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I feel like someone should sticky this, I'll be posting like a madman here.
I'll introduce an artist/band and provide a link to a youtube video of the song whenever I get access to do so, and provide a description of the sound and mood.
Since I can't post links or video yet, please just check these things out on Youtube, they won't be hard to find-- just copy/paste to search.
1) Little Tybee- "The Wind Will Blow You Love". 5 piece from Georgia. Josh Martin on guitar, he is an 8 string player who apparently is a huge influence on guitar great Tosin Abasi, of Reflux/Animals as Leaders fame. The piano player just has such a sweet, golden, heartfelt voice. The bassist and drummer set the pace and mood just right. The violin player accents parts that become just so emotionally charged. But above all they leave so much room for each other as high caliber musicians, that what comes out is just lovely and exceptionally tasteful.
If you're in the mood to smile, I recommend this one. You don't have to be a musician to appreciate the heart in this song.
2) Jon Gomm- "Passionflower". One guitar player. Transcends acoustic and electric playing. A one man band, he provides percussion using his guitar's piezo/his own hands/occasionally fingernails. A custom setup with low tuning and electronics, as well as several effects modulators and compression that's just a tad gain-y, allow a wide range of tapping and chords to be properly expressed. He also has the voice of an angel. In plain English: holy crap.
I've also never seen someone use tapped harmonics moved up full tones using the guitar's tuners and returned to normal, as part of the song's central melody and theme-- I'm sure many strings were broken in the process of writing. All while singing, doing the percussion part, and noodling on those pedals.
Good for a pick-me-up or even a cry for when you're feeling down. He writes excellent lyrics, and his delivery is flawless.
Enjoy! I'll post more if people like it. Way I see it, if anyone's going to know about truly good music, it may as well come from musicians. It's not like Nicki Minaj or Justin Bieber are poets anyway. Everyone's entitled to their own tastes and I'm not here to tell you yours is no good. But, unless you try hearing other things, you'll never know how much heart is really poured into it for really nothing more than the sake of pure and absolute self-expression.
Take the time to understand the difference between being an entertainer, and catering to an audience for the sake of making money, and being an artist, to CREATE your own audience. I will only be posting artists, if that says anything.
I'll introduce an artist/band and provide a link to a youtube video of the song whenever I get access to do so, and provide a description of the sound and mood.
Since I can't post links or video yet, please just check these things out on Youtube, they won't be hard to find-- just copy/paste to search.
1) Little Tybee- "The Wind Will Blow You Love". 5 piece from Georgia. Josh Martin on guitar, he is an 8 string player who apparently is a huge influence on guitar great Tosin Abasi, of Reflux/Animals as Leaders fame. The piano player just has such a sweet, golden, heartfelt voice. The bassist and drummer set the pace and mood just right. The violin player accents parts that become just so emotionally charged. But above all they leave so much room for each other as high caliber musicians, that what comes out is just lovely and exceptionally tasteful.
If you're in the mood to smile, I recommend this one. You don't have to be a musician to appreciate the heart in this song.
2) Jon Gomm- "Passionflower". One guitar player. Transcends acoustic and electric playing. A one man band, he provides percussion using his guitar's piezo/his own hands/occasionally fingernails. A custom setup with low tuning and electronics, as well as several effects modulators and compression that's just a tad gain-y, allow a wide range of tapping and chords to be properly expressed. He also has the voice of an angel. In plain English: holy crap.
I've also never seen someone use tapped harmonics moved up full tones using the guitar's tuners and returned to normal, as part of the song's central melody and theme-- I'm sure many strings were broken in the process of writing. All while singing, doing the percussion part, and noodling on those pedals.
Good for a pick-me-up or even a cry for when you're feeling down. He writes excellent lyrics, and his delivery is flawless.
Enjoy! I'll post more if people like it. Way I see it, if anyone's going to know about truly good music, it may as well come from musicians. It's not like Nicki Minaj or Justin Bieber are poets anyway. Everyone's entitled to their own tastes and I'm not here to tell you yours is no good. But, unless you try hearing other things, you'll never know how much heart is really poured into it for really nothing more than the sake of pure and absolute self-expression.
Take the time to understand the difference between being an entertainer, and catering to an audience for the sake of making money, and being an artist, to CREATE your own audience. I will only be posting artists, if that says anything.
