darrin_h2000
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I'll take some early Judas Priest over that stuff any day!
They were OK...kind of a softcore version of Accept.
I'll take some early Judas Priest over that stuff any day!
Maybe the second two I'll grant you, but Opeth are pretty damned dynamic.
For kicks, do me this one favor - go out and buy Opeth's "Damnation." If you're even passingly familar with their sound, it'll blow your mind - it's the best album Pink Floyd never released...
Well...I listened to Opeth's Gost of Perdition on Youtube...and it had the gutteral vocals in the very begining so it kinda turned me off right away...
...but later on it got a bit more interesting...with some of that Floydish quality to it.
Mind you...I was never a big metal freak...even though I said I prefered Judas Priest. I like the more "roots" Rock/Blues flavored styles.
Even a prog band like Rush from back in the past was never on my CD list.
I love Neil Peart...and Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson are great musicians too...but I could NEVER get past Geddy Lee's vocals.
They are like nails across a blackboard to my ears!
But then...if you wanna talk Crimson, early Genesis, Floyd of course....I love that stuff.
Matt, I know she's your mom, so you think of her as ancient, that's natural. But when you consider that she's *younger* than Carly Simon, John Mellencamp, Roger Glover, Paul McCartney, David Gilmour, Grace Slick, Richie Blackmore, Peter Criss, every one of the Rolling Stones, and a bazillion other rockers, why wouldn't she like rock?
G.
Just wait until it happens to you...which it *will*, no question other than what year exactly it will happen. After a while one just get their fill, so to speak, and/or gets tired of chasing phantoms.Well, exactly. The only reason I pointed it out was because the reality is that so many people reach a certain age where their "new music receptors" just shut off. It's pretty sad, and frankly, it drives me batty.
I was thinking of upgrading my guitar, but I read something on this forum, that kind of changed my approach on the whole home recording thing: A home recording is just that. A home recording. I was told I could get studio quality recording with a Toneport, yes, maybe a $100 studio recording (Great clean settings and such though). I think I may have set my expectations too high.
I must admit that my friend and his Macbook + GarageBand + Guitar and me and my Toneport have really exceeded what is to be expected, but I decided to not spend any more money on recording and just drop it till I'm done with school and have a good paying job. I could be spending that money else where, rather than a dream that may require a collective amount of money. Besides, I plan to major in computer/electric engineering, might come on handy in some aspects.
Is home recording with a USB device just a dream in today's time?
It's not so much "new music" as it is "new styles". You mom likes Jack White because it's new compositions in old styles. You guys may think he's avant guarde, but he would have made it just as well in 1965 as he did in 2005.
And it works in both directions, too. The young (including me, when I was there) reject the old stuff just as much as the old reject the new stuff.
Yeah, that's because old people are... well... old. And this is coming from a 100 year old. We are all grumpy.In general, you're right, but I'd say the old-rejecting-new is more common. I mean, I see far more 15 year-old kids walking around wearing Zeppelin or AC/DC shirts than I do 55 year-olds indicating any interest whatsoever in modern, young bands.
That's partly because they don't make Count Basie or Jelly Roll Morton T-shirts for young-uns, and partly because people over thirty no longer need to wear branded t-shirts to express their identity . Nah, j/k, You're probably right that it's disproportionate.In general, you're right, but I'd say the old-rejecting-new is more common. I mean, I see far more 15 year-old kids walking around wearing Zeppelin or AC/DC shirts than I do 55 year-olds indicating any interest whatsoever in modern, young bands.
haha Doc arent you at studio level yet?
or Ted HeadBanger '09 will win another imaginary sword fight with Death's minions (besides, he always does)
Not trying to take us from the Nascar topic but;
I read in "Behind the glass" that most of the engineers interviewed were very impressed with some of the stuff they hear from home studios nowdays...so it isnt out of reach to any of us...all we have to do is get the right stuff and learn how to use it.
They bring recordings that they spent months on that were blow mind. The problem is that in real pro studios, they must do this 20 or more times per year. The fact is that pro recording/mix/mastering houses have to crank out acceptable product very quickly and on budget. They do not have the luxury of endless time and need the tools to fix any recordings they did not track. There are so many things that go wrong that are out of control of the houses, yet they are expected to deliver acceptable product on time and budget. Home recording cannot be put in the same light as pro recording. One is a hobby and the other is a business.
This is pretty much the conclusion I came to about 3 years ago. It's also about the time my activity on this and other online music sites dwindled. The realization was simple - people buy near-studio-quality gear, house it in their homes, record with it, then come on here and post it as home recordings. Technique aside (good gear doesn't obviously equate good recordings) having studio grade gear (amps, mics, preamps, consoles, etc) essentially IS what makes something a fucking studio.
What I am always impressed to hear are people, like myself, who have shit for gear but who make a decent and enjoyable recording. When I joined this forum over 7 years ago there was more focus on making due with what you had. Now it seems the bar for home recording is set too high thanks to people with tons of money to piss away essentially building home studios and flaunting their impressive tracks. If you took a survey of most regulars here you will no doubt discover their investment in gear is borderline extravagant. This is good for music, and good for their personal recordings, but bad for this forum.