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| 3180.1 | great bass? count me up! | RICKS::CALCAGNI | random acts of beautiful chaos | Mon Feb 26 1996 08:17 | 2 |
| Sounds good, will have to give this one a listen
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| 3180.2 | | SSDEVO::DESKO | Rick in Storage - DTN 522-3905 | Mon Feb 26 1996 11:39 | 4 |
| I've seen Victor live a number of times and all I can say is
"he's not human."
Rick
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| 3180.3 | He also sweats alot. | TMAWKO::BELLAMY | I don't wanna pickle ... | Tue Feb 27 1996 06:28 | 9 |
| Victor also has an instructional video that's been out for some time.
He makes what he does look so easy, such as the example where he uses
his thumb to pluck a string both on the down stroke and on the up
stroke (kind of like the way Geddy Lee uses his fore finger as a pick).
I have never been able to get any control out of my thumb ... I'm
stricktly a finger plucker kind of guy. He is amazing! I will hunt this
solo album down at the first opportunity.
Theo
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| 3180.4 | | BSS::HALL | | Tue Feb 27 1996 17:05 | 1 |
| Is Victor any kin to Gene Wooten, dobrologist?
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| 3180.5 | ? | CSLALL::ONEILL | | Wed Feb 28 1996 10:16 | 3 |
| In what section of the music dept. would I find this recording
Jim
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| 3180.6 | | GANTRY::ALLBERY | Jim | Thu Feb 29 1996 10:22 | 9 |
| re: Gene Wooton
I doubt it, but his brother Roy (a.k.a. "Futureman") is the
percussionist for the Flecktones.
re: Where to find it
I'd look in jazz, but it's hard to say (I've seen the Flecktones'
stuff in both jazz and bluegrass/acoustic).
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| 3180.7 | Look in "E" for "Eclectic" | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | General MIDI | Tue Mar 05 1996 14:14 | 15 |
| re: Where to find it
Because of his association with the Flecktones, and because the
Flecktones (like the Dregs) tend to defy "categorization" you
might want to look in country, bluegrass and/or jazz. You also
are probably more likely to find it under either "Bela Fleck" or
"Bela Fleck & the Flecktones" than under Victor Wooten.
Usually they're in the "Country" bins because of the long association
Fleck has with Bluegrass music. This despite the fact that they
really don't sound very "bluegrassy" to me other than the fact
that they have a banjo (which often doesn't sound much like an
acoustic banjo).
db
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| 3180.8 | | OCTAVE::VIGNEAULT | Minister of chiles | Wed Mar 06 1996 05:10 | 4 |
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http://cdnow.com/ has this on CD for $13.96, or cassette for $9.78.
Lv
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| 3180.9 | That's where I got my copy | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | General MIDI | Wed Mar 06 1996 07:36 | 6 |
| Yes, I got mine from CDNOW. I don't think I've seen it in a store
yet.
Amazingly, my copy arrived on my door the day it was released.
db
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| 3180.10 | | GANTRY::ALLBERY | Jim | Wed Mar 06 1996 07:45 | 21 |
| > Usually they're in the "Country" bins because of the long association
> Fleck has with Bluegrass music. This despite the fact that they
> really don't sound very "bluegrassy" to me...
The same is true of much of David Grisman's work and some of Tony
Rice's as well. They most commonly show up in the folk/bluegrass
section for the same reasons as Fleck/Flecktones, but I've seen Grisman
under jazz as well.
I was somewhat impressed that my local Best Buy had Bela Fleck under
*both* bluegrass and jazz, and had done a reasonable job of assigning
the titles (e.g., Flecktones and "Tales from an Acoustic Planet" under
jazz, "Drive" under Bluegrass)-- at least as reasonable as you could do
with the electic Mr. Fleck.
Speaking of Fleck's "Tales from an Acoustic Planet," this is another
place to hear some great (non-solo) bass playing. About half of the
cuts feature the incredible Victor Wooten and the other half feature
the equally incredible upright bassist Edgar Meyer.
jim
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| 3180.11 | pass the A-1 | RICKS::CALCAGNI | just back'in over the cats | Wed Apr 24 1996 09:35 | 7 |
| Well, after picking up "Show of Hands" yesterday (Tower Records, in the
jazz section) I may have to eat some of my words from the Guitar Show
note re slap bass. Victor clearly has taken this technique into the
90's and beyond. A stunning disc.
/rick
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| 3180.12 | I'm getting Tommy Lee and Pamela to sing on my solo record | RICKS::CALCAGNI | just back'in over the cats | Wed Apr 24 1996 11:53 | 12 |
| Something that db didn't mention (or at least didn't make obvious)
in the bass note; the solo bass playing on this disc is performed with
NO OVERDUBS! Just Victor and a 4-string Fodera or his piccolo bass.
Keep telling yourself that while listening to what often sounds like
two or three interlocking lines, each of them alone a mind-blower.
A cool inside sorta joke is having Will Lee provide vocals on the first
cut. Although known as a hot studio bassist, Will has probably done as
many sessions as a vocalist as he has on bass.
/rick
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| 3180.13 | poseurs | ASABET::DCLARK | movin' to Montana soon | Wed Apr 24 1996 12:06 | 2 |
| what's with these guys playing piccolo bass? Why don't they just
play guitar with their thumb?
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| 3180.14 | | RICKS::CALCAGNI | just back'in over the cats | Fri Apr 26 1996 10:02 | 9 |
| Been listening steadily to "Show of Hands" for a couple of days now.
The highlight for me may be the track "Justice". I would recommend
this for anyone who doesn't "get" rap (I include myself in that group)
or argues that it's not really music. It's sort of a halfway step into
that world. Listening to this cut, for me, clearly shows the power and
potential of that style. An ear-opener.
/rick
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| 3180.15 | | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | The moment is a masterpiece | Fri Apr 26 1996 17:30 | 7 |
| My favorite is definitely the first track...
But almost EVERY other track was in contention for "favorite" and
you may hear a different pick from me from week to week, but that
one tends to be my favorite.
db
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| 3180.16 | love dat someday my prince will come | CRONIC::PCUMMINGS | Minority Rules | Sun Jul 21 1996 11:01 | 6 |
| This is a beautiful album. Wooten really has a lush harmonic sense...
something not associated with alot of bass players! It really holds
me. Incredibly musical!
paul
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