Edit: Headphone warning at 3:19 for link 3.
Hello.
I was taking a look at Fall Out Boy's first album, Take This to Your Grave, and I thought it was interesting how unrefined Patrick Stump's voice was. It's not bad or anything; there's just a pretty stark difference between this...
...and their next studio album (you already know what song this is)...
...which I believe goes beyond just better production and more experienced songwriting. I read somewhere that he took lessons during this time period while he hadn't before, but I can't find whether that's true or not.
So anyway, what are some examples of musicians, either individuals or collectives, that you feel dramatically improved in technical ability within a very short period of time, like within a year or two?
The only example I'm particularly familiar with is the entirety of Protest the Hero between 2003:
And 2004-2005:
Heard they intentionally wrote things they couldn't yet play and then just banged their heads against a wall for two years. But, again, can't find proof they ever said that.
Just to be clear, I know things like this can seem really subjective, but I want to stress that I'm not necessarily asking about genre shifts or albums you like better. I'm finding this hard to put into words, but I hope you know what I mean when I say "technical ability". I'm not trying to start an argument or anything. There's a lot of aspects and nuance to what makes a musician engaging, but I hope we can at least agree that people like Tosin Abasi or John Petrucci are technically better guitarists than, like, Tom DeLonge or Kurt Cobain or something, even if you like the music of the latter two more.
I meet a lot of musicians and producers online, and in discord community, gearspace forums, and local band people. A lot of them have a general opinion of pop music as "lowest common denominator music" "no skill" "it sucks" etc. I always just shrug and don't talk back to them. But I really respect the work that goes into pop songs, it takes a lot of skill to make a melody that's memorable and production vocal skills on pop songs are phenomenal, the mixing, mastering. People I meet say they can make just as good music, but I think they're jealous and delusional, or just want to hate on something. Why do even musicians hate on pop music?
I know there's alot that don't, but the ones who enjoy it are very few in my experince...
Hi all,
I've spent the last 2 years refining my catalog on streaming and honing my abilities as a studio performer.. I am now taking my songs to the streets of Austin.
You can check out my catalog here:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5MNBJdXCNOa5GFVueGmTXz?si=sqy_9pJmRTCJuuAr75jdRA
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0Fscy1m2gvC4rjFcZZBc6Q
I recommend checking out my tracks Late Night and Moon Landing to get a feel for the style of music.
Genre: Pop
Influences: Charlie Puth, Ed Sheeran, Bieber, Dua Lipa, John Mayer... This is a mainstream gig!
I'm looking for like minded musicians to take my live act to the next level as currently this is a solo endeavor. The band will groove and we can make some magic happen on stage!
Please contact me either here or at jonfunnellmusic@gmail.com
Pure out of curiosity, I was wondering which bands you Alter Bridge fans have on your top favourite bands list. It doesnt matter what kind of music they make. It also doesnt matter how many bands you have on your list.
This is my list of top favourite bands.
- Alterbridge + side projects
- Disturbed
- Metallica
- ACDC
- Halestorm
- Linkin Park
- Nirvana
- BreakingBenjamin
- Rage against the machine
- Soundgarden
- Iron maiden
- Killswitch engaged
- Black label society
- Vinnie moore
- Eric Johnson
- Within temptation
- The pretty reckless
- Rise against
- Smashing pumkins
- L7
- Frozen crown
- Brad Paisley
- Muse
- The outlaws
- Shinedown
- Oasis
All I want to do is jam some covers. I have my own custom drumset but no space. We could rent a studio and jam. I also play guitar but sold all my gear :(
Drake is a rapper from Canada, which means that his music is...
looking for people to jam with. Djembe or especially if you know where we can play a drum set, I'm just visiting so I don't have a set.
here's me playing:
https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17895312356195105/
What I mean is; I recently got really into Dua Lipa's Levitate album. I'm not a pophead by any stretch but man that is one funky ass album. What I love the most about it is that I can pick up a guitar or a bass guitar and play along with the album.
Levitate especially has such a smooth guitar and the bass is just awesome. (In fact I stumbled into this album purely by people on youtube jamming it on bass)
So with that said: What other pop albums were / are very band-centric? It's left me craving a whole new world of music right now.
Thanks!
Itβs called Tailor Swift.
