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Originally Posted by mind_drummer  Matt, regarding you playing metal, maybe you could consider something else in rock like something funky from RHCP or something from Led Zep, The Police, The doors anything rock of your choice, I sure you could nail it down and we would see your awesome abilities and versatility. |
Thanks mind. I appreciate that. Yeah, I'm up for most anything and back in the 9th grade I played in a Zep cover band with Moby Dick and everything. I liked doing the Bonham stuff my way. Bands like what you mention call me all the time, but I'm usually hampered by my age, which isn't as much a problem in Europe.
But one of the problems you have with metal are all the guys who see it as this private club with all its social stuff, bias, paranoia etc...and I hate to say it, but some BS that goes with the persona that the real guys don't actually have. I roomed with Tim Yeung at a NAMM show last January, and he was the most down to earth guy you could ever meet. But some of his fans were pretty out there.
Now they've got all these different classifications as if to keep others out, even within their group. I would just as soon steer clear of that, respect the skills of the better guys, and let that be it.