How can you make money from playing guitar?

You don't need to be technically brilliant to be a guitar hero. Noel Gallagher was the reason I started playing guitar and even he admitted he's not anything special.

a lot of guitar music these days just isn't about getting to an epic solo or playing as many notes per second as possible. It doesn't mean the guitarist of whatever band couldn't play like that if they wanted.

Matt Bellamy has to be one of the best guitarists of the last 10 years.
 
Woody__ said:
Blur were one of the biggest bands in the UK and Radiohead are one of the biggest bands in the world...

Should also chuck James Dean Bradfield from the Manics in there too.
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you seem to be really misunderstanding me.

I am not discussing bands...I am saying rock guitar legends.

There have been none for decades...

Slash was the last guitar hero type role model stereotype dude. And he is not that great really just looks cool.
 
IggyStooge said:
You don't need to be technically brilliant to be a guitar hero. Noel Gallagher was the reason I started playing guitar and even he admitted he's not anything special.

a lot of guitar music these days just isn't about getting to an epic solo or playing as many notes per second as possible. It doesn't mean the guitarist of whatever band couldn't play like that if they wanted.

Matt Bellamy has to be one of the best guitarists of the last 10 years.
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Yes last night I was thinking Matt Bellamy. But I dunno he aint like Jimmy Hendrix famous. But tehincally hes not that far off legend status...If hes playing guitar in the 60-70s he would most likely be some legend.
 
IggyStooge said:
Noel Gallagher was the reason I started playing guitar
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Kaboom.
I do understand what combypro is getting at.
Guitar Legends are those guitarists that played in such a way that it made other people pick the guitar up and start playing.
For my Dad it was Chuck Berry & Buddy Holly and for me it was Marc Bolan even though I had all my Dad's influences before that.
The 60s had The Beatles, Duane Eddy, Hank Marvin, Eric Clapton and of course Jimi Hendrix.
The 70s had Jimi Page (yes I know he was late 60s but he didn't start to influence young men until the early 70s).
The 70s also had Ritche Blackmore, Tony Iommi, Eddie Van Halen and yes, absolutely Steve Jones of The Sex Pistols who influenced 1000s & 1000s to pick the guitar up.
In the 80s James Hetfield & Kirk Hammett played an influence on modern guitaring.
My minds gone blank but I reckon Noel Gallagher was probably the next guitar hero for lots of new budding guitarists.
I can't think of anybody else.
 
dmpoole said:
My minds gone blank but I reckon Noel Gallagher was probably the next guitar hero for lots of new budding guitarists.
I can't think of anybody else.
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Thing is, that was for different reasons to the "proper" guitarists. My mate plays the guitar to a very high standard but loves doing what you do and playing in clubs and pubs and just making a few quid. I loved Oasis and he described it as "Britpop w**k", which was fair enough. However they key point is, any idiot can play Wonderwall but only one person wrote it.
 
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I loved Oasis and he described it as "Britpop w**k", which was fair enough.
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Then I have no respect for your mate.
I don't know how old he is but before so called Britpop w**k, the music scene was filled with automated synth music for the general public and Oasis helped to bring guitars back.
Music shops suddenly found themselves selling guitars again and all because of Britpop.
Respect.
 
dmpoole said:
Then I have no respect for your mate.
I don't know how old he is but before so called Britpop w**k, the music scene was filled with automated synth music for the general public and Oasis helped to bring guitars back.
Music shops suddenly found themselves selling guitars again and all because of Britpop.
Respect.
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Nah he was describing the genre. He was listening to Hanoi Rocks and Motely Crue and not caring what was in the charts!

Oasis didnt fit with him and TBH i kinda respected his ability to dismiss what was popular while remailing a cool guy!

He is now a music teacher and is probably teaching kids how to play wonderwall!

Its Britpop that gave the guitar its mainstream value again but that doesnt mean Norther Uproar and Menswear were good bands at the time though!
 
I like Oasis, they are the only thing like them on my ipod (that makes no sense but I don't know how to rephrase) Basically I have nothing else like them on it. They are good because if you listen while out walking the dog or something you always feel like you are in a film or something. Really good in the background.
 
DJmartin said:
I like Oasis, they are the only thing like them on my ipod (that makes no sense but I don't know how to rephrase) Basically I have nothing else like them on it. They are good because if you listen while out walking the dog or something you always feel like you are in a film or something. Really good in the background.
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Im a huge Oasis fan. I was never knocking them. However Noel Gallagher isnt Joe Satriani in guitar terms. My point was that while there are many people better than Noel, and the likes of "Wonderwall" can be easily played, it was Noel who wrote it and thats the important bit.

Prince is possibly the most talentent musician in the world but that doesnt give him mass appeal because he would rather be a musician than sell cds.
 
Oasis influenced me and I guess many others to pick up the guitar because I liked there songs and music and saw that they played guitars...


It was not like oh this guitar sounds are amazing I need to buy a guitar and try to play guitar like this.

I just got into guitar to play live forever and wonderwall. I had never even heard off or knew about lead guitar. I thought only chords existed lol. Then I found out about lead and solos and I was like WOW!! I wondered how they make those noises with guitar lol...I was trying to play the solos using chords lmao...I couldn't get chords to sound like the solos (which was notes not chords and was mad for weeks) then on internet I discovered that you didn't need to play chords you could play individual notes,,,lead guitar lol

lol..thats how clueless I was.

So you can see Oasis influenced me to pick up guitar without actually making you aware off the guitar itself...the guitar was a medium to play a song.

Whereas Hendrix or Van halen influence would be to pick up the guitar to make amazing sounds form your guitar.

I think Beatles would've influenced many in the same way oasis did...
 
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