Does McCready have bad technique?

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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,460
    I truthfully cannot stand technical playing like G3 or watching some kid play all the guitar parts to Metallica's 'One' all by himself. Ugh. Just gimme the feels for god's sake! Register some damn emotion!
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  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    This thread cracks me up.  OP where you having a few when you posted this?  I would love to see Mikes reaction of any guitar player coming up to him and saying "Hey Mike, you're a great guitar player and I respect your work but your technique needs a little work"
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,114
    No not at all!  The guy I was arguing with clearly hates pj
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    mcgruff10 said:
    No not at all!  The guy I was arguing with clearly hates pj

    Ha.  Have you talked to him since?
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    mcgruff10 said:
    No not at all!  The guy I was arguing with clearly hates pj
    Take him to a show and he will change his mind!

    I have a pod cast on a CD somewhere where this guys is talking to these would be hipsters and he is telling them, "Look you guys, I get why you think Pearl Jam is lame.  They're super big [these guys hate everything big even if it is good] and make a ton of money [these guys probably also hate money] but if you had been to there [to the PJ show he went to] you would change your minds.  These guys put on one of the best shows I've ever seen!"

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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    I truthfully cannot stand technical playing like G3 or watching some kid play all the guitar parts to Metallica's 'One' all by himself. Ugh. Just gimme the feels for god's sake! Register some damn emotion!
    I actually enjoy G3 but hey?!

    Totally agree with you about some technical stuff.  Buckethead is one of the most amazing guitarists I've ever watched but there's something missing.

    Something I would argue with guitarists about is when I hear them say "oh that's soooooo easy to play" and I'll reply back, yeah might be easy to play but that person came up with it and you're still playing THEIR music.


  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Some of you may recall- and this goes back a ways- that someone here posted this picture of Mike during his sabbatical from playing guitar to become a seamstress (pink fingernail polish and all!).  Who ever posted this picture, please take credit for it is truly a rare glimpse of another side of the man.

     
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,114
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    No not at all!  The guy I was arguing with clearly hates pj

    Ha.  Have you talked to him since?
    nah.  he's one of those snotty jazz musicians lol.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,256
    brianlux said:
    Some of you may recall- and this goes back a ways- that someone here posted this picture of Mike during his sabbatical from playing guitar to become a seamstress (pink fingernail polish and all!).  Who ever posted this picture, please take credit for it is truly a rare glimpse of another side of the man.

     
    That is hilarious!   Some weed must have been smoked to come up with this.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    bootlegger10 said:
    brianlux said:
    Some of you may recall- and this goes back a ways- that someone here posted this picture of Mike during his sabbatical from playing guitar to become a seamstress (pink fingernail polish and all!).  Who ever posted this picture, please take credit for it is truly a rare glimpse of another side of the man.

     
    That is hilarious!   Some weed must have been smoked to come up with this.
    LOL!  Yeah someone here was mighty clever!
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  • jpdannabelle
    jpdannabelle T. Posts: 872
    “First off, nobody cares if you know how to play scales. Nobody gives a shit if you have good technique or not. It's whether you have feelings that you want to express with music, that's what counts, really. When you are able to express yourself and feel good, then you know why you're playing. The technical aspect is absolute hogwash as far as I'm concerned. It bores me to tears. I can't play fast. I don't even know my scales. I know that most of the notes I play aren't where I play them. They're simply not there. So you can play any note you like. I think about it on another level, I don't care about that sort of shit. On the other hand, I appreciate really great guitarists, and I'm very impressed by those metal groups with their scale guitarists. When I see that, I go «Holy shit, that's really something». Satriani and Eddie Van Halen are guitar geniuses. They are incredible musicians, at an amazing level. But it does't really grab me. One note will do."

    -Neil Young
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  • Degeneratefk
    Degeneratefk Posts: 3,123
    I think part of the reason he may sound "sloppy" (and I use that term loosley), is because they play songs (especially the older ones) so incredibly fast now. Look at the rock n roll hall of fame version of Alive. They slowed it down a bit and played it closer to the album version rather than his improv solos. I thought it sounded great. When they slow down, he sounds much better. 
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,256
    Mike is playing awesome this tour.  I never heard anyone at the three shows I went to say “did you just see Mike’s technique!!!!”
  • SomethingCreative
    SomethingCreative Kazoo, MI Posts: 3,412
    edited July 2018
    non traditional? yes.  bad? no.
    "Well, I think this band is incapable of sucking."
    -my dad after hearing Not for You for the first time on SNL .
  • CantKeepmedown
    CantKeepmedown Portland, Maine Posts: 3,119
    Jesus, what a douchey thing to say.  This guy must be a blast a parties.  
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Was it this guy?:






  • thispureamericanriot
    thispureamericanriot California Posts: 514
    I see it this way. If you bring Joe Satriani or Steve Vai into Pearl Jam - yes, the musicianship and "technique" greatly improve. Example: Satriani w/Chickenfoot & Deep Purple and Vai w/Roth & Whitesnake. But Mike and Stone are the guitar sound of PJ. It doesn't exist without them. This band will not continue without Mike and Stone. I don't want to hear "technicians" play Animal or Nothing As It Seems. That's never been the point.

    I read an Eddie Van Halen interview back in the 90's and he was asked about the two Pearl Jam guitarists and said something to the effect of "ah...they're all right I guess". But he said if you really wanna listen to guys shred on guitar, then PJ is not that band. Fair enough EVH. I love Van Halen, but I'd rather hear PJ over VH in 2018 any day of the week.
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  • opsopcopolis
    opsopcopolis Posts: 1,214
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:
    This thread cracks me up.  OP where you having a few when you posted this?  I would love to see Mikes reaction of any guitar player coming up to him and saying "Hey Mike, you're a great guitar player and I respect your work but your technique needs a little work"
    TBH I think Mike would be the first person to agree with you. Any great instrumentalist always has a list of people they aspire to play like. I'm sure Mike goes through the same phases of being annoyed at his playing that we all do
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