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Awesome band and I have an extra ticket for the show in Atlanta tomorrow evening if anyone is interested :)

I absolutely love the last few Opeth albums. I'm very glad they took the turn they did.

I absolutely love the last few Opeth albums. I'm very glad they took the turn they did.

Awesome stuff and glad to see someone listening to it on here!

Am I the only jazz and fusion fan on here? Here are my faves from 1989 (a year I like much better for jazz and fusion than I do for rock but I also listed my rock/metal/prog choices below): JAZZ & FUSION: Allan Holdsworth: Secrets Pat Metheny Group: Letter From Home Mike Stern: Jigsaw Chick...

I agree it's not perfect especially if you are looking at a huge genre but if you do it by subgenre, year and maybe location it can be pretty helpful to jog your memory or see something you might have missed :)

Just go to the 'rate your music' site and sort by year and genre.

I think those guys are fantastic and deserve a lot more recognition.

This fellow has considerable technique with his fingers on electric:

This times 1000! Gary Willis is simply unbelievable as a composer and improvisor. In addition his intonation on fretless is absolutely perfect. Others who deserve a mention are Alain Caron, Dominique Di Piazza, Hadrien Feraud, Tom Kennedy, Jeff Andrews, Matt Garrison, Jimmy Haslip and...

I don't know how much discussion on these topics is allowed around here so I'll be as brief as possible... This is a bit more disappointing than had it come from some middle of the road rock or pop artist because in spite of a lot of erosion through the years, there is still some expectation...

A lot of confusion here. Just for starters, what is "hip" is not simply what the larger number enjoys, often it's quite the opposite in fact depending on which audience we have in mind. Justin Bieber is not "hipper" than Allan Holdsworth or Meshuggah to anyone who understands even a little...

As with any message board, it's not only those who respond who read the posts and give them thought and as with any argument, sometimes the points resonate months or years later sometimes without the people even realizing it is happening. In any case, there is certainly metal I do like and this...

The level of confusion here is impressive. I stated several times there is a difference between slavishly imitating (what you even call "hero worship") and being influenced by someone. I'll say it once more though clearly you are not listening: we are all influenced by people who have preceded...

So when the larger number of people no matter how qualified say something is hip (like say with any big pop artist) it's hip. Katy Perry or Kanye West is therefore hipper than every artist discussed on this board put together. Got it. What an edifying new concept! We will have to agree to...

The fact that I like Henderson or other players' styles and might render hommage to them in my user name says nothing about how I play and how I play or played with them. Those guys all have influences, as does anyone and as do I. But there is a tremendous difference between influences and...

A guy who spends enough time to play with a good deal of technique is playing a lot of hours. Whether he gets paid for it is irrelevant. If you're playing an instrument that much and are not 12 years old, it makes sense to play like yourself. A real musician is someone who sounds like himself...

It's a very unhip thing to do for a real musician to slavishly imitate another and play his own licks at a jam with him. Steve's a very nice guy and gracious so he gives it a great reaction but seeing a grown man playing like someone else is somewhat like watching grown men play dress up. It's...

I am absolutely loving Scott's new album and I thought I would let everyone know here about his tour dates in the US, South America and Europe...a must for anyone into fusion even a little bit SH: Touring Truth In Shredding: Scott Henderson: new album and Live 2016 dates announced SCOTT...

It was cute for the guy and the reactions are sweet from Steve but it's a bad thing to rip off another guy's playing as much as that guy did. He must have been doing this for years without someone telling him it's an unhip thing to do. It's nice that he's a fan and has chops but beyond that...