what do u think of violin in a rock band?

To my mind it's not so much the instrument but the musician that makes the difference. If the musician is truly inspired and has a pasion for the music, his choice of instrument is secondary. Somebody could play "Stairway" on the oboe, and if they were a true fan, loved the music, and had a passion for conveying all the feeling and emotion, I'm sure they'd do an awesome job.

I have an old CD (1986 or 87 I think) called "A Classic Case". It's the London Philharmonic Orchestra coverling all of Jethro Tull's hits.. it's just amazing.

Oh, By the way.. Electric Violins are very cool.. I have been a huge fan of Jean Luc Ponty for years.

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I play violin since 10 years and i try to do all my best to make people feel the song as i want them to feel it. I try to pass good feelings to people who comes to our concert.
we are working to search a new type of music.
we have a lot of ideas but we have to work hard cause next year a lot of concerts are alredy planed.

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As fulghum said... Anyway violin pwns. Michael Urbaniak is tha king.

As a point of trivia... The first instrumnet mastered by one Mr. Eddie VanHalen was the violin. He credits his mastery of the violin as having a profound influence on his guitar style, particularly his use of hammer on/pull offs and unusual scales and modes.

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The Violin can rock! King Crimson's use of the violin was important to their distinctive sound in the mid 70s. And even Zappa used violin for a bit! And don't forget the Who's Baba o' Riley.

Zappa's fiddle player was Jean Luc Ponty.....

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Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you 'The Charie Daniels Band' "The devil went down to Georgia" I'm listening to it right now, sswweeeeettt!

sorry i 4got the L

I though you just got the L outta there..

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violin is a great instrument, though not to common in rock. But i suggest in the band u not only play the violin. Like be like Violin and Percussions, or Violin and synthesizer. You know.

Violin is a wonderful instrument and can indeed rock. Many bands have been already mentioned: I can add Velvet Underground, just for example. It just depends on how creative you are, Rock broken its guitar-only chains many years ago, fortunately!

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Search in Kazaa for:

Brazen Abbot "Day Of the Eagle"

You'll see what's rock with violin.

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well... i don't really know... i mean, it doesn't really depend on what instruments are used, rather how they're used... like John Cale's viola in Velvet Underground... I love it!
But, then again, i sort of think fiddle is a nice instrument... probably because i know this old man who plays the fiddle like the devil himself though.

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Did he go down to Georgia?

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