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I wish to reply to your unbelievable comments regarding the death of Darrell Abbott. First of all, as a human being, what right do you have to say “good riddance” about the death of a person who had done nothing bad or hurtful towards you? I am a music student, and I have studied music for the past 14 years. I have background in both classical and popular music, I was in the choir at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle for six years and for three years at Eton College, where I was a music scholar. I have studied the piano, violin, viola and classical guitar to very high levels in the classical world, playing in various orchestras and performed all around the world, including two tours of the USA. I also play the drums, bass and electric guitar and I play many different styles of music from pop to metal. I know what I am talking about in terms of music.
I think what you fail to understand is that classical music, and by classical I mean composers such as JS Bach, is not the only form of music in existence that is well written, innovative and influential. I agree that there is a lot of rubbish popular music flying around, but this has always been the case throughout history, we just forget about them for obvious reasons. Bach was not the only composer of his time, there were hundreds, probably thousands of others, but they do not get remembered, because generally they were not very good. Bach is good, very good. Dimebag Darrell was also very good at what he did. He was a virtuoso performer and had studied his instrument and his craft for many years, he was constantly, as all good musicians are, trying to perfect his art. He is one of the most influential guitarists of our age, his writing and playing style influenced basically every popular metal band for the past five or six years.
I think that by saying good riddance and that children should be taught that Bach is superior to Darrell is preposterous, I think your own education is flawed and that you should learn to accept cultures and styles of music that you are not familiar with. I have spent my whole life in search of different types of music, and I have studied everything that I have come across. I do not like all of it at all, but I know what I do like and why I like it.
I am interested to hear what you have to say to my points and I would appreciate a reply by email.