whos better #1 or #2

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whos better #1 or #2

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Who is better,

1. the technical player who can play play some complicating intro's and knows a bunch of songs 100%, but has trouble makeing quality stuff up on his own can't really improvise or sing and play to well.

or

2.The guy who doesn't really like to bother learning songs or when he's does it's more for referance, wont get it down 100%. Good at making up his own stuff and improvising and better at singing and playing at once.


So, whose better???
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are both of these personsa impossible to mix together?
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Post by moosicmaniac »

the answer...

both in the same band

there ya go, lol
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Post by Ranting Thespian »

for me, I am bit and peices of both of those, so I don't know which one to choose. Can I just make a Ven Diagram and choose the ones intertwined?
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I think I'd rather be #1. he could actually make a living :)
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Post by grock »

#1 is better but #2 is just as many necessary traits.

i really can't imagine people that are these extremes.

ultimately, to be great you need to be both...
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Post by DMBFan63 »

yea, i'm a mix of both. I'm not very well at improving though, i usually end up basing it off a song i already know..
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Post by NoNotThat »

number three...the person who oh shit I lost my train of thought
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NoNotThat wrote:number three...the person who oh shit I lost my train of thought
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priceless.
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Post by GSR »

ryopan wrote:
NoNotThat wrote:number three...the person who oh shit I lost my train of thought
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priceless.
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i think i may have used to be #1... but i'm gettin better at being #2.
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Post by DJR »

i think i'm about 95% #1 and 5% #2, but i think a good mix of both would be best
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Post by thejoe »

id say 1 is better at gutiar but 2 knows how to apply himself better
but i odnt know why 2 wouldnt want to learn any songs all the way thru
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yeah but who does #2 work for?
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Post by thejoe »

idunno
if he learned some songs all the way thru, then he owuld be awsome and oculd play lead
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Post by sunglassesatnight »

1st is the worst, 2nd is the best.
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