Symphonic to rockin'

John Watt

Member
This is a very honest and open-minded forum,
administered by gracious and honourable musicians, world travellers,
but while I was away I thought of a gap here, an interesting one.
I'd like to start a discussion about this.
I know it must be difficult for a symphonic player to truly appreciate modern rock.
The symphonic world has evolved for so long, there are so many instruments,
and symphonies have grown to be a stage packed with players.
Modern rock is just as exciting onstage, even if the mentality,
and the ever-growing totality of instruments and amplifiers grows.
There's a big difference from lush instrumentation,
to three or four players filling the sound void.
It's not what you play, it's what you don't play,
was the call for mature rock players.
 

John Watt

Member
It's too easy for me to riff off about musical evolution from the sixties and seventies,
but I wouldn't want to be a big band jazz player in the thirties and fourties, reading and writing,
only to lose gigs to three or four rockabillies with electric guitars and a set of drums.
 

John Watt

Member
Not that the technology obsessed rock and pop worlds didn't lose band gigs to D.J.'s, strippers and loud sound systems,
and comedy and wrestling.
 
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