[INTP] INTP musicians

[herbpixie]

To be honest I've never given Modest Mouse much of a listen, but I'll have to look into that. Any recommendations (songs, albums) are welcome!

My personal favorite is the album "The Moon and Antarctica." However, if you're a fan of Johnny Marr, you might want to check out "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank." He plays on that album and is a good addition to the band.

 

[ScottJames]

David Bowie is VERY intellectual and adaptable.

Bowie is no doubt ISFP

 

[ScottJames]

Neil Peart from RUSH is the only one I'm confident is INTP. Most of the musicians mentioned in this post I'm confident are NOT INTPs. I'm actively searching for more, starting now. Will report back...

 

[ScottJames]

Thomas Dolby and Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo might be INTPs. I suspect some INTP musicians in the electronica genre.

Dolby doesn't appear INTP to me - ENTP seems more likely. I think you're right about Mothersbaugh though. Good call.

 

[ScottJames]

Keith Emerson appears INTP to me.

 

[ScottJames]

Bob Moog

 

[INTP]

max cavalera(soulfly/ex sepultura) seems a lot like an INTP, but might be an INTJ or INFJ.

ex guitarist of sonata arctica what ever liimatainen, seemed like an INTP to me, but he might be an ISTP.

i play bass and guitar, but am terrible at learning songs(and hate it) and hate playing chords with guitar that use more than 3 strings. i like to figure out riffs that sound good(at least to me) and improvise stuff to add to them.

 

[Pseudo]

I'm a pretty good lyricist and I'm good at learning to play instruments. Played the saxophone all through grade school and high school. I was never good with music theory (never rwaly thaight it and self educaring disn't work) or memorizing tones. I can match them vocally and sing a scale but if I have to recognize a note at random I'm hopeless.

Pretty good at improv humouros lyrics though.

 

[INTP]

first part i played(improvised) once slightly differently first, then i improvised the second part as it was and played the first part so that it fit better to second part. after playing it few times i recorded it(playing is bit sloppy at some points cuz didnt practice it pretty much at all):

http://vocaroo.com/i/s05vc66UOy0r

i will probably forget the riffs after a while and figure out new one.

just an illustration about how i like to play and create music. and yea i could had done some more complex things with it and add something besides those two riffs, but i dont care to waste my time polishing it more now

edit. and here is one of the few riffs that i have learned, which arent mine http://vocaroo.com/i/s0kODbRRz1py . and no i cba to learn the rest of the song and no im not a metallica fan at all, but this song fucking kicks ass

ps. i havent played guitar much and just recently got an electric guitar

edit. version 2 http://vocaroo.com/i/s1Qc8v96dGkG

and version 1.5 http://vocaroo.com/i/s1Xz9aU5UP2A , recorded with audacity(instead straight to vocaroo like others) and also added some effects

 

[ScottJames]

Marty Friedman, formerly of Megadeth - seems quite INTP to me.

 

[J. Stoner]

I'm an INTP and I consider my self to be a highly musical person. Well... at least in terms of comprehension, theory, and general knowledge. My entire life I've had a natural ability to store and recall an inextinguishable volume of information. Combine that with my keen ear, eclectic taste, and what I can only describe as a metronome that was built into my head, and what you get is some serious musical capacity. Basically, I have a bottomless musical database inside of my brain. I can instinctively hear a song and tell you what the time signature is, or if a single note is a little flat, or if something needs to go here instead of there. And as far as music history or trivia goes... don't even get me started.

But when it comes to actually playing and instrument or creating original compositions, I'm completely inept. I'm extremely un-kinesthetic (if that's even a word). My brain works so fast that my fingers can't keep up. I end up having to pause my thought process to concentrate on what my hands are doing. So that means strings and keys are out of question. With my natural sense of timing and ability to remember patterns, I'd probably be an amazing drummer if my body wasn't so damn uncoordinated. Although I can accurately recite lyrics or hum the notes from virtually any song I've heard a few times, I don't have the slightest idea which notes actually are being played. I know there's DEFGABC, but I have no idea which note is which. I can't read or write music either, but I think that's just because I never bothered trying to learn.

So would I consider myself musically inclined... sure. Am I a musician... definitely not. I'm a gifted writer, but my singing voice is terrible, so being a frontman is probably out of the question too. Such is the curse of my INTPness I suppose. I guess I just wasn't meant to be a rock star. Good thing I have my lucrative Hollywood movie career to fall back on