Zhikaaku

As a musician, I have, what we'll call, opinions on music and such.



One of the reasons why I've never learned to play the flute was because I didn't want to be called a flautist.
The bassoon is, quite frankly, the best instrument. Ever.
Percussion is perhaps the most important instrument in an orchestra. Percussion players, on the other hand, tend to be the opposite.
I want to play the euphonium mainly because I feel bad for people who already do.
'Classical music' does not mean the same thing as 'orchestral music.' Just because an orchestra is playing the piece does not make it classical.
Michael Angelo Batio may be an extremely fast guitar player, but I think he's rotten. Speed doesn't denote a good musician.
I can't listen to a harpsichord for longer than about 3 minutes. After that point, I begin foaming at the mouth and falling over backwards.
There is no such thing as "true metal." Shut up.
I don't see the point in having anything over an 8-string guitar. Unless you want to audition for Meshuggah.
Dynamics. Use them. That's all I'm going to say on this one.
Late Romantic/Modern composers are my favorite. I feel that Baroque and Classical were too rigid and lacking in emotion.
Jazz doesn't have to be swung all the time. Calm down, drummers.
If you're a drummer and you're playing be-bop...I'm sorry.
If you write an orchestral piece in the key of concert A to F# you deserve to die.
How do you know a trumpet player is really good? They'll tell you. Huehuehuehuehue
Despite the fact that they are very similar instruments and that they play virtually the same part, the English Horn is better than the oboe.
French Horn players are weird.
No, seriously, they are.
And they hate it when you call it a "French Horn."
I find it very difficult to write songs uniformly in 4/4 these days.
Staying true to something I said earlier, the bassoon solo opening Rite of Spring makes me cream myself every time.
Conlon Nancarrow can die. If he hasn't already. No one should have to play in the time signatures that he's written. That's cruel and unusual punishment.
"Cataclysm" is the greatest name for a movement ever.
An oboe player will either a.) make your cry from overflowing emotions or b.) make you cry because it sounds like a cat being run over by a steam roller.
Terry Bozzio is probably the most over-underrated drummers on the planet. For whatever reason, the Internet has ganged up on him and hates him because his drumset is big.
The way I approach musical composition is as follows: If Frank Zappa could do it, so can I.
I do in fact spasm every time I hear Stravinsky's music played/talked about in public: "STRAVINSKIIIII WAT NO WAY I TOTES MCGOTES KNOW THAT GUY"
I wish the radio would play all of those 20+ minute long prog songs.
I like Chick Corea, but his affiliation with Scientology is disconcerting.
Vibrato is good when used properly. Otherwise, you sound pompous.
Being musically literate IS actually a good thing.
Every sound you can perceive has a musical quality. Even the voices you hear in the mall, or the wind through the trees.
So how about Eddie Murphy sings reggae. No foolin'.
Also, Hugh Laurie has a band.
No, Kanye, you're not a god.
There is a difference between learning WHAT to play and learning HOW to play. The latter is to be preferred.
I can only hand death growls if they're coming from Mikael Akerfeldt.
I find the lack in jazz and classical sections at music stores to be...disturbing.


There are other things that I could say, but I don't want to rant.