On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 08:20:11AM -0500, bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > I really like that Chaconne! The chord voicings and structure reminds me a bit > > of Allan Holdsworth. > > > > -ken > > THE Ken Restivo? Your music on bandcamp helps set some of my personal > standards, along with General Fuzz. Isn't he in San Francisco, too? Haha, I don't qualify as a "the", but, yeah, that's me. Glad you've enjoyed my stuff. I haven't done much with music in a few years, or even listened much, but recently started listening again, and have been enjoy all the great new music you-all have been posting here. I downloaded and enjoyed General Fuzz's whole catalog about 6 years ago, and enjoyed it a lot-- I like chillout, and his music was always impeccably produced. Thanks for reminding me to re-listen to it. I guess he does live here, though I haven't met him. > > Anyway, thank you for listening! That's an interesting observation. The > recurring chaconne is loosely modelled off of Satie, so the Holdsworth reference > is not one i'd have made, myself. Nonetheless, i spent a LOT of time listening > to "Metal Fatigue" when it came out (on vinyl, at that!). i wouldn't be > surprised if some of that experience is tucked away underneath much of what i'm > concsiously doing. > Aha, Satie. Well, that could possibly resolve an over-30-year-old mystery for me, which was: where did Holdsworth come up with all those wild chord voicings? Perhaps he was inspired by Satie? Wouldn't be surprised if British prog-rock guys of the 1970s were running around listening to Satie; Steve Hackett covered Gymnopediae on one of his records, etc. I'm not that familiar with Satie so I might have not made the connection from there to Holdsworth. Makes sense though. > Thanks, again, for listening, Ken. Thanks for posting! -ken _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
