isnt a bad song on absolution :cool:

[Pretzel Head]

I just started listening to muse after I read this thread- Matt Belamy is an awsome piano player! He also has an incredible voice. I think he should find another guitarist, and focus only on piano and singing. That way, he could use the piano in more of his songs.
Maybe, but i have a huge amount of respect for Muse because they're a three piece. They have a huge sound that is really hard to get with only three people. Somehow i think adding someone else would cost them the great dynamics they got going. Just me.

[NOT the messiah]

muse: freakin' excellent band
*plays hysteria on bass* :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

[Pretzel Head]

i just remembered something. I d/l a thing off kazaa ages ago called Piano Thing, its basically Matt doing a minute and a half of something classical. Not sure if its actually a piece, or something he wrote. Anyway i reckon even a really good pianist would agree that its not exactly a piece of cake. Anybody else heard it?

[I love Muse]

Piano thing was released on the 'New Born' single, but I've never heard it. I don't have kazaa :angry:.

[Chippy569]

i <3 muse! i hate having to export all their music tho... man can matt sing or what? and play piano, AND guitar... the guy is crazy good! i wish i were half as good a singer with his range n' stuff...

[Thunder Fingers]

i <3 muse! i hate having to export all their music tho... man can matt sing or what? and play piano, AND guitar... the guy is crazy good! i wish i were half as good a singer with his range n' stuff...

i got to say... Chris Wholstenhome can do all that too... i dont know how good he is on piano, but he is an AWSOME bassist..

[clearvision]

Yo 'i love muse' i just gave that piano thing a download, if your interested i may be able to put it on a site quickly for you to download? Just ask and i'll sort it...

Helping a fellow muse fan :thumb:

[PianoDan]

I just started listening to muse after I read this thread- Matt Belamy is an awsome piano player! He also has an incredible voice. I think he should find another guitarist, and focus only on piano and singing. That way, he could use the piano in more of his songs.

Yeah, I agree. If he had a clone, and had him playing guitar and piano at the same time, it'd be awesome. Though I reckon instead of getting another guitarist, he should get another pianist and play guitar himself. A real, trained pianist, not just anyone.

i just remembered something. I d/l a thing off kazaa ages ago called Piano Thing, its basically Matt doing a minute and a half of something classical. Not sure if its actually a piece, or something he wrote. Anyway i reckon even a really good pianist would agree that its not exactly a piece of cake. Anybody else heard it?

I have. It is rather impressive. Definitely no piece of cake.

[Pretzel Head]

Dominic Howard is no sucky drummer either. Definitely the best left hander ive ever heard. Also his drumming AND playing marimba(or whatever) on the DVD is very sweet.

[standardrule]

Yeah, I agree. If he had a clone, and had him playing guitar and piano at the same time, it'd be awesome. Though I reckon instead of getting another guitarist, he should get another pianist and play guitar himself. A real, trained pianist, not just anyone.



I have. It is rather impressive. Definitely no piece of cake.



No, i htink they have a nice ballance of songs with and songs witout, it works right....also some songs have both alternating...or, one then the other like newborn....i think its best as it is, each instrument is amde to lead and u cant have 2 leaders.

[standardrule]

i got to say... Chris Wholstenhome can do all that too... i dont know how good he is on piano, but he is an AWSOME bassist..



Chris played soem piano at wemble, hes not matt, but hes not bad

[PianoDan]

No, i htink they have a nice ballance of songs with and songs witout, it works right....also some songs have both alternating...or, one then the other like newborn....i think its best as it is, each instrument is amde to lead and u cant have 2 leaders.

Hrm, on second thoughts, I think you're right there. But if I could ever find a guitarist good enough (and the time, and the effort, to have a band... :upset: ) my band would have both.

[standardrule]

Hehe, hypocritically enoug...im doing it at the moment...me on keys, another guy guitar and one more n drums....im doing bass at the mo...i think we mite leave it thast way cos its simple and different

[PianoDan]

Great! So you're only using bass sometimes, when you're not using piano, right?

[PianoDan]

I have a question regarding Muse. I just found out that they won some award for "Greatest guitar riff of the last 5 years". I couldn't find out what this award was for. Does anyone here know?

[I love Muse]

I don't know, but there's something wrong with the world if it isn't New Born.

edit: I've had a look round, and apparently it's 'Plug in Baby'. It got 13th greatest riff ever according to ultimate-guitar .com.