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Originally Posted by Trollheart
I forgot about Buckethead. What's a pike though, other than a fish or an ancient weapon? Mind you, to date anything I've heard from BH has been pretty damn good, whereas I can't say the same for DT. But anyone pretentious enough to release an album called Stuff That Was Stuff Before It Was Stuff (or something) deserves at least my scorn.
It's an album series.
Buckethead is a great example of overreleasing to the point of diluting the sound tbh.
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Um, can I ask who are the three people voting that DT is a genius but don't seem prepared to come in here and back up that claim? Come on: you know who you are. I, however, do not.
I voted genius. I don't mean it in the most true sense of the word, but more like out of the 4 answer options, he fits the category of a very gifted musician and composer the most. I think he's very, very good at what he does and a unique mind. It's just that I don't like most of what he makes.
The album he did with Michael Shreve (famous for his performance with Santana at Woodstock) and Jonas Hellborg is a masterpiece. So sublime.
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He's far from pretentious, here's him talking about what his music means to him and touring life:
He's the "follow your heart", kind of musician. Writing music is a purely personal and emotional catharsis for him but obviously, it means a lot for many people (myself included).
I don't put his music on much nowadays but when I do, I always have that "Fu Ck yeah!" moment.
Regarding Epicloud/Sky Blue, I have mixed feelings with some tracks, though there are stand out powerful songs on there too. Transcendence had some powerful music too but feels like a transitional album from the "pop metal" into where he's heading now.
He has that symphony in the works, which I'm both really skeptical of but been eagerly and impatiently awaiting for years.
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