Bilbo

I just remembered Jean Francois Jenny-Clark....massively underrated http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z4WxYeWg-o

It's one those magic ingredients that distinguishes a great player from a good one. Your own definition is as good as any I have seen. It's the art over the exercise, the intention over the words, the emotion in content as opposed to the content alone. It's the difference between you and me.

Romantic Warrior and Light As A Feather are my two faves.

Nobody does. They exist simply to humiliate you.

It's brilliant. Great material for reading practice. It is very accurate but the parts are not complete so you will often get an intro, verse and chorus and then a fade or even just a riff here and there but, overall, a really useful resource and it gives you massive insight into JJ's style. Highly recommended (and I 'kin hate Motown )

I just got a copy of Miroslav Philharmonik - I hope I can make it fit what I have been owrking on by 21st but, if not, I'm pulling out of this month's competition and re-grouping for the next one! How exciting!!

Apology accepted 100%.We are cool and absolutely no hard feelings here either.

This is a semantic argument now.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1360664564' post='1974082'] Says the man who went to the trouble of writing a whole book about one of his musical heroes [/quote] Awful to admit it, FF, but PC is not one of my heroes. I chose him because it would have a market! Oh, the shame of it!

I don't think I have ever gone on a pilgrimage to see anything, I have only seen stuff by being there anyway. Kind of 'oooh look! York Minster Cathedral' when I was in York for a conference. Would I travel anywhere to see something like Paul Chambers' bass? Well, I haven't to date so I guess not. Cult of Personality stuff has always made me uncomfortable ( I know why. I was at a gig when I was 17ish and saw people getting autographs off the guitar player. I got one and immediately felt like a dick so never did it again. I have never even sought to speak to an artist since) PS I went to a wedding in Abbey Road about 4 years ago with 2 of my 3 brothers. We didn't even register the zebra crossing let alone seek out the studio

Slow progress this month. Not sure I am going to get there

Say hi to Osian for me....

Yes. The brackets are so you don't sharpen an existing sharp (sometimes called a double sharp e.g. F## = G).

Sorry, mate, but I would have been at the luthier's by now.

Have stopped reading the thread but the coachloads visiting Paul's house evidences the fact that they are overrated. No-one is worthy of that nonsense.

Monster, Andy. Great definition in your sound and some interesting production ideas.

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1360454708' post='1970851'] If you only ever listened to 10% of their stuff how can you know if they're overrated or not? [/quote] For that reason. It s perfectly possible to 'know' about The Fab Four and their ubiquitousness without knowing every tune. I know about Dickens and Shakespeare but have only read 2 works by each of them. There is an argument that ALL superstars are overrated.

I choose to use the term overrated simply because, great as they were, they weren't the b all and end all of everything which is sometimes the way they are portrayed. I don't disagree for a second with any points raised about their influence. What I may say, if pushed, is that The Beatles weren't as influential as the [i]success[/i] of the Beatles was x

Beatles tunes and jazz musicians have resulted in some shockingly bad jazz A lot of Beatles tunes on jazz albums are commercial decisions made by misguided producers. I don't want to generalise but (will) most examples of jazz plus Beatles tunes are less than the sum of their parts.

I don't dispute their influence, just think that it is not as 'essential' as is argued. That is the only thing I mean by overrated. They are unquestionabiy the most influential band in Rock and Pop.

I really appreciate what you are doing, SB. Always interesting and provocative.

The most over-rated band in history Very influential etc but I have never actually listened to 90% of their stuff. Not hostile, just never went there.