Good opinion to have as a guitar player...or for anyone in a band. Ego is what kills alot of young bands.
Not true IMO. Soloists have been a tradition in music for as long as there has been music.
His solo singing career and his role in leading Genesis from their classic sound into mainstream pop have lost Phil Collins some respect and shifted the focus away from his drumming. He truly is one of the all-time great drummers, though. One need look no further than The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway for proof of this (especially live.) His contributions to the Brian Eno solo albums is very impressive, also.
Glad you see it that way.
I personally dislike solos. To me, they usually ruin the flow of the song. I prefer bridges, because every member still has a part and it still changes the pace, while keeping the flow.Not true IMO. Soloists have been a tradition in music for as long as there has been music. But if you mean it's the music that matters and as long as it's music and not just a bunch of self serving notes being played real fast then I'm with you.
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I sent you a pm about this in order to not hijack the thread.I am not normally very sensitive to compression/clipping. CDs that others have complained about in threads about the "loudness wars" often sound fine to me. Snakes and Ladders is an exception. I do hear a lot of compression and clipping on it, and it reduces my enjoyment of it considerably. Too bad, because content-wise it is a great CD.
I agree, I could listen to Neil or Alex or Ged of Rush play their respective instruments alone for quite awhile before I got bored, and in fact each have their extended (and mini) solos on many a Rush album.
I have a CD called The Liquid Tension Project. He and Tony Levin are the rythm section. Awesome, blistering jazz-metal.
I mentioned Tim Alexander of Primus. I can't believe I missed Blue Man Group in your post. I don't know the whole spill, but he was a drummer for the band.
Tim has been one of the drummers in the band in Blue Man Group's Las Vegas installation. I don't know if he's played at any of the other venues; wish I could have meet Tim. I've been a fan of his work for a long time. He wasn't at Chicago BMG when I went up there to play, but that's been a few years ago. The drummers for BMG are badasses; I've always given them full props as I think it's more difficult to play their parts than any of the 3 blue man roles (percussion wise).
Speaking of Primus, is it just me, or does the singer in The Residents sound exactly like Les Claypool? Since they hide their identities, maybe it is him.
Haven't heard them. I am certain you would notice his bass playing. If not, I doubt it's him. I can't see him just doing a vocal gig.
Those videos are very cool...I loved 'em. But Sheep is right. Separate, they ARE nothing. A single percussionist, no matter how good, is not someone I'd spend a whole evening on going to see in concert. What makes them great is playing with other great musicans.
