Recent content by Brelic

Thanks guys. It was such a fun experience. I've released CDs in the past but none of them felt as good as this one. Too many egos in the past. This one started with a clear vision and a set of rules since our influences are so diverse. Up to the pre production stage everything was on track...

My band The Drama Tree just released an EP today on iTunes and thought I'd share it with you guys. It took us a year from start to finish and we're really happy with how it turned out. Cheers!

Yet here we are, continuing the debate.

To the OP - I'm a fan of anagrams, so... Led Zeppelin: Deep Zen Pill Jimi Hendrix: Mired Hijinx Jinx Her Midi Stevie Ray Vaughan: Average Aunty Shiv Ravage Heavy Units Vagina Heat Survey Vagina Hate Survey Aha Vintage Survey Vinegary Suave Hat A Savage Ivy Hunter Anyway, you get the idea...

1. It could have two different meanings: a. There are universal categories of 'good' music that hold true over time, across geography, and across all ethnicities. This is no different than the belief in a universal god, for example. These categories are external to human experience - in...

Ok, but I think this is something other than the original crux of the discussion (and I'm not picking on you, it just happened to be the last message I read ;) ) There's an important difference between music someone would say they "like" and music someone would classify as "good". I know that...

I haven't read the entire thread, but I do see an awful lot of defensive reactions and retaliatory comments against Mustaine. If I evaluate only the comment he said, he's not wrong. Bass is an easy instrument to play. Among the stringed instruments, it's probably one of the easiest (and here...

Art is a form of communication, so I would argue that it is not useless. In Hegel's Philosophy of History, he argues that the course of human history is in fact objective in that there is a teleological endpoint. Our individual subjective experiences are insignificant because they are...

Haha! 1. To be fair, this was at a beerfest, and debates tend to escalate into badgery after a while! 2. Interesting that religions claim to know objective truths.

So it seems like most of you have the view that 'good' music is subjective. Let me see if I can blur the lines. Consider Mozart's Requiem. Do you think there is any real basis for arguing that it is a 'bad' piece of music? In other words, could we say that someone who judges that piece of...

Ok, so let's look at 'good musicianship'... isn't that the same subjectivity applied to playing the actual instrument? Does John Petrucci exhibit 'good musicianship'? I would say yes. Countless others would probably say no. Is John Petrucci technically competent at guitar? I think that...

But isn't 'quality' also something that is subjective? It only becomes objective once you have defined and agreed upon the content of 'high quality' music.

I was out with some friends the other night, and we stumbled upon a very interesting discussion. I won’t rehash our entire debate right now because I’d rather hear what some of you think on this topic. Basically, one friend was arguing – quite vehemently – that ‘good’ music is objective. There...

Haha, whoa! I'm in the same boat, brotha! Didn't look at the date at all! I'll go sit in the corner in shame.

It sounds like your original band is a casual one that would not be playing/practicing that much. If you can swing it, there's nothing wrong with being in two bands. You get to keep your casual band of friends in a band that may have very different goals and expectations than this new one you...