Why are you so prejudiced against "jam bands" /mu/?

i like jam bands kinda

>>71491558
I'm don't want to count myself as a part of this shitty board, but I like written out compositions.

>>71491558
Phish sounds like extraordinarily pretentious quirky hipster shit just from their Wikipedia page, so that alone has completely turned me off from anything remotely similar to them.

>>71492096
>has to find out about Phish by reading their Wikipedia page
>thinks his opinion on music matters

>>71492239
Where did it say that I found out about Phish by reading their Wikipedia article?
I clearly knew ABOUT them before I read the article, or else I wouldn't have searched for the article in the first place.

Phish is the best. Rock on!

I mean I was a member of the Phamily 2009-2011 and well to make a long story short it just got boring. I can't ego death any more so every single David Bowie sounds like the same jam. I'll always respect jam bands for thier sheer ability to foster a scene out of nearly nothing, but I'll never consider it sophisticated, or civilized.

>>71491558
I'm against music in general but jam bands are most discriminate by me

>>71491558
I wouldn't say I was prejudiced against "jam bands", I just prefer written compositions as another anon has already said.

I do enjoy a fair bit of jazz improvisation, but I find that more appealing than the improvisation in jam bands, which is usually just pentatonic noodling. That gets boring really quickly. I find there are few artists who can do many interesting things with the voice that kind of soloing provides them.

I have given it a try. I used to be very into the allman brothers band and the grateful dead.

As far as the live show dig goes, I'm always going to gigs. I think I'd much prefer to be in a smaller quiet venue where I can have a drink and a quiet chat in between sets/songs than a packed out venue full of screaming moronic hippies and flashy lights.

Maybe the question you should be asking yourself is why does it matter so much to you whether other people like the music you like.

>>71491558
There is no more real and sincere musical experience that watching a group of people legitimately creating something great on the spot. Not some contrived shit where everyone gets their turn at some self-indulgent solo over a meticulously rehearsed backing, but real true unified creative expression.

Unfortunately this doesn't really translate so well onto recordings, and since the majority of /mu/ are autists who never leave their house and don't understand human interaction they can't really get down on that kind of thing.

>WHY DONT YOU KIDS LIKE THE RAWK MUSIC
>HES MAKING ALL THAT DAMN MUSIC UP ON THE SPOT YA KNOW

Hiding your lack of song writing ability behind improvisation doesn't really impress me. Tried listening to some HoBoLeMa the other day which is chock full of badass goat tier musicians (Holdsworth, Bozzio, Levin and Pat Mastellotto) who improvize their whole performances and I thought they sucked too.

>>71492409
It's not hiding a lack of songwriting ability, its just a different skill. Some are good at one, some are good at both.