Re: ProjeKct 2 @ Palookaville, Santa Cruz, CA...

[Joe Cavaleri <cavaleri@simi-valley.ate.slb.com>]

                Hi all,

        I attended the Ventura show and I have to agree with the review 
below.

Mind you, I have been a Fripp fan since '69. I appreciated the fact that 
these
three musicians were willing to "put it on the line" by improvising live 
but,.
IMHO there was little music peformed that night.

                joe


At 10:07 AM 3/24/98 -0800, you wrote:
>> >     ProjecKt 2 w/Fripp, Belew and Gunn was pretty awesome friday 
>night!
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>Well...looks like I missed meeting Miko and Laurie at P2 concert in SC. 
>Alas!  A belated howdy to you!!!
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>Is anyone else disturbed by Fripp's use of cheesy guitar synth sounds?  I
>mean, if *insert studdly keyboardist name here* played the same piano,
>organ, and marimba sounds that Fripp used people would say "That sounds
>sucks!"  And it does!!!  What is so fascinating about a guitarist playing
>crappy keyboard sounds on a guitar?  Okay....obviously this is a personal
>pet peeve.  I just don't get it.
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>Although it was gratifying hearing the much loved Fripp fuzz tone, I left
>wondering how they could do this gig night after night.  With 3 extremely
>talented and gifted musicians on stage I excepted more than just hallow
>wanking.  I kept waiting for the next level.  
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>Perhaps I'm too much of an idealist.  
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>People on ET have been raving about "the new vocabulary" P2 is exploring. 
>I heard nothing new.  I heard drum sounds straight from ToaPP (Three of a
>Perfect Pair's "Industry"), soundscaping from Fripp's many recent solo
>discs, and Gunn's noodling ala his solo discs....
>
>Geezzz....what's my problem?????
>
>I think in my own looping I've been searching and struggling for form and
>structure in my looping compositions.  I'm tired of improvised
>guitar-drones that go nowhere, are lifeless and dead, and brandish the
>"Recorded live with no overdubs/Completely improvised" tag. BOOORRRRING.
>
>I was hoping for enlightenment from the masters.  Some clue as to the road
>less traveled.
>
>Matt
>
>P.S.  That being say, the P2 song directly after the intermission was
>*very* cool, erie, and sublime.  How in the heck was Gunn triggering those
>vocal samples?  IMO, this song hinted at what this group of musicians are
>capable of.
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