The groove

Cranky

Just curious if anyone else feels similarly.

When making music, and usually when listening to it too, the groove is all I really care about.  I’m happy to vamp some textured guitar, a beat and a bass line and be done with it.  

I like brief (not prolonged) improv, too.  And I rarely play something the same way twice.  But the groove.

I think most musicians, or just people in general, would find me boring.   

So I sometimes feel out of place as a guitar player.  Seems like we’re supposed to love wailing and solos.  But that’s not what I feel.

monquixote

I'm exactly the same. 

If you are in a band the only things people care about is the rhythm section is locked in and has a groove and they can hear the singer and they are in tune.

hollywoodrox

Aerosmith have great groove ,well in my opinion 

RickLucas

Seems like we’re supposed to love wailing and solos.  But that’s not what I feel.

A lot of the time, I find guitar solos tedious, even those from some of the acclaimed big name players. They are noisy, incongruous, inappropriate, with neither melody nor purpose. Play me a song, please, and if you must solo, do it tastefully and with some restraint. 

Bezzer

RickLucas said:
They are noisy, incongruous, inappropriate, with neither melody nor purpose.

... I could feel a call from somewhere in the cosmos ... turns out it was here. How rude!