In an earlier post, I had taken Walter Becker to task. I had chastised him for a whole variety of things, mostly having to do with guitar solos on records that I didn’t feel were up to the early standard that he set on albums like Katy Lied, and some other things such as how [...]
Is Autotune (aka Auto-Tune) merely a helpful tool for those who can’t sing, or might it be a cause of pestilence and halitosis? I suppose it’s not quite that bad. I even enjoy it sometimes when it’s set high enough that it becomes a tone color, a particular fun futuristic bizarro tone. And let’s not [...]
I play a mixture of styles, mostly flamenco and Brazilian music, as well as some classical. Anybody playing a classical or flamenco guitar has at some point considered using a footstool to get a comfortable playing position. Flamenco players tend to be less formal, and often simply hold the guitar on their lap in a [...]