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Re: guitar drone music

for me it's always better to listen to the folks artists (like Junghans and Blackshaw etc) are deriving their sound from.  So I would check out John Fahey - the originator of this style..... or Sandy Bull if you can find his records anywhere.... or maybe Robbie Basho although he didn't seem to have the grace of playing that John did.

Fahey has some great records from his early years like Dance of Death, Death Chants, Breakdowns and Military Waltzes.  It's simple, clean, well played.  And, for what I can find, John was the FIRST modern (starting in 58) acoustic guitarist to use a Weissenborn... and alternate tunings.  Unforntuately John was haunted by various demons and had a reputation for berating his audience and intentionally getting so drunk onstage that his music was... well... really bad.  But early in his career he was a real pioneer / original thinker.  

You could always set up a drone with a looper - like a tambura (tanpura) figure and play over it as in the music of India.  Put lots of echo on it and... voila!  Or find a real tambura and tabla player and go to town.  

And hey!  You're from Turkey!  Good grief.  There must be boatloads of great oud players there who can help.  And frame drum etc.

RICHARD SALES


On Dec 25, 2008, at 12:14 PM, Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T) wrote:

I don't know how drone--relevant either of them are, but Steffen Basho Junghans and James Blackshaw are worth a listen on the acoustic side.

For edgier stuff, (but not solo) you could check out Nels Cline.

For Jazzy Americana with noise and loops thrown in there is BIll Frissel.

Good luck with your disk, Erdem -- I've enjoyed both one you sent me and one I bought.

At 9:50 PM +0200 12/25/08, Erdem Helvacioglu wrote:
hi,

i am recording a new guitar-drone record for a german label. i was wondering which contemporary artists i should listen to? any suggestions?

thanks a lot and best regards.

Erdem Helvacioglu
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