Yeah very true. Most jam bands suck terribly. Some people have a trick though. You know, some who are already experienced and somewhat innovative and talented go learn some alternate tuning, apply it to a new toy and wallah, sexual epiphanies imminent. On second thought, mutual sloppy sex sounds much better as long as they can kiss decent enough.

I feel like this should be a point/counterpoint, so I'll argue that this is an abomination.

If you want to use alternate tunings, tune your guitar alternatively. There is much more to alternate tunings than being able to play a pleasant chord without your left hand. If you're learning an alt-tuned song, you're probably going to run into issues playing it if you insist on leaving your guitar EADGBE, like, for example, I don't know, BEING ABLE TO PLAY OTHER CHORDS. Are you kidding me? Congratulations on having an open C chord, now play a G. Oh, you can't because you don't have access to the bottom four frets. This is an absurd invention.

And beyond learning other songs, for creating, it encourages stagnation, both musically in the song you're writing and in your development as a player and musician. One, as I mentioned, you're gonna have a hell of a time switching chords, which will be fine for, oh, about as long as this guy played in one stretch. Then your harmony needs to move somewhere, but you're up shit's creek. Secondly, alternate tunings are fun precisely because they challenge your mind. Where do you fret a C on the 3rd string when you're in open Dm? Figure it out! As you play more, you get a firmer grasp not just of the guitar, but of musical theory. You can learn a pentatonic scale and play for days, but by moving those notes from their normal position on the fretboard, you get your mind out of muscle memory playing and into a more active state.

In conclusion, this is not useful for learning other alt-tuned songs, and it encourages stagnation as a player. That, my friend, is an abomination.>> ^KnivesOut:

I don't think it's an abomination. I like it. It's really just a quick way to use a non-standard tuning, which guitarists have been doing for decades.

For people saying he's out of tune - I simply think he is using an alternative tuning. I can't stand guitarists who think they're Jack playing in boring modern standard tunings and all those Guitar Centrique jockisms. Now, let's see this guy try his hands at Just Intonation, I bet he'd be great!

i really like this song, a lot! Love his alternate tuning whatever it is, also.