Swiss Matthias
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Toss Panos (Michael Landau)?
Toss Panos (Michael Landau)?
There you go with rating!! The aspects you're listing create a quite large field of rating possibilities.If you have the basic technical skills of drumming, such as good time, knowing the musical language you're playing within, and decent chops, from there it's all about musicality.
And there you go again. If there were no ratings, there were no great and not great musicians. So there is at least a need for rating between great and not great, isn't there?JazzRock said:If you're a great musician, you will work.
Thanks, I think I do understand what you're saying, and I stick to my opinion. I'm also aware of what underrated means.Swiss, you're confused and I guess because your native language is not English, you're probably having a hard time with semantics. In order to play an instrument and make music , you need a certain set of developed skills. This is not rating. It's a fact. You cannot play drums if you can't keep time well. Saying someone is a great musician means that they have the skills needed to work. It's not rating drummers against drummers and comparing them. In the professional world of successful drummers who only play drums for a living, there are certain skills one must have. Listing those skills is not rating. Those skills are either developed, or they are not. There is no possibility for anything else.
Not only that, you are not understanding the premise of this thread, which is drummers being under-rated. An under-rated drummer, in English means drummers who have great skills, and are not known in the drumming community. My point was, there is no rating system, and that there are logical reasons for some players being famous, and others being more behind the scenes. So I say again, by simply saying someone is under-rated, you're beginning a comparison to other players, thus creating competition. Music is not sports. There is no rating in the world of pro musicians. Read my post several times before you post in reply to me, because by your answers I feel that you're not understanding. The only place a rating system applies in music is in school with regards to student musicians who are still learning the basics.