I didn't want to be the flashy lead player.

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In my first band @ 14, with whom I played my first paying gig, I was the only guitarist; we had bass, drums and vocals.

Eventually, I moved on to rhythm, with sometimes lead vocals when we lost singers, and eventually added bass (no vocals) made it easier for me to find bands/gigs.

There were so many guitarists, especially lead players, around at the time, and drummers. Vocalists and bass were always tough to find, and keyboard players were impossible to find.
 
rsm said:
There were so many guitarists, especially lead players, around at the time, and drummers. Vocalists and bass were always tough to find, and keyboard players were impossible to find.
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Same experience. It was either learn how to sing or start an instrumental band. Instrumental bands don't get many gigs in local scenes so I been singing ever since. Def paid off.
 
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rsm said:
No love for Steve Marriott?
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That's my favorite hotel, lol.

A little man with a huge voice. He seems to have been forgotten by a lot of people over the last 15 years or so but he was definitely a sharpshooter on the guitar and the mic in his day.
 
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Techdeth said:
Crazy talk .
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what I discovered was high technical music and leads had much less interest. technical leads appeal to guitar nerds; melodic leads and simple sings appeal to the masses, especially women IME...

I was playing in a prog metal band, and in a hair metal band at the same time. Finding gigs was tough for the prog band, and usually was a handful of dudes in the crowd when we did find gigs vs the hair metal band - in the bigger clubs, they'd do ladies nights, etc. and the place would be packed 3-4 nights a week and we had at least 1 or 2 shows a week for the hair metal band
 
VonBonfire said:
That's my favorite hotel, lol.

A little man with a huge voice. He seems to have been forgotten by a lot of people over the last 15 years or so but he was definitely a sharpshooter on the guitar and the mic in his day.
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I like the Small Faces and early Humble Pie (Frampton era); later he was going too far into gospel for me.
 
rsm said:
I like the Small Faces and early Humble Pie (Frampton era); later he was going too far into gospel for me.
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I am not super familiar with his catalog. Just watched some live vids of him tearing it up. I like gospel music, especially black gospel, so I might actually give that a listen. My bluetooth adapter should arrive today so I'll have some decent speakers again.
 
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rsm said:
what I discovered was high technical music and leads had much less interest. technical leads appeal to guitar nerds; melodic leads and simple sings appeal to the masses, especially women IME...

I was playing in a prog metal band, and in a hair metal band at the same time. Finding gigs was tough for the prog band, and usually was a handful of dudes in the crowd when we did find gigs vs the hair metal band - in the bigger clubs, they'd do ladies nights, etc. and the place would be packed 3-4 nights a week and we had at least 1 or 2 shows a week for the hair metal band
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I shed like a motherfucker and it gets me pussy so I must girls like it a lot. What I find is shred is like math . Math is amazing . But it you don’t like math it’s not for you I get it . Shred can be very hard to follow fir many .
You got to shred with real emotion to make it work . Some guys who shred can’t do that and it ruins it for the great ones
 
Techdeth said:
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I shed like a motherfucker and it gets me pussy so I must girls like it a lot. What I find is shred is like math . Math is amazing . But it you don’t like math it’s not for you I get it . Shred can be very hard to follow fir many .
You got to shred with real emotion to make it work . Some guys who shred can’t do that and it ruins it for the great ones
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that's great...and singers usually got more than anyone else in the band...at least back in my day.

though having the right look helped too.

I got more action in the clubs playing bass than many of the lead guitarists in a few of my bands; but singing and playing rhythm worked even better for me.

I remember more than a few lead guitarists being surrounded by dudes asking about their gear while singers were surrounded by women...not just in my bands.

maybe things are different in your day vs mine?
 
311splawndude said:
Not sure that's a fair assessment but I understand where you were going with that statement.
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well I did well in math in college, and in CompSci too, much better than the lead guitarists in my bands, at least those who went to college
 
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