Alright, alright, I give up.
I didn't mean to insult anyone in any manner, but it's just that I've spent years nurturing my hatred for the mainstream and I can't simply walk into a forum and shut up about it.
So, let me take off the Chicken Little outfit and say a couple of things without bitching:
Firstly, I'm sure people like Rozard will realize that I'm not much of a musicologist.
Secondly, I do not accept the notion of "great" as being the most popular or most likeable. Did anyone ever bother to think that most people here like anime, which as yet, is a fairly misunderstood and mostly disliked hobby in the mainstream? But there is more than one anime fan that thinks that anime is great.
However, thirdly, if I say "
Semi-quavers at 138 bpm, all picked, mostly continuous, written and delineated with an awkward time signature", and it doesn't mean shit to you - you're right, it shouldn't. Because, newsflash - as Rozard said,
Look, just because a song is in 11/32, is based on the Locrian mode of E, and throws minor seconds and tritones around everywhere does not automatically constitute greatness
Exactly. Computers are much better suited to writing complicated music than people, and we don't like computers.
Yet, #4 - on the other hand, you need a certain level of competence to produce great music.
If you're incompetent, you shouldn't be there. I will never accept the idea that a third-rate musician who doesn't really know shit about technique can create great music.
But, #5 - the most important thing -
if you're only competent, you also shouldn't be there. Because you need to have a good creative spirit and intention to innovate, create and express. There is more to music than rhythm and harmony.
So if you like the top 40, I'm not gonna stop ya. But don't tell me it's great music - puh-leeze. Great music is competent
and creative/expressive/innovative, qualities which I believe the mainstream is mostly devoid of.
So, just remember, I don't hate you!
