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Old 08-16-2018, 02:55 PM   #15850 (permalink)
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I guess never say never.

The music I listen to on a given week now is generally way softer than would it would have been just 5 years ago. But even now, I'm not seeing myself ever get into smooth jazz and AOR. Generally too "soulless" for my tastes*. I'd say expressiveness, "songwriting" and texture has become way more important for me with time, while I care less and less about flashy, technical playing by the minute. I used to be all about guitar riffs and solos.



* Just a subjective experience of much of the music. I'm not saying it's bad music.
Some of what I've seen you post related to jazz borders on "smooth". And I think you'd like a lot of Pat Metheny's output too, maybe something like Dreaming Of Trains by Ken Navarro. Just a matter of exploring a bit.
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