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#44
bass12 said:
What's interesting to me is that I originally found it weird when Warwick began to become associated with metal players. I had previously associated Warwick much more with fusion guys or with players such as T.M. Stevens and Jack Bruce. Given Ryan Martinie's style (his actual playing style, as opposed to his image or to the image of Mudvayne), it makes perfect sense to me that he would be interested in Fodera. Regardless, I don't totally understand brand loyalty on the part of the people not actually doing the playing ("Why is he playing that bass - I want him to play that one!"). I'm not saying that is how the OP is coming across, but I have seen the sentiment expressed in other places. I guess this sort of attachment to image (and, perhaps, wanting to associate with aspects of a given image) is part of human nature, but I still find it a bit odd that we can care so much about what basses other people play.
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There seems to be a sense of ownership over artists at times with their audience. You may or not, be old enough to remember the very vocal criticism of Bob Dylan when he went electric all those years ago. It was an outrage that he would turn away from the acoustic style he was known for. Some even called him a traitor and denounced him. There have been other examples over the years when artists choose to express themselves differently from the way the audience knows them.
 
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#45
retslock said:
There seems to be a sense of ownership over artists at times with their audience. You may or not, be old enough to remember the very vocal criticism of Bob Dylan when he went electric all those years ago. It was an outrage that he would turn away from the acoustic style he was known for. Some even called him a traitor and denounced him. There have been other examples over the years when artists choose to express themselves differently from the way the audience knows them.
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It's a weird thing to me. I just move on when a band I love vastly changes styles. I don't owe them any loyalty and they don't owe Herrick. However, I'll check out their future works to see if I'm into it.

To be fair, I cannot think of one band or solo artist I followed for at least 10 years that made a big switch in musical direction and kept on going. Pretty much every band I got into had already made The Switch and I was just late to the party and found out by going through their discography in chronological order.

I think this a pro & con for me because I don't have that super long connection with the band so I can be a bit more accepting of a new direction, while not feeling obligated to like their new stuff after following them for so long.
 
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Herrick said:
It's a weird thing to me. I just move on when a band I love vastly changes styles. I don't owe them any loyalty and they don't owe Herrick. However, I'll check out their future works to see if I'm into it.

To be fair, I cannot think of one band or solo artist I followed for at least 10 years that made a big switch in musical direction and kept on going. Pretty much every band I got into had already made The Switch and I was just late to the party and found out by going through their discography in chronological order.

I think this a pro & con for me because I don't have that super long connection with the band so I can be a bit more accepting of a new direction, while not feeling obligated to like their new stuff after following them for so long.
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I am with you; if an artist or group takes a direction I don't like, I move on. They need to do what's good for them and so do I.
 
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I met Ryan around 2001-2002 in Madison, he came up and said hi after I finished up playing a jazz gig. Didn't recognize him at first without the Mudvayne getup, he was in a really sharp suit. Super, super, super sweet dude, didn't big-time me or anything. It felt like I was talking to another bassist friend at school, not someone famous. He gave me his number, and I never called him because I am a gigantic chicken.

His new band is really fun. I'm really glad that he's still out there doing stuff.
 
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From today's Instagram feed:

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Bryan R. Tyler said:
It's interesting that they're going to make it a signature model as they currently don't cater to that market at all, but good on them for trying to expand their customer base.
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Back when Mudvayne started Warwick were barely associated with metal at all, and now they're pretty much industry standard. Makes sense that Fodera would want to reach out in that direction.
 
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