lp102911@sjuvax.UUCP (palena) (10/29/85)
>Originality with feeling is also important, but originality can't stand >alone. That is why I my preference for guitarists will be Robert Fripp >and Jimi Hendrix, among a host of others, over any heavy metal axist. ...now I appreciate your honesty and all but why is Jimi Hendrix different than "any heavy metal axist"?? Eddie Van Halen did a special segment in Guitar Player magazine for beginners who want to learn rock guitar.He began this article by stating that the es- sence of good rock guitar is in the feel.Whether you want to admit it or not he is a feel guitarist and many others who've followed in his L.A.-style metal wake are as well.. >They are truly original, and they play with feeling, unlike the heavy >metal guitarists who can't be told apart without a score card. ...and I'm sure that many who are not familiar with the Fripp/ Eno crowd will say the same about guitarists in that genre.I lis- ten,on occasion, to a radio show broadcast out of Univ. of Penn. which features this type of music,and being unfamiliar,find many of the instrumentalists to be non-descript... > >Music is classified as an art. Art has always had its unappreciated >innovators. It is a shame these innovators will rarely see glory in >their lifetime, but I can guarantee twenty years from now the next >group of musicians, be they singers or guitarists or armless harmonica >players will look back and say their influences were these unappreciated >heroes and not the hit makers of today. ...yeah well,Hendrix was certainly an unappreciated innovator, not a hit-maker by any stretch of the imagination!!I guess the fact that he hasn't had any effect on contemporary guitarists refutes your point (God is that one gonna fly over some heads!!)... > >The moral of this story: Don't pay attention to pop charts or "Ten Best" >lists. Pay attention to what's in your heart and in your mind. ...I tried to explain this to Doug Alan and the result was a round of flames that has yet to be completely extinguished... > > Speaking off the cuff and will > probably regret it... ...you know what they say about self-fulfilling prophecies.If you're new to the net,here's some advice;try not to use words longer than six letters and don't be sarcastic.If you do,this pest will follow-up your article expressly for the purpose of say- ing that he can't make any sense out of it... 'bye Dr. Rosen, Larry Palena { astrovax | allegra | bpa | burdvax } !sjuvax!lp102911