PeelThePaint

PeelThePaint t1_j6o4xtr wrote

Reply to comment by Agitated_Year8521 in LPT: If you are considering learning a musical instrument or learning to sing, I highly recommend also learning the basics of a piano. Knowing your way around a keyboard will help you understand what you're doing on all other instruments and while singing. by BellyScratchFTW

In this situation, I think it applies the other way around. Pianists who learn the drum kit will have a better sense of rhythm and can be inspired to try out different things rhythmically.

Of course, it doesn't hurt to develop an ear for harmony and melody as a drummer since that's what you'll usually be accompanying.

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PeelThePaint t1_j6o4r04 wrote

Reply to comment by Rularuu in LPT: If you are considering learning a musical instrument or learning to sing, I highly recommend also learning the basics of a piano. Knowing your way around a keyboard will help you understand what you're doing on all other instruments and while singing. by BellyScratchFTW

Piano doesn't really have any technique at the beginning stages. Push button, receive note. There's no reason why anyone couldn't play a simple melody with one finger provided they know what notes to push. If you're playing a brass instrument, a piano is really helpful at the start when you're building technique so you can hear what note you should be playing rather than hoping you're hitting the right partial.

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PeelThePaint t1_j6kcx7t wrote

Reply to Our research shows that musicians prefer to listen to music at higher levels than non-musicians by Upstairs_Location_26

> Musicians may listen to music at higher levels in order to hear the more nuanced musical aspects or may simply enjoy music more so than non-musicians and are therefore happy to listen to music at a higher sound level.

Makes sense. Many non-musicians just want the music loud enough so they can hear the lyrics. Musicians are interested in hearing the whole band. I don't necessarily want music to sound like a live concert or shake my body, but I do want to hear everything clearly.

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PeelThePaint t1_j5i0163 wrote

Reply to comment by Saulgoode09 in Are there any bands which have 2 guitarists who both play lead parts? by JustNoodling11

I'm mostly pointing out that the bassist played more lead than the usual rhythm guitarist - of course George did the majority of the leads, especially in the early years. Paul never played lead guitar live with The Beatles, but he does switch to guitar in his solo concerts.

And he did lead in the studio after recording his bass part with the band, or in the later years, John or George sometimes played bass. That's Paul doing lead on Ticket To Ride, Taxman, Back In The USSR and others.

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PeelThePaint t1_j1wshzi wrote

Reply to Are distorted/overdriven keyboards common? by Foxster957

> cause I couldn't think of any songs that used a distorted keyboard sound.

You've probably heard a lot, but you might have mistaken it for a guitar or synth. And the Cradle Will Rock by Van Halen has a distorted electric piano as the main chordal rhythm instrument (on the left channel, just after the flanged pick scrapes), Deep Purple was mentioned before, but the main riff at the start of Space Truckin' is keys and bass, with no guitar. Billy Joel gets a ton of flack for his early band Attila, but it was based around him playing distorted organ and a bass line on another keyboard to replace guitar and bass guitar.

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