Re: [MMM] Fw: Composition

I'm sure Jon Catler was one of the exceptions (too bad Bumblefoot wasn't there).

Joe

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Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 10:43 AM
Subject: Composition

I recently did a gig where the difference between technical proficiency and a lack of compositional skills was very obvious...I played a fretless guitar festival in NYC, and man, the guys playing there were all technically very advanced; there were a zillion notes played, a lot of them very fast. But, I didn't hear much in the way of good songwriting to support all of those notes (and there were a few exceptions).
In fact, the guitar, overall, has turned into sort of a "macho" axe, with fast and technically complex playing substituting for any sort of compositional depth or expression.. .and it bores the hell out of me.

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