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Old 07-15-2015, 12:16 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by TechnicLePanther View Post
Also, I don't think making a song more technically involved necessarily makes it worse. In fact, people usually think of it the opposite way. But whatever, to each their own.
I don't think being technical makes music worse, anymore than I think simplicity is necessarily better. I just can't stand pointless wankery like Dream Theater or Yngwie Malmsteen.

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Agreed. If you have the chops, use them.
Nah. Do whatever serves the music. If you can make a guitar stand on its head, but the kind of music you're making doesn't require technical proficiency or complexity, then you're just stroking your ego rather than being creative. The members of Bad Brains were in a jazz fusion band before becoming a hardcore punk band, and they didn't make prog punk just cause they could.
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