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Location: Chicago | So I got all excited and posted an inspired BLOG about the new Adamas 1581 . Go there, if you have a minute, and leave some comments! (Ideas: "Shut up already and just 'plink'!"; or: "don't get yer thumb caught in the little sound hole" etc.) |
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Location: Chicago | Hmmm... Maybe this is a better link to the ADAMAS BLOG? |
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| So has jeff got the Adamas itch yet? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | a'little Gold Bond should clear-it-up. |
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Location: Chicago | Most definitely. Of course, he then took a razor to his finger: that'll cure any itch for awhile (look at what they did to poor Abelard!) |
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Location: Japan | Hey I read through some of your articles and was really happily surprised to read your take on Hendrix and Vai.
Villanova Junction is only one of Hendrix many great unheralded moments on tape.
Your choice of Vai's Tender Surrender too; great example of his ability to play regardless of his chops.
Really wish your Adamas song had been longer; you really play with fire and taste as well and I look forward to hearing more! |
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Location: Chicago | Thanks for checking out the blog and for commenting, Akami! As for Hendrix v. Vai in the entry just before "Adamas" one ... It's amazing how sometimes chops get in the way. I guess that's what happened with various "virtuoso" styles in the 1970s. As for my own "Adamas" tune: This is a fragment from a suite for two guitars. I have some recording to do! |
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Location: Japan | Originally posted by dobro:
Thanks for checking out the blog and for commenting, Akami! As for Hendrix v. Vai in the entry just before "Adamas" one ... It's amazing how sometimes chops get in the way. I guess that's what happened with various "virtuoso" styles in the 1970s. As for my own "Adamas" tune: This is a fragment from a suite for two guitars. I have some recording to do!
Just by complete chance I decided to go to Kawasaki tonight and saw a band that was in Shinjuku last night.
Really liked them last night too but had some shopping to do and just as I was walking away they started a tune without the singer; Crying Machine.
One of my favorite Vai numbers, but they did an incredible rendition of it with a tiny drum kit, upright bassist and two acoustic guitarists!
It was so nice that they found the heart of the song without copying it verbatim, and injected new life, without sounding deliberate.
Be sure and let us all know when you have a cd ready! |
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Location: Chicago | That's a great story Akami. By the way: why don't you post a link in your signature (a site, a tune, something personal). Even in virtual space it is exciting to make new friends! |
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