Band legendaris Foo Fighters menuai kritikan dari EDM scene seluruh dunia yang dipicu dengan pidato penerimaan penghargaan Best Rock Performance di Grammy 2012 yang terdengar sedikit mengkritik produser elektronik, padahal dia baru saja main bareng satu panggung dengan Deadmau5. Dave Grohl selaku front mannya mengeluarkan kata kata sebagai berikut :
| Dave Grohl's Acceptance Speech | |
"To me this award means a lot because it shows that the human element of music is what's important. Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that's the most important thing for people to do... It's not about being perfect, it's not about sounding absolutely correct, it's not about what goes on in a computer. It's about what goes on in here [your heart] and what goes on in here [your head]."
Ok whats happened Dave? Dan seperti yang sudah bisa kita tebak, penggemar EDM tentunya panas dengan komentar ini. Dan berkat kebebasan internet, mereka menyerang balik si basis bekas Nirvana ini.
Atas respon negatif itu Grohl mengklarifikasi ucapannya waktu itu dengan tanpa bermaksud menyerang komunitas elektronik. Dia tidak percaya bahwa pidato 33 detik bisa menyebabkan kemarahan banyak orang.
"I love music. I love ALL kinds of music. From Kyuss to Kraftwerk, Pinetop Perkins to Prodigy, Dead Kennedys to Deadmau5.....I love music. Electronic or acoustic, it doesn't matter to me. The simple act of creating music is a beautiful gift that ALL human beings are blessed with. And the diversity of one musician's personality to the next is what makes music so exciting and.....human.
That's exactly what I was referring to. The "human element." That thing that happens when a song speeds up slightly, or a vocal goes a little sharp. That thing that makes people sound like PEOPLE. Somewhere along the line those things became "bad" things, and with the great advances in digital recording technology over the years they became easily "fixed." The end result? I my humble opinion.....a lot of music that sounds perfect, but lacks personality. The one thing that makes music so exciting in the first place.
I don't know how to do what Skrillex does (though I ... love it) but I do know that the reason he is so loved is because he sounds like Skrillex, and that's badass. We have a different process and a different set of tools, but the "craft" is equally as important, I'm sure. I mean.....if it were that easy, anyone could do it, right? (See what I did there?)
| 2012 Grammy performance Foo Fighters - Deadmau5 | |
sumber : http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2012/02/dave-grohl-clarifies-grammy-acceptance-speech/1#.T0TUelwjGa9
