Ivories
dear power metal bands
it’s important to use real pianosI really can’t stress this enough
we play a low-stakes gamea trillion years ago power metal might have meant
a paychecknow it’s craft for the love of craft
which means that if you’re going to do ityou have to be willing to bleed for it
or else why botherthose of us who respond to what you do
with hearts still keen to feel wonder in this worldare offended by these digital pianos
seriouslyget a studio with a big honkin’ grand
and unleash your inner Lisztsput a candle on the damn thing
and let the wax dripdo the damn thing
do the damn thing all nightbut of this patchy depthless grand-piano-setting style
let us hear no moreand meanwhile
tell your vocalists who think we don’t notice little autotune fixesthat I will have words for them
in Hell
-John Darnielle
