abandonist
Banned
Your implication that everyone are just jealous is a logical fallacy. That's what a straw man is. You're arguing a point that no one is talking about. I can be absolutely sure I'm not jealous of Mr Mu'min. Doesn't mean I can't criticize him. Or state my opinions on backing tracks. In fact, I quite like the record, but their live shows are pretty abysmal if that's what's going on at them. It's not even about how technical or simple your songs are. It's about playing them well in front of people. No shame in being a studio band - lots of them out there. I've turned down several guitarist gigs due to my lack of wanting to drive all over the place to play shows. But if I did go ahead with it, I better know my material, and how to play it properly, or people would laugh me off the stage - and rightfully so. I have no sympathy for the guys in HAARP. They're out there playing songs for people that paid to see those songs, and doing it badly. If you had a coworker that was doing a terrible job and making all of you look bad, would you be super forgiving, or would you tell him to get his shit together? I don't hate these fellas (far from it - like I said, I enjoy the record), but they're not immune to criticism. Especially if they're botching songs and playing without their guitarist to a recording. That's unprofessional in the extreme.
To take the point a little further, everyone is allowed an off night. It's unfortunate, but it does happen. Sometimes we have a server call out and the food takes longer to arrive, sometimes one of our cooks isn't producing at the proper pace. Things happen. But from the looks of it, it's happening a lot, and without much in the way of grace. All guy needs to do is have a little humility and laugh it off "Sorry guys... this stuff is super hard!", but he's not. If his face is any indication of his internal struggle it's going something like "Fuck this shit!", and that's good for no one. Especially himself.
To take the point a little further, everyone is allowed an off night. It's unfortunate, but it does happen. Sometimes we have a server call out and the food takes longer to arrive, sometimes one of our cooks isn't producing at the proper pace. Things happen. But from the looks of it, it's happening a lot, and without much in the way of grace. All guy needs to do is have a little humility and laugh it off "Sorry guys... this stuff is super hard!", but he's not. If his face is any indication of his internal struggle it's going something like "Fuck this shit!", and that's good for no one. Especially himself.