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regardless of how fast he was, i could never stand
Malmsteens tone,attitude or music,it sounded cold and
lacked any charm or humor to me, but thats just
another opinion.
Luis
--- Krispen Hartung <khartung@cableone.net> wrote:
> > On 18 sep 2007, at 07.27, Krispen Hartung wrote:
> >
> >> At one point in the interview, he claimed that he
> thought there wasn't
> >> anything that he couldn't do on the guitar.
> Clueless. I'm happy to say
> >> that I've long since forgotten all those
> Malmsteen runs, and that I'd
> >> just like to see half of these shreaders try
> what they do on a totally
> >> clean sound, with no massive gain or
> distortation to back them up
> >
> >
> > I think your comment, above, lacks the same kind
> of musical understanding
> > that is lacking those "shredders"; the misbelief
> that it is about *the
> > playing* when the real thing actually is about
> *the music*.
>
> Well, I do understand, Per, which is why I feel I
> can poke fun at the whole
> genre and approach (what I'm doing) - I lived and
> breathed the life of a
> shreader at
> one point in time. It's not about understanding,
> rather my right and
> ability
> to have an opinion on the approach 20 year later.
> It's all music. I'm just
> stying I thought Malmsteen's attitude sucked in the
> interview and he came
> across as pompous, and that having played like that,
> I can say it is a lot
> harder to do with
> a clean sound. I wouldn't jump to the conclusion
> that I don't understand the
> music
> just because I don't like Malmsteen's attitude, or
> that I don't place the
> same value
> that I did 20 years ago on playing fast runs and
> scales with high gain.
> That is
> my own prerogative and personal expression.
>
> Sorry to bash your Swedish friend. Perhaps I should
> have picked on Gilbert
> or Macalpine. :)
>
> Kris
>
>
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