Re: WAS: Who uses looping in their promo material? NOW:Prerecordedmaterial

[Daryl Shawn <highhorse@mhorse.com>]

It's funny, those shred videos put things in a certain light for me. 
After seeing the hilarious version of Steve Vai's triple-neck (!) tune, 
I went and checked out the original thing, also on YouTube (it's called 
"I Know Your Here" (sic)). I always liked what Vai did with Zappa, but 
this seemed so INCREDIBLY vapid and indulgent, ascending scales going 
nowhere, seemingly random keys...it was as if I was hearing it with true 
perspective, with the "shredded" videos pointing out that if one isn't 
impressed by the odd sounds and rapid-fire notes, these axe-slingers can 
appear really ridiculous, if the musicality of the music isn't 
necessarily strong enough to overcome the poses. I didn't really think 
I'd be gaining insight from laughing my ass off, but these things do 
work mysteriously..

Daryl Shawn
www.swanwelder.com
www.chinapaintingmusic.com
> This is something that got
> sort of missunderstood in the rock n roll world with a
> lot of the shreder bands in the 80s,it started turning
> into weight lifting sports arena and the innocence of
> rock n roll started getting lost...