I've had a similar experience with myself and a friend. I have a music degree, and I can put together a 4-part harmony in my sleep. I can have neat little themes that slip in and out in ways that I think are clever. My friend is a street musician with a great voice and moderate guitar skills, but he's halfway in a trance sometimes when he really gets into it.
We both have a real respect for each other. We sometimes joke that we are yin to each other's yang or whatever. In the end, I think it's that balance between the Apollonian and Dionysian that gives music life.
I'd definitely rather listen to good 3-cord punk than Yngwie Malmsteen. That being said, I probably wouldn't want to listen to multiple albums of 3-chord punk, either, because it all starts to sound the same to me. But get something technical with real passion, like Beethoven, and I'm down. Or get something with real feeling and at least a little complexity to grab the brain, like a lot of 60s rock bands (I'm thinking Rolling Stones) and I'm down.
We both have a real respect for each other. We sometimes joke that we are yin to each other's yang or whatever. In the end, I think it's that balance between the Apollonian and Dionysian that gives music life.
I'd definitely rather listen to good 3-cord punk than Yngwie Malmsteen. That being said, I probably wouldn't want to listen to multiple albums of 3-chord punk, either, because it all starts to sound the same to me. But get something technical with real passion, like Beethoven, and I'm down. Or get something with real feeling and at least a little complexity to grab the brain, like a lot of 60s rock bands (I'm thinking Rolling Stones) and I'm down.
