Bands from Akron have a sense of humor and don't tend to take themselves too seriously.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think bands, when they're on the road, they keep their sanity by developing an internal sense of humor.
I've always chosen my band members based on their sense of humor. It might sound stupid, but it means not only are they fun to live with on a tour bus for years, but humor implies intelligence.
Comedy is like music, and the way to make the best music is to have skilled musicians in your band.
One of my pet peeves is that sometimes the talents of my band get overlooked because, and it was the same problem that Frank Zappa had, with a lot of groups that use humor, people don't realize there's a lot of craft behind the comedy.
Jazz can be so serious, no sense of humor.
We are fans of Mozart and Beethoven, as well 'South Park' and Borat. We believe that we can attract many people who eschew the serious ambiance of concert halls and don't go to classical music concerts because of such reasons. However, there is a 'serious humor' on the stage: funny and ridiculous. That is important!
Funny songs aren't usually that good. Like Weird Al and maybe a couple of Beatles songs, but it's kind of hard to bring humor into rock music in an interesting way.
People who take themselves too seriously, who can't see anything else, are usually funny.
I do think that some bands seem to be dabbling in the rock-hip-hop world and are not necessarily serious about it.
I think that there's always room for humour in music. It's something that always takes itself so seriously, which I think is a bit of a shame.