FanfromAnnapolis wrote:I'm not trying to have a go at you, ...
Oh! Please do! It is the offseason!
Yes, I am trying to show that there are A LOT of great players beyond the continental US that play at least as well and probably better than the best US players you have included in the "best" players list.
This is an endemic cultural problem in the USA. Whereas people from all over the world would recognise several of the best US players, you seem to have mirrors on your windows. If you do not see youselves reflected, it is not worth of any consideration.
Let us establish one premise here: the guitar as a string instrument was not invented in the USA. A LOT of great players had already achieved fame and fortune in the inetrnational scene and national countries -before- some of your best players ever got to achieve any fame.
One of the best players in the country that invented guitar, Spain, is Narcizo Yepes. I would be surprised if anybody has heard of him ever.
Yes, I am arguing that there is a cultural bias in the USA. I am willing to argue that many of us outside the USA know a lot more about your culture and your country than most of you do know about other countries and cultures.
I am arguing that this is sad.
I can argue about a professional league, a game and a team with the best of you and be right or wrong about it but with equal competence and information whether it is NFL, NBA, MLB or NHL. How many of you would be willing to do the same in another league, game or team in another country?
Soccer anybody? Rugby? Cricket?
This is a serious problem that is reflected in many decisions made within the USA about other countries and other people. For a country that is the -only- superpower left with tremendous influence over the media and news coverage all over the world, the amount and quality of information that is projected back at you is pathetic.
Take a look at the BBC or Sky (English), TV5 (French), TVE (Spanish), CBC (Canadian) or German international news coverage. You would not recognise the news from any of these compared to what you watch and hear daily.
This bias develops a sad misunderstanding among many nationalities about your own country and your own people. What am I trying to prove with these posts, you ask?
I am trying to highlight a cultural bias that benefits nobody. The lack of knowledge and recognition of international talent (together with your own) creates resentment abroad against you without even taking notice at home.
But I guess that it does not matter, as long as the criticism does not come from someone at home.
By the way, talking about drums: I collect musical instruments, including drums, from all over the world. The most recent acquisitions are from India/Pakistan (Tabla set) and Arab (Rhamany) drums.
You might wish to check in the internet links to Drumfest held in Halifax and organised by a friend of mine to see the broad international cultural coverage included in a little province in eastern Canada over the last few years.
If you like the Cadets, you might wish to check
Squidfor precision drumming in Nova Scotia and
Drum for a travelling show. Oh! I forgot, only US drummers are allowed.
Do you play or just enjoy listening?
And I agree, the only guitar and drum players worth mentioning in this board are from the USA. What was I thinking?
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