mandan: List Of Potential Guitar Influences

CK 03.29.13	*Potential Just saying
ChuckyTruant 03.29.13	this is so fucking dumb
SitarHero 03.29.13	All these guys are good, but listen to guys like Guthrie Govan and Steve Lukather for phrasing.
Trebor. 03.29.13	"I'm considering these guys as influences for my guitar playing" What the fuck does that even mean you don't choose what influences you
Trebor. 03.29.13	Unless you're actively trying to rip something off
ChuckyTruant 03.29.13	Exactly what trebs said. You don't pick influences. That's not the way it works, bro.
SitarHero 03.29.13	"What the fuck does that even mean you don't choose what influences you" Ummm, yeah you do. If you're trying to figure out how a guitarist does or plays something and then incorporate it into your own music it's choosing an influence.
ChuckyTruant 03.29.13	No, its not. That's studying another musician. "Choosing your influences" is like getting to pick your gene's before you are born.
SitarHero 03.29.13	"Choosing your influences" is like getting to pick your gene's before you are born." False. If one prefers Alex Lifeson's soloing to Glenn Tipton's, then one is probably going to try to write solos that are similar to the former and not the latter. Influence has been chosen.
ChuckyTruant 03.29.13	Lol. Not how it works, sorry kiddo.
BigBlob 03.29.13	what a gay argument. all of you.
Havey 03.29.13	Fahey
omnipanzer 03.29.13	You start with what seems accessible to you, usually starting with something you can play. As you develop you'll move on to something/someone new. Don't put yourself in a box before you've even gotten off the ground. Cart meet horse... you go on the other end. ;-)
BigBlob 03.29.13	so many people on here have obviously never played an instrument
ChuckyTruant 03.29.13	lol bigblob you are dumb
BigBlob 03.29.13	lol XD
ChuckyTruant 03.29.13	i would bet you don't play any instruments
BigBlob 03.29.13	A guitar. Oh snap
SitarHero 03.29.13	"Lol. Not how it works, sorry kiddo." Then please enlighten me on how it works, 'kiddo'.
JackSparrow 03.29.13	I started off playing Nirvana songs on drums cuz thats all I could do. No way do I consider Dave Grohl one of my favorite drummers but I can't say he wasn't an influence. Geez.
ChuckyTruant 03.29.13	You listen to music you like, you begin to pick things up from guitarists in those bands. You maybe try to learn some of their stuff. You start playing guitar more in the vain of that guitarist/band. Repeat.
ChuckyTruant 03.29.13	oh shut up malleus
Xplisit 03.29.13	thats xplisit to you
ChuckyTruant 03.29.13	ner
Atari 03.29.13	He uses to accounts because he's a pathetic attention whore
SitarHero 03.29.13	"You listen to music you like, you begin to pick things up from guitarists in those bands. You maybe try to learn some of their stuff. You start playing guitar more in the vain of that guitarist/band. Repeat." And that's different from what I said, how?
BigBlob 03.29.13	because he is retarded
CK 03.29.13	Dannyboy you never would have gotten caught in this shit if you just fucking spelled potential right the first time
ChuckyTruant 03.29.13	....
savagecabbage 03.29.13	shut up and play yer guitar. problem solved.
bloc 03.29.13	I am always confused when I try to think about what my influences are. True, Josh Homme made me WANT to pick up the guitar, but play nothing like him really.
mandan 03.29.13	@ckreticeland: Spanish is my first language, so I got a bit confused.
CK 03.29.13	Ahh I see. Well, now you know how to spell potential :D
SitarHero 03.29.13	So this thread hasn't been a complete failure.
Necrotica 03.29.13	I really like this list, there are a lot of underdogs. Kudos for putting Neal Schon in there
mandan 03.29.13	@ckreticeland: I'm fully bilingual, but in Spanish one says "potencial" so it's one letter of difference. Such confusions happen to me sometimes, but I do my best to avoid them. Thank you for your good intentions btw.
CK 03.29.13	No problem. In all honesty, the English language is pretty fucked up