Talk:Dwayne Goettel

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This article, like the one for Nivek Ogre, suffers from serious pretension and NPOV problems. First, Goettel did not singlehandedly create the genre of audio sculpture "which had previously gone unimagined." Edgar Varese is rolling in his grave and countless living musicians have burning ears. Second, he is not generally known for his classical compositions, if these exist at all. Labeling him a "late twentieth century classical composer" is a stretch when if anything he was a late twentieth century pop musician. Third, there is no evidence that anyone, apart from the article author(s), "studied, emulated and revered" much of DRG's music. It is a fact that he almost always performed with cEvin Key and each person's particular musical contributions are rarely discernible, especially in Skinny Puppy's thick mixes. Fourth, his work (especially the non-existent classical work) is hardly "amongst the pivotal musical accomplishments of his era." Skinny Puppy is an influential electronic band and DRG shares some of the credit for that, however we should not overstate his influence.

In short, this article reads like it was penned by a devoted fan wishing to inflate the facts.

You're right about almost all of that, but actually it's often possible to pick out synth lines that are clearly Goettel's -- listen to the first three tracks on the Doubting Thomas album, then the Sister Machine Gun song "Night Returning" (with Goettel guesting), then Bites (pre-Goettel), then Mind: T.P.I (Goettel's debut with Skinny Puppy), and you'll have a template for telling Key and Goettel apart. Kaleja 18:18, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

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Tried to give the article more factual substance while turning down some of the fanboyishness. Logickal