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12-20-2014, 11:51 AM
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For me it sounds like it's often less musical. It seems to be with that style of playing you have a much smaller palette of what you can do on a guitar. It seems to require open tuning and more limited chord shapes and harmonic choices.
On the other hand I completely respect the talent and dedication of those who do it, and done well, it captures my attention and can be quite inspiring. So maybe not annoying but definitely a bit fatiguing at times just because of the built in limitation.
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12-20-2014, 12:00 PM
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First, to answer this question, you need to look (hear) at it as a non-guitar player.
He's very good. As somebody who loves acoustic fingerstyle though, I'm just tired of the way it sounds. Andy McKeee and Antoine Dufour et al. have already nailed it and just as two-handed tapping ala EVH got old after awhile, so does this. But that's because we're hearing the technique and our ears want to explore and hear the next cool thing. Nothin' wrong with that or this fella's playing. (And if ya like the Police and know that tune, you know he's nailing it.)
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12-20-2014, 12:03 PM
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"Do you also find "percussion guitar" annoying?"
Yes.
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12-20-2014, 12:04 PM
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Yes, not my cup of tea.
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12-20-2014, 12:12 PM
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It's just another technique. And just like any other technique, taste and discretion are everything. If you're a one trick pony and run it into the ground you're "that percussion guy". If you use it as feature where it makes sense artistically and it's tasteful, you are a better guitarist than someone who can't do it.
That's probably the bottom line for me in all discussions like this. Since when has mastering something others can't do been something to look down on? It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it. It ain't what you eat, it's the way how you chew it.
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12-20-2014, 12:21 PM
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#38
12-20-2014, 12:23 PM
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For me a little of this goes a long way. Someone mentioned the skill required to do this; yes, it does require skill but so does playing the banjo or the bagpipes, which many here have stated they can take only in small doses.
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12-20-2014, 12:27 PM
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I can't listen to that kind ox thing.
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12-20-2014, 12:29 PM
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No, I love it......but it can get to be too much if that's all they do.....like anything.
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12-20-2014, 12:31 PM
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Not every type of music is my style, but I admire anyone with more talent than I. I think this fellow nailed this Police song completely. I wouldn't want to hear more than 2 such songs in a 20 song set, but this fellow has some real guitar playing talent. Far from annoying (but I can see where it would get annoying if this was his main style of playing).
Singers like Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, etc. also have this affect on me. When I hear them sing one or two songs I listen in amazement. But by the third song I'm turning it off. Too much of the same thing over and over again.
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12-20-2014, 12:33 PM
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I've said it before. Percussion guitarists will only be a footnote to musical history, and a terrible waste of an otherwise talented player.
What they may have accomplished thrown away. For a gimmick. with no future. Shame. Dan
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12-20-2014, 12:34 PM
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I'm simply not a fan of the technique. I was initially intrigued by it but quickly came to the conclusion for myself that I would much rather have separate instruments doing what the do best rather than trying to 'one man show' the arrangement (any arrangement).
I respect those who do it and do it well (and there are some outstanding examples out there) but I also consider what if they had invested the effort into their 'guitar' work what would be the impact of equal effort. I may be wrong and likely am, because there are so many factors like the quality that comes from enjoying what one is doing, however, for me; it simply isn't something I seek in my own efforts nor do I often find someone that has impressed me with the style that I might consider the performance unique to that arrangement.
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12-20-2014, 12:35 PM
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12-20-2014, 12:40 PM
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