Re: SV: ECM (was Frisell/torn)

[Mike.Biffle@wj.com (Mike Biffle)]

Miko wrote...
>"Unsung Heroes" is really one of my all time favorites! So simple and 
>elegant, 
>yet complex at the same time. Bill's improv is so lyrical. I learned it 
>and 
>programmed the 'head' into my sequencer and had a great time improvising 
>to it.
>I really learned a lot with that one. That's my favorite Frisell release 
>as 
>well.

Hi Miko ,
A while back I bought an Issue of "how to play guitar"  (from Guitar 
Player)
because it had a Bill Frisell lesson. Here Frisell and interviewer focused 
some 
of it on "Unsung Heroes". Mr.  Frisell said some pretty intensely 
theroetical
things to say on that tune. If you like I can send you(privately) a rough 
transcript on what he said on "Unsung Heroes" ( "our song".)

I`ll leave you all with a quote from the master, about formal education:

"It`s only the players` fault if they let themselves be programmed by the
routines these places establish. There are all kinds of things you can do 
with 
the "rules" that a school might give you. For example , in harmony classes 
at 
Berklee , they`d have "avoid notes" , notes you weren`t supposed to use 
over a 
particular chord. Naturally , those were the first ones I`d check out."

Yours truly and warmely , Thomas W

Thanks Thom... This sounds like a great interview. If it's not a bother, 
I'd 
love to see it. Thanks. 

I like what Bill has to say about his educational experience. I know a few 
who 
have come through the Berklee experience, and despite some of the 
comments, it 
sounds like an amazing experience. And it's a four year college as well. 
That's 
a nice amount of time to spend really wringing out the wrinkles! At 44 I 
doubt 
I'll make it there. (But I am attending a tunings workshop with Martin 
Simpson 
this friday night!)

Kind Regards,
-Miko