So singers often get alot of attention, being the voice of a song and all, people generally relate to them in some way. But the people playing the music itself should get some attention, too. This thread is about instrumentalists you like.
They can sing, too. But this is meant to be about people who play instruments, so keep the focus on them and the instrument they play, and why you like them : p
At first, I was gonna make this about one instrument, with the idea that others can make a thread on whatever instrument they wanted to. But then I realized it made more sense to just make the thread about instrumentalists in general, so that anyone can respond : p
So I play melodic bass guitar, and am a huge fan of people who write music on bass guitar too. The first bass guitarist to get me excited about writing music on bass guitar was Peter Hook of Joy Division. I heard their song Love Will Tear Us Apart and it made me want to actually BE a bass guitarist : p Hes not my favorite, though.
A few years back I found a band with an amazing bass guitarist called Pinback. The music focuses on bass guitar, with the majority of the music being done on bass guitar. The bassist does alot of chord work on his bass, and provides his own harmonies, using his picking hand as well as his fretting hand at the same time to play both on the low end and high end of the bass guitar, making it sound as if hes playing two instruments at once. Hes way talented with the bass guitar : p
His name is Armistead Burwell Smith, he plays in multiple bands. Hes a song from one of his other bands-
[VIDEO=youtube;NSobTdSnk7k]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSobTdSnk7k[/VIDEO]
Anyways, who are your favorite instrumentalists? : p
They can sing, too. But this is meant to be about people who play instruments, so keep the focus on them and the instrument they play, and why you like them : p
At first, I was gonna make this about one instrument, with the idea that others can make a thread on whatever instrument they wanted to. But then I realized it made more sense to just make the thread about instrumentalists in general, so that anyone can respond : p
So I play melodic bass guitar, and am a huge fan of people who write music on bass guitar too. The first bass guitarist to get me excited about writing music on bass guitar was Peter Hook of Joy Division. I heard their song Love Will Tear Us Apart and it made me want to actually BE a bass guitarist : p Hes not my favorite, though.
A few years back I found a band with an amazing bass guitarist called Pinback. The music focuses on bass guitar, with the majority of the music being done on bass guitar. The bassist does alot of chord work on his bass, and provides his own harmonies, using his picking hand as well as his fretting hand at the same time to play both on the low end and high end of the bass guitar, making it sound as if hes playing two instruments at once. Hes way talented with the bass guitar : p
His name is Armistead Burwell Smith, he plays in multiple bands. Hes a song from one of his other bands-
[VIDEO=youtube;NSobTdSnk7k]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSobTdSnk7k[/VIDEO]
Anyways, who are your favorite instrumentalists? : p