wow, never heard of criticism of low pitched strings sounded bad.
hey man to each his own!!
I would argue that just because YOU may not like his sound does not mean
that HE doesn't care about sound. You are of course free to not like it.
I dare to say you would never stand to listen to Sonic Youth or Glen Branca or the whole guitar tuned to just one note thing.
thanks for being candid and allowing me the same, sir!! :-)
--- On Sat, 12/27/08, Matthias Grob <matilists@atarde.com.br> wrote:
BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: Matthias Grob <matilists@atarde.com.br>
Subject: OT Egberto Gismonti
To: "Loop List" <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Date: Saturday, December 27, 2008, 8:53 PM
yes, I visited him once in Rio
and saw several shows
he also plays piano marvelously
and he has an interesting experience with indios
but he is a bit isolated...
and the thing with the very low pitched guitar strings does not sound good to my ears
in general I feel he creates fantastic music but does not care much about sound
On 27 Dec 2008, at 17:51, Marc Marshall wrote:
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Speaking of slow acoustic guitar players, anybody hip to Egberto Gismonti?
he can really play slow and beautiful and then blaze away as well
he played an 8 string guitar in 1975!!
HIs early ECM stuff is wonderful Dancas das Cabasas (or something like that!) LOL is a good place to start.
From: Jeff D <jeff_d@embarqmail.com>
Subject: Re: Fahey
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Date: Saturday, December 27, 2008, 3:41 PM
This looks cool, I can hardly wait!
j
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Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 3:28 PM
Subject: Fahey
" I got to see John somewhere in the 90's ............. he's playing these beautiful sssllllloooooowwww pieces......."
I was convinced in the 70s that Fahey was trying to prove he could play slower than any other guitar player,I think he succeeded,he could play much slower than anyone else I've ever heard. It's much more difficult to play an acoustic guitar slowly than an electric guitar fast. Being musical in either case is the big challege and Fahey's slow stuff could have this deeply in the moment sort of beauty,almost Japanese.
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