Re: E bow fallacies

[Dennis Moser <sinsofmachaut@gmail.com>]

I love his sheer skill and technique in this video, but Great Zombies
Above...I HATE his tone...sounds like a really cheesy pipe organ you'd
hear on a fairground. Every time I hear this one, I go through the
same schizzy process of cringing and smiling at the same time.

/me ducks and dons the NOMEX,

Dennis

On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 5:02 AM, doc rossi <docittern@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here's an entertaining little e-bow video
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwq0i6jP7dQ
>
> On Jun 27, 2010, at 12:41 PM, Rick Walker wrote:
>
>> As sympathizer of Kim Flint's notorious intolerance about the
>> cliched use of e-bows in mostly ambient music, I
>> want to go on record in support of this instrument and
>> point out that:
>>
>> If you buy a new version of the e-bow (at least the one
>> that has the new octave switches on it)  it comes with a
>> mini CD that has a whole bunch of video tutorials on how to
>> get different techniques with it.
>>
>> The whole infinite sustain, ambient thing may be a little played to 
>death
>> but there are some exceedingly clever and very musical ways that people
>> have used to play the instrument,  including the simulation of other 
>instruments
>> using it's attack characteristics.   I was overwhelmed with the number 
>of
>> very clever techniques that users have developed.
>>
>> My take on the e-bow is that it's a somewhat limited instrument and 
>like many limitations
>> imposed on us, artistically,  it's always down to how creative you use 
>the thing.
>>
>> I'll even admit to having a piece for two e-bows and retuned autoharp 
>posted on
>> my www.youtube.com/rickwalkerlivelooper   page.
>> I was loving how by raking my hands across the autoharp strings as I let
>> two different e-bows just play two notes on it, that you can create
>> 'glitchy' effects and backwards guitar effects.
>>
>> Admittedly ,  my use is very primitive compared to a skilled e-bow user
>> but I had a lot of fun with it one day.
>>
>> Rick Walker
>>
>
>



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