Dragonforce

› Forums › Music, Bands & Artists › Dragonforce

  • Post
    • December 23, 2008 at 11:02 pm
    MSzymanek
    Member

    Yo guys!

    I´d like to rant a bit about this band, not because I hate their music (I barely even heard it) nor because I don´t like them being popular (who gives a damn anyway) nor do I rant because of their sexual preferences – I really don´t care.
    What I´d like to rant about is those absolutely sloppy performances I see on youtube. Betcha can´t play this, even though this competition in general sounds like a bad idea – what I can´t play often is not worth playing 😉 , but what they did was just so terribly sloppy 🙁 that it almost hurt my ears.
    Now I recently found one of Marty Friedmans japanese shows with Dragonforce. Here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwWOKxRsNRE&feature=related . Damn it, that was weak. The tapping lick when he misses half of the notes, whammy stunts and the performance when all 4 are on stage… Horrible vibrato, sloppy playing, tapping with your pick (I especially hate the sound of it and the general idea of hitting “as much notes as you can” not in any particular order),,,

    Disapointment.

Viewing 2 replies - 16 through 17 (of 17 total)
1 2
  • Replies
    • January 1, 2009 at 7:34 pm
    MSzymanek
    Member

    You guys missed the point. I´m not talking about people showing off on their shows and concerts. My point is that music at it´s core was, and still is a source of entertainment – people hired musicians for ages for recreation. Our work was meant – for humanities sake – to give people some relaxation. So, yeah, even though we are not comedians, actors, singers and so on, we are still entertainers – in a unique way.

    • January 1, 2009 at 8:53 pm
    billmeedog
    Member

    @billmeedog 6096 wrote:

    Though in a way, I DO understand and agree in part with Marcin here, as I think his underlying point was that the musician’s “music” is his form of entertainment, NOT his outward “ENTERTAINING!” 😎

    ~Bill Meehan~

    Hi Marcin, 🙂

    Before I get lumped in with “guys missing the point,” please consider the “concession” to your point/argument that I stated above (in italics.) I realized your point, but you presented this point as a “cold fact,” and it is NOT that “black & white!” (If it were so definite, the word entertainer would be used in the definition of musician, and it is NOT! 😉 By your definition (where the musician just plays music,) then the music itself actually becomes the entertainment!

    Ultimately though, you are correct about the fact that professional musicians (those hired to perform for people’s enjoyments and recreation) are essentially entertainers!
    Agreed. 😎 It’s just that, to lump all musicians together as entertainers sort of implies that they all provide similar levels of “shomanship.” So maybe the correct term to discuss here is showman, as opposed to entertainer. Otherwise, the implication that someone like David Lee Roth (Van Halen) and say some one like Geoff Tate (Queensryche) are similar entertainers because they are both musicians (as singers in rock bands) would be grossly inaccurate! 😮 Just IMO! Maybe they ARE both entertainers with vastly different levels of showmanship! Uhh Oh!!! Semantics again! (LOL!) :rolleyes:

    ~Bill Meehan~ 😀

Viewing 2 replies - 16 through 17 (of 17 total)
1 2
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.