Ok, this album is officially "inspired by John Mayer"...
Ok, today I looked at the cover of the album carefully, and here's the most successful John Mayer live album: http://music.douban.com/subject/3128124/
Haha, they REALLY look alike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So it proves my point-- Khalil is never trying to hide that he's learning from Mayer.
Someone mentioned "identity crisis" in the discussion group, and I think he/she is right. IDENTITY CRISIS. Khalil is trying to deal with it positively, which is respectable.
(These are the things I wrote yesterday)
相似内容在别处已经讲过，我就言简意赅吧。
专辑刚出，我人在国外买起来也比较困难，目前只听到 无菇朋友 记者会live版。
再听听大同自己提到的John Mayer的Heart of Life (/Stop This Train)。惊人相似。指法，和弦走向。他人很单纯，光明正大地表示是向偶像致敬，可其实已经悬在越过“模仿”走向“照搬”的临界点了。
坦白说，高度雷同的编配让我有一点小失望，可能因为对他期望一直很高。不过我还是一如既往喜欢他，就是希望他更特别，做自己，不要老是在"inspired by XXX"的这类音乐上打转。希望以后听者形容他时，别再用到"this is pure copying"之类的句子，而是说，"this is pure Khalil!!!"
(These are the things I wrote today)
An article said "don't judge the music by your own taste," well, I respectfully DISAGREE.
People SHOULD and CAN ONLY judge the music by their own taste!
Music preference is an aesthetic thing, different people are supposed to feel different towards the same music. Otherwise, how is ONE album enough for MILLIONS of fans out there?
And the ARRANGEMENT thing I mentioned above, it's not just a "feeling", it's a FACT--the details in arrangement, including chord progression, rhythm, choice of instruments, set the style of music. It's technicality.
You just can't deny that Khalil is doing a bit too much John Mayer in this album, because THE TECHNICALITIES ARE REALLY SIMILAR.
I'm a big fan of both (well, especially Mayer...), but I'm not trying to bash anyone here. I think Khalil did pretty amazing so far due to the fact that he didn't went to a professional music school like Mayer did; he did this all by himself. Just hope he keeps getting better.
回复评论里还有一段，感兴趣的往下翻。
看到有些帖子对所有负面意见持排斥态度，有必要么。听音乐该是”乐迷“身份为先，”某某迷“身份为次，音乐人的专辑出来就是预备好了给各种鲜花和口水淹没的。实在无法理解那种”我是他的粉，所以我不能容忍别人批评他，我自己更不能批评他，批评就是背叛，背叛就是伪粉，伪粉就是可耻“的213逻辑。
Haha, they REALLY look alike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So it proves my point-- Khalil is never trying to hide that he's learning from Mayer.
Someone mentioned "identity crisis" in the discussion group, and I think he/she is right. IDENTITY CRISIS. Khalil is trying to deal with it positively, which is respectable.
(These are the things I wrote yesterday)
相似内容在别处已经讲过，我就言简意赅吧。
专辑刚出，我人在国外买起来也比较困难，目前只听到 无菇朋友 记者会live版。
再听听大同自己提到的John Mayer的Heart of Life (/Stop This Train)。惊人相似。指法，和弦走向。他人很单纯，光明正大地表示是向偶像致敬，可其实已经悬在越过“模仿”走向“照搬”的临界点了。
坦白说，高度雷同的编配让我有一点小失望，可能因为对他期望一直很高。不过我还是一如既往喜欢他，就是希望他更特别，做自己，不要老是在"inspired by XXX"的这类音乐上打转。希望以后听者形容他时，别再用到"this is pure copying"之类的句子，而是说，"this is pure Khalil!!!"
(These are the things I wrote today)
An article said "don't judge the music by your own taste," well, I respectfully DISAGREE.
People SHOULD and CAN ONLY judge the music by their own taste!
Music preference is an aesthetic thing, different people are supposed to feel different towards the same music. Otherwise, how is ONE album enough for MILLIONS of fans out there?
And the ARRANGEMENT thing I mentioned above, it's not just a "feeling", it's a FACT--the details in arrangement, including chord progression, rhythm, choice of instruments, set the style of music. It's technicality.
You just can't deny that Khalil is doing a bit too much John Mayer in this album, because THE TECHNICALITIES ARE REALLY SIMILAR.
I'm a big fan of both (well, especially Mayer...), but I'm not trying to bash anyone here. I think Khalil did pretty amazing so far due to the fact that he didn't went to a professional music school like Mayer did; he did this all by himself. Just hope he keeps getting better.
回复评论里还有一段，感兴趣的往下翻。
看到有些帖子对所有负面意见持排斥态度，有必要么。听音乐该是”乐迷“身份为先，”某某迷“身份为次，音乐人的专辑出来就是预备好了给各种鲜花和口水淹没的。实在无法理解那种”我是他的粉，所以我不能容忍别人批评他，我自己更不能批评他，批评就是背叛，背叛就是伪粉，伪粉就是可耻“的213逻辑。
