I just got back from Austria. I was there playing and teaching at the 
invitation of Thomas Leeb, whom I already knew was a fantabulous player 
(www.thomasleeb.com), but the other guys I met out there I didn't know 
exactly what to expect, and as such I have some recommendations for you all!

Gottfried Gfrerer - probably the best slide player I have ever seen. 
Great songwriter too. http://www.gottfriedgfrerer.at/

Stuart Ryan - wow. Can play anything. Complete bastard. Obviously I've 
read a couple of his columns in Guitar Techniques and he is obviously a 
decent player, but on seeing him really do his thing -  wow. I'm using 
plastic scissors from now on in case the urge to cut off my fingers 
takes over. http://www.myspace.com/stuartryanmusic

Thomas Fellow - jazz fingerstyle monster, and very funny for a German.
http://www.myspace.com/friendnfellow - Scroll down a bit and watch the 
video on the right hand side. Most good.


Maybe we could turn this into a recommendations thread? I'd like to hear 
some mo' new stuff.

Jon
www.jongommm.com

> Jon
> www.jongommm.com

LOL, you having a bad day? Theres one too many "m"'s in your URL!



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tomScotland wrote:
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>> Jon
>> www.jongommm.com
> 
> LOL, you having a bad day? Theres one too many "m"'s in your URL!
> 
> 
> 

You can't say Gomm without saying "mmmmm"

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:21:00 +0100, performingchimp
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>I just got back from Austria. I was there playing and teaching at the 
>invitation of Thomas Leeb, whom I already knew was a fantabulous player 
>(www.thomasleeb.com), but the other guys I met out there I didn't know 
>exactly what to expect, and as such I have some recommendations for you all!
>
>Gottfried Gfrerer - probably the best slide player I have ever seen. 
>Great songwriter too. http://www.gottfriedgfrerer.at/
>
>Stuart Ryan - wow. Can play anything. Complete bastard. Obviously I've 
>read a couple of his columns in Guitar Techniques and he is obviously a 
>decent player, but on seeing him really do his thing -  wow. I'm using 
>plastic scissors from now on in case the urge to cut off my fingers 
>takes over. http://www.myspace.com/stuartryanmusic
>
>Thomas Fellow - jazz fingerstyle monster, and very funny for a German.
>http://www.myspace.com/friendnfellow - Scroll down a bit and watch the 
>video on the right hand side. Most good.
>
>
>Maybe we could turn this into a recommendations thread? I'd like to hear 
>some mo' new stuff.
>
>Jon
>www.jongommm.com

I've started to listen to the sadly defunct Jellyfish again and after
realising just how wonderful they were all over again, started to
investigate more recent powerpop stuff.

There's a lot of it about!

Here's a couple - mostly guitar-led and very melodic:

Starclock by Starclock. Possibly the uberist stuff I've heard in this
line. Beautifully thought out guitar parts with heavenly and
harmonious vocals.

Owsley by Owsley - session player gets in on the act. Crunchy guitars
with a hint of XTC.

Now away from powerpop...

The Legacy edition of Pacific Ocean Blue by Dennis Wilson - sublime
and proof if proof be needed that Brian didn't quite have all the
smarts.

Whilst we're at it: the demo tapes for Brian Wilson's "That Lucky Old
Sun" - another collaboration with Vandyke Parks and possibly almost as
good as "Orange Crate Art".

Thomas Dutronc - Comme un manouche sans guitare. A little manouche, a
little chanson, a little rock. 

Finally an odd one - Meet Glen Campbell by Glen Campbell - just so
bloody well produced, played and sung. An album of covers, but not
what you'd expect. A bit Radio 2'ish but quality stuff.

Steve.

"performingchimp"  wrote in message 
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> Maybe we could turn this into a recommendations thread? I'd like to hear 
> some mo' new stuff.

Oz Noy:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZI88g7e6xM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpSbe8IxH9Y&feature=related

Alex Machacek:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXpuKc167d8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1dOkugF_IU&feature=related

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icarusi wrote:
> "performingchimp"  wrote in message 
> news:7AGjk.92321$9I1.87568@newsfe16.ams2...
> 
>> Maybe we could turn this into a recommendations thread? I'd like to hear 
>> some mo' new stuff.
> 
> Oz Noy:-
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZI88g7e6xM
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpSbe8IxH9Y&feature=related

Superb player. Sounds a LOT like Scott Henderson, but with something 
like his own voice. Although there do seem to be a lot of Henderson 
licks and sounds in there. Stage presence of a bank manager though! Not 
sure why there are two drummers. I'm all for double drumming, but in 
this example it's very rare they seem to do anything really creative 
with it. Seeing one of the drummers seemingly just stop for a rest for a 
while made me a bit cross! Obviously it might sound amazing in the 
flesh. But I would rather hear a percussionist/drummer combo I think.

Melodically it is irrelevant bollocks.

> 
> Alex Machacek:-
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXpuKc167d8&feature=related
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1dOkugF_IU&feature=related
> 

In the first song, he looks like he's upset, like he's about to have a 
tantrum. I like it as a vibe, it's intense. Nice fluid playing, I have 
one gripe: he keeps moving up a semitone and back down again ALL THE 
TIME. That's what Santana does when someone says "play jazz, Carlos". 
Maybe that's a theme for that solo, but it's weirding me out.

The version of Donna Lee is pretty funny, and looks hard. 
4-note-per-string scales physically kill feel IMO: unless you are 
Holdsworth and can completely hide a watermelon in one hand, your pitch 
colouring is killed by the hand position.

SO basically, I'm not *massively* into either of those guys, but they 
are both sh1t hot players whom I would happily pay money to go and 
watch! And I enjoyed watching them just now, thanks!

> icarusi
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"performingchimp"  wrote in message 
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> Superb player. Sounds a LOT like Scott Henderson, but with something like 
> his own voice. Although there do seem to be a lot of Henderson licks and 
> sounds in there.

He has some Henderson, Krantz, Scofield and Howe bits but not enough of any 
to be cloning, at least when you hear him for the first time and try to 
figure out who it is. I can't think of anyone using Henderson's current 
style, at least not that I've heard.

 > The version of Donna Lee is pretty funny, and looks hard.
> 4-note-per-string scales physically kill feel IMO: unless you are 
> Holdsworth and can completely hide a watermelon in one hand, your pitch 
> colouring is killed by the hand position.

I'd like to know how he came up with that lurching tempo of the backing 
track. When I first heard it I thought it was a technical fault on the flash 
player!

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"performingchimp"  wrote in message 
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> Melodically it is irrelevant bollocks.

What is melody?

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icarusi wrote:
> "performingchimp"  wrote in message 
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>> Melodically it is irrelevant bollocks.
> 
> What is melody?
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> icarusi
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A "melody" is where you play one song then immediately play another, 
then another, all in a row without gaps.

On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:51:51 +0100, performingchimp wrote:

> icarusi wrote:
>> "performingchimp"  wrote in message 
>> news:hdDkk.164958$oo.39848@newsfe09.ams2...
>> 
>>> Melodically it is irrelevant bollocks.
>> 
>> What is melody?

> A "melody" is where you play one song then immediately play another, 
> then another, all in a row without gaps.

You're meddling with the definition.

nog wrote:
> On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:51:51 +0100, performingchimp wrote:
> 
>> icarusi wrote:
>>> "performingchimp"  wrote in message 
>>> news:hdDkk.164958$oo.39848@newsfe09.ams2...
>>>
>>>> Melodically it is irrelevant bollocks.
>>> What is melody?
> 
>> A "melody" is where you play one song then immediately play another, 
>> then another, all in a row without gaps.
> 
> You're meddling with the definition.

Sorry its a sickness. A "malady", you might say.