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Dreams
Number of posts: 209
Age: 46
Localisation: Germany
Registration date: 2009-01-03
 |  Subject: Missing...guitar solos  Fri Feb 06, 2009 12:27 pm | |
| Loads of new Christian rock...but where are the guitar solos?
I miss em' |
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topshot rhit
Number of posts: 1819
Localisation: Indiana
Registration date: 2007-01-30
| | Subject: Re: Missing...guitar solos Fri Feb 06, 2009 12:32 pm | |
| It's not the "in" thing and actually takes some skill.
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Static Fuse
Number of posts: 17
Registration date: 2009-01-18
| | Subject: Re: Missing...guitar solos Fri Feb 06, 2009 1:35 pm | |
| Shameless plug: Check out the new Static Fuse disc -- chock-full of solo's, vocal harmonies, grit, and attitude! www.staticfuse.com Ok, that's enough spam for me today!  |
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Bsax
Number of posts: 231
Age: 20
Localisation: Peterborough, ON, Canada
Registration date: 2008-06-25
| | Subject: Re: Missing...guitar solos Fri Feb 06, 2009 2:30 pm | |
| Check out Unforsaken too! some really good soloing
http://www.unforsaken.ca/samples/na/na.html |
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Staybrite
Number of posts: 8649
Age: 44
Localisation: Seattle
Registration date: 2007-02-08
| | Subject: Re: Missing...guitar solos Fri Feb 06, 2009 2:49 pm | |
| I agree. Cool to see some of the indie artists like Unforsaken, Static Fuse, and Mission of One, Letter 7 etc. actually doing solos. But it seems like anyband that wants to get played on the radio just totally ignores the lost art of guitar solos.
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silentthunder89
Number of posts: 1209
Age: 22
Localisation: As far east in KY as you can go without hitting WV.
Registration date: 2008-05-22
| | Subject: Re: Missing...guitar solos Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:25 pm | |
| Id also recommend Ashes Remain. They incorporate a solo in virtually every song (even the slow ones). And their guitarist was rated one of the most talented new gutarists by guitar center magazine. |
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Guilty/Forgiven
Number of posts: 2846
Age: 42
Localisation: Terra Firma
Registration date: 2007-05-18
| | Subject: Re: Missing...guitar solos Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:06 pm | |
| It's true. I've said that before: guitar solos are extinct. Grab any Van Halen album (not Van Hagar), and every song has an awesome guitar solo. That's just one example.
Same with concerts. Back in the 80s, bands dedicated segments of the concert to full on guitar/drum/ even bass solos. God, I miss that.
It's a display of talent and makes a song less monotonous.
BRING BACK THE SOLOS !! |
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Staybrite
Number of posts: 8649
Age: 44
Localisation: Seattle
Registration date: 2007-02-08
| | Subject: Re: Missing...guitar solos Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:04 pm | |
| | silentthunder89 wrote: | | Id also recommend Ashes Remain. They incorporate a solo in virtually every song (even the slow ones). And their guitarist was rated one of the most talented new gutarists by guitar center magazine. |
Very cool band, one of the very few modern Rock bands I can listen to over and over without losing interest.
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topshot rhit
Number of posts: 1819
Localisation: Indiana
Registration date: 2007-01-30
| | Subject: Re: Missing...guitar solos Sat Feb 07, 2009 8:42 pm | |
| I'm waiting to see if their next CD is as strong.
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silentthunder89
Number of posts: 1209
Age: 22
Localisation: As far east in KY as you can go without hitting WV.
Registration date: 2008-05-22
| | Subject: Re: Missing...guitar solos Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:07 pm | |
| | topshot rhit wrote: | | I'm waiting to see if their next CD is as strong. |
When I talked to the guitarist last year at Ichthus, he said they were getting ready to rerecord their "Last Day Breathing" album with the addition of a few new songs because they just got a record deal. I don't know if that's still the plan though. But from the songs Ive heard on their Myspace, its still pretty tight. |
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Tall Tyrion
Number of posts: 963
Age: 44
Registration date: 2007-05-17
| | Subject: Re: Missing...guitar solos Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:27 pm | |
| Solo breaks are an integral part of song composition, IMO.
Listen to any of the big band records and they will have a claranet or trumpet solo that would rival Eddie Van Halen if you'd play the same notes on a guitar.
Yes, some solos are self-indulgant or jarring, but for the most part, they are necessary if you want to have a complete song. |
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alldatndensum
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Number of posts: 9542
Age: 42
Localisation: Tennessee
Registration date: 2007-01-30
| | Subject: Re: Missing...guitar solos Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:52 pm | |
| I wouldn't go so far as to say that the solos are integral parts of songs. However, I will say that I really do like them and wish more people did them in the modern rock scene! _________________  I might have decided, or maybe not, that I should or shouldn't, depending on the issue or non-issue, to possibly share or not share, any thoughts, opinions, or facts (that might not be deemed factual by some), due to possible fear of any misinterpretation or retribution. |
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Dreams
Number of posts: 209
Age: 46
Localisation: Germany
Registration date: 2009-01-03
| | Subject: Re: Missing...guitar solos Mon Feb 09, 2009 7:27 am | |
| Sometimes when I kick back with some tunes I like to imagine that's me up there sawing the strings in some wild solo. It's no fun when rock music is played like one big smashed pumpkin. Where's the individuality? What would Rush or Tourniquet be without Pert or Kirkpatrick's display of power. For me listening to a rock song without a solo is like someone massaging my back with a cheese grader. |
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rockerVu2
Number of posts: 8653
Registration date: 2007-02-09
| | Subject: Re: Missing...guitar solos Mon Feb 09, 2009 2:28 pm | |
| For me a guitar solo is a part of a song.
A song without a chorus isn't cool too isn't it?
Maybe it fits in this time, but there's nothing so good in a song as a good guitar solo.
And some guitar solo's are good ... very good ... extremely good |
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silentthunder89
Number of posts: 1209
Age: 22
Localisation: As far east in KY as you can go without hitting WV.
Registration date: 2008-05-22
| | Subject: Re: Missing...guitar solos Mon Feb 09, 2009 8:18 pm | |
| | rockerVu2 wrote: |
A song without a chorus isn't cool too isn't it? |
Yeah, then its just rap  |
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rockerVu2
Number of posts: 8653
Registration date: 2007-02-09
| | Subject: Re: Missing...guitar solos Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:51 pm | |
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