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Re: Hendrix, surf, and the difference between musicianship, artistry and emotion.

Klas Fjellgren (surfites_64) - 17 Jan 2005 04:23:41

--- In , "supertwangreverb"
<supertwangreverb@y...> wrote:
>
> > I often find myself going back to the earliest surf recordings
for
> inspiration in my own
> > playing because, no insult intended, a lot of the current surf
> music is a little too good. The
> > musicianship is there, but the raw character of the teenage surf
> bands is part of the
> > genre's appeal for me. Sometimes, our modern surf bands play a
> little too well for my
> > taste.
>
> Nicely put, do you think getting older would make one loose
> that "raw" feeling in their playing?
They don't loose it, they start to dislike it while wanting to sound
like pro studio musicians sporting ponytails playing in
digital "oldies" bands wearing tucked in XXL hawaiian shirts with
motorcycle prints ;-)
Klas / The Surfites

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