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Re: re[2]: kingcrimson in sf-no loop content...
>i think a joni mitchell approach would help here (not just for fripp, but
>for any of us). the tuning of the guitar posits a certain default sound
>(overcomable by technique).. it's my understanding that joni has a
>differant tuning for almost every song (i suppose to a guitar player, it
>would make her "sound more technicly skilled" than she might be..but the
>end result is, imho, great). if one were to believe the roland pr dept,
>it's for this reason she now uses roland guitar synths.
>
It would be interesting to note at this point that since late 70s, early
80s, robert fripp has championed his new standard tuning, or NST,
precisely
for that reason - offsetting and intentionally disturbing learned
mechanical
patterns.
of course at this stage, one would expect he knows and navigates NST like
his back yard
nic
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