bryn

to be honest' date=' most of the people/bands on myspace couldn't give a shit about morals/rupert murdoch owning myspace, you've seen what they look like..

for the bands, it's a powerful promotion tool, the likes of which are ALWAYS owned by some greedy business-type, it's nothing new.[/quote']

What a load of shit. As though you are moral-less for 'succumbing' to myspace? I'm sure abseolutely no-one cares.

greedy business-type

If I was a rich greedy yet ultimately successful man-of-business I would probably chop your spine off.

She's a stinker..

A bad-ass computer set-up, a quality electric piano with Midi out, Ableton Live5, a pair of bitchin' monitors and a shagload of time on my hands.

What I have now is essentially sub-standard versions of that.

it sounds a bit like you assume a gig with a large younger audience will have shitty music...

I assume that.

www.myspace.com/tracktitional

Old songs..

That's exactly the same as saying any fool can lock himself in his bedroom and learn to beat the crap out of Bruce Lee.

Idiot.

I don't think its a defined as you can say 'any' fool can shred, but undoubtedly, 'many' can, and many do.

Watching that Rusty Cooley video gives me a headache, its old and its boring.

Didn't I already post him in the bass players thread...I think I did

ah, sorry..

i'm actually laughing at that post hahaha - especially the part that says "any fool can leard (sic) a few scales)". That isn't even anywhere close to being his best video....

This is true, guys like Rusty, Becker etc have reached ridiculous levels of technical playing. Its awesome to watch, I just feel aspiring to this kind of thing is worthless as you will never be as good. With jazz there is a much more prominent element of individuality, in that, you can be leagues below the pros but generally still offer something creative and original.

Yeah, Rusty is impressive, but you have to be a moron to aspire to that.

I liked the way Jodie Marsh jumped on the morale high-ground by condemning (trying to) fur coats only to be slated by the others then claiming to be 'picked on.'

Heh there!

I'm lookin for someone who would teach (free of charge) a complete novice (but utterly enthusiastic in music) how to use 'Ableton live' to a reasonable degree! I'm into electronic music and require to be coached on how to mix' date=' and manipulate the music. I would be a quick learner and a highly appreciative student! I live in Aberdeen!

Thanks![/quote']

Its fairly straightforward. Do the tutorials, be ready to solve any problems you come up against and be prepared to put in a bit of time and effort.

addendum - Jazz musicians should not attempt to shred... it really doesn't work.

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Ridiculously fast guitar playing was around in jazz for practically a century before the 80s came along.

Theres been few times I've been more impressed than this, the musicianship here succeeds any 'shredder,' I think thats undeniable.

Seconding the curry and beer thing. If a girl smelled like this' date=' she would be the worst girl ever. Seriously. Who made up this list? They should be shot.[/quote']

Its quite a simple joke - using male cliches to play on the dull-wit of people like you.

You can get pissed any day but someone's birthday is only once a year

God thats profound.

Maybe not scary, but pretty depressing.

They went through an entire 'pop' phase in the 80's and did several songs and have done several more since then based around catchy tunes' date=' lyrics and choruses.

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Uhh...What?

I think all music is technically over-rated, though the actual meaning of that phrase becomes pretty hazy. Every musician's music will always be marketed by people trying to make money off the back of him, subsequently trying to hype him in an effort to 'sell' him. Not a true picture really.

Even in the case of a purer, untouched form of music, possibly a local act or even bedroom guitarist. Word-of-mouth only consists of opinion of Mr A influencing a the more critical opinion of Mr B who bad mouths Mr A's judgement to angsty teenage Mr C who happens to love aforementioned group etc etc.. It is impossible to say whether something is musically over-rated or not. Due to the nature of music being subjective, all people can ever offer is opinion.

Basically, this thread was destined to turn into a 'who do you dislike thread,' especially with the lack of thought anyone here can apply.

However I propose for the time being that, regardless of how impossible it is to say, a band who's recent success is largely based around media hype as opposed to actual musical virtue would be, as previously mentioned (I know theres some contradiction in this) a group like Oasis or U2.

Oh, and Chick Corea is awesome

How exactly did you 'locate' it?

Ditto.

Must say though, never had a good 'un..

I saw a piece in the P+j about religious types requesting your mate to be crucified!

Firm but fair I think

Its not the kind of thing you can simply label 'bad'. It performs every film convention in the book - same old romances, battles, emotions etc. Essentially its perfectly tailored for a standard crowd looking for a good story with some spectacular effects.

But in all honesty, it was proper retard stuff. Bored outta my face for three and half hours.

As long as it's equal for anyone to set up there, I'm cool with it...but here's the question :would you tolerate someone ranting on about fascism there?

Think about this:

The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either

-Benjamin Franklin