Chula Vista

I never debated that. You were the one that made the blanket statement that fast doesn't equal talent.

I never said playing slow means no talent.

I ****ing love Robert Cray.

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Frownland

Conveniently only lists people he has a hard on for.

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Chula Vista

Go to bed.

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Frownland

Not until you show your respect for Evan Parker. Incredibly talented and he gets my rocks off. You might think he sucks but you're wrong because people like him.

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Chula Vista

Sounds like me when I'm randomly wanking with no backing whatsoever. Actually reminds me of Shawn Lane. Dig it. But what the hell does it have to do with the last dozen or so posts?

Go to bed.

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

OccultHawk

No offence to Chula but this won't sound friendly

Frown, Chula likes some good stuff but will never be able to discriminate between good music and bad.

Evan Parker is so far above his taste it's stupid to even bring it up.

Key

I only argued your point, which was wrong by the way. It's not a blanket statement.

Frownland

I just wanted to show you that artists you don't have a crush on play fast too and you don't necessarily have to respect them for that even though I do. If your music sucks it doesn't matter how fast you play. See: Dragonforce. They're super fast at playing really lame bull****, so I don't respect them as musicians and rightly so.

It's really something that the fans do. I say one of someone's pin up guitar player's bands sucks and they sputter back "but they're so fast and good at their instruments! You've got to respect that." It's a petty way to make them feel good about winning the argument. Nope, the guys from Dragonforce still suck at guitar because you have to make your music interesting to be a good musician in my eyes. And no, the existence of good guitar players doesn't make Dragonforce's guitarists good.

I know you're in your 90s, but don't talk to me like I'm a child.

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Key

^I was going to use Dragonforce as an example as well but it seemed obvious. I can respect a musician a lot more if he can play classically and technically, finger tapping etc. Playing fast used to be something I thought was talent until I realized that all it is is just being able to move your hands quicker to play 3 of the same notes. I won't dispute the fact that some musicians who play fast are talented, but if it's all they can do, they fall way further down on my list.

John Petrucci can play fast and can play some of the most amazing technical riffs I've ever heard, and for that, I respect him immensely.

Frownland

Exactly. Hiding behind the fact that you're fast when the music induces vomiting is the sign of a ****e musician.

*Frownland does not endorse John Petruccci*

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