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In Praise of Metal

10/3/2012

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Most of the music I listen to is metal. All songs could be improved with the addition of double bass drums and palm muted rhythm guitar. I would love to be able to make metal music on my guitar, but that's just not what comes out. My music just ends up being goofy. It's certainly not the guitar's fault. Look at it.
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It has that stabby-looking headstock. I call it an angel gig. In the right hands it can make the sickest sounds on Earth. But even though I play with lots of distortion, I tune to D and I have evil in my heart, my songs tend to sound folky and Cheesy.

It's probably just because metal is so goddamned hard to play. I don't have a sense of beat and I don't like to practice much. Instead I make songs like this one:
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get this
10/20/2012 04:01:34 am

fucking shit off the internet.

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