Why doesn´t Opeth Jam?

[polarity]

they're such bad songwriters that their songs dont have any structure anyway

 

[CF87]

they're such bad songwriters that their songs dont have any structure anyway

Controversial!

 

[deliverance]

 

[Phormula]

Some of the best live jams come from The Mars Volta, their jams are sometimes better than most of their songs.

 

[Botfly]

The Dead are the best jammers hands down. Only jam band I find remotely appealing

Closure had an improv Keyboard solo and whatnot. The end to that song after the "In the rays of the sun, I am longing for the darkness" was definitly jamming, though the structure was maybe planned, not all that crazy instrument wanking shit.

 

[Ermz]

That would be closure too.

 

[BrandonS]

Space jam was a fantastic movie. So fantastic, in fact, that my best friend stole it from my on VHS several years ago, and then moved out of state..... Haven't talked to him since.

 

[Arnold Layne]

Pink Floyd jam better than anyone.

 

[Arnold Layne]

Even in 71 ? Embryo, Set the controls, Cafeful with that, all differ from the album versions, and from performance to performance.

 

[Arnold Layne]

In your opinion

 

[vampyré]

Mikael doesn't know the scales so they can't jam.

 

[Arnold Layne]

Mikael doesn't know the scales so they can't jam.

I think you have been listening to to much devil driver

 

[CF87]

The Alman Brothers jam fucking hard.

 

[vampyré]

yeah because all improvising is just running up and down scales

Metal improvising is mostly scales. I know cos I've done it several times.

 

[BRI]

Jimmy Page was one of the best jammers. Every show he played a different, improvised solo for each song.

 

[JoeVice]

i'm pretty sure that anyone in that band can just sit down and start playing. on the dvd, mike changes up the drapery falls solo.

 

[Profanity]

I guess Opeth don't want top get stuck in traffic jams.

 

[Profanity]

Why's it horrible? Not everyone wants to be like Pearl Jam?

 

[opeth_evan]

not too many metal bands jam or improvise.. because its too structered usually.. thats why it works so well with jazz and jam bands, because they're a lot more loose and there's room to move around.

favourite bands that jam and improvise: umphrey's mcgee, medeski martin & wood, the dead, allman bros, SCI, and phish

if you're interested in reading about umphrey's mcgee very interesting jam technique or just reading about one in general. I HIGHLY recommend you read this and I HIGHLY recommend you check a few of their songs out if you like that sort of thing:

http://www.umphreaks.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=23093

 

[Evan84]

oh god, you like phish, you don't deserve our name