I'm bored of...

[Tenebrous]

So,

I'm bored of Rock,
I'm bored of Metal,
I'm bored of Jazz,
I'm bored of Pop,
I'm bored of Ambient,
I'm bored of R&B,
I'm bored of...

As a guitarist, anyway. I can still listen to em all...

You get the picture.

As a musician, primarily a Piano player but also a guitarist of 8 years, all I find myself wanting to play now is "Happy" classical music in weird ways. The electric guitar as an entity, as I know it, is horrific. An instrument that is always out of tune, an instrument that can never be mellow enough, an instrument which only has one saving grace - The ability to bend a note.

But, I still find myself playing daily, and enjoying it.

Does anyone else feel the same?

[Ampegasaur]

No. I am sick of all those except Metal and Jazz.

[mbargav]

Nope. I've been playing for 22 years now, and there's still so much I'd like to learn.

[Conisewer]

Maybe some flamenco/Spanish stuff? Ever checked out Paco De Lucia? Some of my favorite stuff that he did was with John McLaughlin and Al Di Meola.

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[Tone_Terrific]

You are not alone and it's certainly nothing new.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgMI0BObEXI

[GarMan]

No. I don't feel the same way. I find new bands that blow me away all the time.

[Jangles]

I feel you man. I'm just bored of music in general (for the most part). Every once in a while (at least for me) a band or an artist comes out that inspires me, but nothing at the moment. I currently have been listening to worship music as it has more "feeling" than a lot of the pop/rock I was listening to. To each his own!

[alguit]

I CAN get tired of listening to "virtuoso" guitar music after a while, finding myself heading more and more to just wanting to hear great melodies, interesting rhythms, etc, regardless of genre.

Still, I can get very excited by new guitar music or revisiting the masters-I just don't do it all day, every day anymore.

I think one problem, at least for me, is that when listening to guitar-dominated music that it's hard for me to separate me the player from me the listener, not unlike how as an English professor I often find it hard to read for pleasure until at least a month after the semesters end (and imagine how tough it is for gynecologists!) ;) If I listen to Miles Davis, though, or DeBussy or a great choir, I can still "lose myself" in the listening experience in a very wonderful way.

As for playing the guitar, I find that endlessly fascinating and challenging. As for being out of tune, I have guitars with the Buzz Feiten tuning system, and at least plugging into a tuner that works with tempered tuning makes most electrics sound much better. Plus, plugging into different amps and pedals can be inspirational.

I hope you can still find some thrilling musical experiences-there's so much music-good luck! :)

Alan

[oldtelefart]

[QUOTE=Tenebrous;1101
An instrument that is always out of tune................... an instrument which only has one saving grace - The ability to bend a note.

[/QUOTE]

The second one cancels the first one.

[epluribus]

Bieber's Adagio for Strings?

[Sandy Cheeks]

Bieber's Adagio for Strings?

Justin?

[Fatherflot]

Sometimes I get bored of the same old thing. Then I discover something like this, and it's like my passion for music is reborn:

http://iwcenglish1.typepad.com/the_jukebox_boogaloo/2011/07/mercury-dance-band-envy-no-good.html

(http://iwcenglish1.typepad.com/audio/04%20Envy%20No%20Good%20Mercury%20Dance%20Band%20A fro-Rock)

[Griz]

Nope. I've been playing for 22 years now, and there's still so much I'd like to learn.

+1

Playing since 1970, haven't been bored yet. Too much to discover. I will say, though, that I think it's important to love discovering.

I have a musician buddy who periodically goes completely off his desire for music, maybe months or even a year at a time. It usually turns out that there's some other non-music issue that is robbing him of his zest for life in general, preventing him from enjoying not only music but art, film, friends, etc.

Here's to your musical renaissance, OP; may it arrive quickly.

:aok

[splatt]

i only get substantially bored w/my own stuff;
when i get bored w/that, i make every available effort to change it.

if you're repetitively & terminally bored w/everyone else's
(apparently, idiomatically & stylistically restricted) music,
go out & actively find something else.....
..... and/or stop listening to all of it, & go make more of your own:
your own music is something that you can change,
in any way that might suit your shifting moods.

¿no?

dt / spltrcl

[tiktok]

Everything's always out of tune, particularly the piano.

[snacker]

i don't usually listen to guitar based music for the same reasons - i love playing, but when it comes to listening, i want ethnic music.....with very little guitar in it, or very cool guitar in it
for some inspiration...
lubo alexandrov - cool balkan fusion
john zorn' masada - klezmer / jazz/ classical fusion
godspeed you black emperor - post-rock
gilad atzmon & orient house - jazz / arabic fusion

[epluribus]

Justin?

Ah, the classics! :)

[chopsley]

You are not alone and it's certainly nothing new.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgMI0BObEXI

This tune came to my mind right away too. Love the Bonzos!

[Seegs]

took a 10 year break...came back at 31 and studied Jazz for 5 years and nearly put the instrument down again until I rediscovered my love of and roots in the Blues...

Never bored as I always hear or learn something new in that genré...can't say the same about any other style...

Don't ask why because I have no clue...

Chow,
Seegs

[pold]

an instrument which only has one saving grace - The ability to bend a note.

Isn't that enough? Bending is a great thing. You can replace a guitar with many things but can you imagine replacing electric guitar with a piano or violin or a keyboard in Jimi Hendrix or AC/DC? It wouldn't be rock anymore.
You can easily replace a guitar with a sax or a piano in a jazz band, and the results are even better, but not in a rock band.

[KidArchitect]

I feel ya.

Guitar is very much over-done. I can't listen to stuff where the same techniques have been overplayed for the past 60 years. It's boring. Same with standard chord progs - can't stand it (unless it's really THAT well done and I'm so into the song that I dont even pay attention to the chord prog...but thats extremely rare)

Many genres are very much saturated with the same. They go with a style and all mimic each other.

Yet still, with all that saturation out there, there are plenty of amazing bands ranging all genres. They continue to pop up everyday. I never get tired of the endless quest for new music. From rock, to electro, to jazz, to classical/flamenco.

Check out The Dear Hunter's Color Spectrum. 9 EPs of each color - 4 songs each. That should keep you busy for a while.

[Tenebrous]

I wasn't really after music recommendations, but thank you.

I just hate the guitar, until I pick it up... you know what I mean? I hate the look of it, I hate what its associated with, but when I play it, just for me, I enjoy myself.

[oxtone]

For something different, check out the new Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
"Rocket Science". Absolutley STELLAR musicianship throughout this cd!
Worth every penny, even just for Victor Wooten's world-class Bass playing.

[Broken Cord]

For something different, check out the new Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
"Rocket Science". Absolutley STELLAR musicianship throughout this cd!
Worth every penny, even just for Victor Wooten's world-class Bass playing.

Bela is an exception too!

[SHM]

Listen to the people around you, listen to nature, do something else for a while, maybe read a good book....come back as a better person and listen to music again....the best way for me, is to do something else for a while, and come back, filled with passion for music. Well, maybe its just me....

[Joe Robinson]

To the OP: Perhaps you have lost sight of the fact that playing guitar and looking dead sexy is a good way to get girls. Maybe you can focus on that.

[thedroid]

After eight years, I find it hard to believe the OP has exhausted the possibilities of any instrument. Maybe he's just bored with his own playing? I know I've been there.

[Satyrist]

I just hate the guitar, until I pick it up... you know what I mean? I hate the look of it, I hate what its associated with, but when I play it, just for me, I enjoy myself.

Sounds like you need to let go of all those "associations" that are, for you, bound to the instrument. Let it just be what it is, and what you can make of it.

But overall, no, I can't say I've ever felt that way. Sure, sometimes I go through a few days when I feel like I need some time away, to clear out the cliches, but hate? Nope.

Also, 8 years isn't much time in which to get sick of the guitar. Maybe it's just not the instrument for you.

[Custom Deluxe]

I was bored before I even began.

[smithguitars]

Bieber's Adagio for Strings?

Just sayin'

[epluribus]

Good sleuthin' there, smothguitars.

[Mirabelle]

So,

I'm bored of Rock,
I'm bored of Metal,
I'm bored of Jazz,
I'm bored of Pop,
I'm bored of Ambient,
I'm bored of R&B,
I'm bored of...

As a guitarist, anyway. I can still listen to em all...

You get the picture.

As a musician, primarily a Piano player but also a guitarist of 8 years, all I find myself wanting to play now is "Happy" classical music in weird ways. The electric guitar as an entity, as I know it, is horrific. An instrument that is always out of tune, an instrument that can never be mellow enough, an instrument which only has one saving grace - The ability to bend a note.

But, I still find myself playing daily, and enjoying it.

Does anyone else feel the same?
uh, is the piano NOT always out of tune a little bit in every key - as a well-tempered instrument? I think, forgive me here, that anyone who's bored by all of these things must not be listening...not meant personally, just observationally and incredulously...

[zztomato]

If you are bored with guitar, stop playing it and move on to something else. Maybe you'll come back to it with a new perspective or maybe you wont.
If you are bored though, you will only produce boring guitar music. Interesting guitar only comes from the inspired.
God knows there's enough boring guitar music out there.

[Julia343]

I'm tired of rock and metal both as a player and listener. My practice time is spent figuring out something I want to play and practicing that. I'm primarily a keyboardist. I'm also bored of classical music -- go figure that one. Yes it is possible to bend a note on a keyboard -- I do that all the time -- hello pitch wheel.

Everything gets boring after a while. You eventually find everything formulaic. Once you figure out that, you start thinking "this isn't rocket science like I thought" and it's done.

When it gets boring it's time to take a break for a month. Don't worry. You'll get it back pretty fast, and you'll also have a different outlook. Oh, and on your month off don't listen to a lot of stuff either. It's summer. Go fishing.

[Bluedawg]

. The electric guitar as an entity, as I know it, is horrific. ...

an instrument that can never be mellow enough,

Does anyone else feel the same?


not me on the mellowness thing

I'm big into Wes Montgomery .... and love players like Jimmy Bruno and Lee Ritenour .... those guys can do mellow electric guitar

And Pat Methany ... maybe the king of mellow electric guitar


As for mellow electric guitar rock, blues .. and other stuff ... it has been and can be done

BB King can do mellow ... I could think of a few more if I had more time

:banana

[R13D]

I love the guitar, I have for 40 years. Never boring for me.

[ebenezer]

So,

I'm bored of Rock,
I'm bored of Metal,
I'm bored of Jazz,
I'm bored of Pop,
I'm bored of Ambient,
I'm bored of R&B,
I'm bored of...

As a guitarist, anyway. I can still listen to em all...

You get the picture.

As a musician, primarily a Piano player but also a guitarist of 8 years, all I find myself wanting to play now is "Happy" classical music in weird ways. The electric guitar as an entity, as I know it, is horrific. An instrument that is always out of tune, an instrument that can never be mellow enough, an instrument which only has one saving grace - The ability to bend a note.

But, I still find myself playing daily, and enjoying it.

Does anyone else feel the same?

Wow, whatever floats your boat man!