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| From | "Brad Harvey" <billionbrads@att.net> |
| Subject | Control freaks |
| Date | Sun, 29 Aug 2004 13:35:25 -0500 |
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> Just had one of those musical moment thoughts where Paul McCartney & John
Fogerty came to mind... Why these particular two? Well in the years that I
have exhaustively read and "studied" rockumentaries where either the artist
themselves or musicians who played with them revealed how dominant (for
better or worse) they were in the studio...
The others in Creedence merely wanted more of a say and some input into the
material--I don't think they truly wanted to suddenly be given the full
responsibility of writing the songs. As a leader, Fogerty got everything he
wanted/needed from his bandmates--he should have reciprocated and worked
together with them instead of setting them up (and the band) for failure by
putting them on the spot when they were ill-equipped to do so. It's a BAND
after all...
> Some of McCartney's early session men (for the RAM album and Wings) said
that Macca would tell them exactly how to play their parts...
Great players still need direction. The skill is in how you get people to do
it. I've found with a band, you write the song, push for a certain percent
of how you want it to sound, and then trust the talents of your players by
giving them a percent where they can place their stamp. If you keep an open
mind as a songwriter, you can sometimes get a better result when you relent
a bit.
Brad Harvey
NP: Best of the Guess Who
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