Who here is a muso?

Howard the Duck · 09-03-2011, 08:05 AM

the few performers I know who did it full time are really into the glamour of it

chicks who hang out with studs in the audience, dudes with "groupies"

hip hop bunny hop · 09-03-2011, 02:43 PM

meh. The second college I went to had a proper conservatory and all sorts of dorks like vanilla describes. Jackasses who would prattle about Aesop Rock and Wilco and some such trash.

Do I fit this stereotype? The only music I've ever played has been grindcore, I own acres of forest, have a buzz cut & literally red neck and I work for the park service & conservation departments.

bob. · 09-03-2011, 03:21 PM

Urban Dictionary: Muso

based on that description.....

i am obsessed with music....it is the fabric of my life

there are fairly unknown artists in my collection.....but i don't really feel that makes me better than anyone....honestly quite a few of them are a testament to what horrible taste i can have when the mood strikes

when i meet somebody new and visit their house i do often "beeline" for their collection....but not so much to judge more for good conversation starting

"As a sideline they will take up the acoustic guitar and then force you to listen to their "revolutionary" take on what music could be like. It will undoubtedly be dreadful and unlistenable."

i fucking hate it when shitheads do this....it literally drives me crazy....to the point of my stomach getting ill when i walk into a house and see an acoustic guitar

i hate dreadlocks and have had a shaved head for well over 15 years (although thats mainly due to bad genes

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TockTockTock · 09-03-2011, 03:26 PM

I thought these kind of people were referred to as "hipsters?" Anyways...

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I'm not sure we have that exact type over here. The kind of people here who wear thrift store clothes and take pop music way too seriously would never in a million years have dreadlocks and would mercilessly mock those who did.

This...

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Originally Posted by Il Duce

if you ask me, i'd rather have an afro than dreadlocks anyday

And this...

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Originally Posted by DoctorSoft

Never even heard of these people

And... also this.

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Originally Posted by bob.

Urban Dictionary: Muso

based on that description.....

i am obsessed with music....it is the fabric of my life

there are fairly unknown artists in my collection.....but i don't really feel that makes me better than anyone....honestly quite a few of them are a testament to what horrible taste i can have when the mood strikes

when i meet somebody new and visit their house i do often "beeline" for their collection....but not so much to judge more for good conversation starting

"As a sideline they will take up the acoustic guitar and then force you to listen to their "revolutionary" take on what music could be like. It will undoubtedly be dreadful and unlistenable."

i fucking hate it when shitheads do this....it literally drives me crazy....to the point of my stomach getting ill when i walk into a house and see an acoustic guitar

This, too...

I feel I made my point quite clearly.

Mykonos · 09-03-2011, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by hip hop bunny hop

meh. The second college I went to had a proper conservatory and all sorts of dorks like vanilla describes. Jackasses who would prattle about Aesop Rock and Wilco and some such trash.

Hah, I definitely fit that stereotype for Hip Hop, now you mention Aesop. Whenever anyone asks me the 2Pac vs Biggie question, I tend to reply with either Tyler or Immortal Tech.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 09-03-2011, 05:02 PM

I always figured muso's are like anti hipsters.

Muso's as far as I've been aware means people that are so into their instruments they talk about little else. The kind of people who play in their bedroom for months on end until they can play a Dream Theater album note perfect and argue online for hours and hours about who's the best bassist.

That's my idea of a muso.

GeddyBass2112 · 09-04-2011, 02:08 PM

I probably fit into a muso category. I play a few different instruments, I study music and music theory, have often spent hours arguing about said music theory or who the best bassist/drummer/keyboardist/guitarist is (and the answer to those last questions in that order is Geddy Lee, Neil Peart and Alex Lifeson).

jackhammer · 09-05-2011, 04:32 PM

A muso over here is generally a musician and nothing more or less. By your description Vanilla, it sounds like London circa 1967!

Howard the Duck · 09-06-2011, 12:15 AM

i used to spend hours perfecting Vai and Eric Johnson so you can call me that, by that definition

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09-03-2011, 02:43 PM	#12 (permalink)
hip hop bunny hop Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,381	meh. The second college I went to had a proper conservatory and all sorts of dorks like vanilla describes. Jackasses who would prattle about Aesop Rock and Wilco and some such trash. Do I fit this stereotype? The only music I've ever played has been grindcore, I own acres of forest, have a buzz cut & literally red neck and I work for the park service & conservation departments. __________________ Have mercy on the poor.

09-03-2011, 03:21 PM	#13 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	Urban Dictionary: Muso based on that description..... i am obsessed with music....it is the fabric of my life there are fairly unknown artists in my collection.....but i don't really feel that makes me better than anyone....honestly quite a few of them are a testament to what horrible taste i can have when the mood strikes when i meet somebody new and visit their house i do often "beeline" for their collection....but not so much to judge more for good conversation starting "As a sideline they will take up the acoustic guitar and then force you to listen to their "revolutionary" take on what music could be like. It will undoubtedly be dreadful and unlistenable." i fucking hate it when shitheads do this....it literally drives me crazy....to the point of my stomach getting ill when i walk into a house and see an acoustic guitar i hate dreadlocks and have had a shaved head for well over 15 years (although thats mainly due to bad genes ) __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

09-03-2011, 05:02 PM	#16 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	I always figured muso's are like anti hipsters. Muso's as far as I've been aware means people that are so into their instruments they talk about little else. The kind of people who play in their bedroom for months on end until they can play a Dream Theater album note perfect and argue online for hours and hours about who's the best bassist. That's my idea of a muso. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

09-04-2011, 02:08 PM	#17 (permalink)
GeddyBass2112 Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Posts: 165	I probably fit into a muso category. I play a few different instruments, I study music and music theory, have often spent hours arguing about said music theory or who the best bassist/drummer/keyboardist/guitarist is (and the answer to those last questions in that order is Geddy Lee, Neil Peart and Alex Lifeson). __________________ Cello fund: $300/$750.

09-05-2011, 04:32 PM	#18 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	A muso over here is generally a musician and nothing more or less. By your description Vanilla, it sounds like London circa 1967! __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”