geoff
January 10th 11, 08:16 PM
Soundhaspriority wrote:
> Things seem a little slow around here. So here's a question to provoke
> discussion. Let's say you're a musician who desires to perform, or
> make a recording, of a song, of the kind strongly identified with a
> particular performer, either by authorship or simple association.
> This is the case with a lot of blues, jazz, and rock. Let us further
> stipulate that you want your performance of the song to emulate one
> the performer(s) who is associated with the song.
>
> I am not a performer myself, but I see two choices:
> 1. Try to copy the technique and the style of that performer by sheer
> technical tour-de-force, analogous to the "camera eye" of a Dutch
> Masters painter.
> 2. Try to get inside that performer's head, to be that person, to
> "channel" his vibes.
A certain rather sad attempted guitar performance of ANother Brick In The
Wall springs to mind.
If you bothered to find it you'll know what I mean ;-)
geoff
> Things seem a little slow around here. So here's a question to provoke
> discussion. Let's say you're a musician who desires to perform, or
> make a recording, of a song, of the kind strongly identified with a
> particular performer, either by authorship or simple association.
> This is the case with a lot of blues, jazz, and rock. Let us further
> stipulate that you want your performance of the song to emulate one
> the performer(s) who is associated with the song.
>
> I am not a performer myself, but I see two choices:
> 1. Try to copy the technique and the style of that performer by sheer
> technical tour-de-force, analogous to the "camera eye" of a Dutch
> Masters painter.
> 2. Try to get inside that performer's head, to be that person, to
> "channel" his vibes.
A certain rather sad attempted guitar performance of ANother Brick In The
Wall springs to mind.
If you bothered to find it you'll know what I mean ;-)
geoff