Originally Posted by Metal Ken

I agree with all of this, however, when it comes to household talents like Spears, Simpson, etc. i'll say that in most cases, they arent talented. Everyone else writes their songs, they lipsync on stage, they use serious studio tricks to even make the singer sound good ,etc. Of course, this isnt a blanket statement for ALL bands that are popular, but many times this is the case.

Hey! no Simpson bashing, she really is a great singer, it's just that the company wont let her sing as good as she can because "your fans can't sing along to it when you sing like that".

[harkonnen8]

Originally Posted by Desecrated

Hey! no Simpson bashing, she really is a great singer, it's just that the company wont let her sing as good as she can because "your fans can't sing along to it when you sing like that".

can we just talk about more guitar related stuff ?

[Mattayus]

Me: Dude can you turn that shit off? it's makin me ill
Gay guy i used to work with: But matt, it's britney! she's so talented!

*many minutes of ranting and arguing later*

Me: Look dude i've said my piece, can we just turn it off? Im runnin the prep room today, so technically i control the stereo
Guy: Fine.........................




















.... but she must be talented, just look how famous she is!!!! Who's ever HEARD of Pantera!?

Me: ... get out.

Originally Posted by harkonnen8

can we just talk about more guitar related stuff ?

Read the topic.

[Mr. S]

i seem to remember a rather irritating experience when waiting in line in a games shop, i pointed out some karaoke game and said to my mate jokingly 'maybe you should get that man, it looks more your kind of thing' and i could see the kid infront of me turn ever so slightly as if he wanted to get in on the conversation, of course my big mistake was to say 'how the hell does it work? does it recognise the pitch and give you points from that?' to which my mate replied 'yeah its a bit like those dancing games and guitar hero but its all vocals' cue my generic guitar hero response, 'man i fucking hate that game, its so stupid why not just play a real guitar its way more fun and satisfying' obviously the kid in front cant hold it in any longer and interjects 'ACTUALLY its not stupid even herman li isnt very good at playing his own songs on there so you have to be really good at it' to which i retorted 'dude thats probably because heman li dosent spend all his time playing crappy computer games and concentrates on playing guitar, but either way herman li is fucking sloppy as fuck dude'

yeah im an anti social bastard

another interesting one was a dude i used to work with any time id be listening to music with shred type solos, Dream Theater, Gilbert and the like he'd always go 'what are they doing? it sounds like they're all having a race!'

[Mattayus]

man dont get me started on guitar hero. i know it's a bit off topic but i was on my way round a friend's house with another friend. my friend phoned the dude to let him know we were on our way and i could here him saying "oh so how many of u are there? sweet, what u guys up to? guitar hero? AWESOME man i've got Matt with me he's gonna kick ALL your asses!!"
i was like man... i'm a guitarist, but a) i've never played guitar hero, and b) i'm gonna suck at it because i play a real guitar so i'll get confused!!!

sure enough i had a go, and i was terrible.

[Naren]

Originally Posted by Mattayus

man dont get me started on guitar hero. i know it's a bit off topic but i was on my way round a friend's house with another friend. my friend phoned the dude to let him know we were on our way and i could here him saying "oh so how many of u are there? sweet, what u guys up to? guitar hero? AWESOME man i've got Matt with me he's gonna kick ALL your asses!!"
i was like man... i'm a guitarist, but a) i've never played guitar hero, and b) i'm gonna suck at it because i play a real guitar so i'll get confused!!!

sure enough i had a go, and i was terrible.

It doesn't annoy me that Guitar Hero is nothing at all like playing guitar. It's not a guitar training program. It's a game. And it's actually kinda fun. Like a guitar version of Dance Dance Revolution or those arcade drum games.

But what does annoy me is the people who are so proud of being able to score well in Guitar Hero and they act like they can play guitar really well because of it. Then, while they're acting like they're musical experts, if you play anything impressive on the guitar, they act just like, "Pffheh! I can do that on Guitar Hero, dude! I can play on Guitar Hero a lot better than that!" and the scary thing is that they're serious. Then, if you try it and you're not good at guitar hero, they assume that that's proof that you suck at guitar.

It shows a complete ignorance about the nature of music. I'm not bashing Guitar Hero, because I actually enjoyed playing through Guitar Hero II when my brother's friend left it at our house (started a new game on "normal"/"medium" difficulty and beat the game by the time he got back) and my brother's friend didn't have those bizarre ideas about the game about guitars, but I've met a lot of people who do.

[Kotex]

+1 to that.

[halsinden]

sitting comfortably?

this last december’s UK tour with leech woman, i was with them as guest guitarist. if you don’t know them, they’re pure, grass roots discomfort-addicted industrial noise basically, they influenced a stupid amount of bands from the underground up.

we went to headline this all-dayer in leeds that had a few acts i recognised on the bill. throughout the course of the day, beyond the load-in, it dawned on me that it was predominantly an electro-goth bill masquerading as “industrial punk” (they’re a cunning lot, these goths. must be the cloaks). to clarify, this means essentially a lot of fairly tired 30+ year olds playing extremely fatigued chord progressions through DI’d zoom pedals over casio-tone drums & ‘synth’ lines, typically with a rather bitter chap at the front croaking about “spreading his disease” etc. it’s not that i’m bitter, it’s just that it’s a little too regressive and referential for my liking.

we came on, and shock ensued. a visible step backwards from the throng that had gathered, in some cases there even seemed to be a few offended looks in those watching which obviously couldn’t have pleased alex more (not my ethos. i prefer to please people, even if it means i catch something off them).

whilst i was packing away, this waiflike cyber-goth practically ran up to me, almost bouncing with excitement. white skintight cyberdog t-shirt, goggles, the lot…


teletubby - “hey man, that was intense”

me - “thanks mate, nice one”

teletubby - “i really liked it. one thing i have to say though…”

me - (here we go) - “oh right?”

teletubby - “you’re not industrial”

me - “are we not?”

teletubby - “no man, not at all. that was thrash metal.”

me - “i’m sorry?”

teletubby - “seriously man, that was thrash metal, i don’t know why you were billed as industrial, and believe me, i know my thrash, i have a huge record collection”

me - “really?”

teletubby - “oh yeah, i mean, like, anthrax, sacred reich, all that - your music was just pure thrash”

me - “i hadn’t realised”

H

[Thrashmanzac]

i just sold my guitar hero, and the funds put the final payment on my 5150 :epicsatisfactionhump: