Talk:Dominic Howard

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There seems to be some debate over the inclusion of this paragraph:

'Dominic's drumming has made significant jumps in sophistication with every new release; the band's most recent work, Black Holes and Revelations, features some very quick, fast drumming demonstrating a more technical approach than in previous albums.'

Someone seems to think this is too subjective a statement. It could perhaps be worded more objectively (maybe?) but I think it is an objective fact to state that, on Black Holes, Dom's drumming features is more 'technical': and by that I mean faster and more complex. The drum fill near the beginning of Assassin is proof enough of this. It just involves more things being hit and faster than anything else he's done before-- it's simply more sophisticated from a technical standpoint, and I don't think that this can be denied. - James Duffy, 12/06/06

It seems very POV to me, personally I think the drumming work on Absolution was more "technical", the only "technical" part of the percussion on BHAR is that he uses the Tom Toms a lot, which I hardly call "technical". --Tene 05:07, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

It's not Wikipedia's job to make judgements of musicians' drumming technique. See Wikipedia:No original research. If it's something which a number of critics have picked up on then that can and should be said, citing those reviews. BigBlueFish 13:34, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

I don't think it's a subjective judgement to observe that the drumming is a lot faster and more complicated than on previous albums. This seems to me to be a black and white situation. I have seen at least two reviews cite the complex drumming so far and lots and lots of fan observation, but I'll dig them up and wait for some more reviews before adding it back in, I guess. - James Duffy, 13 June 2006 __

This fansite has noted on their news page that part of the Dominic Howard article is a copy from the biography on their website. To clear things up, I have contacted the owner of the site and they have confirmed that they are happy for their content to be used on Wikipedia --BigBlueFish 16:25, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Birth Date

I have his birth date as 12 July 1977. This presumably arises from the difference between the British and American way of expressing dates. Is it the 7th day of the 12th month, or the 12th day of the 7th month etc. Can anyone offer a definitive version?

Derek R Bullamore 23:10, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

It is December 7th. There is a bootleg around of a Muse gig from 7th Dec where Matt wishes Dom a Happy Birthday. Pettythug 16:39, 16 February 2007 (UTC)