Probably piano. Maybe guitar. Piano cause it can pretty much play any part and if you have a competent pianist you can put on a show with out any other instruments. Guitar too but less so.
Guitar is great cause name your top 100 favorite songs and guitar is probably in all of them.
Greatest instrument you don't really hear is bass. If all of a sudden the bass gets dropped out of a song you are hearing it really sounds much worse. Funny thing is bass sounds pretty terrible by itself. If you listen to just a bass line you will be bored as hell but add it to a song and rock the fuck out. Same thing for drums but they are much more obvious in casual listening. My favorite thing about recording fattest girl was when the dude would drain the drums and bass out so we could hear the vocals and then when he brought them back it it was like dropping the hammer.
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Yeah, piano is great. And bass is like sweet salve poured into my wounds.
ReplyDeleteElectric guitar with distortion might be the most versatile instrument - you can just do so godamned many things with it.
And learning to appreciate drums increases listening pleasure by like 35%.
I still think maybe for pure visceral impact in the right context, pedal steel is the greatest. That shit just tears your heart out. But sometimes violin does that also.
Yeah. Pedal steel is the best flavor instrument. It is kinda like a well done sauce. You would never eat just sauce but when you slather it over your meat and pertatos all you can think is mmmmmmmmmmmmmm that sauce.
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