Are "old" bands really better than newer ones?
First of all, let's just consider "old" as Metallica and before...unless the band is still writing and releasing albums. I find it extremely annoying just how overrated, in general, these bands are, at least sound-wise. -Catchiness... The purpose of the sound of a song is to be catchy, is it not? Isn't the main goal of the sound of a song to revolve around a catchy, entertaining, great-sounding chorus? Only a select few older musical groups could master this. They were great musicians...
In middle school, the band course is more challenging than the chorus course.
I think that band is harder than chorus because it takes years and years to master an instrument whereas to master the skill of singing it only takes six months to a year. Also, you have to work VERY VERY hard to achieve your full potential in band. You have to practice for at least half an hour EVERY day to achieve your goals. Also, there is usually many different melodies and rythyms going on at one time. In the choral program, there is usually two basically similar melodies and one base melod...
Rap music of the "gangsta" variety is degrading our society
I am not in favor of rap music and the gang culture that has emerged hand in hand with it. The true purpose of rap does not seem to be to create anything of beauty but instead to challenge, indeed, to pick a fight with the status quo of American society. In other words, it declares "we [i.e. the rappers] are going to say the most provoking things towards the status quo that we can imagine. What are YOU going to do about it?" While challenging the status quo is true of many forms of music, rap mu...
Rap music.
rap music degrades the woman and promotes violence against everything. such as these rappers. Onyx, Biggie, Geto Boys, Not-so-Young Hova they talk about killing people because of there race, gang, and gender. if that isnt violent and wrong, tell me what is....
Is the glass half full?
the glass would be half full because if the glass was half empty then the glass would be half of a glass. then it might be full....
People shouldn't judge music on genre alone.
There are many, many talented musicians in every genre. Whether it is pop, rap, R&B, rock, indie, jazz, etc; there are great musicians. Of course, there are the not-so-good musicians as well, but more times than less, the less popular or less talented musicians tend to be spelled out of the genre than the more popular or more talented ones. For instance, when it comes to the saxophone in general, more people think of Kenny G than they think of Ornette Coleman. When it comes to bassists, people k...
" TV {prime time} tries to run head & head VS. cable and XXX movies".
Hey hi, I would love to gather other ppls insight. Do we really need or desire more lust in {prime time} just to keep it fresh and grab a younger deamagraphic? I feel we must{otherwise the marketing will fail..a.k.a. the TV shows they slap ads on}. I need more then the lust they put our there. I feel if CSI:CI along with many other topic TV..When did it become "okay we can say, laid, ball and so many other tacky words". Hey it is the real world, I'm tired of dealing with i...
Learning to play percussion well is as hard if not harder than learing to play another instrument.
I am a percussionist and have recently had someone tell me that percussion is the easiest section in the band to play in. I was very appalled by this and told him that he was dead wrong. For one, percussion covers multiple instruments, including snare, timpani, xylophone, and other auxiliary instruments. Not only do the xylophone and timpani require you to be able to read music in both the treble and base clef, the snare requires you to be able to play complicated rhythms that one would not norm...
Is Albert the worst cafe owner in the history of cafes?
Sure Albert makes a terrible latte and is always mean, but I'm pretty sure he can't be the worst ever. Did Genghis Khan ever operate a cafe?...
Poetry is nothing except underdeveloped fiction.
Good fiction (short stories, novels, any kind of story-telling, really) conveys philosophical, personal, emotional, historical and educational concepts. It also provides these within a framework of a story, which immerses the reader in the concepts in a way that would otherwise be impossible. Poetry, especially modern poetry, conveys some of the same concepts but it does so in a much shorter and often formless way. Often, it conveys nothing at all. I submit that people who write and read...