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The advantage is we can apply it to ourselves without shame, we can maintain respect for another person's opinions.
That playing is not my cup of tea, and somehow, I am not an idiot according to most people's definitions. Noone comes here to be called an idiot.
Someone who can't hold an alternative idea in their mind for fear of losing their own opinion, isn't going to be able to negotiate or reason with other people - noone is wholly intractable, but when it comes to values and heroes people don't always know their blind spots. Fan or unmoved observer.
Tani, did you even read my post properly? Seems not. I am saying opinions about whether it's your cup of tea or not are fine, I even explicitly said that, and nowhere did I call you an idiot and please don't try to pretend I did in order to take the high ground. I'm saying that critical statements which are patently and provably nonsense passed off as opinions annoy me.
If I say Allan Holdsworth is shit it's not an opinion, it's a definitive statement about someone's ability that's complete and patent rubbish, and empirically provably so. If I say someone who has been playing a week sounds just like Ben Eunson, again, it's not an opinion, it's not factual rubbish. Beyond laughable in fact. There's not two sides to this, there's no defensible position to take.
If you did say that Ben's playing just sounds like scales played really fast, which if I'm right (could be wrong!) is the thing you're complaining about being called an idiot for... then you're not an idiot, you just don't know what you're talking about. Definitely a difference for sure. That's not an insult either, it's just an obvious fact if you did, because that's not remotely what he's doing, and it categorically sounds nothing like that.
Lysander.... I've seen a few of his vids but only checked out his album tonight. Loads of cool influences on there, deffo Holdsworth! Some really nice blues and pentatonic stuff mixed in with the post bop vocab as well which was surprising. I also like the variety on the album, he's not a one trick pony at all.
Lysander assumes anyone who doesn't rate this guy is a boomer
Carlos calls people an idiot for not being wowed by some music he really rates.
That's about the size of it, collectively people expressing their indifference to the player but enjoyment of the tune have been fan-splained..
So have the last word, it seems pretty pointless trying to express an alternative opinion around you
Not liking the music is totally fine - I don’t particularly enjoy the posted video either - but when it comes with a value judgment such as ‘it’s noise’, ‘beginners can do this’ etc then it starts reflecting poorly on the poster.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.