COOP3RDRUMM3R
Junior Member
People here do respect you and your right to do what you do. However, you must also respect people's right to criticize what you do, and I dare say that whether the opinions are favourable to you or not, you are getting a much higher quality of criticism and discussion here than you would encounter on YouTube most of the time.
EDIT: As an adjunct to this, I'm just checking out some of your more recent videos and I have to say, credit where it's due, this one features some really excellent playing that you should be proud of.
And yet then there's this where I disagree profoundly with your interpretation. Where did the restraint and musicality go?
Hey, (Ben Maybe?)
I know I probably should have just let it go awhile ago, but it's not the criticism that bugs me. People deal with that all the time and I enjoy getting it because it drives me to want to get better and to prove people wrong.
BUT It's the apparent wish of certain people in this forum to maliciously attack my attitude (or others attitudes) that bugs me. The way they will sit out for 15 responses until they see something that I say (or perhaps that someone uses the incorrect word like endorsee, or someone decides to stick up for an opinion they have like Emma did) and then they jump in to attack and point out everything incorrect in what they said, but then I, or they reply with something logical that they have no attack for and so they just sit back and wait for something else to attack. I can't be the only one to notice this? Or is that just how the forum goes, people don't respond back and forth to each other, its only two ways when they feel they can chime in and sound "right" or "more knowledgeable?"
I'm not looking for a retraction, it'd just be nice to see that although we obviously will disagree on some things, that people understand that we may have different ways of going about it, but we all have the same general goal of getting better, getting opportunity and having a career in music. I don't know if you've read this whole thread or not, but it has seemed to be the general goal to prove that that's not my intention and I'm really thrown off as to why that is? lol
And anyway, I appreciate you checking out the videos, and I appreciate the kind words about my live playing. That is what I'm most proud of, and it's what the people on this thread have been attempting to prove... that I can't play live with other musicians just because I make YouTube videos.
and yes, the restraint and musicality changes when there isn't a need for it. In one situation I am playing live with musicians and need to fit the ensemble and provide drumming that works with the band and engages the audience.
In the other situation, I literally can do whatever I want and it's just me goofing off at home, having fun, messing around with the song. When I sit down to do a song with playing as iconic as Brad's, I'm not trying to make it better by changing it because there's nothing better than the original and it would be pointless to play it exactly the same as Brad did, because he already did it and people can just listen to the original track, so instead I just have fun messing around with a track that I love and people enjoy watching it (not those that are looking for the restraint and musicality, but those who enjoy the song and enjoy watching me jam out and have a blast playing).
I hope that helps clear that up.
Cooper