On Sep 6, 2012, at 5:42 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: > On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 11:30 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Think of an orchestra. We don't expect every player to play every >> instrument. But we do expect a musicianship, the ability to play your >> part well and in a way that fits with the others, knowing that you >> might have a solo sometimes, but at other times you might be playing >> harmony or even have a rest. > > +1. > > I will go further and state that I don't believe that this project is > quite there yet.
While the playing together metaphor is great, the orchestra metaphor breaks because there is no conductor and no first chairs. Perhaps a better musical metaphor to aspire to might be Robert Fripp's The League of Crafty Guitarists [1] I hadn't thought of them for awhile, but I saw them live about 25 years ago. A big circle of guitarists sharing and passing on riffs. Regards, Dave [1] http://www.thelcg.net/music.html
