Tue Jul 03, 2018 9:57 am
Tue Jul 03, 2018 10:02 am
Tue Jul 03, 2018 10:15 am
Tue Jul 03, 2018 10:17 am
Ugly Nora wrote:People are starting to realize that a large amount of pedals wont make up for a small amount of talent and instead have started focusing on fundamentals like playing in tune.
Tue Jul 03, 2018 10:18 am
gnomethrone wrote:Everybody is selling their pedals to build bleep bloop rainbow spaghetti walls.
Tue Jul 03, 2018 10:25 am
Tue Jul 03, 2018 11:03 am
voerking wrote:MechaGodzilla wrote:(snip)The explosion of cheap delays and offsets has led to a lot of players sounding exactly the same. A tacky and tasteless overreliance on delay/verb to fill out the sound where some decent musicianship should be. (snip)
i am starting to think that this era of music is going to seem hilariously dated by shimmer reverb & POG octave sounds just like it was in the 80's with chorus & gated snare, etc
Tue Jul 03, 2018 11:12 am
Tue Jul 03, 2018 11:32 am
PanicProne wrote:I feel like more and more people in general are getting into (and then quickly out of) the pedal game.
PanicProne wrote:So to the question:
Is it just me going insane and (no necessarily owning but) using more gear and bigger rigs lately or is there a general downsizing-trend going on?
Whatever the answer is, is this good? Why is it happening?
Tue Jul 03, 2018 11:54 am
Tue Jul 03, 2018 12:38 pm
bennroe wrote:Downsizing is absolutely a trend, and--like all trends--it's made up of equal parts people who have come to legitimate realizations about themselves and people who are just following suit. There's a lot to be said for focusing more on instrumentation, but there's also a lot to be said for focusing on song-writing or on capturing the sounds you're after. The three are not mutually exclusive, nor are they each essential.
Tue Jul 03, 2018 12:41 pm
Tue Jul 03, 2018 12:48 pm
tremolo3 wrote:Nu-gaze.
Tue Jul 03, 2018 1:03 pm
Tue Jul 03, 2018 1:16 pm