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hollowseal33 said:Now, if we look at this through the lens of performance, we’re opening up a whole different story—maybe even a Pandora's box. You have performers who don't even write their own material, succeeding purely because of their stage presence or how they market themselves. Take a band like Weezer, for example; their music can feel like a total copy-paste job 😁, but they have a style that just gets under your skin 😁. Then you have someone like Bob Dylan, whom most people can't stand, or better yet, 😍—someone like Iron & Wine, who I’d give anything to see live, yet he still commands a decent following. All of them possess a style that isn't something you just listen to with your ears.
If we're talking about whether a sound fits a genre, what pedals a guitarist uses, or if a track runs longer than three minutes, then yeah, those are just technicalities. A talented person is going to write great music whether they grew up on the Mississippi coast or spent their youth listening to the Ramones.
No, I think we're missing each other. Are you talking about style as in looks, image, or something like that?
I'm talking about musical style. The kind of style you actually HEAR. It's not just about guitar pedals or song length. It’s something almost untouchable and impossible to describe. It’s shaped by everything you listened to growing up, the things you ponder, what drives you to write, and what sets you apart. Those aren't mere technicalities; that's the core of the matter.
Once you grasp the idea behind all of that, you gain extra layers to how you listen. It can be incredibly exciting and inspiring. Is that not important to you?
And yeah... The Stranglers are absolute garbage.
