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Post by alfp1951 on May 16, 2018 6:08:41 GMT
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Post by Tringa on May 16, 2018 10:16:34 GMT
Two good ones there, Alf, especially Luz, Amor Y Vida.
Dave
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Post by accipiter on May 17, 2018 11:51:02 GMT
They tell me Jeff Beck was on television since I was away, although a uninteresting show of guitar playing by all accounts, but I never did like his playing style much anyhow each to their own of course. But by far his best work was in the sixties in particular Jeff’s boogie, after that his playing rapidly went downhill and not to my taste at all sounding very much like John McLaughlin / Tal Farlow – modern jazz / bebop. I never believed in copying other guitarist’s techniques either or running up and down scales at the speed of light or using unusual time signatures. I am not impressed by his noodling with the whammy bar either, using a box of electronic tricks is not a leap forward in playing in my estimation but rather just another style of playing, although some guitarists seem to think it is a huge leap in musicianship. Eddie Van Halen is another one the worst exponent of whammy bar diving and harmonic tapping nonsense followed by Steve Via and his clones, but again each to their own. He also copied Wes Montgomery thumb playing style too, which is far superior to anything Jeff Beck ever played, one only has to listen to (Around midnight) or (Misty) to tell this is a guitarist worth listening to for his style and feeling played on an archtop using no effects what’s so ever. In fact I find Bo Diddley’s guitar playing much more imaginative then either Jeff Beck, Eddie Van Halen, or Steve Via, Bo Diddley used few chords throughout his career mostly employing the catchy African rhythms as in (hey Bo Diddley.) Judging by the amount of times his style has been used by other artists over the years including Buddy Holly and David Bowie they must have thought it was imaginative too. At other times he would simply tune the guitar to an open chord and lay one finger over the fret board for the other chords he might need, limited technique one might say but it sure was infectious judging by his audiences’ reactions. In any case it is so very easy to be impressed by guitar effects and flashy moves. Although I do sometimes use just a subtle amount of whammy bar, but most of the time I have my strat hard tailed the same has Eric Clapton, has the Stratocaster can be a problem to keep in good pitch with a floating bridge. Close enough for heavy rock music but not for my own finger picking style. I also use a small amount of reverb or delay ‘all of the time’ otherwise the electric guitar has very little depth of tone unlike the smooth rich tone of a classical or acoustic guitar or an arch top which I play clean. I have never been a fan of whammy bar pyrotechnics though which are still widely used, often to cover up a whole host of mistakes, neither do I like speed sweeping involving improvising around scales used by heavy rock /avant garde / modern jazz guitarists and passing notes, such as Jeff Beck uses which tends to hide mistakes that go unnoticed by the general public. The problem is Jeff Beck is often praised by his peers who are too afraid to stand up and be counted when his playing amounts to nothing more than another version of the emperor’s new clothes. Therefore a sort of you scratch my back and I will scratch yours by his peers, this type of guitarist will also use guitar technicians to keep the guitar serviceable and in tune has their playing style requires the whammy bar to be correctly set up each time it is played otherwise the guitar is not capable of producing anything worth hearing. And yet they never mention the poor guitar technicians without whom this type of guitarist would be totally lost. Of course this type of guitarist does not play melody driven pieces unlike Hank Marvin or finger style artists such as the great Chet Atkins or Andrés Segovia possible the greatest guitarist of all time. Play just ‘one wrong note’ in this style of guitar playing and it stands out like a very sore thumb indeed. Although Hank Marvin also used two delay pedals hooked up together often set to different settings and a guitar tech to produce his sound, otherwise ‘his playing’ would sound very average and unimpressive. At this point I was going to mention Tommy Emmanuel has he is considered a very fine finger style player; although his cliché use of harmonics has become quite ridiculous in the extreme, have a listen to ( Somewhere over the rainbow) and you will see what I mean. I have no idea quite why he does this has it is a simple enough technique to master, although I suppose it can sound quite impressive to the listener. He does play some really nice tunes though but his attack and style of playing is far too aggressive for my taste. However I do listen to ‘many guitarists’ work including these whom I particularly like –in order of preference, Mark Knopfler, Chet Atkins, John Williams, Joe Walsh, Peter Green, Robert, Kray, Glenn Campbell, Lonnie Johnson, James Taylor, and quite a few others, but my taste mainly involves storytelling which can be told without lyrics perfectly well too providing the composer or player is skilled enough. However my next choice is this guy who uses an acoustic guitar (no place to hide mistakes,) and basic strumming patterns or just finger picking using just thumb and forefinger all of the time which is extremely basic, relying on ‘very clever story telling’. However the few chords he does use often employ some very nice little simple chord motifs best heard on this first one which is all that is needed for basic country music. John Prine Simple basic thumb and one finger style on this one... Hello in there Basic strumming – flat picking Don’t bury me
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Post by ianr on May 18, 2018 9:04:14 GMT
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Post by alfp1951 on May 20, 2018 16:31:16 GMT
Used to play "Bhangra Fever" CD constantly while travelling around N. Cumbria everyday before I retired. This is probably my favourite from The Safri Boys - "Rahaye Rahaye"
Alf
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2018 17:42:53 GMT
Walter Trout - Walkin' In The Rain
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Post by Tringa on May 20, 2018 19:01:24 GMT
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Post by accipiter on May 30, 2018 7:56:03 GMT
Having previously mentioned this guy who was an innovator as far as guitarists go, although he would be considered a fairly basic guitar player these days... Road Runner Bo Diddley Incidentally if you once danced like this then join the club... Hey Bo Diddley introduced by Chuck Berry
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Post by NellyDee on Jun 1, 2018 14:06:10 GMT
I have been flummoxed listening to music for over a week now not able to listen to music while I work.I was tasked with the job of converting videos from 1997 to 2002 onto DVDs. So PC was set up with conversion programme and the Video player attached. I managed to do 4 videos, when machine stopped working. It has taken me over a week to realise that I now cannot hear music on my PC, as shortly after I was in hospital for a few day. now back working I thought I would catch up and what you guys had been listening to - No sound! Guess the guy how set up everything for me set it so only sound from video can be heard! Scream!
Anyway I was going to say how much I liked James Taylor's version of Sailing to Philadelphia. So relaxing to listen to. Don't know when I will get PC sorted. It was set up by friend's son who was just visiting them for weekend.
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Post by alfp1951 on Jun 2, 2018 16:52:43 GMT
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Post by accipiter on Jun 3, 2018 9:51:14 GMT
Has I have been talking about my likes and dislikes as far has guitarists go I thought I would put some flesh on the bones, so this is an example of what I do not like, this one has no title so I called it... Alan in acid hell Or one could call it (going through the motions) - the running up and down of scales, indeed one could obtain a similar effect by simply sliding ones finger swiftly up and down the full length of a string and picking notes now and again in no particular order. All the right notes but not necessarily the right order to quote Eric Morecambe. Steve Via / Frank Zapper
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Post by alfp1951 on Jun 9, 2018 16:15:40 GMT
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Post by Tringa on Jun 13, 2018 16:38:06 GMT
Menahan Street Band This link is to all of 'Make the Road by Walking', their first album. It is very samey (that is unkind because although it is, perhaps, lacking in variety, it is not monotonous) but, I find, very enjoyable. Dave www.youtube.com/watch?v=58Eg3LTkEak
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Post by NellyDee on Jun 14, 2018 10:36:19 GMT
Not listening to a thing. first problems with PC - then horrendous thunder and lightening, which cause a power outage and was followed by not having broadband for a week, so had no way of communicating apart from by telephone - no iPad or iPhone, No Mobile phone (can't get mobile reception here) - talk about feeling cut off! Anyway after 4 days of very long calls to BT Broadband and testing everything - guess what the lightening had killed the router. Good news they sent me new router - free no charge or for postage, but it took 3 days to get here - not their fault, just it takes time for couriers to decide if they are coming this way. Any way been through you choices and comments:)
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Post by Tringa on Jun 14, 2018 14:13:43 GMT
Bad luck, Helen, especially after the problems you had with the sound on your PC.
Here in Gairloch electrical storms are rare but we have had similar. Years ago our router was taken out by a storm. It worked the day before the storm and did not the day after so I'm assuming there was a connection. I spoke to the bloke in the computer shop in Ullapool about it. He reckoned that whereas the grid is well protected with trips that flip out if there is a surge, parts of the telephone system, especially in more remote area, are not so well protected.
Earlier this year a storm disabled the network card in my PC. One very close, and unexpected, lightning bolt was enough to do it.
Dave
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