Originally Posted by: Guitarro777Ditto on that. Just listen to every style possible, jazz, rock, country, bluegrass, even rap. Copy what you hear, learn it on guitar. Soon you'll start developing your own style. One band I like that's out there is The Mars Volta, their music is just so weird, so different from many bands out there. They're defenitaly my friend band of today's music. But yeah, listen to everything possible.

if you want a recommendation on a brilliant hip-hop lyricist, check out anything by Sage Francis or Aesop Rock's Labor days album. Especially Sage's most recent single Slow Down Gandhi- he proves that hip hop can be intelligent, politically aware, and introspective, not all about bling and guns. Anyway, hope that helps- I can put my money where my mouth is if it was my lyrics that someone wanted to see btw... let me know...

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