tribalfusion
Well-Known Member
Just because some fusion guys (some of whom known for being uptight and unfriendly) think something is unhip doesn't make it unhip. Given that the general response to that video around the net is "that's awesome" and "they're both having so much fun", most people seem to find it, dare I say, "hip".
You know what's unhip? When you start to quantify what a "real musician" is. Now that's a rabbit hole that leads nowhere.
So when the larger number of people no matter how qualified say something is hip (like say with any big pop artist) it's hip. Katy Perry or Kanye West is therefore hipper than every artist discussed on this board put together.
Got it. What an edifying new concept!
We will have to agree to disagree as well. Slavishly imitating someone when you have spent tons of hours on your instrument is for me and others very unhip and a little sad when it goes long past the stage of student learning how to approach the instrument or the genre.
The fact that a primarily metal board would find this so hard to grasp is not terribly surprising and as I mentioned above, confirms what I postulated.