haljordan28 said:
Murry Sparkles said:
haljordan28 said:
As a musican I respect all music. Even those styles I can not stand listening to. With the exception of death metal. That is pure garbage that takes no skill what so ever to play. Always makes me laugh when I start discussing music with some kid who thinks death metal i so difficult to play
Death metal sucks...its easy..punk is decent to listen to but it is always childs play...most rock n roll in general is fairly easy to play. that is why when you go to a bar most bands play the same tired easy songs . stuff like ac/dc stone temple pilots, nirvana..etc..etc and why you never find bands that play styx,yes,ELO,genesis,REO,RUSH,etc,,etc. I am not a big fan of those guys either but their music is complex and not easy by any stretch of the imagination to play.
Does it not take some form of skill to play a guitar nevermind playing at speed?. Speed metal guitarists like Dave Mustaine could teach most pop/ rock bands how to play a guitar at any pace. You also dont have to be a kid to listen to death metal, im 36 and enjoy a good old Napalm Death or a Brutal Truth cd some days. I would also say that bands of yours such as Motley Crue and Whitesnake dont have the most challenging guitar riffs either.
I never claimed motley crue or whitesnake did and as a matter off act they are quite easy. Difficult would be country lead or rockabilly or jazz and flamengo.
It is easy to hide behind a ton of distortion and miss notes and pull off bends that do not even hit the exact note you are looking for. you can get CLOSE with rock and the blues but with country lead you have to be prescice because you are mimicking a pedal steal which is done by mechanics...also the spped at which they play leads going through clean channels and HYBRID picking on top of that..not flat picking wanking like rock guitar..is just a sheer testament to their skills.
Zack Wylde said it best "country lead players are from another planet" truth is they are not. they just put in the time to play like masters and they dont hide behind distortion. they are truly the best of the best
Two fun facts about distortion:
-It is used EVERYWHERE in metal, and in most rock.
-If someone bends to the wrong pitch, or makes a mistake, you can still hear that perfectly well. Unless one's ears aren't trained enough, in which case, too bad.
Apart from maybe the vocals (I don't know much about pitch and timbre control in growling and screaming), everything in metal is as organized as your everyday rock, and is AT LEAST as "complex and difficult".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOQuX7pCiPo
The guitar and drums work is stylized to produce an energetic, dark and aggressive sound - that by no means equates to NOISE. Heck, most of those riffs are either tonal or remotely.
If the harsh and aggressive sound of metal is enough for you to call it "garbage", chances are you aren't gonna like something like this, too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNsn7NjDPkM You know, it's easier to hide mistakes in stuff like that, too - at least for the more average listener.