They have nice employees, really friendly and helpfull. It's rare that you'll get one who's an [U]a[/U]ss. Ha, a while ago I was going to pick up some drums and I didn't want to talk to this guy that they had, his name was Robert, he was really...mean. So I would call Guitar center and if the Robert guy answered I would just slam down the phone. :lol:

[QUOTE=guitrguy]The fact that everyone wants a job there.[/QUOTE]


Not where I live. Im like the only kid in my school who plays the guitar. The rest are guidos and wanna be gangsta's.

[QUOTE=GenuineImitation]Not where I live. Im like the only kid in my school who plays the guitar. The rest are guidos and wanna be gangsta's.[/QUOTE]
I'm just guessing here, but there's a good chance that there are musicians [I]outside[/I] of your school too.

[QUOTE=GenuineImitation]Not where I live. Im like the only kid in my school who plays the guitar. The rest are guidos and wanna be gangsta's.[/QUOTE]
Well good luck to ya I have always had hard time getting a job in a guitar store up until recently.

i find their employees extremely biased, and rarely helpful. I find the majority of them as cliquey jerks who think they are "better in life" because they work at guitar center.

Im a friendly chap by trade. I refuse to give the unpleasant jerks my commission. Easy enough

The guys at my local Guitar Center are all really nice. They're helpful and don't try to push crap on me. I'd like to get a job there sometime in the future.

[QUOTE=ShadowsFallen]I'm just guessing here, but there's a good chance that there are musicians [I]outside[/I] of your school too.[/QUOTE]


Ok, thats not helping me. I know that, but Im trying to keep my hopes high.

Thanks for shooting my dreams down ben. :angry:

[QUOTE=Che Guevara]Im a friendly chap by trade. I refuse to give the unpleasant jerks my commission. Easy enough[/QUOTE]

Same here. I will not buy a guitar from a store like the one I was talking about earlier.

This store I go to, isnt a guitar center, but we know a guy there who is realy nice. He always greets us and we do the same. Its realy cool.

Hmmm, now this is interesting.

I just bought Nevermore's "Dreaming Neon Black" and I am actually enjoying it much more than many of the other Nevermore albums I own, despite the fact that it more or less lacks a lot of what I enjoy so much about "Enemies of Reality" and "This Godless Endeavor." While those albums are almost totally given over to frantic instrumentals and death-style drums and a universally non-subtle, punishing approach, "Dreaming Neon Black" trades a lot of brutality for awesome thrash goodness. The solos are also mixed a LOT better and are WAY less wanky.

Moral: Jeff Loomis shouldn't be writing these things all by himself. Am I right in understanding that all the guitars on Godless Endeavor were recorded just with him, or is that Enemies?

Oh yeah, and the vocalist is MUCH MUCH BETTER on this album.

[QUOTE=Cain]Hmmm, now this is interesting.

I just bought Nevermore's "Dreaming Neon Black" and I am actually enjoying it much more than many of the other Nevermore albums I own, despite the fact that it more or less lacks a lot of what I enjoy so much about "Enemies of Reality" and "This Godless Endeavor." While those albums are almost totally given over to frantic instrumentals and death-style drums and a universally non-subtle, punishing approach, "Dreaming Neon Black" trades a lot of brutality for awesome thrash goodness. The solos are also mixed a LOT better and are WAY less wanky.

Moral: Jeff Loomis shouldn't be writing these things all by himself. Am I right in understanding that all the guitars on Godless Endeavor were recorded just with him, or is that Enemies?

Oh yeah, and the vocalist is MUCH MUCH BETTER on this album.[/QUOTE]
I listen to DNB and TGE for two different reasons. And Jeff Loomis recorded EOR by himself but I don't think he did TGE by himself though since Smyth wrote some of the songs and solos.

Ozzfest's lineup just made me bummed out. :(

Oh well, I'm still going to see the Unholy Alliance tour this summer which will be incredibly awesome.

But still, it's sad to see what was once a good tour suck.

Hmm Dreaming Neon Black is an album I've been wanting a lot recently.

This may seem silly but, when you rate an album on Sputnikmusic, you only choose between, Awful, poor, excellent, great ect. But how do you know what those ratings stand for out of 5 ?

Sputnik ratings are like this:

Awful - 1
Very Poor - 1.5
Poor - 2
Average - 2.5
Good - 3
Very Good - 3.5
Excellent - 4
Superb - 4.5
Classic - 5

It goes in order from 1-10, top to bottom.

The avid fanboyism of Nevermore around these forums killed my love of them.

[QUOTE=SilentScream7]Guitar center would be awesome to work at. There prices aren't that high, like guitar and bass wise. The drums is where the rip you off. They only seel the shell kit and you have to buy the cymbals and hardware. It's a smart move but, if you want good cymbals and good hardware it will raise your bill by at least $400.[/QUOTE]
Um, that's not ripping you off, that's how any drum place is. Drums, hardware and cymbals are always separate except with the super cheap beginner sets. That's like saying you want an amp and guitar and such in one package, they have those, but they suck. Better to buy individually.

I applied for a job at GC, I'm going into see them over break. They offered me a job there in December, so I'm hoping...

Thanks Ben.

Hmm, I want to rate this one album as classic, but, do users rarely rate albums that high ?

Yeah, don't worry about handing out 5's. People around sputnik often (probably too often) give albums the highest rating. I try to be a little careful with how I rate them, so out of my hundreds of rated albums, I only have 5 or 6 rated that high. I've seen people with a list of dozens of classic rated albums, so if there's an album you really love, go for it. :)

I have to write a Minimalism piece for a brass quartet. I'm calling it Aural Torture.

[QUOTE=ShadowsFallen]The avid fanboyism of Nevermore around these forums killed my love of them.[/QUOTE]

Man, I will always be perplexed by this tendency of some people. If fans are annoying it means that they suck, not that the band sucks. I don't get why some people will profess that they don't enjoy something just because a lot of people are getting into them too and maybe acting a little naïve about it.

I'm not taking a shot at you, Ben, just commenting.

Moses: What are the different reasons?

[QUOTE=ShadowsFallen]Yeah, don't worry about handing out 5's. People around sputnik often (probably too often) give albums the highest rating. I try to be a little careful with how I rate them, so out of my hundreds of rated albums, I only have 5 or 6 rated that high. I've seen people with a list of dozens of classic rated albums, so if there's an album you really love, go for it. :)[/QUOTE]

Oh ok, thanks... Night of the Stormrider is definitely getting it then :)

EDIT: I think i rated too much abums right now....:( Seeing only my username in the recently rated albums column doesn't look right.

[QUOTE=Cain]Man, I will always be perplexed by this tendency of some people. If fans are annoying it means that they suck, not that the band sucks. I don't get why some people will profess that they don't enjoy something just because a lot of people are getting into them too and maybe acting a little naïve about it.

I'm not taking a shot at you, Ben, just commenting.[/QUOTE]
I can't really explain it, but it's definitely not because I'm trying to be tr00 and avoid popular bands. I find that an overbearing rage about a band is off-putting and makes me resentful towards them. I wish I could say exactly why. :(

[QUOTE=ShadowsFallen]I can't really explain it, but it's definitely not because I'm trying to be tr00 and avoid popular bands. I find that an overbearing rage about a band is off-putting and makes me resentful towards them. I wish I could say exactly why. :([/QUOTE]

Cracka please.

Maybe it's the fear that you'll become an overexcited fanboy yourself :p

NP: Lord Belial - Lamia

Mmm...Fanboyism

NW-Blind Guardian-The last candle(live, natrually)

Bands I'm a fanboy of:
DT
Sonata Arctica
Megadeth
A7X(well, starting to become one)

Me = Fanboy of IE. I don't know if I'm anoying about it though, I'de have to ask other people here :p

The genres in my profile after rating albums is somewhat misleading.

Really, I didn't know you liked Iced Earth :p

Haha :p

The question is am I anoying about it ? I don't think I am but I can somewhat go overboard at times.

Not at all, I never heard you talk about them. I can only tell because of you username/avatar.

I hope I'm not annoying the bands I love. :(

Hmm. Go in the IE thread a little more and you'll see what I mean by overboard. :p

I have over 400 posts in that thread out of 1250.

But I try to not talk about them outside that thread though.

[QUOTE=ShadowsFallen]Not at all, I never heard you talk about them. I can only tell because of you username/avatar.

I hope I'm not annoying the bands I love. :([/QUOTE]

*looks at the CoB thread

Nah, man, you're good.

I'd say

Iron Maiden
Iced Earth
Dream Theater
Cannibal corpse
Cradle of filth

I whore Dragonforce, Megadeth, Blind Guardian, the smiths and suchlike a bit, but those 5 are the most (Top 5 favourite bands,see?)

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]I'd say

Iron Maiden
Iced Earth
Dream Theater
Cannibal corpse
Cradle of filth

I whore Dragonforce, Megadeth, Blind Guardian, the smiths and suchlike a bit, but those 5 are the most (Top 5 favourite bands,see?)[/QUOTE]

I'd say that's fairly accurate :p

I whore my band a lot, does that make me a fanboy of my own band? :lol:

I'm not annoying about the bands I love...

ALL OF YOU, LISTEN TO LILITU, UNDEROATH, AND OVERCAST, RIGHT NOW!

[QUOTE=Eleventeen]I'm not annoying about the bands I love...

ALL OF YOU, LISTEN TO LILITU, UNDEROATH, AND OVERCAST, RIGHT NOW![/QUOTE]

LISTEN TO STFU RIGHT NOW! :angry:

[QUOTE=ICB]*looks at the CoB thread

Nah, man, you're good.[/QUOTE]
Alright, <3 :)

Fanboyisms:
Children of Bodom
Shadows Fall
Arsis
Cradle of Filth

And to a lesser extent:
Cradle of Filth
Behemoth
Opeth

Cradle is right on the border for me. I think I'm a full blown fanboy of them though.

NP: [B][SIZE=300]DELIVER THE BEATDOWN \m/[/SIZE][/B]

My top 5:

1) Dream Theater
2) Rush
3) Iron Maiden
4) Opeth
5) Megadeth

6) Children of Bodom
7) Nevermore
8) Kalmah
9) Symphony X
10) Slayer

As far as being a fanboy goes, I'd say that I'm a big supporter of:
Rage Against the Machine
Opeth
Pink Floyd's The Wall
Children of Bodom
old school Metallica
...and Arsis' first album

[QUOTE=ICB]LISTEN TO STFU RIGHT NOW! :angry:[/QUOTE]

LISTEN TO DIAF NOB

[QUOTE=ShadowsFallen]Alright, <3 :)

Fanboyisms:
Children of Bodom
Shadows Fall
Arsis
Cradle of Filth

And to a lesser extent:
Cradle of Filth
Behemoth
Opeth

Cradle is right on the border for me. I think I'm a full blown fanboy of them though.

NP: [B][SIZE=300]DELIVER THE BEATDOWN \m/[/SIZE][/B][/QUOTE]

:lol: Yes! Remember what happened the last time we delivered the beatdown in here? :(

I'm fixin' to probably jam there this weekend by the way :D

NP: Gemini Lounge - Deliver The Beatdown

[QUOTE=ICB]:lol: Yes! Remember what happened the last time we delivered the beatdown in here? :(

I'm fixin' to probably jam there this weekend by the way :D

NP: Gemini Lounge - Deliver The Beatdown[/QUOTE]
I know man, it was insane. After you got off I was arguing with a hidden mod and ended up being banned 5 times that night. :(

but it was worth it \m/

Hell yeah, Deliver a Beatdown for me. Ohio style!!!!!!!!!!!!

Eh guys, just got back from my local cd/record/dvd store, and bought a few things..