Musicians: Who Are Your Influences?

Plankton · 02-16-2015, 12:12 PM

The chronological order in which I'd discovered their music would be:

Ritchie Blackmore
Toni Iommi
Randy Rhodes
Dave Murray
Alex Lifeson
Kirk Hammet (shut it)
Michael Schenker
Yngwie Malmsteen
Andres Segovia
Joe Satriani
Steve Vai
Eric Johnson
Gary Moore
Tommy Bolin
Shawn Lane
Christopher Parkening
Steve Stevens
Buckethead
Derek Trucks

There are loads of other great guitarists that I've loved listening to over the years and just kept it at that, like SRV. I just left his stuff alone. These are the artists that inspired me to try and learn their music. Not just a tune or two, but multiple tunes off of their catalogs of albums, and with that I'd try to cop nuances of their style because I liked it. It's hard to get inspired anymore though, and I'm not sure if old age comes into play, but it just seems like pretty much everything sounds the same to me these days. I could say Guthrie Govan is an inspiration, but a style like that is more of a passing whimsy than anything for me, and anything shred like Paul Gilbert is the same. I just don't want to play like that anymore, which would probably explain the cut-off at Derek Trucks.

After 30+ years of playing, I may need to take a well needed break, or just mellow the fuck out for a while.

02-16-2015, 12:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	The chronological order in which I'd discovered their music would be: Ritchie Blackmore Toni Iommi Randy Rhodes Dave Murray Alex Lifeson Kirk Hammet (shut it) Michael Schenker Yngwie Malmsteen Andres Segovia Joe Satriani Steve Vai Eric Johnson Gary Moore Tommy Bolin Shawn Lane Christopher Parkening Steve Stevens Buckethead Derek Trucks There are loads of other great guitarists that I've loved listening to over the years and just kept it at that, like SRV. I just left his stuff alone. These are the artists that inspired me to try and learn their music. Not just a tune or two, but multiple tunes off of their catalogs of albums, and with that I'd try to cop nuances of their style because I liked it. It's hard to get inspired anymore though, and I'm not sure if old age comes into play, but it just seems like pretty much everything sounds the same to me these days. I could say Guthrie Govan is an inspiration, but a style like that is more of a passing whimsy than anything for me, and anything shred like Paul Gilbert is the same. I just don't want to play like that anymore, which would probably explain the cut-off at Derek Trucks. After 30+ years of playing, I may need to take a well needed break, or just mellow the fuck out for a while. __________________ See location... Last edited by Plankton; 02-16-2015 at 01:19 PM.