Best Multi-instrumentalist

[LPHybridSnax]

I've been listening to a lot of "one-man-band"'s, or multi-instrumentalist, lately and decided to just make this a poll to see other's opinions. I know I can't name all the multi-instrumentalists out there, so I got the ones I know. Know any better ones, let me know about them.

[Person]

I fucking LOVE Beck.

[Alicena]

Matthew Bellamy from Muse

[xXMelancholiaXx]

I fucking LOVE Beck.

I second the notion. Although to be fair I haven't really listened to any of the other artist on the list.

[Mikes_Shadow]

This thread shouldn't have a poll. It's a waste of space!

 

I'd say Garry Brents (Parabstruse, From a residence of stars and gnosis & semen across lips) is the best. He's a top bloke (Y)

 

And Toby Driver (Kayo Dot, maudlin of the Well, Tartar Lamb)

[Jeezy]

Lenny Kravitz for sure...

[Friðbjörn]

omar rodriguez-lopez from at the drive-in and mars volta

this guy is a genious, he writes so much music I dont think he has time for anything else

when mars volta isnt active, which doesnt seem to happen that much, he goes off and writes jazz fusion stuff of big proportions

 

kjartan sveinsson from sigur rós - plays a lot and I mean a lot, of different instruments effortlessly, classically trained on many of them, can compose on them all

 

other good ones I'm familiar with

 

 

jimmy lavalle from tristeza and the album leaf

 

all the amiina girls

all four of them play various instruments like keyboards, guitars, saws, glockenspiels, violins, and other stuff

 

I could be wrong but I think animal collective has some good ones, arcade fire probably as well

 

björk

 

beck

 

trent reznor

 

mikael åkerfeldt from opeth

doesn't play that many instruments but he's gifted on them, really gifted

 

the main two guys behind broken social scene

 

varg from burzum

got sent to prison, couldn't play guitar, so he, normally a blackmetal man, composed ambient albums using a keyboard

 

 

then there's lots more Im forgetting

[Warren-sXe]

im going to assume that none of you were born in the time of the trent reznor?

he is one of the most influenceal musicians of the past 2 decades.

[xXMelancholiaXx]

im going to assume that none of you were born in the time of the trent reznor?

he is one of the most influenceal musicians of the past 2 decades.

I know who he is via his work with NIN. But his brand of music just never really interested me.

[FireHawk]

NiN never really appealed to me...

 

Serj Tankian I believe has most talent I just don't like his music (solo or SOAD)

 

 

So I don't know what to say...

[Pheonix791989]

was a toss up between beck and trent reznor. bot of them really good. but i flipped a coin and beck came out on top.

[woodyloveslinkin]

im going to assume that none of you were born in the time of the trent reznor?

he is one of the most influenceal musicians of the past 2 decades.

 

I smell a biased opinion.

 

I grew up around NIN's music (thanks to my brother) and I have to say he ain't that talented (my own biased opinion). There are some guys off Train who do a lot multi-instrumentals but I forgot their names. I don't know who Beck is (*flinches*).

[xXMelancholiaXx]

I don't know who Beck is (*flinches*).

http://www.last.fm/music/Beck

[Stenners]

Woody doesnt know Beck? Wow your like the first person I know of that doesnt know Beck, I suggest u check him out chances are you will like 1 or 2 of the releases due to his diverse sound.

 

In all honesty probs Billy Corgan... though despite being THE SMASHING PUMPKINS i'm pretty sure nay I know he recorded most of the guitar, bass & drums on 'Siamease Dreams' in particular and wrote everything and then produced and did the levels on it, it's one of the best albums ever.

[xXMelancholiaXx]

I don't know who Beck is (*flinches*).

Hmm also if you're interested here are a few songs you might like that I consider to be pretty easy to get into:

 

Devil's Haircut

Loser

Cellphone's Dead

Mixed Bizness

Get Real Paid

Hollywood Freaks

Sexx Laws

Hell Yes

Nausea

Elevator Music

[splitmyDNA]

Trent Reznor hands down. Beck... meh never really interested me that much tbh, just think Trent's style is totally unique even though his stuff is completely unpredicatble.

[Stenners]

Hmm also if you're interested here are a few songs you might like that I consider to be pretty easy to get into:

 

Devil's Haircut

Loser

Cellphone's Dead

Mixed Bizness

Get Real Paid

Hollywood Freaks

Sexx Laws

Hell Yes

Nausea

Elevator Music

 

I think u inspired me to have a Beck-a-thon tommorow lol

[woodyloveslinkin]

Woody doesnt know Beck? Wow your like the first person I know of that doesnt know Beck, I suggest u check him out chances are you will like 1 or 2 of the releases due to his diverse sound.

 

In all honesty probs Billy Corgan... though despite being THE SMASHING PUMPKINS i'm pretty sure nay I know he recorded most of the guitar, bass & drums on 'Siamease Dreams' in particular and wrote everything and then produced and did the levels on it, it's one of the best albums ever.

 

And call yourself a smashing pumpkins fan? Siamese Dream. He did a lot of the same work on the other albums (except for Adore where he cheated and used a drum machine in Ava Adore and other song from that album). Machina, well, the only good songs I remember is The Everlasting Gaze and Stand Inside Your Love. And I can't overrally say I was that impressed with Machina. But he did a good job on Mellon Collie and the Inifinite Sadness with the instrumentals as well. I was half expecting at one stage for him to be part of the orchestra in Tonight Tonight. Lol.

[Stenners]

He didnt cheat and use a drum machine, that was the sound he was going for.... you don't wake up suddenly more electronic. Because I added an s to an album title doesn't make me not a fan, most people don't know that he recorded the majority of the albums, I pointed Siamease Dream as it's pretty much universaly agreed to be his crowning moment with songs such as 'Today' and 'Mayonaise' being very personal to him.

 

Not to mention it was something like around a year late due to him being a perfectionist and it shows, it's clearly at least techniqually his finest achievment in terms of a musician and producer, 'Soma' for example is intensly complex with up to 30guitar tracks layerd and overdubed over one another to make the melody.

 

Machina was very average, Part 2 was stronger.... Zeitgeist still remains their weakest release though I feel.

 

Billys Top 10 albums

1. Siamease Dream

2. Gish

3. Mellon Chollie

4. The Mary Star (ZWAN)

5. Adore

6. Machina 2

7. Machina

8. American Gothic

9. Zeitgeist

10. The Future Embrace (Solo)

 

Unfourtenetly the last thing Billy put out that got praise was The Mary Star with Zwan but American Gothic was a slight

improvment from Zeitgeist which I feel had maybe 2 songs which weren't poor. The Future Embrace was shockingly bad

[xXMelancholiaXx]

I think u inspired me to have a Beck-a-thon tommorow lol

I've been having myself something of a Beck a thon recently. I just got The Information and Midnite Vultures. I love them both. A friend of mine who is a big indies rock fan got me into Beck it was a bit of a surprise to me because I usually don't listen to that type of music. But I really love Beck to death. I think he may also be sorta getting me into Animal Collective as well. o.O

[Stenners]

Peoples views of Indie music are drastically distant from the truth, the is a lot of stuff out there that is completely off the wall in the Animal Collective/Beck sort of way. My faviroute albums from Beck are perhaps Oddelay, Mellow Gold and Sea Change... Sea Change is a really pretty album and is easily the most focused of his albums, Oddelays and Mellow Gold though they just have this brilliant mix of folk and hip hop that i cant get over.

[woodyloveslinkin]

He didnt cheat and use a drum machine, that was the sound he was going for.... you don't wake up suddenly more electronic. Because I added an s to an album title doesn't make me not a fan, most people don't know that he recorded the majority of the albums, I pointed Siamease Dream as it's pretty much universaly agreed to be his crowning moment with songs such as 'Today' and 'Mayonaise' being very personal to him.

 

Not to mention it was something like around a year late due to him being a perfectionist and it shows, it's clearly at least techniqually his finest achievment in terms of a musician and producer, 'Soma' for example is intensly complex with up to 30guitar tracks layerd and overdubed over one another to make the melody.

 

Machina was very average, Part 2 was stronger.... Zeitgeist still remains their weakest release though I feel.

 

Billys Top 10 albums

1. Siamease Dream

2. Gish

3. Mellon Chollie

4. The Mary Star (ZWAN)

5. Adore

6. Machina 2

7. Machina

8. American Gothic

9. Zeitgeist

10. The Future Embrace (Solo)

 

Unfourtenetly the last thing Billy put out that got praise was The Mary Star with Zwan but American Gothic was a slight

improvment from Zeitgeist which I feel had maybe 2 songs which weren't poor. The Future Embrace was shockingly bad

 

I would've put Mellon Collie first and then Siamese Dream and then Gish.

I agree.

 

Should I put Jack White in here as well? I love his banjo work.

[xXMelancholiaXx]

Peoples views of Indie music are drastically distant from the truth, the is a lot of stuff out there that is completely off the wall in the Animal Collective/Beck sort of way. My faviroute albums from Beck are perhaps Oddelay, Mellow Gold and Sea Change... Sea Change is a really pretty album and is easily the most focused of his albums, Oddelays and Mellow Gold though they just have this brilliant mix of folk and hip hop that i cant get over.

I remember when a friend of mine let me listen to Peacebone by Animal Collective and I absolutely loved it to death. But I went blank when Chores or Winter Wonder Land came on. It'll probably take some getting use to. I've never really listened to much folk. I haven't listened to much from Odelay or Mellow Gold except Devil's Haircut and New Pollution and Loser from each album respectively. If I do get Odelay it'll be for Devil's Haircut because this song and video is just awesome. :X

[Stenners]

Cool, yea Peacebone is good fun I perfer Fireworks and Reverend Green on that album but its a really good album, you have listed the weak tracks as the one you go blank on though I have grown to like them a lot more.

 

I got lots of stuff like Animal Collective and Beck if you want a lil playlist of stuff

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Matthew Bellamy from Muse

Hell yeah!