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Originally Posted by Everyneurotic
but what's natural to you?
if you asked me when i was 11, the natural thing was playing open chords but i hated folk music.
if you asked me when i was fifteen, the natural thing was playing power chords, riffs and crazy noises.
if you ask me now, the natural thing is not actually playing the guitar.
the thing is, what's natural is a direct corelation between your likes, tastes and influences and your ability.
if a guy is super into dream theater and that crap, then it's natural for him to gravitate towards that when approaching his instrument, but it doesn't mean it flows natural because you need to practice to get to play to that technical level.
and if someone was raised and loves sy but doesn't know how to approach the instrument to do alternate tunings and weird noise, then what's natural for him is in conflict with his ability. and if said person, after knowing how to channel the sy "technique" gets into, say, boris but still loves sy, it's not like he/she won't learn to play solos and riffs and still be able to do skronk.
i'm not sure if i'm agreeing or disagreeing with you but this is my point.
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I see what you are saying, and I do agree with you, but I think I'm talking more about a different kind of natural. I'm talking AFTER you have learned what you want and AFTER you can play like all of the bands you like, then finding what is natural to you. For instance, I like a lot of crazy experimental stuff and a lot of punk, and while those are somewhat noticable in what I play, my style tends to sound a lot like maybe a mix of Mogwai and Yo La Tengo, maybe. That's the best way I can describe it anyway. My point though is that I can play crazy experimental and/or punk all day long, and people may even think it sounds good, but I feel the greatest release when I play what comes natural to me.