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As I mentioned earlier, I don't think people need to go nuts on fancy gear to post videos on YouTube. |
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Thanks so much, Toby! I appreciate your support as always.
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In this piece I tried to create a mood using repetition and silence over a very subtle progression. The main theme in G evolves very slowly and barely changes throughout while the mid section in D mostly serves as an interlude. In any case, I'm really glad that you enjoyed it. |
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When I was a kid, my favourite players were probably Slash and Steve Vai. While Vai was out of my league, I practiced Slash's solos for years and still remember them to this day. I also played a lot of Ozzy because Zakk Wylde's style was a good fit for my technique. Otherwise, I listened to SRV, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix (although I never tried to copy any of his parts), Mark Knopfler, David Gilmour, C.C. DeVille, Dimebag Darrell, Marty Friedman, Dave Mustaine, John Christ, Randy Rhoads, Joe Pass -- and many more. When I started fingerstyle guitar, I spent a lot of time studying Tommy Emmanuel and Pierre Bensusan. Beyond guitar players, I listened to a lot of different music genres. A lot of the music that I write is probably influenced by the cheesy Chinese pop tunes that my parents enjoyed too much. Similarly to Celtic music, there's lots of pentatonics in Chinese music. In my classical piano days I also studied a lot of composers and the one who had the most influence on me was probably Schumann. I'm not deluded enough to suggest that I have a thousandth of Robert Schumann's talent -- but his way of writing eclectic pieces that were very melodic but went in all kinds of directions had a lasting impression on me. He was the first composer to really break the classical mold and come up with original structures (and be successful at it). I also love Mozart and Rachmaninov -- whose music I don't listen to often enough because of my stupid tinnitus... In any case, I could go on and on about musicians who have inspired me. I love music! |
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I love everything about this ... and among the reasons is the black and white videography. Beautifully composed and played.
Good luck topping that
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Cool that answered my PM .
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That is a great list of influences, Mau. Some of them I would not ever have guessed :-)
Looking forward to hearing more!
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Nice work Mau!
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I use the first edition of the Fuji X100 -- which is an excellent stills camera but is terrible for movies (plenty of moiré and colour fringing). Switching to B&W made the image quality semi acceptable. Thanks for listening! |
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I also have most of Tupac's studio albums -- but thankfully none of it has transpired in my own music... |
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I should've mentioned my more recent favourites as well. Of current well known guitarists, I'm a huge fan of John Mayer and Brad Paisley.
I stopped listening to guitar music when Nirvana became popular and destroyed everything I loved about rock. The whiny voice, the lack of chops, the sloppy attitude, the impact they had on the music scene -- I hated everything about them. I hated how they encouraged kids to play two noisy chords and pretend that they had become musicians. Those guys essentially made it cool to be bad guitar players. |
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I don't know where your D-28 has traveled in 34 years, but it's landed in the hands of a fine musician. Another great composition, Mau.
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In my teens was introduced to blood sweat and tears which lead to Yes ,Genius , ELP, UK , Starcastle , Rush ( my fav Alex taught me how play guitar ) king crimson and more but then I heard Larry fast and his Synergy albums which lead me to New Age music . I had some rough times as many had and music from Micheal Sterns , Steve Roach , Micheal Hedges , Acoustic Alchemy became my Buddha , it stabilized me lol that's when I discovered open tunings . My music is played in a primitive manor I feel but I try to pass on my emotion in my songs inspired by the musicians above that touched me . Awesome to hear players that inspire us to me Mau is one those musicians .
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I'm going to take good care of the D-28 -- hopefully for at least another 34 years. |