"UNPOPULAR" Music Opinions. (from you)

Based or cringe, I don't really care.
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1. All Tool songs sound the same.
2.Guitar shredding doesn't sound good
3.Greta Van Fleet is good.
4. you can like more than one thing (metal music) without it making you a "poser"
5.Anything sounds good with a plug in, real guitar amps are dying.
6. all current guitar players are trying to copy Tim Henson/ Polyphia.
7. Technicality in music doesn't equal creativity.
8. Natural talent does not exist.
9. Pop music has gotten better.
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[@xon4748]

Im getting a music degree just in case someone asks me if I went to college

[@tubadude07]

I have one, it's not useful per say but i like having something that tells me i'm good at something lol

[@Roxanneredpanda]

I want one just so I can be called a Doctor and so I can post music theory theseus... yes you can punch me

[@bencersparney3654]

I spent 2 years trying to get a BFA in Musical Theatre lol I'm glad I got out of that. I'm trying to get into an audio engineering program soon but I'll try to be a cool sound guy

[@NikNocturnal]

Loved this

[@rainydayaudio]

What a legend, nice to see you here. :3

[@paxxous]

Nik Nocturnal

[@Gameboy-2007-yt]

@@paxxousyes that is he

[@paxxous]

@@Gameboy-2007-yt Gameboy-2007-yt

[@Gameboy-2007-yt]

@@paxxous paxxoussy

[@og3086]

Is it weird I’m agreeing with everything he says

[@wack-8843]

Naw these weren’t unpopular opinions this was a reasonable perspective on an array of musical topics

[@C_PRTCL]

Not at all

[@sondrestrmme4006]

This community is just a bunch of shitposters and that honestly requires some self awareness and independent thinking.

[@o.g5211]

You stole my username

[@og3086]

@@o.g5211 there’s a “.” In your name so as Vanilla Ice once said “it’s not the same”

[@xSyklus]

My opinion: There are good songs in every genre

[@WorstGamerNAE]

you have a good brain

[@Poopidyscoppity]

Even grimestep?

[@WorstGamerNAE]

@@Poopidyscoppity just had to be that guy?

[@Poopidyscoppity]

Bruh grimestep is trash though

[@enzojacobsen4349]

@@Poopidyscoppity poser you listen to things other than grimestep (just kidding btw)

[@Hehehehhehehehehehehehhe78]

I don't need a music degree I have the tabs to goofy goober rock

[@FathersFuckingBiscuits]

Goofy goober rock is a twist on twisted sister’s I wanna rock

[@Hehehehhehehehehehehehhe78]

@@FathersFuckingBiscuits I know

[@WWNbroadcasts]

IM A GOOFY GOOBY

[@sandoncrowder7839]

“It doesn’t matter if it’s fast or complex if it isn’t musical” Guthrie Govan

[@nyrissxd]

"the only wrong notes are the ones played at the wrong time" i dont fuckin know like bruh

[@tyshred9251]

Guthrie is the man

[@charlesmartiniii1405]

@@nyrissxd ahhhh jazz theory is so fucking fun. I just started getting more into it and its amazing

[@slowdriver6868]

All hail lord Guthrie, ruler of all guitarists

[@justsomejusstsome8994]

And he also made the only virtuoso solo album that's actually good

[@noahtaylor2673]

As a metal fan, I’d agree that Billie Eilish is an astronomical step up from Taylor Swift.

[@Spiezid]

Dude u know IPrevail s Blank Space Cover though ? XD

[@brendangibson8200]

@@Spiezid yes, it's just as terrible as the original

[@charlesmartiniii1405]

Yea but like thats not saying much... she's aight but her image is really disingenuous to me considering her beginnings

[@brendangibson8200]

@@charlesmartiniii1405 you listen to music because of the artist's image? 🤔

[@charlesmartiniii1405]

@@brendangibson8200 not really i dont care for her music but its pretty alright. Image doesn't really matter its more of the hypocrisy of it and pop music in general.

[@Alberto-ny7kf]

imo pop music nowadays is better than it was 5-10 years ago, but not 20-30, if that makes sense

[@brendangibson8200]

Hard to say, tbh. 30 years ago there was a more unobtainable entry level because of the technology of recording and distribution. Lots of pop music today gets a bad reputation because it's so much easier to make and distribute songs, which lets a lot more of the garbage through compared to the industry of the 70's- mid 00's

[@Alberto-ny7kf]

@@brendangibson8200 good take

[@charlesmartiniii1405]

Bruh im 2000's pops bitch and I mainly listen to prog metal and jazz lol

[@stepladder3257]

Imo pop music peaked in the 80s and 90s

[@brendangibson8200]

@@stepladder3257 how old are you?

[@GMtheTurtle]

very valid points! my girlfriend and my best friend have been getting me into current pop music/artists and it’s obviously not at all like the progressive shit, emo garbage, nu-core, and other stuff I typically listen to but it’s still really well made and enjoyable! Music is music and as long as I can see the creativity behind it my respect will follow.

[@Alberto-ny7kf]

youre probably the first person ive ever seen who likes prog and has a girlfriend

[@juicyyy5765]

@@Alberto-ny7kfhahahahahaha

[@pratimangautam6541]

@@Alberto-ny7kf me and my girlfriend likes prog lol

[@Razzah128]

@@Alberto-ny7kf based

[@metaloreo8423]

@@Alberto-ny7kf well now you’ve seen two I love DT, Tool, Opeth and have a gf

[@SIRiAlerion]

This video confirmed that Uncle Judy believes Tim Henson is as revolutionary as Van Halen and Jimi Hendrix.

[@camdenwyeth316]

Pretty much will be

[@improvingguitarist1595]

Hot take

[@dominikweber4305]

Proves that he's got a kinda crappy taste in music but i still like him

[@Jerry-tg2lj]

The ony thing is i don't see tim inspiring non-guitarists to pick up a guitar, infact tim is probably a bit intimidating. But tim is certainly the new van halen for people who are already familiar with the guitar (I may be completely wring on this but who knows)

[@tsuukkii]

@@Jerry-tg2lj Nah, picked up guitar cuz of tim. Can play the goat riff now.

[@Ithorn110]

He should check out king gizzard and the lizard wizard.

[@wack-8843]

No way he doesn’t know gizzard

[@Alberto-ny7kf]

everybody in the world should check out tha gizz

[@metaloreo8423]

@@Alberto-ny7kf ikr

[@doctorduncan]

Just listened to them for the first time today, it was AMAZING (I listened to Mind Fuzz btw)

[@ColeYudelson]

When I opened this video I expected to actually agree with most of the things Judy says in this video. I watched it. I agreed with most of the things Judy said or agreed with. 10/10 would wear a mic on a stupid ass hat again

[@improvingguitarist1595]

Yup

[@jonathan_rochford]

Just deadass got deep asf at the end and it weirded me out

[@jonathan_rochford]

AYO 100th like right here

[@improvingguitarist1595]

Ikr

[@HECKproductions]

knocked the targed with the last round in the clip that is oddly satisfying

[@jery3385]

*magazine Sorry had to do it

[@HECKproductions]

clip is a colloquial term for magazines do you go up to people who say ride and say uHm aKsHuLlY iTs AuToMoBiLe"?

[@kashrapoza4452]

it’s not a clip unless your shooting it out of an M1 Garand

[@LeYoIdBeHe]

It's incredible. You're incredible, I mean..

[@cupnudelsbro7006]

Bro psyched substance lmao this is why your my favorite guitar youtuber

[@jarodferkin2585]

Hahahaha I loved that too

[@Rex-golf_player810]

Satriani is a pretty cool guy *flashes like every bald guy in existence*

[@amongus69OMG]

This guy is incredible based, Uncle Judy should mean: The BASED musician.

[@littleloupy1518]

based pfp

[@blakejones6648]

Have a music degree, can confirm. I should have learned how to weld or something.

[@WilkesyGlass]

Best thing I ever did was start listening to other kinds of music. I used go only listen to metal, now it makes up probably less than half of what I listen to. Now it's stuff like lil aaron, pale waves, KiNG MALA and the dead south. Learning other music has also helped me grow as a bass player.

[@brendangibson8200]

Pale Waves is amazing

[@dungcheff7470]

Nice

[@jeffinmicheal4229]

/You can't be a good musician without respecting other genres of music/

[@charlesmartiniii1405]

Even christian contemporary? Lol

[@mikey4tkins]

@@charlesmartiniii1405 you adam neely viewer?

[@Silly00000]

Fun fact: If you listen to the halo 3 theme you listen to a Steve Vai song.

[@robhenry4197]

That *is* a fun fact.

[@rman3098]

Great book called Talent Is Overrated, and there are some great interviews with goated guitar players that basically say that if talent exists its extremely small and the odds that the person finds what they're actually good at is even smaller, beast take tbh

[@liam-bz6mq]

sounds dumb and corny but in my opinion the musicians without talent are more likely of the two to stick around. sorta like the mentality that the more you work for something the more it means to you. at least that’s what i’m hoping

[@SutsuMusic]

Natural talent is real. Aptitude exists for all skills. Natural talent in instruments is simply just being genetically predisposed to have a desirable trait. Things like inheriting good ears, dextrous hands, good lung capacity and/or having the physical capacity to make music, which in itself, is a talent considering that some people are born completely incapable of playing an instrument or singing as well as the average person.

[@abr3690]

I second this, I also think the “soul” he is talking about is an intuitive understanding and appreciation for music in general, not just a specific instrument. My friend and I both started playing guitar at roughly the same time a couple years back and we eventually drifted apart because I was picking it up a lot faster than him, the only real difference was that I was deeply passionate about music and he wasn’t

[@SutsuMusic]

@@abr3690 I didn't mention this because I believe that soul is nurtured throughout development and not something people are born with. It does definitely seperate the great from the average. Keep playing, bro!

[@ndSpaz]

I have an issue with number 5, sure they sound good in every circumstance and they're convenient, but they sure as hell make everyone sound the same as well. Okay, when everyone was using Marshall amps that was kind of the same thing, but the speaker, the room, the mic placement, everything else in the signal chain all give it the chaos it needs to sound different. Amp sims are great for making demos though, I use them for that.

[@ndSpaz]

Additionally doesn't it feel good to have an amp rumbling behind you on stage?

[@towel9646]

These opinions are all majority tbh

[@miracleofsound]

Has pop music gotten better since 2010? Yep, for sure. Has it gotten better compared to the 60s/70s/80s/90s? IMO: Good fucking lord no. It's not even close. Yeah there are a few exceptions like Billie, Marina, Lana etc making interesting, fresh songs but overall it's not even the same league or artform. Pop music, for the most part, has become so bland, cynical, lifeless, over-designed, stale, pastiche, repetitive and full of self aggrandising, wealth glorifying, classless, made by committee, painfully soulless tonedeaf dogshit now that it's often hard to even tell the top few popular artists apart. It doesn't hold a candle to the decades of the past. Nowhere even close to being in the same vicinity, lol. (Source: Am a bitter old fart)

[@alexzanderrodriguez4103]

When it comes to pop music, I don’t hate it, in fact there’s some songs I appreciate as someone wanting to get into song writing. But I don’t put them in my playlist on Spotify because of how often I’ll here them outside of that. It’s kinda why I don’t put songs like Hotel California or bohemian rhapsody in a playlist.

[@3badthebad]

forreal like they are such obvious picks and Spotify gives those songs more attention than other songs

[@JoshyWhoFilms]

My opinion wasn't chosen and now I am sad :(

[@wxsteria3451]

I WAS gonna get a music degree but now I’m just gonna look to be a sound guy or something

[@HLBmusix]

10:00 I think you are talking about passion. If someone who is really passionate about the instrument he is playing, he will put a lot more effort into his hobby than someone with less passion. Some people are willing to take more effort and more frustration on their way than others and you can hear it. You can sum up all the hours of practice, someone who is not passionate enough can put tousands of hours into practice and won't play as good as as someone who is really passionate and only practiced for hundrets of hours. Passion is the limit of how much shit you are willing to take before you quit.

[@harrytalbot1507]

MUM I MADE IT INTO THE UNCLE JUDY CONTENT, WOOOOOOOOOOO oh also, this rant style video was very entertaining. more would be cool :)

[@lowenbad]

Natural talent absolutely exists. I wanted to be an artist when I was a little kid… and I tried my ass off to learn how to draw and paint. It hit me in art class in 7th grade that most of the kids in my class were way more intuitive in that area and I lacked the natural ability in that medium… despite dedication. On the other hand, I never had to even try with music. I just knew it. The disadvantage with having a lot of natural ability is that it can make you lazy in the area you have it in…. If that makes sense. Natural ability is also like a fingerprint. No two people have it exactly the same. But, hey, that’s just my opinion, man.

[@fertiloser1382]

unpopular opinion: most of these are not unpopular opinions

[@charlesmartiniii1405]

Kinda like a hipster pat yourself on the back party

[@vrstoslav]

mic mount is on point

[@callmesubby]

Hot take: pop music is not bad but it has very little re-listen ability. It’s all so overly simplified and repetitive it just gets boring as hell after the first few listens. I genuinely believe people who listen to only pop music don’t think about very much at all

[@johanrojassoderman5590]

5:28 the jazz community wants to know your address.

[@gckbowers411]

Wrong. Tool songs are very different. Undertow: 0 3 5 Aenima: 0 2 5 Lateralus: 0 3 5 10,000 Days: 035035035 Fear Inoculum: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

[@JUSTICE971]

It has definetelly gotten better since early 2010s but it isn't as good as 80s pop

[@TheSolfilm]

I really like Greta Van Fleet. And a friend of mine who's a massive LZ fan appreciates them a lot too.

[@me1ar299]

I came here to laugh, but leaft with the life lesson

[@tom_4615]

As someone who's taught music lessons to kids... Talent DEFINITELY exists. But it doesn't reflect skill level, only how fast youre able to pick new things up. Its like a musical IQ in a way... I know more shit about the universe than Socrates did but I'm not saying I'm more clever than him Talent exists but someone with less talent who practices more can reach the same level or beyond the level of the more talented player

[@jjswifthd]

Eh, I wouldn't call that talent, as talent refers to natural ability/skill. I personally don't think talent exists really. Though you're 100% right that anyone surpass someone with more experience by working hard and honing you skills. It also is worth mentioning that people learn at different speeds. Finding the right methods to teach each individual helps.

[@prod.semtek]

While I agree with many of his opinions, his attitude sucks. He comes off as having a superiority complex, as he’s bashing people with said complex 😂. He sounds like a little bit of a know it all when it comes to the music industry. Something that he clearly isn’t as big a part of than he thinks he is…

[@NedJeffery]

For people who don't think natural talent exist, just consider the opposite. Do some people absolutely suck at music and can't do anything musical to save their life no matter how hard they try? YES. Those people do exist. they are most people.

[@WorstGamerNAE]

I feel like what you're describing as soul is more so how you summarized it- as personal connection to the instrument. I think that comes from how much the instrument allows somebody to express themselves. For example, some of the most brilliant classical guitarist's and pianist's seem like such reserved, non-expressive people. Then they play and you can see emotion practically pour out of them. Music is an outlet for personal expression, so that's how I logic it all out. LOVE YOUR SHIT THO JUDE THE DUDE KEEP IT UP B-]

[@OmarChouikha]

if you're trying to get into pop music, I REALLY recommend Rina Sawayama. Songs like XS, Dynasty and STFU are enough to make any metal elitist shut up

[@altaysenyilmaz90]

OMG this is fuckn insane

[@rafahellorsato]

I disagree about pop music getting better IN MOST CASES. There are some AMAZING pop artists nowadays. Lil Nas X, Ed Sheeran, Shawn Mendes, Camilla Cabello, Dua Lipa, among many others. But 2000-2010 pop is just unbeatable. Justin Timberlake, Maroon 5, Ne-Yo, Shakira, Adelle, and stuff like that. Maybe it's nostalgia, but I feel that was the golden age for pop music. Thanks for the amazing video Judy

[@leonstipic5607]

I think with time we will see

[@ptr_does_music7042]

I feel exactly the same. I feel like in many cases pop isn't meant to be really deep, so 00's was just great with all the light hearted optimistic party songs. But in the 10's although I surely see some interesting artists, they tend to take stuff way more seriously, and I feel that kind of collapses on themselves sometimes. And specifically I really don't get what people see in Dua Lipa, her voice sounds absolutely boring to me.

[@WiktorJurek]

He said 'last decade'. I think pop music nowadays (olivia rodrigo, Dua Lipa, BTS, The Weeknd, J Cole, Billie etc) are miles ahead creatively, musically and emotionally (all subjective!!) over Kesha, BoB, Taio Cruz, Tinie Tempah, JAY-Z of the 2010's!

[@sondrestrmme4006]

I always felt like 2000's era music had a very uncomfortably empty or airy sound to it. Like people were just getting used to digital recording. Now way more producers really are treating the DAW as the truly versatile instrument that it is. Like holy shit "Bad guy" was just a straight boring blues, but the production just makes it such a journey to listen to

[@yatishsinghrautela2247]

Well I ain't listening to "there's some hoes in the house ×10" .

[@bennymayermusic]

Gotta say as a former student at music school, you're pretty much dead on - DONT GO. ITS A HUGE WASTE OF TIME. People were like "OOOOH you'll make connections and network"...you can do that at gigs or on the Internet for significantly less money. If you really want to do music in college get a music MINOR, still helps a bit with knowledge and can have benefits but putting all your chips in music school is not only risky, it's guaranteed to do absolutely nothing.

[@ChristianKarhan]

why the fuck is the bb gun so loud edit: holy shit stop blowing my eardrums out loud does not equal funny anymore its 2021

[@marvindroid3865]

I would be bored as heck if I am gonna get a music degree

[@elidenning6276]

Today's pop music is better than the pop music of the 90's and 2000's, but NOT better than pop of the 50's, 60's, and 70's.

[@beenis08]

Pop music is getting better because its becoming less corporate

[@yeetlordentertainment3937]

"Doja Cat makes good music" - that's just truth bro, is that even a hot take?

[@benjaminfowler4513]

As far as natural talent, I think that's someone who can do something special with less. Like the guy who practices 8 hours a day but has no imagination or creativity versus the guy who knows some basic chords and scales yet can write an insane melody and riff that moves somebody. Like John Dwyer or Kurt Cobain I think that's natural talent Ah, I see you covered that basically with the soul definition. I agree

[@King-ed8hy]

"You're gonna go far kid." Thanks uncle :,)

[@ralual]

THIS ---> 8:23

[@jensvide777]

People who hate shredding are coping cause they can't shred 😏

[@Tooom28]

For the "Soul" player you should have picked David Glimour or Ritchie Blackmore as an example.

[@dominikweber4305]

Both are rreeeaaally overrated in my opinion

[@dominikweber4305]

*not both, just gilmour

[@dominikweber4305]

Ritchie blackmore i would actually call underrated even though his general rating is already pretty high but it doesn't do him justice imo

[@Tooom28]

@@dominikweber4305 facts

[@PuncakeGamingVG]

I love everything you say in this video. "Pop music getting better because its more of an art now", thats a fact. I think mainstream music in general is getting better so thats cool. Also its cool that you are calling out all those metal elitists and the technical zombies that lack the simplicity. Respect for you my sir, you are gonna go far sir.

[@user-fv3kl7dc9n]

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not😂

[@PuncakeGamingVG]

@@user-fv3kl7dc9n im not

[@charlesmartiniii1405]

"Lack simplicity" like imagine strutting up to guthrie Govan and saying "dude take some inspiration from pop, learn to play simple".

[@PuncakeGamingVG]

​@@charlesmartiniii1405 there is literally a comment below mine saying your guthrie govan said “It doesn’t matter if it’s fast or complex if it isn’t musical”. Go play scales.

[@charlesmartiniii1405]

@@PuncakeGamingVG bruh music theory is one of my favorite parts about music. And sure I'll "practice my scales" along with the circle of 5ths, 4ths, triads, arpeggios, altered dominance and the like. Theres nothing wrong with simplicity and playing slow if you utilize it well aka b.b king, miles Davis, and Dave grohl. But most of the time its an excuse to be lazy with songwriting. Why play slow if your doing nothing interesting with the chord changes. I get it though alot of people take it to far but at the end of the day I think virtuosity for the most part pairs directly to complexity and by extension feel.

[@alpa8415]

Unironically agree with %90 percent of these

[@FISH_NECRO]

Thing with pop music, is that some time ago, there was a bunch of trash pop music, and few extremely great and legendary artists, and now, there's just a bunch of good/decent artists

[@neenjaaa]

Takes down his PPQ air soft gun for no reason other than to show he can... this dude is cringe all day. 1:57 in and I can’t take anymore of this kid.

[@domasad3229]

I always come here for 2 things: memes and philosophy

[@traveandre8877]

7:25 I think the same thing applies for metal guitarists after yngwie malmesteen became famous: almost all guitarists in the 80's tried to copy either his style or EVH's.

[@aidancasey6301]

I think it depends on which pop artists you look at, like considering someone like cardi b, I would not say it has gotten better. But when someone can put depth into their lyrics and the song can leave an impression, that would be better pop music.

[@GuitarAndWhatevs]

Yeah all of these are true except for number 8, talent does exist. And that message at the end was on point.

[@evanho4538]

Damn I’m 3 minutes in and I feel like I watching my mind on a screen. Love this guy and his opinions

[@zavotic6184]

ha

[@cupnudelsbro7006]

Ha

[@zavotic6184]

@Khronar funny

[@jared305]

ha

[@GunnerHove]

Opinion: Primus sucks

[@dawsonweatherford3409]

oh no oh no oh no

[@yankeerose7697]

judy: no one will listen to all technical shit for more than 5 minutes. technical death metal: *uuuhhh*

[@charlesmartiniii1405]

Yea or like any prog band.

[@alextuozzo7138]

Judging by the metal elitists i guess doom metals gonna head out

[@V2ULTRAKill]

My problem with pop is it goes through phases of vapid party dance shit, or sad shit having a bpm lower than my resting heartrate When pop can have fun without being vapid it comes out incredibly good

[@whitty2513]

1:14 Here we have a man with a cowboy hat and a johnny cash t-shirt brutally murdering music theory with a airsoft bb gun with an estimated amount of 0,5 joules Heres a shorter version: Guy commits technical crimes on a music theory book

[@pancakes7294]

I’m fine with pop, just not WAP, I think WAP is just embarrassing

[@TheDiamondTardis]

This was pretty fucking cool and informative a bit. I think it's super cool to have a conversation about this shit as opposed to bashing these opinions. Great video Judy

[@wmmusic1657]

Is funny couse when this video end youtube send me to a Live stream of Rick beato talking about how 9 people create a pop song melody and how this melody suck And how this happend on the top 10 of this week 🤣

[@creepycandy-zr9ui]

These are some of the most popular opinions I’ve seen

[@orlock20]

The Polgar experiment did prove training over natural talent. Remember Beth Hart's rule, "No Noodling." Current pop music is just lacking that instrumental and vocal kick. When it's added by cover artists, then it sounds pretty good.

[@gustavofring4363]

I kinda disagree with him on the pop part. Pop 2010s was better than what we have now.

[@Alex-qo5bh]

thank you, I am getting a music degree

[@jarrodkane98]

St anger is good. Like, all of it. Fight me. No one gives it a fair chance

[@spirit_of_glamour]

JUDY AHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAH UKULELE BOYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[@dmcarter1512]

Steve Vai is daddy how dare you 🤬🤬😡🤬😡🤬😡🤬

[@Ignore14]

Pretty much all of these are popular opinions

[@KnapfordMaster98]

It didn’t hit me until just now how much better pop music has gotten. I don’t like a lot of it anyway, but this suddenly made me realize how much I do not miss the 2010s bleep bloop Black Eyed Peas Maroon 5 Katy Perry crap.

[@timmoethy]

Hearing a person who actually understands music say good things about juice wrld makes me very happy. :)

[@octaviandobre2625]

i'm glad i got to see this video before it's banned, someone should make a copy and reupload it just in case

[@Owtyg23]

All I would say on the natural talent one is that shape recognition can definitely be a key factor in learning instruments/theory and different people are naturally born with different levels of shape recog.

[@pops5716]

your like idubbz and guitar had a baby

[@orochimaru2504]

you definitely became my favorite youtuber. inlove u judy

[@HeathenwoodOfficial]

Genre doesn't define a good song.

[@prodbynokk]

1. I don’t like guitar solos, we get it you can play really fast, go back to the heavy ass riff(reason I’m listening) 2. Most nu metal but Korn and slipknot, maybe more I didn’t think of, I don’t want to hear someone, who can’t even sing btw, rap 3. Metal growling(or what ever tf it’s called) is a hit or miss, if all you can do is sound a immortal smoker you ruin the song. At that point keep it a instrument

[@marvindroid3865]

Shredding doesnt sound good except if its megadeth

[@Razzle5000]

That's because Marty Friedman (assuming you're talking about Friedman era) is genuinely a genius, shredding or not.

[@tlee-gc6ym]

If megadeths solos were purely shredding they would suck, but the usage they implement is really good

[@tystunes569]

Some pop artists are good now but I think peak pop music is early 2000s. I could be blinded by nostalgia but it was fun.

[@CaptGrimm]

I agree

[@AAB4ttery]

“Technicality doesn’t equal creativity when it comes to playing an instrument”: I could also argue with “Simplicity doesn’t equal creativity when it comes to playing an instrument”. I know that the reason most people say this is because they’re not able to digest technical styles of music. A lot of pop stuff is popular because it’s digestible to an incredible amount of musically uneducated people. I hate when people blow on technicality just because they can’t listen to it. Like because they don’t understand how to listen to it, it’s just not creative. Yes, simplicity is important, but there is a time in your career where I believe your music has to genuinely advance, whether it’s technical in one way or the other. It’s also funny how people shit on prog but also like jazz which is a more technical style of music than prog will ever be.

[@potatoheadhaoy]

This is a stupid argument. You're basically saying people who simply don't care if music is technical or simple don't exist because every person who doesn't enjoy the music you do is just out to feed their egos. Like dude, get out of your house.

[@AAB4ttery]

@@potatoheadhaoy I wrote this 6 months ago so maybe I didn’t explain what I meant well, but my first point should say it all. Tbh though, a lot of people do feed their egos as musicians in both areas, but what bothers me is that a lot of people say they are completely one or the other and the other one is amateurish. Maybe you didn’t get a lot of that, but I have. Both to me are important and I believe we don’t have enough of one or the other. Few prodigies I could say have found the balance.

[@potatoheadhaoy]

@@AAB4ttery sorry, guess I was a bit hasty to judge. I agree with what you added here tbh. On the one hand, there's say, metal elitists whom I fucking despise. On the other, there's a lot of these punk rock gatekeepers who just make my fucking skin crawl. Being in both these communities kind of just made me tired of the whole discussion of merit based on technique or its absence.

[@dhio9615]

Pop music has gotten better. Yes, Bruno Mars is lit

[@gaborkrausz5402]

Yeah, he's cool

[@pricc-om]

tool's songs are all supposed to sound the same, thats the point of conceptual art rock; although it can get grossly formulaic, they never fail to deliver interesting rhythms, thoughtful lyrics, brain-bending psychedelic sounds and focused aggression.

[@Aaron-wz6nv]

your arms are distracting omg

[@interesting_tuna]

Love that the “poser” problem is getting addressed. Can I listen to slipknot without some elitist asshole making me feel like shit over my tastes? It just makes me wanna disregard everything else bc of the toxic ass community that surrounds it more than anything. I don’t even know what their purpose is at this point. It’s just annoying. If you’re reading this, never, ever do that. Let people enjoy the music instead of being an overly pretentious elitist asshole. Thanks.

[@mfchuckbeats]

pop music is getting better by virtue of the 2010s being absolutely atrocious