EPTOn July 01 2011 06:37 Ravencruiser wrote:
Not nearly as much classical musicians I can assure you that
We laugh at the metal kids and dismiss their music as garbage just like most other genres, and moreover we also laugh at their completely unfounded elitism.
You have to be elite to be elitist, and metal artists? Elite? Lol, in comparison to Lady Gaga perhaps.
An analogy/generalization would be that all the 12 year olds listen to Justin Bieber thinking they're the shit, while the metal community are 30 year olds listening to the likes of Metallica thinking their music is the shit and Justin Bieber is completely garbage. Well, the classical community would be 120 year olds, looking down at all the other genres with elitist batons and tuxedos.
The above is not my opinion (I listen to older stuff like slipknot and other genres), but is pretty true among most of my friends majoring/minoring in music. Still the undeniable fact remains that in terms of pure skill/training required to produce the sounds necessary to be deemed good music (in their respect audiences), it is classical music > blue/jazz > metal > rock > garbage music (rap/pop/RnB/etc., rock is where the classical musician in me draws the line).
Not nearly as much classical musicians I can assure you that
We laugh at the metal kids and dismiss their music as garbage just like most other genres, and moreover we also laugh at their completely unfounded elitism.
You have to be elite to be elitist, and metal artists? Elite? Lol, in comparison to Lady Gaga perhaps.
An analogy/generalization would be that all the 12 year olds listen to Justin Bieber thinking they're the shit, while the metal community are 30 year olds listening to the likes of Metallica thinking their music is the shit and Justin Bieber is completely garbage. Well, the classical community would be 120 year olds, looking down at all the other genres with elitist batons and tuxedos.
The above is not my opinion (I listen to older stuff like slipknot and other genres), but is pretty true among most of my friends majoring/minoring in music. Still the undeniable fact remains that in terms of pure skill/training required to produce the sounds necessary to be deemed good music (in their respect audiences), it is classical music > blue/jazz > metal > rock > garbage music (rap/pop/RnB/etc., rock is where the classical musician in me draws the line).
First off, you're right. No community is more elitist than that of classical music on the internet.
That said, you really don't seem to know anything about the metal elitists you're dismissing. We believe Slipknot is not metal, and Metallica has sucked since 1990. Metal elitists respect classical and jazz music while spurning everything else. If a metal band becomes popular or sells records, it's because they've sold out and are no longer making good music. Metal elitists are hipsters with Viking beards.
Signed,
A self-loathing metal elitist.
