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I get why we need them. It's just so damn hard for me... Grew up with Every single genre you can imagine, even sang in a different language and did everything from traditional folk songs to heavy metal. Trying to decide what to put on the album was hard enough... GOD. So I went pretty mid range, but live we still move it ALL over... blues to heavy heavy to jazz to folk.. OMG. Sorry, just cant sit still in ONE Genre... its too exciting to challenge myself and Ive never ever had anyone in the audience complain. What about you guys??
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Permalink Reply by W T WASP on
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Marija, I say what you're doing (being "all over") not only allows for you to free yourself and just write "whatever comes to you", AS it comes to you without worry of whether or not if it will "fit" into whatever genere you fall into or get pigeon-holed into, but it also expands your target audience! You will not get ONLY the metalheads, or ONLY the country folk, or ONLY the rockers, or ONLY the blues crowd, or jazz crowd - you're gonna reach them ALL. And that cannot possibly hurt your fanbase (or record sales, hahaha).
Granted I personally like a band who is "primarily" of one genre or another, but, I like if they are not afraid to incorporate a little of this or that into their "primary" formula. Some examples :
1] I never realized how spectacularly metal and classical would sound when merged, until Paul O'Neill began producing for the metal band Savatage (who became one of many "progressive metal" acts in the late 80s and thru the 90s), and in their progressive evolution, all-out full orchestration was implemented, and that ultimatley evolved into what is now known as the TSO (Trans-Siberian Orchestra). What began with Edvard Greig's "Hall Of The Mountain King" being used in 1987 (as the Savatage album title, and the actual composition reworked as a prelude to the title track), and took us to the TSO's "The Lost Christmas Eve" in 2004, has seen Savatage release some grand rock operas, and the TSO rocking out with several re-worked pieces from Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and numerous Christmas carol melodies. I call Savatage (and the successor to the Sava-legacy, Jon Oliva's Pain) "Progressive Metal", and the TSO, I consider to be "Symphonic Rock".
2] Eisbrecher, a band from Germany (often mistaken for Rammstein), while primarly metal/rock, has a bit of an industrial edge and a lot of electronica worked in. I did not know whether they were simply Metal, or Industrial, or Electronica, so, I combined them and arrived at the term "Industronica Metal". That covers it. Haha.
3] Anvil and W.A.S.P. brought a pinch of the country & western flavor into metal with a couple of their tunes, "Toe Jam" (from 1988's "Pound For Pound") and "Blind In Texas" (from 1986's "The Last Command"), respectively. Anvil's track is perhaps the first (if not only) Heavy Metal Square-Dance song (that I've heard anyway), and W.A.S.P. describes tying one on in the Lonestar state (a common practice it seems, as it's a popular piece of subject matter in many a Country ditty!). I still consider these just plain Metal, but I appreciate the Country angles. I try to imagine either of these tunes being covered by any Country act today, and I can totally hear its potential in my head. Sure, the distortional crunch of metal would be replaced with a bit of country twang, but other than that, a seamless transition, lol. That'd be something ; a Country name covering some Heavy Metal song.
Gotta love it when genres crossover. :-)
WTW
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Permalink Reply by Marija on -
Wow... I agree. Its so much fun when someone comes up with something "new"... so to speak. I heard a band once do the Metal/country thing... It was so different and catchy, actually. Too bad not catchy enough that I remember their name, sorry! I remember thinking how Zeppelin turned Blues into something else! I've played the bass and keys to some zep and if I took out the amazing melodies, there are basically just blues chords.. but Add the creative and unique melody lines especially the bass.. and its Zep.. all the way. I've always loved the way the bass has its own melody lines going... I am totally addicted to that still. The ones who can take a chord and put their own voice to it really intrigue me the most. I guess thats what i do when I write. It all starts with a thought in my head... though our thoughts have been covered over the centuries, they are evolving as much as we are and always fresh and new. One pet peave i have is when I hear something that is a total rip off. Influence is good, rip off is just being lazy.
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