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Music Appreciation

ProfessorGAC

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Reply to peacebuzzard (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 27, 2022, 09:27 PM

Dec 2022

In that last band I was in (for around 20 years) we had other bands (mostly garage material, or heavy rock) tell us we were too polished. One time, a hacky blues rocker said it and our drummer said "How many gigs you played the last year, and how much did your last gig pay?" I don't recall the exact numbers but our drummer said "we played more than that in the last month and we make 3 times the money. Maybe polish is the reason." (Yeah, that and we were all much better players.)
One metal dude complained we worried about harmonies too much. The guitar played and I went "like Van Halen, The Scorpions, Dokken. Poison...". We went through about 10 heavy bands with prominent backing vocals. He STFU.

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Funny Thing About This Song ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #1

is that like polished rock for the well to do? peacebuzzard Dec 2022 #2

Kind Of Over-Categorized, Right? ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #3

I know. right. kind of a crazy way to describe music. peacebuzzard Dec 2022 #4

Funny Related Story ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #5