Guitaring and fucked up relationships

[Ermz]

Is it not true that most of you hardcore guitarists here have had at least 1 or 2 really fucked up relationships? The type that completely fuck your life over... I was just contemplating and I realized that alot of my own guitar playing motivation comes from my own emotional pain and distress so I was wondering if it was the same for you guys (man if I'm right, the shredders bumble and thorns must've set a record in bad relationships..).

But anyway... flames, thoughts?

 

[Iblys]

Hrm... I'm a guitarist a band, and I write heaps of music, and i find you can come up with really good riffs in one of two ways
1) Play for hours on end and try to come up with stuff
2) When you're feeling a strong emotion, pick up a guitar.

Heaps of my music has come from having my guitar next to my desk and bed, so i can just play it whenever I darn well please. Oh yeah, my band's demo will be coming out soon, I look forward to sharing it with you guys.

Oh yeah, and this is my first post. Hi.

 

[Fifth_Horseman]

Well, when it comes to emotional pain I usually improvise on the piano instead of playing guitar...
though sometimes acoustic guitar works as well.

Anyways, IMO you're totally right.

 

[Till Fjalls]

Yeah, emotions and relationships seem have a powerful influence on my music. I can think of one relationship(or lack thereof, dependingon how you look at it) that inspired to write almost an albums worth of material. I'm not good at expressing myself vocally, and not a good talker, so music tends to release my emotions.

However, sometimes simply being content and not worried is a great help with music. I think of the summers when I had no worries, few responsibilities, and how inspirational those days were. However, taht inspiration seems pretty immediate, whereas the relationship inspiration seems to build up over a period of time, and then just release itself in a twisted flurry that ususally catches me off guard. But that's just me!

 

[Till Fjalls]

Oh, and I don't know if this happens with anyone else, but it seems when I have built up emotional issues, I tend to write more complete musical pieces. Rather than just a riff here or there that I'll piece together at a later date, I tend to complete large sections or full songs very quickly. I like that.

Damn, I need a screwed up relationship again!

 

[Charlie E.]

Happens to me all the time.
Sometimes I wonder if I'm condemned to never have a stable girlfriend, that I'm destined to express pain and emotions through music.

 

[Fifth_Horseman]

Originally posted by Till Fjalls
Oh, and I don't know if this happens with anyone else, but it seems when I have built up emotional issues, I tend to write more complete musical pieces. Rather than just a riff here or there that I'll piece together at a later date, I tend to complete large sections or full songs very quickly. I like that.

Damn, I need a screwed up relationship again!

That's exactly what happens with me too.

Actually these days I'm pretty busy with a new piano piece, more sorrowful than ever before...
Guess what my current relationship is like?



BTW whoever recommended Forest Stream, I owe you one! Their music is the greatest discovery for me since I got Dan Swanö's Moontower...

 

[Ermz]

mm, must listen to Forest Stream... (comparison to Moontower, MUST be good)

 

[Ibsen]

I only write when I'm in pain. My pain is the best inspiration I could ever ask for.

 

[Thorns of Sorrow]

Originally posted by Moonlapse
Is it not true that most of you hardcore guitarists here have had at least 1 or 2 really fucked up relationships? The type that completely fuck your life over... I was just contemplating and I realized that alot of my own guitar playing motivation comes from my own emotional pain and distress so I was wondering if it was the same for you guys (man if I'm right, the shredders bumble and thorns must've set a record in bad relationships..).

But anyway... flames, thoughts?

pretty much.

 

[ham]

i think you rock stars have bad luck with women
=\

 

[the face of smeg]

maybe that's wot i need. i gotta go out there and find me some fucked up chick to help my guitaring along...

 

[AddeJ-Skinfected]

Hehehe...
Well... I feel that emotions influences my guitar playing (read making riffs) and lyrics writing alot! Especially the writing seems lees important and a bit harder when I am on a really good mood.

 

[Gimmickless]

I dunno about y'all, but I come up with my favorite stuff when I stay on my six-string for more than two hours at a time. By then I've gotten tired of practicing some covers and start riffing for fun. No pain, no gloom, just chipping away until I like what I hear.

 

[Hobo]

I write pretty much melancholic music...ppl tend to think i have a realy fucked up life.

I am also married since a year and a half, i am soon to be a father, and i have never had a bad relationship (that is, a relationship that lasted longer than a night...)

I dont think it have to be that way, but i agree.. most music is better when there is something wrong.

 

[Ermz]

Well I don't write alot of music... yet, but I feel when there is something fucked up I'll just blankly pick up my guitar and play.. and that 5 minutes I wanted to just strum one or two chords for turns into hours and hours of trying new shit, playing new shit and even making some up... I guess for me the guitar is a way to just get the pain out.

 

[7 Dying Trees]

Yes. Have had several fucked up relationships. Also have been accused of caring more for my guitars than girlfreinds as well...

I don't find it helps with writing, the best stuff I write is in periods of reflection and when I am happy (strangely enough) and am enjoying playing.

So I don't really think that the bad relationships have contributed other than having more time to practice while depressed

 

[Mr.Painkiller]

i have yet to have a relationship that hasnt turned psycho on me, aside from my guitar. its so much better than a woman cause it cant give you shit (Directly anyway), it cant leave, it cant cheat on you, and and does whatever the fuck you tell it to. And like most of the others on the board, i write my best shit when i'm feeling string emotions, and mostly the sad ones. I don't know why, but they seem to really enjoy putting us through pain and grief anyway, at least I have my axe.

 

[inferenzum]

Relationships are the reason I play the guitar too... it's like my substitute for a meaningful co-existence with the species i'm sadly a part of, actually.

*kills moonlapse for that SG*

 

[Ermz]

loll... its not an SG... its an Epiphone SG Ripoff... not nearly as good now, but once I get the sucker's pickups replaced, it'll be as crisp as the original .