Again, I feel like I should apologize for bringing this up. This thread has gone on for four pages and I didn't mean to start a mean-spirited "lets all hate Meytal" thread.
I was just looking forward to seeing her actually play. Like many of you, I'd like to be sure. If she did like many of us and get one camera, throw it up in a corner somewhere and post some jamming videos of her by herself with no post-production, that would answer some questions.
I mean heck, when I see Bernard Purdie just sit down on a kit and start grooving, I figure that's a bar that everyone should be able to do if you're gonna call yourself a drummer. I'm trying to not equate Meytal to a manufactured act like the Monkees or The Archies, you know?
Now I remember when everyone was ripping on Hannah Ford and then she landed her gig with Prince and now we've all kinda' stopped talking about her (as if she's proved herself). But I've seen random Hannah Ford videos where she just plays something and goes somewhere with it, and she says she studied with famed Pat Metheny drummer, Paul Wertico and went to college, so there's some legitimacy there.
And I didn't mean for this to be sexist, it started out because I said she was pretty and I don't notice her playing (very tongue-in-cheek). But I would be just as suspicious of men doing the same thing. I could be starting another bad mouthing session (I'm not, honest), but I'd really like to see George Kollias groove some really slow James Brown on a four-piece without triggers too.
So as far as Ms. Cohen goes, getting a career off the ground is no easy feat and using all the tools available to you is not a crime if you have access. I would just like to see her do some inspired playing. Doing note-for-note drum covers doesn't seem inspiring to me - music is art. It's that feeling of looking at a blank sheet of paper and creating something on it that's all yours. Drum covers have done the thinking part for you. Let's take that away.
I promise, if we all did that, I'll do it too.