Do you play the same kind of music you listen to?

[leftyguitarjoe]

I've been a member of this online project for 5 years now


But I find myself listening to stuff like this



I listened to alot of metal back in 2008 when I joined Malodorous, but my tastes have changed quite a bit. I still find it fun to play fast and angry music, but I only listen to a handful of metal nowadays.

Do you play the same styles you listen to?

 

[Chuck]

For the moment yes, I'm not in band though, so I write/play whatever I feel like. For instance just this week I spent all day Tuesday listening to some djenty stuff, Vice or Virtue, so I played that sorta stuff when I got home. Then yesterday and part of today I was on a Thrice kick so I was playing lots of melodic hardcore type stuff. And now today I'm in a death metal mood so I was listening to Behemoth and Necrophagist so it made me want to play lots of alternate picking stuff lol

 

[Dayn]

...In a way. My music's an amalgam of the best I've heard, and what I would like to hear.

So it's kind of both 'yes' and 'no'. I wouldn't have found my unique style if I hadn't listened to a tonne of music from all styles.

 

[skeels]

Hm. Good question.

Yes and no. ..

Let me 'splain. I listen to all kinds of music. I try to play all kinds of music.

BUT... what I try hardest to play is something that I have not heard.

 

[mcd]

For the moment yes, I'm not in band though, so I write/play whatever I feel like. For instance just this week I spent all day Tuesday listening to some djenty stuff, Vice or Virtue, so I played that sorta stuff when I got home. Then yesterday and part of today I was on a Thrice kick so I was playing lots of melodic hardcore type stuff. And now today I'm in a death metal mood so I was listening to Behemoth and Necrophagist so it made me want to play lots of alternate picking stuff lol

I was blasting illusion of safety just yesterday too, and my playing showed when i played yesterday.

 

[The Reverend]

Yes.

Then again, I listen to more music than I play, so my answer was sort of facetious. I play or make progressive metalcore, deathcore, ambient spoken word, and post-hardcore stuff. I listen to a lot more than that, though I'll admit that various forms of metal make up the majority of my iTunes library.

 

[Hollowway]

Cool thread idea. For me the answer is no. I tend to only play stuff that is complicated and difficult, but I can't listen to that sort of stuff for long periods. On my iphone I might listen to old school metal, alternative, old new wave, punk, but I'll usually practice Jason Becker stuff, tech death stuff, etc. I'm not in a band now, though. If I was I'd probably be playing more mainstream stuff. Mainly cuz I suck at the stuff I like to play.

 

[Ninjahat]

I like writing chimp spannerish stuff.

It depends, some days I'm in the mood for classical or jazz, some days I feel like Emmure and TAS, some days Obscura or Easycore. All really depends.

I think it's good to listen to a wide variety of music.

 

[Francis978]

I am kind of all over the place with writing music

I tend to write guitar riffs in the style of Periphery II (the acrobatic type stuff like Have a Blast and Scarlet) and Veil of Maya in one band. (not really trying to be "djent", just like those type of slide filled climbing fast riffs)
I also have a jazz fusion trio where I am clearly influenced by Allan Holdsworth (in chord voicings and progressions, I can't shred like him).
In Composition, I am influenced by Stephen Sondheim, even though most of my stuff sounds nowhere near his sound.
Then some days I just kick on delay, chorus, reverb etc and just play chords and make ambient stuff.

 

[BusinessMan]

Yes I do. Metal to the core!..

 

[TheAmercanLow]

The band I'm in writes a mix of all the genres we listen to. Everything from math rock to jazz to technical metal stuff.


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[brutalwizard]

Nope not really. Really spend my free time listening to Yes, New york gypsy jazz allstars, BTBAM ect.

Around others its like whitechapel, the contortionist, the dear hunter.

I play a bunch of chugs with neat melodys/leads.

 

[rikomaru]

No for me. I tend to listen to music that's well out of my technical and compositional range, so luckily when i fail miserably at interpreting a concept withing that music i stumble upon something either brand new to me or gain a new perspective on something familiar to me.

Of course if i COULD just naturally break out dome dream theater or beethoven i probably would. yayyyyyyyyyyyyyy slowhands XD

 

[peagull]

The project I'm currently in at the minute is very light, it's like we've stripped all the metal away from what we would have written 5 years ago.

So of course, to counter that I've been listening to nothing but metal for the past 6 months.

 

[jesman]

I grew up in the "Nu-Metal"-world. Nowadays I listen to bands like Periphery, Architects, etc., but also to pretty calm stuff like James Blake. Depending on my mood I also like electronic music.

The music I make myself, however, differs a bit from the music I listen to, I do postrock, you could check it out here:

 

[valder]

I play country but listen exclusively to death metal

 

[Indigenous]

I listen to a lot of the usual popular bands on here (AAL, Periphery, Meshuggah), but I don't think I can play a single song by them. I spend all my time playing and practicing jazz. Funny enough, I don't listen to jazz quite as much as I do metal.

 

[DarkWolfXV]

Yep, i listen mainly to death metal and its subgenres, and play it.

 

[Esp Griffyn]

I listen to death metal and jazz fusion mostly, with some thrash, virtuoso stuff etc.

I play all of the above, badly.

 

[the_heretic_divine]

That's a tough one. I play in a prog metal metal band,but am currently starting a Melodeath band...and a BLUEGRASS BAND! So to answer your question....ummm...wait,what was the question?