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FOR ORCHESTRA! » Blog Archive » Is Classical Music Dead? — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 02:49:34 +0000

[...] the guitar solo dead? Is the Polaroid dead? Is the VCR Dead? Is the ZIP Drive [...]

By: trippin

trippin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:48:30 +0000

Who would rely on the money grubbers that program radio to set the standards for taste?

People who enjoy music will gravitate to talent; people who try to out-hip each other will gravitate to what’s marketed as popular — as it always has been and always will be.

Seldom has true talent ever been recognized, and conversely, seldom are those who are recognized talented.

There’s a lot of fantastic guitar playing going on right now. If you’re missing it, well, shame on you. Don’t expect it to be spoon fed to you by the marketing department of mega-media conglomerates — you must seek it out in spite of what they’re pushing.

By: Shredhead

Shredhead — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 08:34:40 +0000

It isn’t that the guitar solo is dead, it’s the lack of taste for quality when it comes to the expectations of today’s music.
In the eighties, almost every neighborhood had a kid who could play guitar, it was a competition to see who could burn up the fretboard in the style of your favorite hair head famous guitarist.

Then once Grunge bands came on the scene in in the 90′s, music declined, every garage band out of Seattle that could only play power chords got a record deal.
Only musicians and people who appreciated quality guitar soloing from guys like Satch and Eddie seemed to miss it, the majority of tone deaf kids and greedy record producers conditioned to the three minute demo tape with the attention span and patience of a mule set the trend.

Even worse than that was the popularity of Hip Hop and Rap, all lyrics and drum machine beats with no instrument talent whatsoever.
It’s like the fake wandering minstrel guiding masses of zombies into a trance of misguided utopia.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:19:31 +0000

Indeed, the old fashion school guitar solo is dead. In order to evoke interest in the guitar solo again, someone has to come up with an original playing style and a fresh- non vintage- sound. No worries, it will happen.