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Originally Posted by Church Drummer  Givemethebeat, I guess we'll have to agree to dissagree, I just think telling someone they suck falls outside the realm of constructive criticism (especially when dealing with a beginner or young person). |
As an underage drummer, I have absolutely no problem being decked by an older musician with superior skills. It's part of the growing up process.
However, on drum forums the older people who enjoy the decking
most are almost always frustrated and embittered imposters, yearning to be something they never were...and who for some bizarre reason can't understand that their anal retentive attitude is why they are involuntary literalists at the expense of a creativity they are ill equipped to understand.
You have one of those people here on this forum. It doesn't take a lot to discern who?
They most often engage in the following behaviors.
1. Nitpick everything from stick sizes to ghost notes they will themselves to hear.
2. Become all knowing gear/tech gurus. It's a safe world because the cymbals don't talk back.
3. Engage in
back in my day dialogue, which upon further investigation turns out to be someone else's
back in the day.
4. Invokes the word
musicality as a way of artificially implanting IQ points on a drum forum, when he/she rarely understands this word's meaning...or that most times they are actually describing the word
musicianship.
Mainly, younger drummers who are sort of getting out there are exposed to far more information than older drummers ever were, and with respect to those who make these points, quite often these implanters of wisdom are unaware of this. With that said, young drummers are still VERY MUCH in search of and are appreciative of the wisdom that comes from our older musicians. The only difference between my generation and yours is that our BS meter is far more pronounced. Besides with forums being as they are (a vast playground for anonymous pretenders) this is a very necessary behavior for people like me.