Why DragonForce Sucks

A lot of people like DragonForce because they sound awesome and godlike on their guitars. Too bad, they suck. All of DragonForce's songs sound the same. Their solos are mostly unmusical. The only bass contribution is a horribly out-of-place slap bombardment in "Body Breakdown". There aren't enough guitarists to pull off the songs live, they use Whammy Pedals instead of pinch harmonics, they always have a "whoa" section, they suck live, their drummer plays in double-time almost exclusively, they pride themselves on producing noise, not in a musical way like Hendrix. Their lyrics are homogeneous and devoid of real meaning, they can't stop wanking even in a slow song. They repeat riffs, always use the same tone, and are always in 4/4 except the intro to one of the songs on Inhuman Rampage. Their verses always contain single-note tremolo picking and their songs are formulaic. Sure, they sound perfect in the studio, but fail live.

Let's pit them against the best band ever, Dream Theater.

Dream Theater, on the other hand, has chops to spare and knows when not to use them. They are incredibly tasteful and groovy, and know how to compose long songs, concept albums, clever lyrics, and fast and slow passages. Every single member is incredible on their instrument. Oh, yeah, they aren't crap live. They're awesome. Their singer occasionally has difficulty, but their songs are miles from predictable. They know what they're doing and fans appreciate that. Instead of a Samus rip-off among Tetris blocks for cover art, Dream Theater's art is full of symbolism. http://dt.spatang.com/octavarium.phpThat's why Dream Thetear will endure and StudioForce will fade away into the annals of Tasteless Wankers history. Compare "Through Fire and Flames" with something like "Octavarium", "Take the Time", or "Dance of Eternity". Here's a dialogue:

Sam: "Hey Herman, do want to do 'Cry for Eternity' tonight?"

Herman: "Is that the one with the melodramatic intro, frantic verse, chorus-like prechorus, endless solos, 'Whoa' section, vague lyrics, and dramatic end?"

Sam: "I don't know, you just described about fifteen of our songs. I can only remember our solos from 'Fire and Flames', the song that made the world worship our scales. How about we just repeat the solos for the whole night?" Then there's Dream Theater.

Mike: "Hey Jordan, want to do Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence as a whole tonight?"

Jordan: "Sure, I practice for six hours a day to memorize our whole setlist so you can change it to provide a unique concert experience each tour stop."

Which do you think is better?

Pandora- The Best Online Radio Ever

OK, my first post in the all-new music blog.
Pandora is a free online radio that is tailor-fit to suit your musical preferences. Just enter any song or artist and a station will automatically created containing music that matches it. You can then customize the output by giving feedback to the songs, indicating your preference with a raised or lowered thumb. There are premade genre staions you can listen to, as well as stations created by other users. The variety of music is amazing. They have bands not present on Wikipedia, which is an uncommon experience for me. Although they continually add new songs toi the database, I was disappointed that the International House of Prayer artist Misty Edwards as well as the Christan progressive metal band Touriniquet didn't exist. I've discovered so many new bands on there, it's cool. They analyze each track for characteristics, i.e. time signature, solos, structure, arrangement etc. and find songs with simliar traits. This site is an interactive part of a larger project called the Music Genome Project, which attempts to find the reasoning behind musical taste. Although their music liscenses don't permit rewinding or selecting a particular song, it's possible to bookmark interesting songs and purchase them through iTunes. My profile is here. Some sweet bands I've discovered include: Citriniti, The Third Ending, Behold...the Arctopus, Kamelot, the Black Mages, Guapo, Fromuz, Circus Maximus, King's X, Arena, Racer X, Nightwish, Vanden Plas, Sonata Arctica, Enchant, Blind Guardian, Andromeda, Derek Sherinian, Pravda, Ebu Gogo. Many are obscure and you probably will dislike most of them. Some people rave about iTunes' new Genius thing...Pandora's far superior. Sorry, Apple geeks.
Yeah, so anyway, check it out, you'll be glad you did. That's all the time we have for today, folks.
Until next time, God bless!
-Will

Introduction

Hello, Internet community! My name is Will, and I like music. Hopefully you like music too. So let's talk about it!!
I'll write about a venue, album, artist, composer, song, instrument, or genre, and you'll give me feedback and suggest new topics. I'll try to update this more than once a week so it doesn't get stale and crusty with nobody paying attention anymore. I'll also attempt to give you an informed opinion, because nobody likes idiots. Hopefully a new post is coming soon. I don't have time at the moment. Thank you!!