Why in the blue hell do i keep seeing Synster Gates name coming up here?
As a guitarist, i'll admit he's a good guitarist IN HIS OWN WAY, but compared to legends like Hammet, Malmsteen, Petrucci, Michael Romeo, Marty Friedman (just to name a few),he'd probably get his ass kicked.
I'll agree that a lot of those Indie scene kids dont know their roots, but so what? Progress will always be there. i know my roots, but i prefer to use my roots to create something new and ahead of its time.
i heard this quote somewhere before : " Whoever controls the past controls the present, whoever controls the present controls the future."
I'm not saying we that we can control the past, but understanding it and appreciating it will help us embrace our present music scene and also forge ahead to create a future for our music. as much as we love our old school 80's rock and metal bands (hell yeah for the 80's!!!!), sometimes we have to learn to let go and embrace our present as well.
and so much the better for us that we understand our past and our roots as well. because we know it, and we can create the future. and it'll be us creating the future, NOT them.
We have that advantage. Lets use it wisely.