Role models

[CityandColour]

Role model musicians?

[mycdplayerisbroke]

brad nowell (minus the drugs aspect)

[Rain]

J.P. Savaryn - My old drum teacher.

[shangrila]

I just saw the movie the pianist, Wladyslaw Szpilman sure makes the piano represent, you know what I mean.

[Corner Kid]

Vocals:

Jimmy Gnecco - Download "Fallen Souls" by the band "Ours" right now and listen to this guy sing. He has MAD range and vocal technique. And he's the only singer who can scream and not annoy the crap out of me, because screaming bothers me. This guy makes it sound full of emotion, not angsty and bitchy.

Rufus Wainwright - One Word. Finesse. This guy's voice seems to float gently on top of his music. His vocal licks are so catchy and each note seems to build up to the next. Download "Poses" by Rufus Wainwright


Guitar:

Jonsi Birgisson (Sigur Ros) - This guy takes guitar exploration to a new level. His common use of the cello bow, along with reverb and fuzz bring the guitar to a new dimension of sound. Download Track 6 off of "( )"

The Edge - This guy makes "simple" sound so good. Riffs like "Pride" and "Where the Streets Have No Name" seem to get burned into your head and echo through it for days.

John Mayer - Yes. I said John Mayer. Dispite what people think of his music, he is without a doubt a great guitarist. No one can deny that. Just download the acoustic version of "Neon" and if you can sit there and listen to it and think "This is nothing" then you must have something stuck up your ass. Either that or you're are a guitar legend. Heh... Try playing it any singing it. It took me an entire year to master singing and playing Neon at the same time.


Piano -

One Man, Ben Folds. If you've heard anything other than "Brick" you can agree that this guy is the most talented pianist of our generation. No wonder you dont hear any other bands show off their piano skills, because no one can compare to the great Ben Folds! Download "Underground" by Ben Folds Five.

[Kohlman003]

Rivers Cuomo has to be my rolemodel... I love his music and he's the reason why i picked up a guitar in the first place.

[nanda]

for drums, i'd have to say dave grol, of course
piano, that'd have to be chris, of couse, i mean, many people can play the piano, but verry little people can do what he can do
guitar, i dunno, there r so many good guitarists, i like jonny, he plays the guitar in a different way, than many other guitarris do, but he's not th best, i mean, look at dave grohl, again, and the other guitarrist form foo fighters, i duuno his name, but he's good
for bass, id have to say sting, i mean, the guy changed the history of all bass players, right?

[Golic]

Adam Clayton. Bassist for U2 and the man who inspired me, without him I never would have dreamed of playing bass. His style is simple yet driving and powerful, a true genius in my eyes.

[Valleyboy]

uhhh... muse's chris plays one hell of a bass... and guy is good too...
But my favourite probably is radiohead's Colin Greenwood... this man wrote some of the best bass lines ever.

[CityandColour]

Vocalists- There are a lot of great lead singers, but one comes in mind for me in particular... I know I'm pretty much the only fan of them here because I'm about the only here who has ever heard of them, but the one of the lead singer/song writers of Jackopierce, Jack O'Neill, has one incredible voice. Bon Scott, the former vocalist of AC/DC (deceased), even though he doesn't sing, per-ce, he had an incredible voice because he could just scream pretty much through out the whole song and is very hard to impersonate because of that.
Other:
Scott Weiland- Formerly the Stone Temple Pilots but now with Velvet Revolver.
Keith Kane- Vertical Horizon. When VH started out as a singing songwriting duo, he had 50 % of the vocals on an album. He no longer sings lead vocals or writes songs anymore, but he still has an incredible voice.
Michael Stipe- R.E.M.
Robert Plant- Led Zeppelin
Rob Thomas- Matchbox Twenty
Davey Havok- AFI
Neil Young
Scott Stapp- Creed (Yes, you heard me. He may sound exactly like Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, but oh well.)
Kurt Cobain- Nirvana
Cary Pierce- Jackopierce (the other lead singer/writer)
Gordon Lightfoot
Dave Matthews
Brandon Boyd- Incubus
Dallas Smith- Default. He has a pretty good voice, but he honestly can't remember how to sing the songs live apparently.
Michael Hutchense- INXS

Drummers- Jose Pasillas- Incubus. He is just about probably the most underrated drummer on the face of the planet. I've honestly never heard before a style as unique and completely off the wall as his. Just listen to Pardon Me and Nowhere Fast. The Style is in a lot of Incubus songs, but in those two in particular. He doesn't get any of the credit he deserves. The same can be said about Jeremy Taggert- Our Lady Peace. He too has a unique style, indifferent from everyone else. Just listen to Starseed, Is Anybody Home, One Man Army, Life, Naveed, The Wonderful Future, and Bring Back The Sun because it mainly sticks out those songs.
Other:
Dave Grohl- Nirvana
Scott Philips- Creed (Yes, that's right, you heard me!)
Mike Cosgrove- Alien Ant Farm
John Dalmayan- System of A Down
Paul Doucette- Matchbox Twenty
John Bonham- Led Zeppelin
Keith Moon- The Who
Eric Kretz- Stone Temple Pilots
Carter Beauford- DMB

Guitarists-
Mike Einziger- Incubus
Daron Malakian- System of A Down
Dean DeLeo- Stone Temple Pilots
Angus Young- AC/DC. I know a lot of their songs sound alike, but some of his raunchy riffs helped create metal. I think anyways...
Jimmy Page- Led Zeppelin. Pretty damn amazing. Except for the only problem is, he, and the rest of Zepp, could be quite sloppy live. Also considering that he dubbed over a lot of rythym guitar parts in the studio which he couldn't do live obviously.

Bassists-
I may not know much about Bass, and it's also hard for me to hear in a lot of songs... But a lot of the basslines from the former bass player of Incubus, Dirk "Alex" Lance, stick out for me. Especially in 'Are You In?'.

Piano-
Rob Thomas- Matchbox Twenty

I'm honestly not too fond of Chris on the Piano...

[mycdplayerisbroke]

dude scott wieland?
i have a song of his on a mix from my bro
its like quiet and slow never knew he was from stp

[rf_ucsd]

Well, you certinaly have covered all your bases.

Vocalists- There are a lot of great lead singers, but one comes in mind for me in particular... I know I'm pretty much the only fan of them here because I'm about the only here who has ever heard of them, but the one of the lead singer/song writers of Jackopierce, Jack O'Neill, has one incredible voice. Bon Scott, the former vocalist of AC/DC (deceased), even though he doesn't sing, per-ce, he had an incredible voice because he could just scream pretty much through out the whole song and is very hard to impersonate because of that.
Other:
Scott Weiland- Formerly the Stone Temple Pilots but now with Velvet Revolver.
Keith Kane- Vertical Horizon. When VH started out as a singing songwriting duo, he had 50 % of the vocals on an album. He no longer sings lead vocals or writes songs anymore, but he still has an incredible voice.
Michael Stipe- R.E.M.
Robert Plant- Led Zeppelin
Rob Thomas- Matchbox Twenty
Davey Havok- AFI
Neil Young
Scott Stapp- Creed (Yes, you heard me. He may sound exactly like Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, but oh well.)
Kurt Cobain- Nirvana
Cary Pierce- Jackopierce (the other lead singer/writer)
Gordon Lightfoot
Dave Matthews
Brandon Boyd- Incubus
Dallas Smith- Default. He has a pretty good voice, but he honestly can't remember how to sing the songs live apparently.
Michael Hutchense- INXS

Drummers- Jose Pasillas- Incubus. He is just about probably the most underrated drummer on the face of the planet. I've honestly never heard before a style as unique and completely off the wall as his. Just listen to Pardon Me and Nowhere Fast. The Style is in a lot of Incubus songs, but in those two in particular. He doesn't get any of the credit he deserves. The same can be said about Jeremy Taggert- Our Lady Peace. He too has a unique style, indifferent from everyone else. Just listen to Starseed, Is Anybody Home, One Man Army, Life, Naveed, The Wonderful Future, and Bring Back The Sun because it mainly sticks out those songs.
Other:
Dave Grohl- Nirvana
Scott Philips- Creed (Yes, that's right, you heard me!)
Mike Cosgrove- Alien Ant Farm
John Dalmayan- System of A Down
Paul Doucette- Matchbox Twenty
John Bonham- Led Zeppelin
Keith Moon- The Who
Eric Kretz- Stone Temple Pilots
Carter Beauford- DMB

Guitarists-
Mike Einziger- Incubus
Daron Malakian- System of A Down
Dean DeLeo- Stone Temple Pilots
Angus Young- AC/DC. I know a lot of their songs sound alike, but some of his raunchy riffs helped create metal. I think anyways...
Jimmy Page- Led Zeppelin. Pretty damn amazing. Except for the only problem is, he, and the rest of Zepp, could be quite sloppy live. Also considering that he dubbed over a lot of rythym guitar parts in the studio which he couldn't do live obviously.

Bassists-
I may not know much about Bass, and it's also hard for me to hear in a lot of songs... But a lot of the basslines from the former bass player of Incubus, Dirk "Alex" Lance, stick out for me. Especially in 'Are You In?'.

Piano-
Rob Thomas- Matchbox Twenty

I'm honestly not too fond of Chris on the Piano...

[jocole37]

1.chris martin
2.chester benington (linkin park)

[rf_ucsd]

1.chris martin
2.chester benington (linkin park)

Chester does have a cool voice.
But he's tired of being who we want him to be.

[jocole37]

lol, i though he was knumb.

[rf_ucsd]

He is, and he's that way from being caught in the undertow.

Cau-Caught in the undertow.

[jocole37]

so is he breaking the habit?

[rf_ucsd]

yeah, but he's trying to do it be being me like me and being less like you :P

[jocole37]

i herd him saying dooont stayyy.

[CityandColour]

Well, you certinaly have covered all your bases.

Vocalists- There are a lot of great lead singers, but one comes in mind for me in particular... I know I'm pretty much the only fan of them here because I'm about the only here who has ever heard of them, but the one of the lead singer/song writers of Jackopierce, Jack O'Neill, has one incredible voice. Bon Scott, the former vocalist of AC/DC (deceased), even though he doesn't sing, per-ce, he had an incredible voice because he could just scream pretty much through out the whole song and is very hard to impersonate because of that.
Other:
Scott Weiland- Formerly the Stone Temple Pilots but now with Velvet Revolver.
Keith Kane- Vertical Horizon. When VH started out as a singing songwriting duo, he had 50 % of the vocals on an album. He no longer sings lead vocals or writes songs anymore, but he still has an incredible voice.
Michael Stipe- R.E.M.
Robert Plant- Led Zeppelin
Rob Thomas- Matchbox Twenty
Davey Havok- AFI
Neil Young
Scott Stapp- Creed (Yes, you heard me. He may sound exactly like Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, but oh well.)
Kurt Cobain- Nirvana
Cary Pierce- Jackopierce (the other lead singer/writer)
Gordon Lightfoot
Dave Matthews
Brandon Boyd- Incubus
Dallas Smith- Default. He has a pretty good voice, but he honestly can't remember how to sing the songs live apparently.
Michael Hutchense- INXS

Drummers- Jose Pasillas- Incubus. He is just about probably the most underrated drummer on the face of the planet. I've honestly never heard before a style as unique and completely off the wall as his. Just listen to Pardon Me and Nowhere Fast. The Style is in a lot of Incubus songs, but in those two in particular. He doesn't get any of the credit he deserves. The same can be said about Jeremy Taggert- Our Lady Peace. He too has a unique style, indifferent from everyone else. Just listen to Starseed, Is Anybody Home, One Man Army, Life, Naveed, The Wonderful Future, and Bring Back The Sun because it mainly sticks out those songs.
Other:
Dave Grohl- Nirvana
Scott Philips- Creed (Yes, that's right, you heard me!)
Mike Cosgrove- Alien Ant Farm
John Dalmayan- System of A Down
Paul Doucette- Matchbox Twenty
John Bonham- Led Zeppelin
Keith Moon- The Who
Eric Kretz- Stone Temple Pilots
Carter Beauford- DMB

Guitarists-
Mike Einziger- Incubus
Daron Malakian- System of A Down
Dean DeLeo- Stone Temple Pilots
Angus Young- AC/DC. I know a lot of their songs sound alike, but some of his raunchy riffs helped create metal. I think anyways...
Jimmy Page- Led Zeppelin. Pretty damn amazing. Except for the only problem is, he, and the rest of Zepp, could be quite sloppy live. Also considering that he dubbed over a lot of rythym guitar parts in the studio which he couldn't do live obviously.

Bassists-
I may not know much about Bass, and it's also hard for me to hear in a lot of songs... But a lot of the basslines from the former bass player of Incubus, Dirk "Alex" Lance, stick out for me. Especially in 'Are You In?'.

Piano-
Rob Thomas- Matchbox Twenty

I'm honestly not too fond of Chris on the Piano...

...That wasn't sarcasm was it? Thanks if not.

[CityandColour]

dude scott wieland?
i have a song of his on a mix from my bro
its like quiet and slow never knew he was from stp

Yeah, not anymore...But they did have a few slow/quiet songs, I think anyways... Well, Creep was a slow/quiet type song. Damn good one too.

[mycdplayerisbroke]

i dont know
it had piano in it
i think he was talking about his son or daughter or baby or something like that

[CityandColour]

Oh. It surely wasn't Creep then...

[ShibbNani]

For guitar - The Edge from U2
Say what you will about his non-existant guitar work, but the man has some serious musical talent. He might not be able to shred like a mad 80's hair band guitarist, or play like Stevie Ray Vaughn, but I love the sounds that he can get out of that instrument ["Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me", baby.]

Go Edge.
:guitarist:

[yorkeisagod]

thom yorke-hence the name (he IS a god)

and davey havok is amazing

[Professor Peedston]

my number one musical inspiration is Brian Wilson, especially in how i write and arrange my songs.

as far as specific instruments, i don't really have anybdoy that i look up to and say "wow, i want to be like them," but my piano and bass playing have both been compared to paul mccartney by different people. :P

[Bar]

Jonny, of course
And Skay beilinson (argentina), he's the reason I play

[MrsBerry]

Now I think it´s Chris Martin, cause I play the piano too... But when I was younger, my role model used to be Richard Clayderman, a french pianist.

[Skinned Alive]

Voice

Thom Yorke
Whilst his older vocal style is also particularly breathtaking, the style he has taken on in recent years has made my jaw drop. I love the way that he deliberately pushes his vocals further than they can go - I find that it gives a more emotional sound to his songs. I've tried to bring his unique vocal style to my singing with limited success, and I would kill to be able to do it exactly like him.

Liam Gallagher
I find it to be a true wonder how he can make it seem like he puts no effort into it whatsoever, and yet he makes it sound so genuinely superb. The ultimate rock vocalist and front man, in my view.


Guitar

Noel Gallagher
While he's not exactly the best guitarist in the world, the whole reason why I picked up the guitar is because of this man. My style is almost exact to his.

Peter Hayes
Not a very technical player at all, but dear God that sound is so wonderful.

Jonny Greenwood
I sometimes incorporate some of his erratic and aggressive technique into my playing.


Bass

Robert Turner
A unique, wonderful hollow distorted bass, which is also reflected in my bass playing.


Drums

Keith Moon
Alright, I'm nowhere near as good, but if I could play like anyone, it would be him.

[CityandColour]

Some of my favorite bassists since I wasn't in depth much with choices when I made this:

Dirk Lance - formerly of Incubus as you know...

Stefan Lessard - DMB

John Paul Jones - Led Zeppelin

[mycdplayerisbroke]

my inspiration for guitar would have to be the beastie boys
haha
the guitar in 'sabotage'
wow