Re: WAS: Who uses looping in their promo material? NOW:Prerecordedmaterial

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

>> I wonder what John would have asked if given the same  question.  
>> Any guesses? ;-)

On 18 sep 2007, at 16.55, Krispen Hartung wrote:
> Hmmm..., not sure. Because he drinks too much caffeinated tea? :)
> Better yet, so he can keep up when he playes with Joey Defrancesco.

I remember reading a Guitar Player Mag interview with McLaughlin  
somwhere around 1980 where he was talking about the discipline in  
Indian music to practice timing measures as 10 beats against 11 and  
stuff like that. I just thought he was way over the top, but today I  
understand that you can achieve a natural feel for any odd rhythm, as  
most people have for 4/4 or 3/4. Lately I have been having a lot of  
fun with 7/8 and 5/4, which are rather basic compared to the Indian  
way ;-)  but I have experienced that the more time you spend  
improvising according to an odd rhythm the less "odd" it feels. Until  
it becomes part of your musical "inner radar" as simply natural. To  
me this experience strengthens my belief that the ability to make  
music (to "shred" in a meaningful way) is not coming out of technical  
playing skills but rather as the fruit of your musical imagination.  
"Chops" being just the starting point as part of the toolbox.

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
www.boysen.se (Swedish)
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