Quote:
Originally posted by Lanny_MacDonald+Dec 3 2004, 10:58 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Lanny_MacDonald @ Dec 3 2004, 10:58 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Phanuthier@Dec 3 2004, 09:18 AM
Take this from someone who has a strong music resume - Nickleback is like the Grade 8 band from a garage that had a couple catchy tunes and got lucky with a recording company or whatever. Kudo's for them to make it as far as they did, but solely talking about music... we'll lets just say its kids stuff.
(Edit: For instance, they use probably the most common drum beat - the hi hit dotted eighth with the snare and base drum.)
|
And what musical resume would that be Phaneuf? Please explain. Frankly I don't think you know music very well, especially rock music, based primarily on this comment.
[/b][/quote]
Grade 10 percussion (with RCM), member of the Westmount Percussive Performance Association - regarded around Canada as the top, non-profit, U-20 percussion ensamble in Canada.
Grade 10 piano (RCM), with multiple competition awards.
Grade 5 Harmony with RCM
Grade 4 Music History with RCM
Section Leader in High School Band
Grade 4 Counterpoint with RCM
And if you didn't know, 2 ARCT's with RCM is about equivalent to having 2 masters degrees in music.
Good enough?
Note that what I was referrign to wasn't 3/4 time. It's 4/4, generally repeated every 2 bars. Also, find me a band that actually uses their toms in non-transition places. They are far and afew. Almost all combo's are done on a hi-hat, snare and bass drum, while chorus's will usually use the other symbols (suspended, crash, ect).
Hey, don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to doubt Nickleback's success. Good for them for getting as far as they do, there's actually a song or two I like from them. However, recognize that it doesn't always the most talent to make it big. With Nickleback, they took their rather simpliest music and made it big with it. Good for them.
(Edit 52: I agree with you that playign in front of an audience is not easy. That, I will agree with you, is not kids stuff. However, your ability to perform in front of an audience is independent of your musical ability - thus when you talk about their musical abiility and their performing ability, you are talking about 2 different things.)