I appreciate the talent, the technique, the years of arduous study and practice, but...
Peter T.
location: New Hampshire
listening to: Too much of everything!
registered: 1999.05.20
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for me, the best technical musicians usually don't produce the most inspiring sounds. I realize mine is probably a minority opinion and this is why punk rock appealed to me all those years ago. As an example, the band Stiff Little Fingers has a guitarist who will never approach the extraordinary picking/strumming/inventiveness of Paco, but his powerful, yet rudimentary use of what is probably only 3 chords, is to my ears, far more compelling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVjNPNNxySc&feature=relatedPeter T.
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for me, the best technical musicians usually don't produce the most inspiring sounds. I realize mine is probably a minority opinion and this is why punk rock appealed to me all those years ago. As an example, the band Stiff Little Fingers has a guitarist who will never approach the extraordinary picking/strumming/inventiveness of Paco, but his powerful, yet rudimentary use of what is probably only 3 chords, is to my ears, far more compelling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVjNPNNxySc&feature=relatedPeter T.
