Article:
Traditionalism, the Obstacle
Playing styles?
I play guitar, and I love to play any type of
music because the guitar is an awesome musical tool.
Over the years I've seen many different types of
bands playing a certain style (i.e. Rock, Country,
Heavy Metal). Well, just recently, my favorite
band, Metallica, released an album that blew their
fans away. The reason is because they still play
hard heavy metal but with different sounds and
styles. There are a lot of mixed emotions about
this because people only wanted to hear the Heavy
Metallica and don't know how to accept the different
styles they're using now. Anyways, the reason I put
this up here is because I'm curious who makes the
rules of music. Who is the mediator that tells me
what I can and can't play because of a certain
style? I just want to meet the person that makes
all these laws and teach them to play music so
they can see how fun it really is, no matter
what you play. Until then, I will keep playing
what I want in whatever style I want. And, I hope
Metallica's next will be just as controversial and
that more bands will start to mix the styles.
-- Robert
posted 10/23/97
