Re: Suck because you're Looping ?

[mark <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

I'm not sure if I made this clear, but I'm a bit David Torn fan, I just 
don't like some of his more brittle guitar tones.  I actually really 
liked the B.L.U.E album.

Mark

On Friday, June 27, 2003, at 05:49  PM, Terry Blankenship wrote:

> I seriously doubt that David Torn would be playing in
> bands with people like Bill Bruford and Tony Levin, or
> Terry Bozzio and Mike Karn if he couldn't play the
> guitar well, or if he lacked self confidence in his
> own ability to keep up with them.
>
> I bought the videos because I liked his playing on
> Cloud About Mercury.
>
> Not everyone likes all of his work. I've seen people
> on his own list slam Splattercell. He didn't care.
> Most good musicians don't care at all what people who
> criticise their work think of them. It usually says
> more about the crtitic than the musician. They create
> and play their music for the few (or many) people who
> get what they are doing and like it.
>
> To quote a great line King Crimson song:
> (I think the quote was from a shrink to a musician who
> was letting critics get to him.)
>
> "You can't please every one it's a natural fact, I
> recommend a fifth of Jack Daniels and a bottle of
> prozac."
>
> Terry
>
> --- Squid Loop <tentacle_joe@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> --- Tim Nelson <psychle62@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> It's funny; Terry states that the reason he
>>> likes dt is because he's such a good guitarist. >
>> Now the only person I've ever heard who has
>>> said they *don't necessarily consider dt all
>>> that great of a guitarist is dt himself
>>
>> I was never impressed with Torn's playing until > I
> saw his Painting videos - He really shows his > talent
> there but I find a lot of what he does
>> with like B.L.U.E not very impressive when you
>> look at the straight guitar work. And I hate his >
> wah sound =)
>>
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