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So I'm cooking a big meal for my wife's family on may 19th, at her uncle's house. I had to go over there last night to check out the kitchen and all because I needed to know what kind of space I would be working in, etc. The guy is a great fellow, so into food and music, like me. we spent the night drinking and , and listning to and discussing music. eventually, he played me some of his keyboards (he's got quite a big set up, and plays with his own band sometimes). and we watched this dvd of elton john, sting, eric clapton, paul mccartney, phil collins, carl perkins, and mark knopfler playing old beatles songs on his surround sound system. anyways, i'll conclude by saying that we think along the same lines when we listen to music, me and him. and i recommended that he listen to some aphex and autechre... and an aspect that i like is that he's 55 years old. what a cool fellow. i loaned him lp5, peel sessions 2, from autechre, and windowlicker cd. i'm going over to his place next sunday to listen to some more music with him, and discover what he has in his collection, and also to expose him to some more intelligent music that i listen to... WOW! I love finding serious listeners of music. Especially to get together and discuss! |
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yeah that's cool... I wish someone in my family liked my music... |
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hey funk, i was thinking about you this morning while i prepared my coffee. i think you should go download some pat metheny stuff, i get the feeling you'd like it. try getting "On her way" or As it is, or the gathering sky. perhaps you could also try to get "the roots of coincidence," are you going with me?, Have you heard?, And then I knew... |
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the first three are from the Pat Metheny Group's latest cd, Speaking of Now, released in feb, 2002. the others are from various albums, TROC from 1997, AYGWM? from 1983, HYH? from 1989, ATIK from 1993. |
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Hmmm, Pat Methany Group? I've heard you mention them before, but haven't heard of them myself besides from you... I will check those out today, but need to get some dinner first... what is the music like? |
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what is the music like... what a question that is... ummm... i got this from the pat metheny group website: Pat Metheny was born in Kansas City on August 12, 1954 into a musical family. Starting on trumpet at the age of 8, Metheny switched to guitar at age 12. By the age of 15, he was working regularly with the best jazz musicians in Kansas City, receiving valuable on-the-bandstand experience at an unusually young age. Metheny first burst onto the international jazz scene in 1974. Over the course of his three-year stint with vibraphone great Gary Burton, the young Missouri native already displayed his soon-to-become trademarked playing style, which blended the loose and flexible articulation customarily reserved for horn players with an advanced rhythmic and harmonic sensibility - a way of playing and improvising that was modern in conception but grounded deeply in the jazz tradition of melody, swing, and the blues. With the release of his first album, Bright Size Life (1975), he reinvented the traditional “jazz guitar” sound for a new generation of players. Throughout his career, Pat Metheny has continued to re-define the genre by utilizing new technology and constantly working to evolve the improvisational and sonic potential of his instrument. Metheny's versatility is almost nearly without peer on any instrument. Over the years, he has performed with artists as diverse as Steve Reich to Ornette Coleman to Herbie Hancock to Jim Hall to Milton Nascimento to David Bowie. He has been part of a writing team with keyboardist Lyle Mays for more than twenty years - an association that has been compared to the Lennon/McCartney and Ellington/Strayhorn partnerships by critics and listeners alike. Metheny’s body of work includes compositions for solo guitar, small ensembles, electric and acoustic instruments, large orchestras, and ballet pieces, with settings ranging from modern jazz to rock to classical. |
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As well as being an accomplished musician, Metheny has also participated in the academic arena as a music educator. At 18, he was the youngest teacher ever at the University of Miami. At 19, he became the youngest teacher ever at the Berklee College of Music, where he also received an honorary doctorate more than twenty years later (1996). He has also taught music workshops all over the world, from the Dutch Royal Conservatory to the Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz to clinics in Asia and South America. He has also been a true musical pioneer in the realm of electronic music, and was one of the very first jazz musicians to treat the synthesizer as a serious musical instrument. Years before the invention of MIDI technology, Metheny was using the Synclavier as a composing tool. He also been instrumental in the development of several new kinds of guitars such as the soprano acoustic guitar, the 42-string Pikasso guitar, Ibanez1s PM-100 jazz guitar, and a variety of other custom instruments. It is one thing to attain popularity as a musician, but it is another to receive the kind of acclaim Metheny has garnered from critics and peers. Over the years, Metheny has won countless polls as “Best Jazz Guitarist” and awards, including three gold records for (Still Life) Talking, Letter from Home, and Secret Story. He has also won fourteen Grammy Awards spread out over a variety of different categories including Best Rock Instrumental, Best Contemporary Jazz Recording, Best Jazz Instrumental Solo, Best Instrumental Composition. The Pat Metheny Group won an unprecedented seven consecutive Grammies for seven consecutive albums. Metheny has spent most of his life on tour, averaging between 120-240 shows a year since 1974. At the time of this writing, he continues to be one of the brightest stars of the jazz community, dedicating time to both his own projects and those of emerging artists and established veterans alike, helping them to reach their audience as well as realizing their own artistic |
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wooo woo to much typing going on here, next. |
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jesus, if you can't hold your attention for that long... |
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