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Originally Posted by blastingas10
I'm mainly talking about guitar playing. I tend to think it's not everything. I value creativity more than technical ability. I think a technical guitar player is a lot easier to come by than a really creative and innovative one. You can find young kids on youtube who are pretty technical, but you won't find one who is as creative and innovative as Hendrix. Technical ability is something you can learn. Creative ability is something that you can't learn from a book or music theory.
What do you think?
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I think it should always be about taste. The guitarist (and any musician in the band) using impeccable decision making skills throughout the song. Sometimes applied technical theory can get you out of a musical jam, and vice versa. Some of the best guys I played with knew no theory, just put their fingers anywhere on the fret board sounding good like a muthaf**k.