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
I come from a deep rooted bluegrass and country background, and I fingerpick "Clawhammer like: Atkins, Reed, and Knoplfer", I can flat out say you really don't know what you are talking about. Distortion has absolutely nothing to do with it. It's hands first, pickups second, amp last. Even the greats of country use distortion from time to time.
Music shouldn't be judged by technique alone. The fact of the matter is, Flawless technique is boring. I don't like perfection. Even greats like Dvorak, Mozart, and Brahms saw the "uneducated" folk musicians as a big influence. Hell, Dvorak's 9th borrowed heavily from Native Americans and African American songs and spirituals (something considered primitive by some), and it's been praised since it's premiere. I've even heard it called the greatest piece of music by some. Le Sacre Du Printemps is a prime example of blemishes creating beauty. Half of the time it sounds like the orchestra is dying, yet it's so stunning.
The only music I really don't like is the cut and paste music of today. Everybody has pro tools and they just throw in shit and remove mess ups and then they edit it until it's without faults.
I like humanity in music, that's probably why I don't much care for the mathematical-composer Arnold Schoenberg, though some like him.
Lot of people have a problem with bands like Korn, but it's the simplicity and the feeling of their earlier work that draws me to them. That is music strait from the heart and it's rare to find. They lost that in later albums when they tried to make it cleaner and more complex.
The problem with the music industry is they try and create perfection. Their isn't an ounce of humanity in a lot of today's pop. It's still good in some respects, but everything is so sterile and manufactured.