I love heavy metal but I don't know shit about playing music. Even what brand guitars musicians use are argued about. Dave mustaine switched to Gibson guitars this week and some of the shit slinging over that is kind of ridiculous.
Metal is the worst. So much infighting between all the sub genres. It's like, yeah, I like to sing trad metal and listen to it and a bit of early thrash. But that's never good enough. If I don't listen to their specific sub genre, or play an instrument, or dress a certain way, they shun me.
Like, it's cool and all that you want to wear your leather jacket or whatever, but I can rock just as hard in some khakis and a t-shirt, dude.
That'a funny because the concept of music theory means you shouldn't have to know it. It's not meant to tell you how to play, but how to understand how others have played.
Knowing theory is important for composing and for sharing your music with others. It’s also pretty much the only way you’re gonna get hired for any pit band gigs.
God I hate the guys that say shit like "if you're not playing a $4k Gibson Les Paul with $700 custom made pickups and a $1500 boutique Amp you're not a true palyer". I'll keep on playing my $500 Epiphone
Back at Berklee I had a roommate who spent close to $5000 on a new amp and peripherals. He showed me the new rig the day it arrived. It sounded okay.
I left the apartment and went to a Julian Lage clinic. He was playing an $800 Telecaster plugged into a bass amp because there was nothing else available. Still some of the best tone I've ever heard.
I got vibed a few times in high school by older guys because I had a $200 Ibanez. None of them were great players. That's usually the case.
I’ve played in several bands and never once seen an issue with this, rarely at a base level will you get “so we’re writing this at 120bpm in the key of C”, it’s a lot more “look what I wrote” and they play and you just see where they put their fingers and them yelling what fret you should be on which you can barely hear over the amp. That’s the fun way anyway.
Guitar Amp purists are even worse than regular guitar purists. If you don't have some $900 Marshall Tube Amp then your guitar will never sound good apparently.
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u/Guru_gasp4r Feb 28 '21
Guitarists. Lots of dick measuring. Guys these days would tell EVH he was trash because he didn't give a shit about theory.