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JOEY B.

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Driving home from work the other day, I heard the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water". In my early days of learning the guitar, this was a simple song that anyone could play. Now 25 years later, I hear the other instruments (the organ and bass are KILLER), and see a new light in the songwriting. I find myself listening for the "feeling" in the song/playing much more now than when I was a metalhead teenager. I used to think that if I could play a song "note-for-note", that I had mastered it. My opinion has changed, for the better :oops: .
 
I know what you are saying Joey B.
I have been a huge collector of music since I was very young.
I am now 51. I drive my wife crazy because I have LPs, tapes and CDs stashed all over the house on shelves, in closets and in drawers.

Anyway I love to pull out the old stuff from the days before ProTools and other high tech gear.

You can really understand just how good the musicians were.
Don't get me wrong, I don't live in the past. I am still finding newer bands that I really like, but it is great fun to rediscover something in a band or artist
from my younger days.
 
JOEY B. said:
Driving home from work the other day, I heard the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water". In my early days of learning the guitar, this was a simple song that anyone could play.
Yeah, I got the first two chords. That's progress when I used to play it single string. :oops:
 
Riff Blister said:
Anyway I love to pull out the old stuff from the days before ProTools and other high tech gear.

You can really understand just how good the musicians were.

+1

An interesting question would be: "How far did the engineers and producers go to get some of the iconic guitar tones back in the days of analog"?

How much was skill and how much was luck?
 
This is why I dig classic rock stuff. It's more skill and raw ability and tone than engineered tone like some newer stuff. What you hear is what you get. I'm sure they had their share of tools at the time, but nowhere near as advanced as today. Analog still has a much better feel than digital! The warmth and natural attack of a record compared to a CD is priceless even today.
 
MusicManJP6 said:
. Analog still has a much better feel than digital! The warmth and natural attack of a record compared to a CD is priceless even today.

...agree....when I was younger and the dig. rev. hit, I didnt really buy into the whole analog is better deal, but as I have grown older.... :oops: ....I have realized the "era" of a particular recording is a big part of the "song"..maybe its a nostalgia trip, but when I hear a song from the 60's/early 70's, I KNOW its from then(and it takes me back...)-take dig. recordings ..I wonder if I will be able to experience this ??ex.."that one is from '93..16 bit blahblah ruled..I miss those days"-hope that makes sense!
 
MusicManJP6 said:
This is why I dig classic rock stuff. It's more skill and raw ability and tone than engineered tone like some newer stuff.

I was listening to "I'm the One" from "Van Halen I" today. There are NO overdub solos on this track. You can love or hate this song, but Ed is ripping it up, for sure. :shock:
 

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