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RE: Maybe why Avante-garde looping in US...



I agree. Anoushka's performance is stunning. And she is amazing to look at.
And George's son, onstage with guitar throughout if I recall correctly,
looks so much like George, I could scarcely believe it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: stanitarium [mailto:stanitarium@earthlink.net] 
> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 12:48 AM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Re: Maybe why Avante-garde looping in US...
> 
> 
> good example fer me is that 'concert for george' dvd that is 
> out- bunch o' great old geezers from the 60s playin harrison 
> music real good-the middle section is dedicated to george's 
> love of Ravi Shankar' stuff-i dont think he plays on this but 
> his Beautacious daughter-Anoushka-nora jones' sister plays 
> her butt off. plus they do a classical indian piece  called 
> ARPAN and she leads this big indian band and is conducting 
> this rhythm and it sure aint no 4/4. Eric clapton sits in and 
> attempts to play w/in the beats of the song-and i guess its 
> admirable-but that song is really beautiful... s 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> on 2/2/06 7:40 PM, Kevin at kevin@TheNettles.com wrote:
> 
> > At 04:40 PM 2/2/2006, "loop.pool" wrote:
> >> The Indians use these  four subdivision:...
> > 
> > In the trio that plays for clubs, our Indian tabla player sometimes 
> > teaches the audience a keherva rhythm as: THEY go, with US 
> for DINner
> > 
> >> In this way you can make a practise matrix of any time 
> signature you 
> >> want to take on and just sing the syllables...
> > 
> > What's really wild is watching an Indian audience clap in 10/4.
> > 
> >> One long band practise or two playing different time signatures 
> >> against each other will usually do the trick to learn how to do 
> >> this...
> > 
> > Wow, I never thought of using Indian rhythms _polyrhythmically_!  
> > Always something to learn!
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Kevin
> > 
> > 
> > The Nettles: Progressive and Exciting Celtic Music 
> www.TheNettles.com
> > 
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