Never could get into that genre, but I guess it's the age differential. I grabbed my first guitar around 1958 or so when the industry was still dominated by the crooners, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Sinatra, Pat Boone types, while Rock and Roll was wedging it's way in. R&R was the bane of the WWII generation. While I did get a good fill of the standards, I hated the Doo Wop sound and R&R seemed a bit like jingle music to me, as did the early Beatles, I want to hold your hand stuff. I preferred early Stones, Eric Burden/Animals, Cream, Crosby Stills Nash, Hendrix, Dylan, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Blood Sweat and Tears, The Yardbirds, Motown and off road jazz styles like Thelonious Monk, Weather Report and others. I was high schooling in nyc at the time so I spent much time at concerts in central park and hanging out in the village, when it was a cool place to be. Music was for a long time on the more gentler side when it all seemed to get dark and heavy, like the top blew off the pressure cooker, and anything and everything was go, a pandora's box. The waters became muddy without direction and so creativity and originality was a loose free for all. It's been a roller coaster ride ever since. I still play older Steely Dan, Doobie's with McDonald tunes and lots of instrumentals when I'm in the mood and listen to Miles Davis as a background when I'm busy with something else to do. I imagine that soon there will be someone to come up with something new but I think we've reached a state of confinement with the four piece band thing, Bass, Drums, Guitar, Keyboard. If we don't incorporate some new instruments the sound may continue to flounder. I thought the 10 string Chapman Stick was going to go big but I only knew a few people who really grasped the instrument, even though the sound was great. Both hands play on the fret board by tapping the strings. If your not familiar, here's a link where you could also check out some sample tracks. http://www.stick.com/instruments/
> Living in the West of Ireland, he put me and some of my friends in > touch with the exciting cutting edge of rock music. He made it > possible for me to hear stuff from the Sex Pistols and the Clash, at a > time where you couldn't hear punk in Ireland at all (that was before > the Radiators from Space and the Boomtown Rats started producing Irish > punk). Some years later I heard him pushing the Cocteau Twins and was > chuffed by the thought that I had discovered them before he did, > seeing them play live in the legendary Melkweg in Amsterdam in 1981. > > He's on record as saying that "Teenage Kicks" from the Undertones was > the best rock single ever, and look what's happened to them - gone > over to the enemy with a vengance :-): > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fergal_Sharkey > > Although I officially don't believe in an afterlife, I'm sure John is > still spinning records in rock'n'roll heaven and giving his honest, > and not always complementary, opinions to all the other residents > there, as well as having a great time with a lot of old friends! > > Francis > > On 20 Mrz., 22:48, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > See how John Peel lives on:http://www.myspace.com/johnpeel > > > On 20 Mrz., 14:29, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > So, maybe in the wonderful future, someone will have to explain this > > > to aspiring musicians? ;-) > > > > Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar. > > > You're gonna go far, fly high, > > > You're never gonna die, > > > You're gonna make it if you try; > > > They're gonna love you. > > > Well I've always had a deep respect, > > > And I mean that most sincerely. > > > The band is just fantastic, > > > that is really what I think. > > > Oh by the way, which one's Pink? > > > And did we tell you the name of the game, boy, > > > We call it Riding the Gravy Train. > > > > We're just knocked out. > > > We heard about the sell out. > > > You gotta get an album out. > > > You owe it to the people. > > > We're so happy we can hardly count. > > > Everybody else is just green, > > > Have you seen the chart? > > > It's a helluva start, > > > It could be made into a monster > > > If we all pull together as a team. > > > And did we tell you the name of the game, boy, > > > We call it Riding the Gravy Train. > > > > Roger Waters (1975) > > > > On 20 Mrz., 02:45, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Yeah there's much truth there about the industry. The old days of > > > > industry rule are gone and the old moguls are struggling to compete. > > > > The internet has blown the doors open on creativity with self > > > > marketing getting easier all the time. I used in the past PC software > > > > for recording but back then the vocals weren't digitized. Now I play > > > > through a mixing board into a Boss BR8 optical out to a HHB Burnit and > > > > usually 8 tracks is all I need for a four piece band and vocal > > > > harmonies. I too far gone for superstardom but have fun just the same > > > > while of course wishing I was young again to experience the > > > > opportunities available these days for talented individuals. Back in > > > > the day the industry was only interested in marketable prospects and > > > > was the only means of gaining entry. We had to literally knock on > > > > doors and deal with multiple rejections based on failure to reach > > > > industry standards, originality didn't mean much. Reminds me of the > > > > Doors movie where they are approached by record producer who suggests > > > > they write something in the line of Herman's Hermits. > > > > > On Mar 19, 12:14 pm, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > 2009/3/19 Ricky Rayburn <[email protected]> > > > > > > > None the less, all music is dying due to the love of money instead > > > > > > of the > > > > > > love of storytelling and truth. > > > > > > That's simply untrue. Music isn't dying, the music industry's > > > > > traditional > > > > > business model is dying or dead. There's never been a freer time to > > > > > create > > > > > something and find an instant audience for it. I think there's two > > > > > reasons > > > > > for this: > > > > > > 1) Home recording is incredibly cheap and the quality/flexibility > > > > > achievable > > > > > for very modest outlay tops a $300k studio from a few years back. If > > > > > you > > > > > have a Mac, GarageBand is free and can do multritrack recording at > > > > > better > > > > > than CD quality. Logic Studio, for $500, enables you to do almost > > > > > anything. > > > > > > 2) Distribution of music no longer requires expensive logistics and > > > > > manufacturing. The web has changed everything. > > > > > > Moaning about Britney etc is pointless. She shouldn't even be on your > > > > > radar > > > > > if you have any appreciation of music as an art or craft. :) > > > > > > Ian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
