The most annoying/hated instrument
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Have a cookie for specifying Descant recorder (in the hands of a kid who has little interest in playing...) A really big cookie!!tomtom94 said:
Like people have said, beginners/people/kids who are forced to play an instrument they don't want to are usually pretty dire, but that's the player, not the instrument's fault. I love playing the recorder, especially treble and bass. But not as much as I love playing my 'cello, or Viola.
I'm still sticking with bagpipes as the worst instrument ever created - they're guaranteed to set my teeth on edge. In fact, a friend who's a professional musician has just bought a set of pipes to learn on, simply to annoy the hell out of the people he lives with/near. Glad I don't live anywhere near!!!
Personally, I'm not really that big a fan of the oboe. It just sounds like a really squeaky mosquito, and I have very little idea why so many concert pieces want to have a damn oboe solo. It can be played well, but I don't know why it's such a popular solo instrument as opposed to, say, the bassoon.
This is horribly off topic, but wait, is Varg actually referred to as Burzum when talking about his solo work? EDIT: This seemed unclear, I meant to ask, when referring to Burzum, does he call himself Burzum? As I hadn't heard that before, but then I don't know many who know much on the subject.Novs said:
OT: I don't like the sound of oboe, unless in the hands of somebody who actually knows how to play the damn thing. If the person playing does have some experience it's.... alright.
Autotune is a legitimate vocal effect, and both vocoder and softer autotune has been utilized in music for some time now. Yes, some people who have become popular while using autotune create uninspired and unoriginal pop, but that does not mean they are "talentless". If they weren't what's popular somebody would come along and do the same thing. People silly enough to become musicians like eating.
Autotune is a just another technique, albeit digital, and the artists themsevles are neither talentless nor responsible for the existence of dull pop. Dull pop is eternal.
I know it's not technically an instrument, but black metal vocals grate me. I'm fine(ish) with death metal vocals provided there's a mix of death metal vocals and singing (some deathcore bands do this well), but black metal vocals... eurgh. Can't take it. It's too 'RAWWR!!! ANGRYYYY!!! I AM SCARY.' for me.
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I want them to die.
Kanye West didn't even use Autotune until his forth LP (808s & Heartbreak), and he was using it for emotional effect rather than cleaning up mistakes, and he used it on MBDTF in the same fashion and used it so much on Runaway's outro that his voice is completely distorted. He's the only mainstream artist who actually uses it as instrument rather than a tool to make himself sound better.TestECull said:
You do realize that he was turned down by A LOT of labels, right? Kanye West worked his ass off and climbed his way to the top while going against the popular conventions of the genre he worked in at the time. He is accredited as being one of the artists who ushered in the rebirth of mainstream alternative hip-hop along with OutKast and Gorillaz. Even without the ego he would still be popular and acclaimed.elvor0 said:
I hate screaming in music when the vocalist is obviously holding back. The growls, shouts, and howls come out dry and flaccid, like a really bad actor trying to emote while being mindful of the people taking a nap. Screaming is supposed to represent anger, frustration, rage, and instability. When you hold back, it's unconvincing, dull, and emotionally hollow.
I had a classmate in high school who was actually pretty decent at recorder, it actually sounded pretty good. As far as just making it sound good, woodwind tends to be much less forgiving towards beginners than say a piano or a guitar (I should know, I'm one of said beginners). The recorder has a reputation of a "my first instrument", I imagine that's why it has a bad name.
As for instruments I hate, I can't really say. Everything can sound good if there's enough skill behind it, I'd like to say "Computers lol", but not even that is bad by principle. Does extensive wailing count? Because I really freaking hate that.
As for instruments I hate, I can't really say. Everything can sound good if there's enough skill behind it, I'd like to say "Computers lol", but not even that is bad by principle. Does extensive wailing count? Because I really freaking hate that.
No, I dont like it because I dont like the sound it produces and I see it as cheating. It is possible to have your own opinions because you happen not to like something personally you know, I hate it when people say that others are just trying to be edgy because they don't like something, when in fact I don't like it because I dont like it. To me it sounds lifeless and robs the singer of emotion, because it's digitized and robotic, and that's why I dont like it.Novs said:
By your logic anyone that decides they dont like something is a sheep because there are a large amount of people dislike. I assume by that logic anyone that likes something is a sheep also because there will be a large collective that like it, therefore everyone is a sheep because you are never the only one that has a certain view on something. In fact I could say you were trying to be edgy and a sheep because you yourself said you dont like a lot of mainstream stuff, and I'm pretty sure you would contest it as I am. I decide whether or not I like something based on my own personal views and nothing else.
I'm quite happy to respect, accept or judge mainstream (or anything) albums objectivly, even if I don't like them to listen to, I'll gladly say "Yes this has musical technicality or decency or whatever", ie Gorillas, Eminem, Cyprus Hill, I would never listen to them out of choice, but I respect them musically.
Oh I wasn't saying it as if he was a constructed persona put out by a record company (ala boy bands or the like), I know he did it himself, and I don't hold the whole being egotistical thing against him, I mean sure he can be a bit of a dick, but so is Axl Rose(actually he's a massive ****, but I digress) it is a very good method of helping yourself become famous: Cause Controversy and people will check you out, then see what music you play and bam! Fame.Small Waves said:
God knows if I had the chance, I would adpot the pre-madonna, trash talking, drunken rock star personality in a flash. I have nothing against him personally, I just find it difficult to respect singers who prop themselves up with autotune, fair enough if he used it for certain sections (ie electronic voice at the start of Black Sabbaths Iron Man), or if it serves a purpose for the music, but using it all the time just irks me.
And I wholy agree with you about sissy screamers.
