Just answer me this Pacman, do you ever read my posts entirely or do you just get the general "feel" of them and go from there?
Onlyclave has insulted me time after time and insinuated on multiple occasions that since I am from Sydney I must only be on par with X Y and Z arbitrary band he throws in to the mix. Is it really any wonder that he gets the response he gets when he says "But don't feel bad dude, there is always room for "Drum-Secrets-By-Mutedeity.com" where you can teach comprehensive chart writing and reading and reveal your new drum kit formula."? Furthermore do you think that he is being respectful in saying that? You guys on here should realise that respect goes both ways, you don't get my respect by telling me I am wrong because all the rest of you are going to band together and support each other.
Am I wrong to tell the OP that my advice to learn to write drum notation is as correct as giving someone a lead sheet sheet or deferring to the drummer? I am not, and in saying that I should be given the same respect for having that opinion as the person who says that you could give the drummer a lead sheet or defer to them. On the other hand I'm not telling anyone not to bother or justifying not doing anything with the claim that most people do and don't do this or that and thinking it's a validation to undermine anyone else.
Bruce Lindfield openly said "if you are in doubt who is wrong or right" which to me goes to me being wrong, and therefore having my opinion invalidated. Hardly a sign of respect. Is his calling me "self obsessed" respectful? On the other hand I had the courtesy to say, "I disagree" when countering what docbop said. I didn't invalidate his point of view, in fact I agree with it as an alternative. What I disagreed with was his assertion that learning to write score was a waste of time when you can just get someone else to do it, or that the drummer knows best.
The thing I think is incredible is that you think this particular argument that one way is right and the other way is wrong is going to help anyone. Both ways are valid, but my way gives the "composer" more say in what gets played and has a choice in how much discretion they give to the drummer. The other way, or the "don't bother" approach just means the "composer" has to live with the results by choice or otherwise.
