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Blimey Things are getting interesting here! MS www.mattstevensguitar.com On 30 Mar 2008, at 20:10, mark francombe wrote: > ... Kris, > I really found your post about mastering the guitar your ability, > skills and superior knowledge, very po-faced and rather disgusting > and surprising coming from you! I do acknowledge that you have some > quite considerable skill in some kind of Jazz style guitar and you > are someone with real devotion to the experimental side of things > that I applaud! > But really... this was self congratulatory and condescending. > > You whined: > Albeit, for artists who have not mastered their instruments, who are > intermediate players, and are not comfortable playing solo or > looping with > just one accompanying loop, creating a wall of sound with loops, > based on > more basic and easily executable parts, is an relatively easy way > for them > to sound "better" or more accomplished than they really are. I know > this > will likely irritate or offend some beginner loopers, but it's the > fact of > the matter, and something looping technology has allowed. > > I was irritated and offended by that, and Ive been playing for 38 > years, played over a thousand gigs, and was on this list before you > even had a delay pedal... (sic) > > What IS it with people that they have to go on and on about skill, > and talent and ability... Did PUNK mean NOTHING to you guys...??? We > īre all getting on a bit on this list now, and NOW comes the danger > that with wives and kids and mortgages, we sit back and pull out > all those old King Crimson albums, going "nothing like the old > stuff is there..." > > Now Im not saying that letting a loop build and build till the > ubiquitous wall of noise is really terribly interesting, no no, I > keep MY loops very thin, prefering subs undoīs and inserts to > overdubs, but blimey... I never thought LD would get so Muso!!! I > hear alot of talk about REALLY FUCKING expensive bits of kit, and > frankly wonder how some of you afford to keep changing it , > upgrading it and buying the latest thing... I know I canīt > (although my modular synth is a bit of a money pit - dont tell the > wife) and I despair... well... this is rambling now... Ive gone off > the point a bit... not only a bad guitarist, but a bad writer... > sorry... > > I don't mean to have a go specifically at you Kris, i respect alot > of what you have done, but please stop the... "Oh the Youngsters > have a lot to learn" talk... Its the non musician youngsters that > will bring the next breakthrough in music, and we will be too old > and miserable to notice... > > > Mark... > > > PS: Anyone got a torrent for Altares Auto Tune?? > > > > >