tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post529991326787310064..comments2023-12-18T07:59:16.525-05:00Comments on Hats and Rabbits: Accomplish Nothing?Chris Matarazzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-36726880893557322022011-03-26T13:45:20.268-04:002011-03-26T13:45:20.268-04:00Good question, Nick. I think I agree with my teach...Good question, Nick. I think I agree with my teacher's comment that I mentioned above. I think the performer chooses for us. There is certainly enjoyment in the intellectual at times and in the emotional at times.(That's how Bach is for me -- not emotionally moving, but intellectually astounding music.) For me, in the end, if it doesn't move me, I'm not too interesed in figuring it out.Chris Matarazzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-59187203490962490412011-03-26T13:28:50.012-04:002011-03-26T13:28:50.012-04:00Not to cop out, but do we definitely have to choos...Not to cop out, but do we definitely have to choose? With stuff like Brubeck with the crazy compound time signatures, I find I enjoy it more after I understand it and know from my smidge of musical experience just how difficult and meticulous playing the piece would be. But it may be totally different with classical guitar--can't say I've ever tried it.Nick Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15652198213590823881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-56884347154917710682011-03-25T21:00:40.220-04:002011-03-25T21:00:40.220-04:00I see you point, Papi, but I believe ther is no ki...I see you point, Papi, but I believe ther is no killing the joy of music. I htink it can remain, either way . . . I couldn't halp thinking, watching Williams, how much fun it would be to play some of the passages his superior technique allowed him to play. I didcussed this with my teacher tonight, and she said something interesting. She said, "I let the performer decide for me. If he doesn't move me, emotionally, I start watching technique. But if it is good, I just enjoy the performance."Chris Matarazzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-25543490998588846492011-03-25T17:03:36.355-04:002011-03-25T17:03:36.355-04:00I'm glad someone said this. I've found my...I'm glad someone said this. I've found myself doing this at the few concerts Ive gone to. I mean who's not trying to see how the lead guitar is played during Trans-Siberian Orchestra's "Carol of the Bells/Sarajevo." Seriously, it's insane. But after reading your post and pondering, I think learning to become that good, since i have limited technical talents on a guitar, would become a chore rather than a joy. The great guitar players, painters, speakers, and writers have a certain God-given talent. They used this talent along with practice to make something beautiful, and most of all natural. I would love to be as good as BB King, Slash, Lonnie Johnson, or Carlos Santana, but if I were to achieve the level of technical prowess they possess, I feel the actual joy of playing music would be lost. It would sound...inorganic, like cheese from a can being used in lasagna. Canned cheese is a wonderful invention for its purpose, but trying to force it to be cheese in a lasagna can really only end badly.<br /><br />ehh that's my two cents (which I shouldn't have spent since I'll need them for gas)<br />--PapiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com