ittoa666
Being confused on SS.org since 2008
All this makes me happy that my mom understands the music I listen to. She did see van halen twice after all.
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minor 2nd chord
One from the other day:
friend Ethan: Dude, do you wanna go to a concert with me?
Me: Not really, I'm not really into the same music as you are.
E: Yeah, we like the same stuff. You like screamo and I like screamo.
M: I don't like screamo. I like deathcore/death metal.
E: Dude, it's a Hellyeah concert.
M: That's hardly even hard rock.
E: It's definately screamo, you'd love it.
M: I don't like screamo. You don't even know what that means.
E: Dude, all you listen to is screamo.
M: *pulls out iPod* *shuffles through a couple songs (Born of Osiris, Veil of Maya, Necrophagist, Behemoth, The Acacia Strain...)
E: I told you, they sound just like that.
M: /facepalm
My mom the other day while I was playing along to It's Torn Away by Veil of Maya.
Mom: Why do they play those weird ugly sounding chords?
Me: You mean like this? *plays minor 7th chord (I think, I don't know my theory too well)
Mom: Yeah, that sounds horrible.
Me: It's supposed to be discordant
Mom: What's that mean?
Me: That's the way it's supposed to sound
Mom: They should play guitar like regular people.
Anything above a high B doesn't sound great to begin with anyway.
In your friend's defense, on his good days, Synyster Gates outplays many of the guitarists out there, no contest, even if you don't like his music.I was talking to a friend about synyster gates. And he said "Synyster gates is one of the best guitarists out there right now" I was so baffled I almost didn't know what to say. So I referenced to his instructional vid about sweeping and said "Dude those sweeps sounded like shit" to which he replied "Nuh uh! They were so clean!"
If you can't tell the difference between completely unsynchronized garbage and clean sweeps then you're a fucking idiot.
Anyway, I was discussing polyrhythms and polymeters with my friend Sarah while she was preparing to teach drum majors at her school. The discussion inevitably led me to Meshuggah, where one of the freshmen (God, can't stand freshmen) referred to them as "shitty screamo," and "less talented than T-Pain," because they don't have a "good beat." It is now safe to say he will never talk about Meshuggah that way again, since because of him, that whole class had to learn all of obZen
In your friend's defense, on his good days, Synyster Gates outplays many of the guitarists out there, no contest, even if you don't like his music.
It just happens that he has lots of bad days, where he plays like absolute shit
Anyway, I was discussing polyrhythms and polymeters with my friend Sarah while she was preparing to teach drum majors at her school. The discussion inevitably led me to Meshuggah, where one of the freshmen (God, can't stand freshmen) referred to them as "shitty screamo," and "less talented than T-Pain," because they don't have a "good beat." It is now safe to say he will never talk about Meshuggah that way again, since because of him, that whole class had to learn all of obZen
I once ended up in a discussion with a good friend about Avenged Sevenfold. I find them quite boring and annoying, but he loves them. Anyway, I don't like telling people that I think the music they listen to sucks, but he kept asking me why I didn't like Avenged Sevenfold. I listed a number of reasons, but he still didn't believe I was being honest, so he told me to show him something that I listen to regularly. I had my iPod there, so I put on some Nevermore...
"Seriously man, how can you dig this but find Avenged Sevenfold boring? They sound incredibly similar!"
In your friend's defense, on his good days, Synyster Gates outplays many of the guitarists out there, no contest, even if you don't like his music.
It just happens that he has lots of bad days, where he plays like absolute shit
Anyway, I was discussing polyrhythms and polymeters with my friend Sarah while she was preparing to teach drum majors at her school. The discussion inevitably led me to Meshuggah, where one of the freshmen (God, can't stand freshmen) referred to them as "shitty screamo," and "less talented than T-Pain," because they don't have a "good beat." It is now safe to say he will never talk about Meshuggah that way again, since because of him, that whole class had to learn all of obZen
Dude, your band is amazing.
The first time I linked this in the SS.org chat, someone replied "how the fuck is this even music?"![]()