Adveser wrote:
I think ear training is essential, but nothing else is for the non musician. If you can't perceive the mood and tonality of a song you are missing half the picture.
I mean people really think Eb is the same as E but a little heavier. Listening to an ear training course will make it very apparent that those are not even the same songs anymore once shifted down a half step. The pitches are a half step off, but the unique tones of the individual notes are totally different. Too many people hear in black and white and everyone has the ability to learn the way the notes sound. This is because the notes are all off-key except for A harmonically. That is why the chords have that crunch and ring to them we all love so much.
Uninformed shit like that is what gets on my nerves, especially when people want to argue the point despite most musicians knowing the difference. Just because Metallica can't hear it doesn't mean it isn't there. Hell, the might be aware of it and did it anyway cause they are sick of the songs and it feels like a different song.
Dude, NOBODY CARES!
Erudition and self-stroking pedantry is what gets on my nerves.
If it sounds good who the fuck gives a damn about all that stuff you just wrote?
Like I said, you just want to wax pedantic in another vain attempt at showing off what bit of musical knowledge you have picked up somehow. Bravo, sir. You re clearly a musical wizard, thank you for bestowing the light of knowledge 'pon us, the great unwashed that listen to music mainly for pleasure.
Maybe you can read a book about how most people don't generally suck the life out of music by analyzing and dissecting it into sterile, meaningless pieces.
It's fucking metal, who cares if it is slightly short of perfection? And not everyone cares about the difference between Eb or E.
What the fuck is wrong with you, can you not read? You keep putting words in my mouth like it is a fact. You still think my posts are about impressing people when I really could care less how someone perceives the content. That is like saying everyone that does anything does so to get a reaction out of someone. Rush don't write technical music to please the fans, they write that way because that is what they enjoy. Same thing with my posts and ideas. It's my opinion, not a fucking dick measuring contest. Get over it. It isn't about you.
