My top 5 music passions - Response to IG’s Post
May 14th, 2007
I was just going to post a comment on his blog, but I thought I’d just write a post on here in response to IG’s My top 5 music passions post. So here it is in reverse order:
5. Writing Music
I’m in the same boat as IG, I haven’t been blessed with the natural songwriters gene. I wish I could just pick up a pen and pour my soul out in rhyming meaningful metaphors and smilies, but it just doesn’t work for me. I am just not very good at expressing emotion through words. When it comes to writing guitar, I guess I’m an over achiever. I write one thing and spend too much time comparing it to other works instead of just being content with it. In the end I discard it. However, I am getting better with writing (the music portion at least), and I am passionate about it, so here it is at number five.
4. Talking about music.
I love to chat it up about my favorite music. I like talking about songs, riffs, solos, jams, concerts, guitars, history, legends, and rock gods. I can’t get enough of the social aspect of music.
3. Discovering Something New
The great thing about talking about music is it always leads to something new. Most of the great music I have discovered in my life has been by “hey, have you ever heard of” or “if you like that, you’ll love this”. How many of my favorite artists and songs would I not know about if I didn’t love to talk about music? I could have missed out on so many different styles too. Blues, flamenco, metal, could be on the list of genres I might have never gotten into if someone had not recommended some kick ass music.
2. Pure F%*#ing Metal
I love the extreme. I love over the top gore filled horror movies and I love metal music. I’m talking about harmonizing guitar, screaming vocals, pummeling drums, shredding keyboards heavy-metal. It allows me to vicariously live the image of a hard core lifestyle. It is so against my personality, and most people wouldn’t know it was my favorite music by looking at me, but it is.
1. Playing my Guitar!
I picked up the guitar out of the blue when I was 16. I never had a desire to play it until that one day, and then all of a sudden I did. The next day I started playing, and I haven’t stopped since. I love playing all sorts of music on my guitar. I love jamming and teaching and learning. This is a lifestyle I will never give up.
What things are you passionate about in music?
PS, I dont know why I used that picture above, I just liked it.
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May 14th, 2007 20:53
Great post Matt. I’m glad you picked up on what I was doing and took a shot at your passions. I hope everyone else does. Man, the photo rules. It just puts all your words in one image. I love it.
“Pure F%*#ing Metal”… Awesome…
IG
May 15th, 2007 11:18
Heh, thanks for the comment, it was a great idea you had, so I followed up on it.
June 29th, 2007 15:05
Agreed on the “pure f&^#@ing metal”. I’m pretty sure I am the one who got you into metal (or atleast the blistering screaming pounding kind of metal you are describing) but to be fair you taught me lots of stuff on the guitar and got me into some wicked flamenco too.
i hope we keep teaching each other and getting each other into new stuff.
let’s jam.
July 5th, 2007 07:58
Yes, feel free to take full credit for getting me into metal. I was resistant at first, but I eventually came around to the dark side.
Yes, lets jam.