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Songwriters - Who are your main influences?
erocshifty
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Feeling a little reminiscent & a tinge of nostalgia this afternoon after listening to Neil Young's "On The Beach" album. I was thinking about all the artist that have influenced/inspired me over the years. Dave Matthews, PJ, Jimmy Page, Jerry Cantrell, Neil Young, Keith Richards & Bob Dylan are probably my biggest influences with my songwriting.
I'm sure there's a couple more, but these are the bands/artists that really taught me how to play and who I was mainly listening to when I wrote a lot of my first group of songs. I've not written anything in a bit, but am about to pick my 2 Alvarez guitars (tuned differently of course) back up and try to bang some new songs out.
Just wondering who influenced some of the other songwriters here?
I'm sure there's a couple more, but these are the bands/artists that really taught me how to play and who I was mainly listening to when I wrote a lot of my first group of songs. I've not written anything in a bit, but am about to pick my 2 Alvarez guitars (tuned differently of course) back up and try to bang some new songs out.
Just wondering who influenced some of the other songwriters here?
"It's best to live in grace before you're forced to." EV- 10/09/2014
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DC 2003
DC 2004 (VFC)
DC 2006
Pittsburgh 2006
Bonnaroo 2008
Virginia Beach 2008
DC 2008
Philly (Spectrum) 10/31/2009
DC 2010 (Jiffy Lube Live)
PJ 20 night 1
PJ 20 night 2
Phoenix 2013
LA 1 2013
Memphis 2014
Jacksonville 2016
Greenville 2016
Hampton 2016
Columbia 2016
Fenway 1 2016
Fenway 2 2016
Wrigley 1 2018
Wrigley 2 2018
Fenway 1 2018
Fenway 2 2018
Sea Hear Now 2021
Nashville 2022
Louisville 2022
Not trying to be a smart ass at all.
Edited to add: If I focus on the songwriting of any artist I listen to, I end up writing songs that sound like them. The goal I have set for myself is to take inspiration from everything but songwriters I like.