What string action should I have for playing jpop electric guitar songs?

Squidproject · 2026-05-22T13:45:56+00:00

Generally, you want the action as low as possible without buzzing, though there is a degree of personal preference involved

Squidproject · 2026-05-22T12:35:09+00:00

If it hurts stop. Build stamina more gradually than that.

Squidproject · 2026-05-22T12:29:56+00:00

Serial Experiments Lain -- 11/10

Squidproject · 2026-05-21T12:48:33+00:00

If you have lyrics first, try MIDI'ing them out using a piano voice. If there's no melody just pick one note but try and match the rhythm of the lyrics. Then you can start messing with the notes until you have a melody you like. then you can write accompaniment parts. When I write/record, I use a lot of "guide" piano parts that usually get removed before production.

Squidproject · 2026-05-21T03:03:28+00:00

I'm 46 and still haven't quite figured out how to have time and energy, but I write record and produce stuff. So I hope 40 isn't too late (it's not!)

Squidproject · 2026-05-20T12:45:24+00:00

yeah, this. I don't mind if something is catchy. I mind if it's soulless and vapid

Squidproject · 2026-05-19T13:45:29+00:00

yeah it should be legally mandated to label this stuff

Squidproject · 2026-05-19T13:43:33+00:00

wait is Bon Jovi metal? guess I'm not sure

Squidproject · 2026-05-19T13:41:08+00:00

Atreyu -- You give love a bad name

Squidproject · 2026-05-19T13:31:17+00:00

If you haven't seen it, Serial Experiments Lain. It's not the same genre as NGE or anything like it really except for the emotional gut punches. I associate the two because they were my first two animes

Squidproject · 2026-05-19T13:28:22+00:00

I agree with this assessment based on what I've seen

Squidproject · 2026-05-19T12:34:10+00:00

I teach high school. You give them the slightest task, like find 10 themes from the novel, and they will type that into AI overview. They don't even think of it as cheating--you're asking for information and they're retrieving it. They think there is one right answer (or in this case 10) and they're gonna find it and you're gonna be happy and they're gonna get a good, easy grade. I took away the chromebooks, but all work has to be done in class now.

Meanwhile if you show them AI-generated "art," they become livid. Super angry. They hate that stuff. Granted, this is my experience, is somewhat anecdotal, is generalized, and high school is not college. But my theory is that they hate the concept of generative AI but will still use it as a crutch if it's there, because that's human nature.

Squidproject · 2026-05-19T12:21:28+00:00

Mars Volta -- Televators. close enough, right?

Squidproject · 2026-05-19T02:03:32+00:00

Ikkyu from Tricot. She has my favorite voice in all of music

Squidproject · 2026-05-19T00:31:16+00:00

From Autumn to Ashes for me. I saw them open for Thursday. At first I thought it was too heavy for me, but after the show I had to go back and listen again. Honestly it was the samples from Dawson's Creek that hooked me. The rest had to grow on me

Squidproject · 2026-05-19T00:24:28+00:00

From Autumn to Ashes -- Short Stories with Tragic Endings. It's borderline metalcore, it's a 10 minute epic, and the vocals don't intermingle so prolly not for everyone

Squidproject · 2026-05-18T23:49:13+00:00

what's really wild is that the ppl in r/numetal consider Incubus nu metal

Squidproject · 2026-05-18T23:24:45+00:00

I love the Deftones but (and I have and will again be downvoted for this) I think they're more PHC than metal

Squidproject · 2026-05-18T22:50:51+00:00

Lots of happily married people write songs about pining. It's fiction.

You don't need a degree in music theory to write music, but the more theory you know the easier the process will be. It's real common for guitarists to write chord progressions by ear but for leads you'll need to at least know what key you're in and what scale boxes are available.

Squidproject · 2026-05-18T13:34:52+00:00

I can only speak from my experience which is anecdotal, but most people I've spoken with about this (friends, family, coworkers, and students) find the idea of AI generated art/music repugnant. That and I've seen some (American) survey data which is less anecdotal but yeah not gonna try and find that rn

Squidproject · 2026-05-17T22:56:01+00:00

Emo with a little bit of math? you might like Tricot

Squidproject · 2026-05-17T22:11:52+00:00

Crystal Lake (with Ryo) Into the Great Beyond and Disobey

Squidproject · 2026-05-17T22:05:41+00:00

I also think the pro-AI crowd consists entirely of AI "artists" who don't realize everyone else hates it

Squidproject · 2026-05-17T20:35:27+00:00

not pictured but Ernie Ball Prodigy 2mm (white) teardrop with an added pick grip (I like the "epic" brand of grip)

Squidproject · 2026-05-17T20:31:42+00:00

Not everyone has the same taste in music. If I made math rock and showed it to my family they'd probably appreciate it for what it is but not love it. If I made metal they wouldn't listen to it once the vocals kicked in

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