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Remember when you had to play music to be a musician?
Posted on 9/20/13 at 4:28 am
Posted on 9/20/13 at 4:28 am
I just don't get it. Every day is another shitty drake thread or cheesy pop song that can hardly be considered music anymore. I'm not even 28 and the decline of quality of radio is astonishing. Every day I passed people at Berklee who were absolute masters on their crafts, knew multiple instruments and every shred of theory surrounding them, and would make little to no money with it because of today's music scene. I'll use drake because he seems popular on this board. His inspirations are lil Wayne and kanye west? Are you fricking kidding me? Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, the ink spots, ray Charles, were all black musicians who worked their asses off to create and be respected. I literally see ZERO videos of "drake" playing an instrument. How in the frick can he be considered a musician? This is a MUSIC board. I'm sick of seeing so many retards discuss which talentless flavors of the week they think are momentarily cool.
Everyone can listen to whatever the hell they want. But unless you know how to play something other than stairway or wish you were here on your shitty acoustic fender (which may even be advanced for some of the hip hop guys), you honestly have no worthwhile opinion. Go take some theory classes. frick Drake.
Everyone can listen to whatever the hell they want. But unless you know how to play something other than stairway or wish you were here on your shitty acoustic fender (which may even be advanced for some of the hip hop guys), you honestly have no worthwhile opinion. Go take some theory classes. frick Drake.
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Posted on 9/20/13 at 5:26 am to olddawg26
Why are you so mad?
Drake plays piano and guitar
Most likely better than you.
What do you play?
Drake plays piano and guitar
Most likely better than you.
What do you play?
Posted on 9/20/13 at 5:55 am to TheDoc
I'm a studio musician
I play piano, guitar, bass, mandolin, cello, and violin
If he's got a video of him playing I'd love to see it please post.
Otherwise yeah I think we can all play chopsticks and have some dude tie my loose ideas together and not get credit for it.
If he plays instruments why doesn't he do it live?
I have two full length albums on iTunes which I wrote and played everything on, including vocals, as well as playing B3, keys, and strings on 10 or so other artists studio
I play piano, guitar, bass, mandolin, cello, and violin
If he's got a video of him playing I'd love to see it please post.
Otherwise yeah I think we can all play chopsticks and have some dude tie my loose ideas together and not get credit for it.
If he plays instruments why doesn't he do it live?
I have two full length albums on iTunes which I wrote and played everything on, including vocals, as well as playing B3, keys, and strings on 10 or so other artists studio
Posted on 9/20/13 at 7:21 am to olddawg26
quote:
Remember when you had to play music to be a musician?
is this like people who have to be able to paint in order to be called "artists"
GTFO
Posted on 9/20/13 at 7:26 am to Pilot Tiger
Well drake is a musician
So I'm not sure what he's so mad about
So I'm not sure what he's so mad about
Posted on 9/20/13 at 7:35 am to olddawg26
Lil Wayne plays guitar too
Posted on 9/20/13 at 7:39 am to Pilot Tiger
Music is art dipshit
Posted on 9/20/13 at 7:43 am to olddawg26
quote:
Remember when
quote:
I'm not even 28
I don't think you even remember when.
You know, there's a ton of good music out there. You just have to find it. It's why I don't listen to the radio. People don't put little known artists on here because those threads never get more than 2 replies. They'd rather stick to trolling other threads.
If this board was better policed, it would be much better for discussion for artists not named Phish, Mumford, or drake.
Posted on 9/20/13 at 7:52 am to olddawg26
I don't know much about Drake, but I do know that it takes talent to compose beats and compositions, and often times these do not involve any type of instrument other than a computer.
You sound like a retard. In today's world, a computer is a musical instrument, and if it was so easy to create catchy beats on a computer, why isn't everyone doing it?
You sound like a retard. In today's world, a computer is a musical instrument, and if it was so easy to create catchy beats on a computer, why isn't everyone doing it?
Posted on 9/20/13 at 7:57 am to quail man
I obviously don't remember anything pre 90's, I can't. But even 90's hip hop was subjective and tasteful. The audience for this stuff is so dumbed down that music had to dumb down. I don't know any credible musician that would praise many artists today barring the bands that play actual live music and not to a backing track and some tool on a Mac book.
Posted on 9/20/13 at 8:00 am to olddawg26
quote:
Everyone can listen to whatever the hell they want. But unless you know how to play something other than stairway or wish you were here on your shitty acoustic fender (which may even be advanced for some of the hip hop guys), you honestly have no worthwhile opinion. Go take some theory classes. frick Drake.
Posted on 9/20/13 at 8:00 am to Salmon
quote:
a computer is a musical instrument
This is the shite I'm talking about
quote:
why isn't everyone doing it?
They are. No one is learning the fundamentals of music besides academy people.
Posted on 9/20/13 at 8:02 am to olddawg26
You can thank Kevin gates for the drake threads
Posted on 9/20/13 at 8:03 am to olddawg26
Posted on 9/20/13 at 8:05 am to olddawg26
quote:
the fundamentals of music
define this
Posted on 9/20/13 at 8:10 am to olddawg26
quote:i think it's time to hang it up old dawg
olddawg26
Posted on 9/20/13 at 8:14 am to Salmon
It's just such a dumb argument. Musicians can't evolve with technology? Computers allow you to create all kinds of layers and compositions, but because retards like olddawg believe that you have to have the standard guitar/bass/drum set, songs created on computers are not composed by the "fundamentals of music".
Posted on 9/20/13 at 8:15 am to olddawg26
olddawg, you have to remember that the age range that posts here contains quite a few youngsters. I didn't have the most polished musical tastes when I was in my teens either. I know there was stuff I was listening to back then that I would not be able to stomach today. If message boards were around back then, I probably would have been posting about this shitty music that I thought was great.
Posted on 9/20/13 at 8:21 am to Salmon
Why is a 4/4 the default beat? Why does it make the most sense?
Why does a GBDGDG structure create the G chord
Raising and lowering 3rds and 5ths create major/minor/augmented/diminished why?
Basic shite. That no one today knows or cares about, besides the people in the long haul.
Why does a GBDGDG structure create the G chord
Raising and lowering 3rds and 5ths create major/minor/augmented/diminished why?
Basic shite. That no one today knows or cares about, besides the people in the long haul.
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