At 04:05 PM 7/28/2002, Doopeyduk@aol.com wrote:
quoted 10 lines In a message dated 7/29/02 4:06:54 AM, regis@sounding.com writes:>In a message dated 7/29/02 4:06:54 AM, regis@sounding.com writes:
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><< All I have to say to this is that it isn't a big deal to learn how
>to play the guitar. Discuss.
> >>
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>As a guitarist who also spins I can tell you that this discussion sounds a
>lot like the one me and my pals had in high school over the 'lack of skill'
>it took to play a lot of the stuff on the charts (Eagles, Stones, Deep
>Purple, etc).
As a drummer who grew up in the era of the bands named above, I'd say
that's a pretty glib statement. While you may not care for the style of
what's being played on the "charts", it's a whole other ball of wax to say
it takes no talent to play it. While I personally have had my fill of
"classic rock" ages ago, it DOES take some talent to play like a Ritchie
Blackmore, etc. - and a damn sight more of it than I have heard from many a
pretender to the throne. Many of the studio musicians who pad those
recordings are also top notch...and I would suggest that it is an
undiscerning ear which says there's no skill involved. None of this even
deals with that the fact that many of those groups were writing their own
material.
I think that a similar blurring of the lines has been made in this analogy
with rock guitar and DJing...not all music or DJing is FOR the same
purposes. Some DJs are known for their selection, some for their ability to
"go somewhere" with the mix; some are smooth, some are turntabilists, etc.
There's a vast difference between the Soulwax crew and John Tejada, Theo
Parrish, Ellen Allien or Mira Calix, but they all kick it in their own way.
Personally I could care less whether the disk that's being jockeyed is a
hard one or a 12"; it all depends on the mood I'm in and what sounds good
to my ears at the time. As long as it isn't the dreaded "UK Progressive"
stuff, I'm willing to let it be what it is. And I'll even let that be what
it is - I'll just vacate the place it's in .That's my .02 anyway.
jeff
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