doggyd69b
Platinum Member
I can see where some of those folks come from, when I watch Meytal Cohen play, I see about 6 camera angles which tells me that there is a lot of editing done in order to correct any mistakes, in other words she does the videos in multiple takes until every part of the song is played perfect then stitches all up to do a perfect playthrough (which by definition it is definitely NOT a playthrough since a playthrough would mean one take). then she goes into a DAW in order to correct any hits out of time and sound even more perfect. By that reasoning anybody can make a perfectly played video of any song ever. But regardless off all the cheating involved, she still had to learn the parts and be able to execute them in a way that matched the original recording and looked credible on video so there is some talent involved. Now about the triggers.... again us that have used triggers since the 80's understand that they don't make you play better or faster, and yes with VSTs you can have great sounding drums but you still have to be able to play them correctly. you can have the best sounding drums recorded in the best studio but if you can't play it is still going to sound bad, and it may sound even worse due to the amount of clarity that some of those tools provide.Absolutely. The kid is playing heel/toe. Its definitely not cheating. And absolutely NO ONE can play that with one pedal. Not even Jojo.
The kid is also using a 10" snare. It has better rebound and far more attack available for clarity during blast beats. I suppose that is cheating also, even though one can clearly see full strokes and fantastic technique.
I'm so sick of people who cant play nor understand this music making assumptions about it and the folks who make it.