i struggle to explain common methods used in screamo (skramz) guitar playing/writing for about ten minutes. probably most informative if you have already been playing guitar for a little bit.
I feel like clean cut dude with a surf guitar and an oxford shirt buttoned all the way up makes the best hardcore. Throw some all black New Balances in and he's unstoppable.
ive been trying to write some screamo songs since months, just now im getting near to truly understanding it. this video was really helpful, thank you man
You should try emulating bands in the subgenre you're looking for. Learn to play their songs first, then take what you learn from that into writing your own stuff. Eventually you can find your own voice and style that is uniquely yours, but still pays homage to the music that inspired you. Pro Tip: 'Screamo' isn't a real subgenre. You're probably looking for hardcore, post hardcore, or metalcore. Calling it screamo music is often seen as cringey and disrespectful.
hey man this video was really cool. would you be willing to make more videos/share what kind of chords you play in this tuning? they sounded great and would love to get a closer look at them if you're willing. either way very informative and cool. dont see alot of vids on this kind of subgenre.
I like that Dano. Ecspecially with the natural headstock. I got a 59 shortscale bass very similar look. Undertated for metal and alternative genres. Cool video man 👍👍
If you could do more videos breaking down more of the specifics of what your doing in these rifts, that would be killer. Im a music theory guy and theres all kinds of stuff id like to pick what sorts of harmony techniques are implimented in screamo. Theres alot more interesting stuff going on in the genre than most people seem to realize. Also this tuning seems really interesting. CGCGCEb right?
It really is underrated. I started learning some old Thursday recently and that it actually can be pretty hard! And I’ve been playing for like 20 years
Yes dude, please share more of your knowledge. I've recently gotten into skramz (was just at a Frail Body gig tonight with some great supports) and would love to play some different riffs from what I usually do
@avarel666 As Living Arrows are sick, they were local support for when I saw FB in Brisol. Bit more emo but they got some skramz. Chalk Hands were on the UK run obvs. Earth Moves are woefully underrated, such a good band, a bit more pensive and post-metal vibes as well
I've played in a lot of bands, and still do! Not trying to promote my music here though, just trying to pass on some tips bc I've noticed a lot of people ask about how to play stuff like this online.
@psychwardsandcymbals how can it be a misnomer if that was the original word for the genre, just cause people mistakenly call mcr screamo doesn't make the actual meaning wrong
the word screamo was definitely used around 2000, but like emo, no band wanted to be called that. skramz is something i heard for the first time way after 2010. i only heard skramz used by kids that weren't even born when most those bands were around. most bands would insist on just being hardcore bands. labels would be used to describe the sound. you had gravity, ebullition, gold standard labs, dim mak and such, which would tell you more about the style of hardcore they played. neither screamo nor skramz were really endemic genre descriptions.
fun fact: 'screamo' is a word that scared moms made up to describe music they didn't understand that their kids were listening to and isn't _actually_ a genre of music
while the term screamo was often misapplied to post-hardcore and metalcore bands in the 2000s it is its own genre (also commonly also referred to as skramz) that combines emo with more dissonant forms of hardcore such as grindcore and powerviolence.
@@yrgettingnicereveryday "often misapplied" is very generous. Moms learned the word emo and attributed that word with: moody, wears black clothes and eyeliner, doesn't talk much, stays in their room listening to sad/angry music, writes in their journal a lot" Then came the advent of "how can you listen to that noise, they aren't even singing" once they heard screaming in the music. Screaming was very much considered an invalid vocal technique. To describe the screaming music their emo children were listening to, they invented the catch-all term 'screamo' People who use it today either don't understand musical genres in rock/metal or are trying to retcon the word in despite its origin
@@chrispysaid the term screamo was made way before scared moms started using it to describe everything with screaming in it, buddy. it is an actual genre now called skramz because the normies (i hate that fucking term but whatever) took it pver and just started applying it to every song with screaming
