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Prismatic Sphere
We Carouse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPb20fK0R94
Is anyone else here not in love yet?
The Harp Twins told me that they'd do some Symphony X if they got more requests, so..........................
get on it.
Is anyone else here not in love yet?
The Harp Twins told me that they'd do some Symphony X if they got more requests, so..........................
get on it.
Phanto
Alalalalalalalala.
there's a ton of those girls prancing in the woods with flutes, harps, violins and other stuff and play covers of all sorts of stuff on youtube.
can't say I'm very impressed by any of them.
if they would sing, on the other hand.
can't say I'm very impressed by any of them.
if they would sing, on the other hand.
Postulate
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There's a difference between skilled leniency as a result of technical expertise (interpretation, rubato, blue notes, etc.) and just not having the chops to play the way you actually want to.
So yeah, not a fan of sloppy playing...
Kenneth R.
Cináed
I care more about the spirit of the music than the execution. Just a different perspective. It's why I cannot stand any of the technical metal stuff. Like watching paint dry for me.
Matt
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I can't say I enjoy the music if the people playing it suck, or can't write, or sing etc, no matter how much 'spirit' or 'charisma' or whatever it may have.
Postulate
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Well well well, there's the fact that tech metal is usually not all that technical, just played fast! But when you have something like Sieges Even's Steps, the technical craftsmanship becomes sort of a marvel in itself. It's not a substitute for taste, but I don't think you can really bring taste to life without the chops. I'm not interested in "spirit" that feels no need to hone itself and is content to sort of muck around in the "I'm just so brilliant I don't need lessons" phase. I don't even think geniuses are interesting enough to pull that off. If you really have "spirit," you bring it out by learning the craft well. And of course you can deviate...but like I said, there's rubato, and there's having no rhythm.
Kenneth R.
Cináed
I see a trend of sensationalizing. Including my own comments. There is a middle ground and it is where good music is, I think. I suppose my argument was intended to be that in that middle ground, I prefer to lean toward "feeling" vs "ability". I can forgive a production that isn't as good or playing that isn't as precise a lot easier than I can forgive music that is primarily an exercise in mathematics. For the same reason, I have difficulty accepting most (not all) fractal work as "art".
Matt
Active Member
Detective Clarence Beauregard
Dehumanized
I can agree with this. I used to love the technical stuff, and I still do under the right circumstances, but for the most part I think music should be about the emotion it produces. For a guitar-based example, the simpler, feeling-infused solos (see Opeth's Windowpane) have a much greater effect on me than mindless Petrucci/Rudess wank-fest unisons.
Romeo isn't as annoying as many of the other shredders because his style has a fluidity to it that many other top-notch players lack (due to all the tapped legato stuff, I assume). However, it's rare that I find an MJR solo that emotes on a basic level, which is a shame.
EyeballKid
Shyamalan'd
THIS.
Even though Windowpane, and most of that album, bores me to tears.
Accolade II!!!
EffigyForgotten
New Metal Member
Phanto
Alalalalalalalala.
"beautiful" + "has nothing to do with feelings"... does not compute. all art has to do with feelings.
^I don't think that's what he meant.
Death fans are automatically cool. *high five*
Death fans are automatically cool. *high five*
Phanto
Alalalalalalalala.
EffigyForgotten
New Metal Member
Quite a few people on this board actually, the controversial opinions on metal thread is pretty much a Death hatefest.
This band "Alcest" is fucking blowing my mind right now, seriously.
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Phanto
Alalalalalalalala.
alcest is great.
death has such a wide spectrum of music. thrashy, deathy, proggy. surely there's something for everyone.
death has such a wide spectrum of music. thrashy, deathy, proggy. surely there's something for everyone.
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