At 4/24/09 05:24 PM, batman64 wrote:
At 4/24/09 05:22 PM, Nev wrote:
I don't get peoples problems with talent. Its fucking stupid. 'Oh, look how good they are. How shit is that!?'
You don't get that in the Classical world, people don't look at virtuosos of the piano or violin and think they're shit.
It's called jealousy bro.
Pretty much. Using your talent =/= showing off. Now, showing off is what Yngwie Malmsteen does, where he plays a million notes per second with no regard to whether the song merits it or not. Now, to be clear, I do like his work, it's just that some of it comes off as rather trite because it's just him showing the world how fast he can play without any regard to melody. Sometimes it works, like when he did the Trilogy Suite, and sometimes it doesn't, like the entire Unleash the Fury album.
That being said, while Symphony X, Dark Moor, or Heavenly might be overly technical, it's usually with clear regard to melody and taste, and the technicality goes to further the music instead of ruining the music.
