re: #313 ObserverArt

Best guitarist ever? You mean not Joe Satriani, who helped everyone from Kirk Hammett to Steve Vai and everyone in between become virtuosos in their own right?

Yngwie Malmsteen? He can shred and soar with anyone - and play everything to speed metal to Mozart and Paganini.

For every Britney and Miley Cyrus, there’s a Black Keys or Mumford and Sons or Lumineers or FUN who catch on with success without the need to rely on autotune and computer wizardry to make their sound happen.

Heck, even though NIN is really a one man wrecking crew in Trent Reznor, he thinks about music classically and his arrangements are among the most complex in music today. Plays all instruments too. And uses new tech to supplement and expand the musical range, instead of relying on it as a crutch.

That’s the difference - a lot of corporate creations like Britney and Miley have come to rely on the tech to make their mark. And that doesn’t get into lip syncing.