Re: Hiromi

[Paul Richards <paulrichard10@adelphia.net>]

(I'll grab a cup of coffee and go hang out in the lobby of my local Guitar 
Center)

I've been meaning to bring a pair of earplugs with me on my future visits 
to the Guitar Center. What a cacophony of electric guitar noise!

(I also tossed most of my ELP records out quite some time ago, however)

For me, ELP hasn't held up over time. I've tried listening to their work 
more than once the past few years, and while some of their stuff is still 
good, much is overblown, mile-a-minute aimless noodling (as opposed to 
direction'ed noodling).


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Paul Richards

---- mech <mech@m3ch.net> wrote: 
> At 2:12 PM -0400 6/20/06, Matthew.Quinn@sunlife.com wrote:
> >I haven't watched the clip, so I'm not sure- but are you guys kidding?
> >
> >Hiromi is amazingly talented.
> 
> She is amazingly technically adept, I'll give her that.  However, 
> just because you *can* play lebenty-bazillion notes in the span of a 
> half-second, doesn't necessarily mean you *should*.  If I want to 
> listen to that, I'll grab a cup of coffee and go hang out in the 
> lobby of my local Guitar Center.
> 
> This is the only clip I've seen of her work, though, so maybe other 
> examples are better.  The best parts of this video sound like a pale 
> tip-of-the-hat to Keith Emerson's "Tarkus".  I also tossed most of my 
> ELP records out quite some time ago, however.  As with all matters of 
> taste, YMMV....
> 
>       --m.
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