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Cryxan	Date: November 21, 2003 @ 5:16 PM When people try to rhyme words with "love." There ain't that many that will work, and they all sound cliché. ...and other cheap rhymes. People who think that anything performed by an orchestra is automatically hundreds of years old and is free for sampling. Yours?
Izekial	Date: November 21, 2003 @ 7:36 PM Drummers I meet who say, "I've been banging on things ever since I was a toddler. There was no question as to what instrument I was going to play. I've been playing since I was 2!" News flash: EVERYBODY used to bang on stuff when they were a kid. That doesn't mean you have some kind of inherent skill with percussion. Any drummer who tells you that will most likely stutter with their fills or chop too much during the beats. Trust me. I've met quite a few. Now, if a drummer says, "I play drums because every single musician I knew hated drums, or they played another instrument. I ended up playing for a bunch of different bands, sometimes practicing for 8 hours a day. They totally used me as a place to rehearse, too." Now that's a good drummer.
milladrive	Date: November 21, 2003 @ 8:38 PM One of my biggest musical pet peeves is when people boldy state, "That sucks," or sumpm to that effect, as if it's fact. Not only do I believe there's no such thing as "bad music," but I definitely don't believe sumpm like that can be factual. Opinionating our words can make all the difference in the world, imho.
sinai	Date: November 21, 2003 @ 9:10 PM female singers that use the word "baybeeeeee!" to end every line god i hate that
Veracohr	Date: November 21, 2003 @ 9:10 PM There's this entirely too played-out thing done just before a break in lots of generic trance songs. Hell, even non-generic ones, even really good trance songs have it, but about 80% of all trance songs have it. In the second-to-last measure before a break, there's a crash cymbal on the 1 and 3 counts, and in the last measure before the break the crash plays on all four counts. You'd recognize it if you heard it. It's not necessarily that bad of a thing in and of itself. If it were confined to a few songs it would be fine, even cool, but as it is it makes me cringe, and sometimes comes close to ruining a good song.
KevBrock	Date: November 21, 2003 @ 9:48 PM My biggest pet peeves in music: -Profanity (I don't understand why so many musicians swear in their music? I don't mind the words "ass" or "damn", those are ok and cool, but saying the word "Fuck" or "motherfucker" in every 2 words gets annoying as hell. This is why I hate rap music. I dislike bands/artist who use way too much profanity in their songs. Profanity does not make a good song. You don't need to swear to write a good song. When musicians swear, they do it because they want attention and trying to sound cool) -Good bands who write overrated songs (Let me be clear on this, I hate this. This is the biggest pet peeve. I don't know why it bothers me but it does. Bands like the Rollingstones "Satisfaction", David Bowie "Changes", Van Halen "Jump", etc. Stuff like that.) -Bands/artist who use gimmicks and costumes (I hate bands like Kiss or Gwar or any metal or rock freak act who wear costumes and wear makeup on stage. It all seems like a damn circus to me.) -Bands/artist who announce "retirement", and then they return for another tour and announce "retirement" again, and years later, return for a nother tour, the same cyle over again.... (Kiss, Rollingstones, The Who, Black Sabbath, Fleetwood Mac, Barbara Streisand, etc. Those artists/bands who made repeated "farewell" tours and then they keep coming back. It doesn't make any sense to me when artists do this. If you're going to quit, then quit. Please) That's all I can think of.
Veracohr	Date: November 21, 2003 @ 9:57 PM Sometimes swearing is needed, though. True, many swear needlessly, but swearing is the best way of conveying strong emotion. I could not imagine Sepultura without the word "fuck".
Bill43	Date: November 21, 2003 @ 11:02 PM Let me preface this with... I know I'm not the best"... but what really "creams my cheese" is when someone who is just starting out asks for an honest opinion... You give them one and even tell them why and how to try to fix a few things... They end up getting all pissy about it. As if I were attacking them on a personal level. Sheesh... grow up!
mracky	Date: November 22, 2003 @ 12:18 AM strictly musical. i hate it when a dominant seventh doesn't resolve... sheesh, call me a romantic! otherwise, bring back the fundamental structures of hammony. the swearing thing is TOTALLY SUPERFLUOUS. (I dont't yell often. this is the first). 1) it is weak. a better word or expression would have been better. 2) it distracts from the real meaning because it is an easily accessible buzz-word. relax. Generally, profanities subsist and the art is revealed. If one persists in using swearing to emphasize their points, they are always taking the easy route. Words are capable of a lot more.
woodhead	Date: November 22, 2003 @ 12:29 AM Musical Pet Peeves... hmmm well I hate when artist, bands, and others get into comp with each other. "my bands better than your band" "I sing better than you" etc.... we are all trying to do the same thing and write tunes ppl will like or hopefully will love and inspire. So get over the "I am better than" crap, this I hate and this is my biggest pet peeve.
Megg1020	Date: November 22, 2003 @ 4:04 AM -Bands/artist who announce "retirement", and then they return for another tour and announce "retirement" again, and years later, return for a nother tour, the same cyle over again.... (Kiss, Rollingstones, The Who, Black Sabbath, Fleetwood Mac, Barbara Streisand, etc. Those artists/bands who made repeated "farewell" tours and then they keep coming back. It doesn't make any sense to me when artists do this. If you're going to quit, then quit. Please) Why wasnt the comeback queen on there? CHER!
victorsskull	Date: November 22, 2003 @ 8:27 AM drums
jessemills	Date: November 24, 2003 @ 11:40 PM fake ass synthesizers. these ruined alot of perfectly good 80s music. midi. plastic beats. music that's all about your lifestyle, your clothes, your car. pointless guitar solos. blandness. John Mayer. people who only listen to current music or top 40 shit. there are broke-ass indie rock cats out there who are making music that blows away anything on the radio. but because they want their independence and creative freedom, mainstream society rarely gets to hear what they have to offer. people's complete lack of artistic curiosity, when no one is searching for things left of the norm, that pisses me off.
jenspen33	Date: November 27, 2003 @ 12:19 AM Hey, most of my music is initally MIDI-based. But it's mainly because the only instrument I play with any skill (and confidence) is a keyboard. And I can create GREAT drum tracks, but set a drum-kit in front of me, and you get a cross between "Animal" and Forrest Gump. I don't see any problem with "synthetic" music as long as there is talent behind it. A good example of this (in my opinion) is "No Doubt's" recent music. Great stuff, but highly synthetic. But there is progression and intrigue. I can't argue with that. So maybe more music SHOULD be built with "real" instruments, but if one can make a good song without it, is it then truly necessary? I does with what I gots, and I does alright. So... MY MUSICAL PET PEEVE?? TOO MUCH REPETITION. An overused chord progression is OK if it isn't THE ONLY PROGRESSION USED! And I can even bear repetition IF there is a good vocal melody to carry it out... but that is rare these days, mostly. OH - and I like Pop, but J-Lo is WAY overrated. She's a decent actress, but in the world of music, she is nothing more than one big commercial production. My coworker and I had an argument about this today. In the end, we agreed to disagree. ~Jen (my opinions)
Acumen	Date: November 27, 2003 @ 12:36 AM rappers whose subject matter is shootin', killin', and any glorification of violence... and then end it off by saying "PEACE"! i really don't mind any subject matter... but the ending statement... very contradictionary as far as i see it.
Apertome	Date: November 27, 2003 @ 12:55 AM Any drum track with too much stress on the beats, you get that 1-2-3-4 thing going and it just kills the whole thing. Also, songs that are gratuitously political drive me nuts. Even if the political ideas are good, if it doesn't add anything to the music, it sucks. But usually the ideas are the same regurgitated crap that people with similar beliefs have been saying for years.
GeneHilbert	Date: November 27, 2003 @ 1:36 AM Hear Hear...... I have to agree with a lot of the above. Whiners... god I hate that....... I love the blues but there is a distinct difference in a good man/woman feelin' blue and voicing that in song as apposed to whining, crying & pissing-n-moaning about bullshit. Spammer’s - I know we all as independent artist need exposure.... but if you want me to check out your tunes so badly then I expect to see the same enthusiastic approach to listening to mine..... My time is just as valuable as yours.
johnnygnote	Date: November 27, 2003 @ 5:01 AM Drummers who hit the snare the same volume (loud) no matter if it's a quiet song or not People who say they can't carry a tune, DYlan can't sing worth a sh** and he still made it big. Musicians who ask you to turn something up inthere monitor and before you ahve a chance to do it they say "That's Good" DUHHH.
ABG	Date: November 27, 2003 @ 5:16 AM lol johnnygnote, I used to run sound for a theatre a while back and whenever we had musicians over and they wanted changes in their monitor, i would change nothing and then ask "is that better?" at least 50% of the time they would say "yeah, thanks!" my pet peeves? hmm... People who say trance music is repetitive, insisting that that is a bad thing, when in reality its the repetitive nature of trance that defines it, and makes it so powerful to those who love it. the genre repeats grooves and melodies over to induce a trance-like effect in the listener, hence the name, and if you get into the mode then it can be really cool, almost spiritual. This general public understanding that "any music with synths is techno by default". AUUUGH! and pretty much everything else everyone has mentioned here too
pog	Date: November 27, 2003 @ 10:28 AM say... this could be an idea hor a hit song summick like... Envisioning a Love, That fits like a glove Been bashin' away since I was a child, Baybeee The shows nearing an end, makups running again Next year I may retire Baybeee (cue crash cymbals on beats 1 and 3, to bring it into a pointless guitar solo) so fuck shit fuck to you cos my band is the best and if you don't believe me.. you'll get shot up like the rest Peace... Baybeee
GeneHilbert	Date: November 27, 2003 @ 11:22 AM pog.......... it's a hit.........Baybeee
TameasDust	Date: November 27, 2003 @ 11:28 AM OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooo
Jesuszilla	Date: November 27, 2003 @ 11:57 AM The only thing that really bothers me is cheese. Songs that have unhealthy levels of cheese really get my goat, so to speak. Cheesey songs are the worst kind of songs in the world. A little cheese may be good for you, but if you have too much cheese you will explode in a shower of cheese. You are what you listen to, you see. "I like flowers" strum strum strum, twang "They are my bestest friend" stumity strum b-doing "Why am I such a loser and lover of cheese?" Strum p-toink str-strum "Cliche after cliche, cheese cheese cheesy mcmuffin cheeselord" Strum strum cry-cry-cry.
Thaspian	Date: November 27, 2003 @ 12:41 PM Illiterate rappers. Eminem has a story. He put a lot of work into making a sociopathic schizophrenic homophobic profile for himself, which was... just fun. The rest.. is just shoot this, stab that, gangsta this, gangsta that, weed this, weed that. It's BORING. They deserve to be delivering my pizza, not making millions. Of course, tons are retarded enough to like most of it Of course, the thaspian said, looking at milla, that's just my OPINION.
jenspen33	Date: November 27, 2003 @ 2:21 PM Jesuszilla.. I have a song called "Here's Your Cheese" and it might include an unhealthy dose of that particular dairy product. ~Jen
GeneHilbert	Date: November 27, 2003 @ 3:00 PM "Fromunda"
invocati	Date: November 27, 2003 @ 11:08 PM Unoriginality.
sinai	Date: November 27, 2003 @ 11:31 PM BAAAAAAYYYYYYYBBBBBBEEEEEEEEE!
Arthen	Date: November 28, 2003 @ 12:52 AM i personally don't like those who make a 'living' out of almost entirely remixing or reprising other pple's music. And I don't like reviewers. You know, those at those radio stations or magazines. They're just like the rest of us, they're only getting paid to voice their opinions which are just as subjective like everyone else's. I seriously don't like the idea since i listen to alot of music (wow, it takes so much talent to do that), i can make a big career hu-ha out of it. A new band, musician arrives. And it stinks to know that a reviewer actually plays so much importance in the marketing area of the musician, simply by putting some number like "6 out of 10 stars" at the bottom of one fucking paragraph of 'my opinion'.
azhazhellfire	Date: November 28, 2003 @ 5:00 AM i really don't like goat milk.

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