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| From | "Josh Chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: The Good, the Bad, and the Wankers |
| Date | Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:08:29 -0500 |
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Kerry:
Ever listen to Derek Trucks?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kerry Kompost" <kerry_kompost@yahoo.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 5:44 PM
Subject: Re: The Good, the Bad, and the Wankers
> Jaimie wrote:
>
>>>And anyone suggesting Steve Vai or Satriani or any
> other wank artist is missing my point. It isn't about
> how many notes....it's about the right, tasteful
> ones.<<
>
> Wow. I find Vai (and Satraini, to a somewhat lesser
> extent) to be incredibly tasteful soloists, offering
> unique melodies (granted, sometimes played at blinding
> speed, but certainly not all the damned time) combined
> with delightfully baffling feats of technical prowess.
> They are likely not too concerned with "how many
> notes" they're playing - being technically proficient
> means being able to express one's self at a higher
> level, which, obviously, can mean MORE NOTES. Did J.S.
> Bach write "too many notes"? If you actually listen to
> a Vai album - hell, a single song - you'll find lots
> of slower, emotional, intensely tasteful playing mixed
> in with the volcanic blasts of sheer musicality.
>
> Rock fusion isn't everyone's cup of tea -- especially
> for one whose tastes reject everything that isn't
> immediately "hooky" -- but to dismiss it as "wankery"
> reveals a lack of understanding of the genre.
>
> It's fun and inspiring, as a musician, to see/hear the
> possibilities of your instrument laid out right in
> front of your face -- Vai and the other "wankers"
> provide the carrot some of us rabbits like to follow.
> After all, being a musician is about growth, isn't it?
>
> But I get your point, J-man.
>
> Question: who is the best Canadian guitarist ever, in
> your opinion? I'm talking wankers here, not "tasteful"
> folks like that cat who used to play on Bryan Adams'
> albums (he was pretty killer, not too flowery, very
> tasteful and composed solos that fit the songs).
>
> kErrY
> www.myspace.com/kompost
>
> NP: Piano Reductions Volume I (Mike Keneally's piano
> renditions of Steve Vai songs; gorgeous! And proof
> that Vai's music is far more substantial than being a
> mere platform for his fretboard prowess)
>
>
>
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