| Author | Message | ||
| simon
New Username: simon Post Number: 1 Registered: 2-2007 |
Okay, well, this is my first post and unfortunately I don't own an Alembic (yet!) but I'm just curious: what does everyone listen to? A brief skim of this forum says jazz but anything else? Personally, I listen to everything, you name it, I probably listen to it (everything from emo to polka metal) but my favourites are jazz/funk and jazz fusion metal. I only play jazz or metal on guitar however (sometimes acoustic funk or the blues). Anyway, I'm interested in what everyone plays/listens to because I hope this can help me understand whether the alembic sound would be right for me before making any brash desicions. thanks. | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1295 Registered: 6-2002 |
If you're trying to work out if an Alembic guitar would be suitable for your genre of music, then rest assured. Alembics are built to produce a perfectly clear sound, which means that you're not limited to one built-in sound, but you have the option to create any sound you like with your amp and effects. People here play everything and anything from gospel to folk to death metal to pop - with identical instruments. | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 1151 Registered: 11-2003 |
Polka metal? | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1296 Registered: 6-2002 |
Sam, you know how much I dislike that genre. <g> | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 976 Registered: 10-2003 |
CD player, Pandora on the Internets, my wife, the voices inside my head - though not in that order... ;) edtided fer spellun (Message edited by 811952 on March 01, 2007) | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 2141 Registered: 7-2004 |
Simon: Welcome to the club! As for musicial tastes, you'll find a big contingent around here that loves Grateful Dead music (including me). Most of the members are bass players, but there are some guitar players like us. As far as Alembic guitars for the types of music you mention, keep in mind what Adrian posted above: Alembic's are known for their clean, clear sound. This is very good for jazz. Metal, however, may be another story. Personally, metal has never been my cup of tea and I have always preferred a clean, non-distorted tone. Such a tone is usually not associated with metal. If you want to use an Alembic guitar for metal, you'll probably wind up using a pedal or some type of signal processing to get the type of grit and crunch associated with metal. Bill, the guitar one | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 1165 Registered: 2-2006 |
I love it all. My favorite music to play though is a toss up between Funk and Blues. These both allow for lots or room for a Bassist. You can be busy or leave all kinds of space in either. | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 1152 Registered: 11-2003 |
Adriaan, I've never heard the term before. I know what Polka is and I know what Metal is but Polka Metal I can't even imagine. To answer Simon's question I have a 4 string Epic. I'm not in a band and play at home for my own amusement but I'll play classical, rock,& blues mostly. It sounds fine for all three to my ears. I've played other types of Alembic in stores and haven't found one yet I didn't like. I guess that really wasn't the question though. The question was what do I/we listen to. You name it I listen to it. Sam (Message edited by bracheen on March 01, 2007) | ||
| hydrargyrum
Advanced Member Username: hydrargyrum Post Number: 236 Registered: 3-2004 |
What I am listening to right now: Tom Waits, The Flaming Lips, Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, The Pogues. What I've been playing lately: mostly bluegrass, with some folky rock and jazz here and there. | ||
| dela217
Senior Member Username: dela217 Post Number: 771 Registered: 6-2002 |
Country. | ||
| hifiguy
Member Username: hifiguy Post Number: 74 Registered: 10-2006 |
Some of everything except commercial country, most kinds of modern metal and opera. A listening session in my music room may go something like Emmylou Harris, classic Yes, the Dead, Kraftwerk or Kruder & Dorfmeister, Rachmaninoff and finish with some J-pop girl group technopop. Eclectic or schizoid? Could be both, maybe neither :-) | ||
| 2400wattman
Advanced Member Username: 2400wattman Post Number: 297 Registered: 11-2005 |
I've been playing blues, rock, some metal, a little jazz and classical and some folk. Thank God for Led Zeppelin!! | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 4827 Registered: 5-2002 |
Hey, an Emmylou mention!!! | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 4828 Registered: 5-2002 |
Hi Simon, welcome to the board! | ||
| 2400wattman
Advanced Member Username: 2400wattman Post Number: 298 Registered: 11-2005 |
Emmy Lou.. she had Albert Lee in her band. That guy would flat out nail ya to the board!!! What a player. | ||
| hifiguy
Member Username: hifiguy Post Number: 75 Registered: 10-2006 |
I generally dislike country music, though I do kind of like some bluegrass and the Dixie Chicks, but Emmylou flat out rules. Heard her for the first time on Dylan's "Desire" and went off in search of her own albums. Her live "Spyboy" with the Buddy Miller led backing band totally kills. "Roses in the Snow" ain't chopped liver either. Same thing happened when I heard Sandy Denny sing on Zep's "Battle of Evermore." I had no idea who this "Sandy Denny" was but I found out in a big hurry. That discovery got me heavily into electric Brit folk-rock, especially Fairport Convention. Jeez, the money I spent filling out my Fairport vinyl collection over the years. I think I have at least 25-30 unique FC recordings - probably more. | ||
| 2400wattman
Advanced Member Username: 2400wattman Post Number: 300 Registered: 11-2005 |
My god, I had no idea Fairport had that many albums. How many did Sandy Denny do as I heard she had passed away? | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 4830 Registered: 5-2002 |
My favorite Emmylou is the stuff she did with Gram. And I remember in the early seventies loving Sandy Denny's solo album; and back then we were listening to Fairport Convention and Fotheringay as well. Great stuff! | ||
| hifiguy
Member Username: hifiguy Post Number: 76 Registered: 10-2006 |
Sandy did six (I think) solo albums and one album with Fotheringay, the band she formed with her husband-to-be, Trevor Lucas. That is a stunningly great album. SD's version of "Banks of the Nile" might be the finest singing I have ever heard in my life. She was only 23 when she recorded it, but performed it with such subtlety and insight that it will likely never be equalled. A more beautiful voice I have never heard. Jerry Donahue's guitar work on that album is little short of spectacular. Sandy died in 1978 of a brain aneurysm after falling down a flight of stairs. In a weird way she was in some sense the female Nick Drake, IMO. Couple good Sandy links: http://www.hotshotdigital.com/WellAlwaysRemember/SandyDennyBio.html http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/sandydenny/biography | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 2145 Registered: 7-2004 |
Emmylou. Elite Hotel. 'Nuff said. Bill, tgo | ||
| keavin
Senior Member Username: keavin Post Number: 1069 Registered: 12-2002 |
Classic rock/Funk/jazz/fusion/opera-classical/rap/Country/alternative rock/blues & anything with 'REAL MUSICIANS' & not some freakin machine doing all the work! | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Intermediate Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 111 Registered: 10-2006 |
Well, I DON'T listen to opera, metal, rap, boy bands, the pop nonsense they call "contempoary country" or Led Zeppelin. Other than that, I'm pretty ecletic - but always and forever the Grateful Dead. (Keavin - I used to work with a bass player who did stuff at home with a drum machine & synth. He said the bad part was the lack of musicians. The good part was the lack of musicians.) Peter | ||
| hankster
Member Username: hankster Post Number: 98 Registered: 6-2004 |
I'm with Dave - Emmylou with Gram on GP was my complete epiphany. I still haven't swept out the ashes. Rick | ||
| paulman
Advanced Member Username: paulman Post Number: 211 Registered: 2-2005 |
My Car CD Player has Bad Religion, Leon Redbone, GD Dec 79, Johnny Cash (old stuff) and The Blues Brothers (obscure album called "the red white and blues). MP3 player has Esteban, ton of GD, Ratdog, Motorhead, and Black Sabbath. On the radio I prefer Jazz or Classical music. I don't like reggae, I love it. And I truly don't like Muzak. | ||
| kimberly
Junior Username: kimberly Post Number: 42 Registered: 1-2007 |
Hi Simon, As with the others, a warm welcome to this most interesting and very very cool discussion board.  To keep on topic and answer your question, for myself I find I have no particular genre's I'm more fond of than others, though I find in the car 'classic rock' is the norm. When it comes to material selection for performances, anything goes, as long as it meets my somewhat specific criteria as an instrumentalist bass soloist. Hope this helps and again welcome to this very cool and interesting discussion board. Kimberly As a sidebar/mild hijack. Cozmik Cowboy said, "the bad part was the lack of musicians. The good part was the lack of musicians." Dude, that is so funny as it's so absolutely the case. I relate in a big way! :D | ||
| simon
New Username: simon Post Number: 2 Registered: 2-2007 |
Thanks all. To begin with, if anyone wants to hear polka metal, I suggest you check out Finntroll who are an incredibly hilarious Finnish band which sings in swedish and has a large polka/folk influence. Finally, thanks for the input Bill but do you think the onboard pre-amp would help distort the sound more? | ||
| grateful
Intermediate Member Username: grateful Post Number: 184 Registered: 12-2004 |
Hi Simon, My Further produces a very clean but also very strong signal which will certainly overdrive most any amp, so it will certainly provide a lot of "crunch" if you want it to. Mark | ||
| essenceman
Junior Username: essenceman Post Number: 50 Registered: 10-2002 |
Hi Simon, Welcome to this great club. if you've got any questions or guitar/bass/amp-related problems, there's usually somebody here who can offer useful advice. Back to the post!! My listening - classic Yes (70s), Jethro Tull, modern jazz, any Russian Classical music (particularly Borodin), loads of other stuff, but a great melody is essential for me. | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 1154 Registered: 11-2003 |
Hi Simon, I did check out Finntroll on youtube. Thanks for the tip. Interesting to be sure but not what I would listen to on a regular basis. I must be getting old. But, now I know about polka metal. Sam | ||
| dannobasso
Senior Member Username: dannobasso Post Number: 470 Registered: 3-2004 |
A lot of audio books. | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 1138 Registered: 9-2002 |
E v e r y t h i n g . And talk radio. J o e y | ||
| alembic_doctor
Intermediate Member Username: alembic_doctor Post Number: 187 Registered: 8-2002 |
Right Now. I have the Van Halen "Balance" album cranked up to about 104dB. It's such an awesome album to play as loud as your neighbors will allow before calling the cops. | ||
| kenbass4
Advanced Member Username: kenbass4 Post Number: 235 Registered: 10-2003 |
Yes (The Band), Rush, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Barenaked Ladies, Marillion, The Beatles, Led Zepplin, The Who, ELP, and many others who's names escape me at the moment... | ||
| lowlife
Advanced Member Username: lowlife Post Number: 265 Registered: 12-2003 |
Hi Simon and welcome to the club. My listening encompases Vertical Horizon, Rascal Flatts, James Brown, Maceo Parker, Pee Wee Ellis, Grover Washington Jr., Popa Chubby, Walter Trout, Robin Trower, Robert Rahdolph, Level 42, Bootsy Collins, Average White Band, EWF, TOP, Chicago and many others... Ellery (Lowlife) (Message edited by lowlife on March 06, 2007) |
