we auditioned someone last night who likes Symphony X.

OK, OK it's not as band as someone liking Limp Bizkit or Evanesce but good god, I'm seeing a bleak landscape of guitarists out there--

fuckit. Venom were a three piece...

theres nothing wrong w/ symphony x...i don't reAlly listen to Any of their shit, but i APpreciaTe whAT i haVe heaRd

I was just frustrated because it didn't translate very well. Oh well, there's no accounting for taste

i stayed for a few symph x songs, thought they were kind of gay, but the guitar player looked like he knew what he was doing.

that band sucks and so does that school of pretentious holier than thou faggots....fuck them all! i hear your pain man i have been looking for a guitarist for like 4 months

what do you guys sound like?

it does kind of suck that most of the metalheads there listen to prog. they're not that pretentious though. there are kids who like brutal music, they're just vastly outnumbered by the dream theater dorks.

us? we are neo classical death doom with me screaming, female vocals,pianos and violins! wanna try out?

Symphony X is amazing. EVERY member of that band is beyond talented. and their music rules. definitely one of the best bands i have ever seen. period

really? if you like them ill try them again, for the most part ive like 90% of the bands you liked. ill give them another shot? \m/ by the way why havent we drank beers together yet? you seem pretty fucking cool! maybe if i see you at out show ill buy you a beer

He's only seventeeeeeeeen.

Haha, stupid Winger.

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dyingmuse said:

no dan i know what you guys sound like. i dunno, i dont have a car and you guys are up in nh. if i had a way to get up there than maybe.
im going to go to the string department on monday and see if i can try and find you guys a violinist.

i was actually talking about the other band. ive been thinking about doing another metal band, just cause i like to be playing more music, playing something different.

I drove by berklee last night.
and knew a bunch of kids that walked by my car.

Steve Vai went to Berklee




and it's where he met his wife Pia
heh

i love prog [insert sad face here]

erm, i guess nobody noticed but ill try out for your band, if you can deal with me not having a car. we can at least chit chat about it.

this is actually the reverend (on his mac)
I hear all the berklee kids use macs...

and again... testing...

this is actually the reverend (on his mac)
and the final test....

well duh, how do you think i got this computer? they're required of all the freshman this year for music production and synth. dork.

i sense a change coming soon

HEY YOU FIXED IT!! good for you, even though im the only person who uses a mac on this board.

I do when I'm at school.

this is actually the reverend (on his mac)
when I said you would be the last...
i lied.

the rev on a mac
almost...

tnkgrl said:


you mean when you said it would be your last test you lied


hahaha

does it still work?
try it now.

it was working. oh by the by, aganihm cant do it december 8th, its smack dab in the middle of mid terms. can we do it early january?

good that it works... but...
What the fuck is it with Berklee Prog Metal guys?

and yes it still works.

the_reverend said:

what do you mean?

I don't know..
don't you go to berklee?

The Reverend is a giant liar. He should be attacked by mutant sewer-people at every show.

yeah. well they're everywhere, if thats what you're asking. i guess death metal doesnt use enough theory or something? everyone at that school is redonkulous at playing their instruments, and i guess decapitated just isnt technical enough for them? either that or they just like prog better? i dont know, they really are everywhere though. there's this kid in my guitar skills class, and i was like "hey, you listen to metal right? what stuff do you listen to?" and hes like "you know, shred, satriani, joe stump, vai, dream theater" EVERYONE LISTENS TO DREAM THEATER THERE! but i did meet will from crestfallen there cause he noticed my converge pin and we starting talking about how annoying prog is. i dont really hate prog, i just dont like it really, and now im just annoyed with it because it everywhere every day of the week.

there should be new requirements for any guitar class at berklee. "You must listen to Satriani, Stump, Vai, and Dream Theater to take this class... ONLY those people" because thats about all most of the students listen to there. if its not that... its jazz.

um they actually do have that class. its called Heavy metal lab and its taught by joe stump.

Joe Stump shreds

yeah, he definetly does. he's my private instructor next semester...hopefully. and im definetly taking that class next year, i just have to take another class before it which im doing next semester.

my friend goes to berklee...he's into everything musically...but he mostly listens to punk and stuff, its like he's outta place there

I think a lot of Berklee guitarist just want to play leads all day and show off to everyone. They seem to have no interest in rhythm guitar and just want to wank like all the wankers they worship. Of course this isn't everyone there, but it's definitely the stereotype and it sounds like plenty of them justify it. One of the reasons I never really taught myself how to play leads is because of kids with that attitude. Sometimes I want to scream at guitarists "for the sake of the song, man! for the sake of the song!!!" [/complaining rant]

DeOdiumMortis said:

i agree. i never learned solos cause i dont care enough, the only people who think solo's sound good are guitarists. its like listening to someone jerk off or something. but it is a jazz school, so we do alot of improv. we have to learn how to comp also. but soloing is a big part of it, which i am terrible at. solos in jazz are cool, cause the entire song is a fucking solo which is awesome, but with metal its kind of annoying. they have to be done really well for me to enjoy it.
really the only thing that we're learning at that school is to just know how to sight read music really well, so we can just look at a lead sheet and play it, which leads to money if you know your shit. none of the teachers make you like jazz, nobody makes you listen to prog metal, nobody looks down on you for being a metal head. we're all just doing the same tedious shit, playing major scales and 7th chords. its seems like everybody hates berklee for being pretentious, but its really not berklee thats like that, just the stupid kids there. i bet any guitarist here could have gotten into that school if they wanted, cause its not really that hard to get into. i had a 1.2 gpa in high school.
so in conclusion, dont blame berklee for stupid guitar players who think their dicks are huge just cause they go to music school. they were assholes before, believe me i know, i was in a band with a prog geek before he went to berklee.

Yeah, I don't think Berklee itself has any sort of attitude, it's definitely just something some of the kids pick up somewhere. Hell, I wanted to go there for the Music Production program before I saw the school I'm at now, and because of the Berklee stereotype my ex thought I was developing a huge ego because I wanted to go there and was excited about the idea. Which just goes to show you: lots of Berklee kids and girls are cunts. ...I hate everything.

what the hell, i thought i was asleep by 2. i must have been really drunk last night...explains why i slept through ear training today.

George said:

i use a mac

buncha douchebaggery in this thread

I like prog metal. It sort of was the first kind of metal I liked. *shrug* I only went to Berklee for a week though.

buncha FGT's

What the fuck is this "music" I keep hearing so much about on this board

they're the worst... ever. i'd rather be stuck in an elevator with a mime that wont break character than be in a band for one minute with one of those turdburgers.

I'm pretty sure this is the hardest I've laughed at anything posted on this board this year.

That made me remember that I did get stuck in an elevator with a bunch of Berklee guitarists during my week there. It wasn't bad though. I think they were mostly blues players.

This thread needs more progmetaldrummer.

the majority of Berklee students definte "Metal" as Dreamtheatre and Killswitch Engage. I couldnt decide what i wanted to do more while i was at berklee, kill myself or everyone around me. John Petrucci sucks, no need to have his signature strat just like the 8 other fags in your guitar lab, no one gives a shit about Mike Portnoy, you can stop juggling his perverbial nuts.

on frog metal guys are real.

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