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As someone who's favorite guitarist is Adrain Belew, I think lack of chops has nothing to do with the demise of "chops." It's lack of interest for wankery. An old friend of mine used to play me Steve Vai albums and, while impressed by his technical prowess, I found the music to be totally uninspired and lacking anything that might be considered "soul." I can't put my finger on why it felt so flat... There was not a single technical fault to the music, but it may as well have been created by a robot. (not the cool killer kind that turns on it's unsuspecting master after developing sentience and emotion) Now, I know a lot of you probably like Steve Vai and other's in the guitar wank genre and I'm happy you do and I'd fight for your right to listen and play that music. However, for my money I'd trade the ability to convey emotion in your music over the ability to cleanly play 32nd notes at 160 bpm. I've got the entire King Crimson catalog on my iPod, but there's still room for The White Stripes on there too. While I'm at it, have you ever listened to how sloppy The Jimi Hendrix Experience is? I love every moment of it. Mark Sottilaro --- Travis Hartnett <travishartnett@gmail.com> wrote: > Fortunately, Dragon Force is here to bring back > chops: > > http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZuodOsIE7cg&search=dragon%20force > > > > > On 6/21/06, Richard Sales <richard@glasswing.com> > wrote: > first incarnation with Mike Beck on drums/creative > percussion. > > > > And yes! The anti chop movement has been > devastating to music. The > > sanctification of The Garage has been cataclysmic. > But some nights, > > when I''m off, I'm really grateful for it! > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com