Originally Posted by: alucard0941 And I dont really care (even though I do like Stump myself), when he names his songs like that, no one will take him seriously.
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I also like Stump myself, he really kicks ass. But no one take him seriously like what you've said because of the cocky titles of his songs or albums, (SURVIVAL OF THE FASTEST,WHERE NO MAN DARE SHRED, GUITAR DOMINANCE. etc)
I think people often times think of him as a guitarist who only play
for speed thats why no one takes him seriously. He is one of those who give "shredders" a bad reputation, Its better to let people say he is a shredder rather than self proclaiming it.

Originally Posted by: CW14There's nothing wrong with playing fast, as long as there is a sense of melody as well. Who wants to hear a barrage of pointless "blipping" noises?

I agree to that, theres really nothing wrong with playing fast as long as there is a sense of melody and not for speed's sake. That's the main problem that's long been associated with shredding. Because there's a misconception before that "if you can't play fast, you are not good enough ". Certainly the result was a lot of guitar players especially beginners put premium on speed more than music itself. They dont mind how it sounds as long as it is done fast, and speed was used as a cover up to pretend they are good.

The sad fact was, It affected even the good talented guitarists who can play fast but at the same time melodic. Thats why Shred obtained a bad rap.
I think Shred guitar is really good if done in the right context and motive.

[QUOTE=fool4gibson] I think shred is amazing, hats off to you, pat on the back, because it takes talent to do that.

It is definitely the truth dude, Shredding realy requires a lot of TALENT.I know a lot who can read music and mastered music theory with a degree in music, but can't Shred. I hope Shred will soon gain respect by realizing its not just playing fast. I just hate it when people categorized Shred with wanking.

The Shredder puts melodic content first at the same time plays "naturaly" fast, now thats talent.....unlike the Wanker who moves his fingers very fast up and down the fretboard at 250 BPM with lots of distortion to hide his sloppy picking like FF :D ----> I hope some of you knows what Im talking about.