Unusual influences on your sound...

[Bassus Sanguinis]

Mmm, all the prog and fusion jazz bass players like Jonas Hellborg may seem to some of the metal scene people far out. And all the spaghetti western and horror movie soundtracks I listen to. Shitload of classical music composers like Bach, John Dowland, Igor Stravinsky... And the old analog synthesizer stuff.

I agree with Gearmond, keeping to a genre and to the genre bands for influence can be terribly restricting, at least I can't see that helps sounding interesting.

[Ugly Nora]

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[Chankgeez]

I do get your point, but I think that as a musician one is influenced by almost every thing they hear either in a good or bad way

Daniel Higgs (Lungfish) said something similar once (or maybe more than once, I wouldn't have a way to verify that). He said that everything he every heard was an influence even if he didn't like it. He said there are things he hears that he knows he must avoid, and things he hears that he wants to emulate.

Nora

Interestingly, I'd say Higgs's solo work is something I hear that I feel like I must avoid.

Welcome to ILF!

You should say something to him.

I'd be scared to.

[jrmy]

Years and years ago, my wussy indie band had a drummer drop out the week before a show. Luckily, a friend who was mainly a funk/jazz drummer subbed. It shouldn't have worked, but it did. One of my favorite moments was when we were explaining one song's structure, and there was a weird part that wasn't a verse, chorus, bridge, or major key change. After us struggling to explain its significance, my friend piped up from behind the kit, "That's where the horns would come in!" and he was right. If we'd had horns, that's where they'd have come in.

So now, even though I never write for horns, I always try to listen for where they'd come in to one of my songs.

[christianatl]

That Skull Defekts record that Higgs was on is killer, and Lungfish changed my life.

So shut it.

[christianatl]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htz4vgw14tA[/youtube]

[Chankgeez]

That Skull Defekts record that Higgs was on is killer, and Lungfish changed my life.

So shut it.

Lungfish changed everybody's life.

[christianatl]

NOBODY,
NOTHING,
NOWHERE,
NO MORE.
NOBODY,
NOTHING,
NO MORE.

[goroth]

That Skull Defekts record that Higgs was on is killer, and Lungfish changed my life.

So shut it.

Lungfish changed everybody's life.

Lungfish?

[Ugly Nora]

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[D.o.S.]

I dig Lungfish. A banjo-equipped Higgs isn't really my jam.

[Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D.]

i like to treat every piece of music as its own living, breathing, feeling entity.

there are a lot of parallels between music and life. and as such i try to treat them with love, care and respect.

there is a lot more to music than the music itself.

[Chankgeez]

That Skull Defekts record that Higgs was on is killer, and Lungfish changed my life.

So shut it.

Lungfish changed everybody's life.

Lungfish?

The band, not the fish.

[goroth]

Gotcha, thanks C.
Damn living fossils, what with their breathing, walking AND guitar skills.