gregjohnson1229
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In general im 2000's rock music the guitar solos are 4 seconds long or non existent in most songs. Why does everyone think this trend is occuring?
In general im 2000's rock music the guitar solos are 4 seconds long or non existent in most songs. Why does everyone think this trend is occuring?
I'd put my money on it being the overall lack of skill in many modern musicians, or should I say the popular modern musicians, compared to those of the past.
A Friend told me that The Beatles never took any Guitar lessons and that had members from the Beatles took Guitars lessons their music would have been the same ol' same ol'. So perhaps these days there's too much emphasis on those kinds of things - though obviously the Beatles must have known enough just to play a guitar - though it also explains why Cliff Richard is so against their music, mainly because they were making the music up as they went along, but that's what makes it interesting!
Rock 'n' Roll made the Guitar a popular instrument. Hasn't anyone heard of The Shadows? In the 50s and 60s they brought the Guitar into the picture with songs like "Apache" and you had these other Rock 'n' Roll guys like Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry doing things like "Johnny B Goode" which are full on Guitar!