my favourite artists are Jack Johnson and Ben Harper. i love acoustic stuff, did listen to vai, and satriani for awhile a few years ago, but listenin to it now sounds sterile to me with no feeling or intent behind the songs, i seem to have grown away from heavy guitar for some reason, somethin i never would have thought would happen. i used to dream of playing amazing solos with sweeps and stuff but know i have nearly forgotten how to do the technical stuff i learnt and prefer to play slow solos only goin fast when i can't think of anythin else to do (unless i reckon it would sound good goin fast wich is surprisingly rare now) dunno really where im headin with this but was wonderin if anyone else has gone through this kinda thing where they have completely turned around their style of playing.
also i heared jack johnson is pretty big in america now, but here he is still pretty much unheared of (at least to people i know) but was thinkin what you guys think of his style and playin, cos i reckon its his music which made me change from wantin to solo all day to just doin more chord based stuff on acoustic. Just interested to know what people think of his music really, cos as a guitarist i think its great.
(sorry bout the change of subject there)
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