Young kids and instruments

People have been asking me why I am so mean to children and insult their playing. Why? Because they are bad at their instruments and they’re advertised on YouTube, by their parents, as BEST KID DRUMMER EVER or something like that. I’m keeping it real.

People have also been asking me if I can do better than those kids. The answer is yes, I can.

Anyway, today I’m gonna post a video of a kid who’s actually good on drums, despite his age. I really think this kid has tremendous potential.

To my future victims: That’s how you play the drums. If you’re not as good as him, ask your parents not to film you.

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Young kids and instruments

This 11 year old decided to take a dump on pay tribute to Randy Rhoads’ legacy by covering his famous ‘Crazy Train’ solo. The result? Awful.

Is he doing tapping with his middle finger or is he flipping us off? This is sloppier than a $5 hooker’s blowjob. I’m sorry.

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This video is 3 years old though. Make the jump to see the same kid performing it again, in 2010.

Andy McKee can play the electric guitar

So right after my interview with Andy McKee, where I asked him about his electric guitar playing and if he’d take the rhythm or lead position in a metal band, he uploaded a video of him doing a Dream Theater solo.

Coincidence? Yeah, probably, but it’s still cool.

Not that it’s a surprise that he is also great on the electric. If anything, the acoustic is much harder to play as you don’t have effects to hide behind (you know what I mean, Kirk?), but it’s still a bit weird seeing him without his deformed penis harpguitar acoustic guitar.

I hope he posts a video of him playing Master Of Puppets. Wouldn’t that be something else?

By the way, Andy became a father Wednesday. Make sure you congratulate him.

P.S. = Who photoshopped the headstock out of that video? TRIPPY, YO!

Young kids and instruments

So this 10 year old kid decided to cover Chuck Berry on both guitar and vocals. The result? Another second degree murder.

He starts rather promising (for a kid) but then he starts ‘rocking out’ in a pretty awkward way. Then disaster strikes: he starts to sing.

God, kill me now. This is awful.

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Metal goes acoustic: Six is six too many

So welcome to the sixth edition of my ‘Metal goes acoustic.’ Keeping things serious, this time I’m posting a cover of an Amon Amarth track. Regular readers of Dose of Metal will know we absolutely love Amon Amarth here, so how does their music fare in an acoustic version?

The track in question is God of War Arise. The original is excellent, but I feel this is a perfect example to show that not all songs can work acoustically.  The person playing the cover does a fantastic job, and his playing is near flawless, however I can’t help feeling it just doesn’t work well on acoustic. Overall, Amon Amarth needs some distortion and power to their sound, and that’s what is lost in this cover. It’s a bit like having sex and never climaxing.