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I play bass and backup guitar and did some backup singing. I worked with the man who made electronic amplification of voice practical - Charley Butten. Charley got the Emmy Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sound or some such thing a couple of years ago. I got a concussion several years ago and the medicine I have to take now takes away the sensitivity in my fingertips so that's that. Now I can only appreciate what used to be good music. And that covers quite a wide range from French cafe' musicians to Eddie Heywood and Glenn Miller to Rock and Roll to Opera. An artist is an artist. Or was until the last decade or so where no one seems to know what they're doing and gets applause for it.
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BassmanPicker Wrote:I play bass and backup guitar and did some backup singing. I worked with the man who made electronic amplification of voice practical - Charley Butten. Charley got the Emmy Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sound or some such thing a couple of years ago. I got a concussion several years ago and the medicine I have to take now takes away the sensitivity in my fingertips so that's that. Now I can only appreciate what used to be good music. And that covers quite a wide range from French cafe' musicians to Eddie Heywood and Glenn Miller to Rock and Roll to Opera. An artist is an artist. Or was until the last decade or so where no one seems to know what they're doing and gets applause for it.
I have never been a player just an appreciator so if I said,"I feel your pain.", it would be laughable in a strangulated way. With your wide variety of interests, may I warmly invite you to actively contribute...as the spirit moves you? I agree strongly with you assessment of most modern music forms and formats but that means we go back in history AND ALSO find those mining those veins today. It's harder but it's doable.
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A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind--Dr. Johnson
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR
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jazzboCR Wrote:I have never been a player just an appreciator so if I said,"I feel your pain.", it would be laughable in a strangulated way. With your wide variety of interests, may I warmly invite you to actively contribute...as the spirit moves you? I agree strongly with you assessment of most modern music forms and formats but that means we go back in history AND ALSO find those mining those veins today. It's harder but it's doable.
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After writing that I just happened to be thumbing through the channels and there was a PBS program on learning the piano. They had a guest who actually knew what he was doing. I suppose the real question is - where do you FIND these guys playing without having to go from dive to dive until you either find them or get shot?
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BassmanPicker Wrote:I suppose the real question is - where do you FIND these guys playing without having to go from dive to dive until you either find them or get shot?
Exactly. I find local jazz and blues societies of great value but that doesn't help much with the more popular or more obscure forms. I've tried in a small way here by highlighting "Local Heroes" (which hasn't gained much traction) but how about club promoters, or smaller or specialty record labels--those whose biz it is to know this stuff and find you, the audience. As I said, it's not easy but it's doable.
A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind--Dr. Johnson
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR
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i like music i live in viet nam, i nice too meet you.
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Welcome aboard the Great MD, dvsang!
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