The Prog Rock Album Club

Moss · 07-18-2014, 03:32 PM

Don’t have too much to say about this one but thought I would put a few thoughts out there:

On the plus side:
Telecaster - It appears his main guitar is a Telecaster so I have to give it up for him. It’s what I play the most and he gets some great tones out of it although I’m not a fan of some of the tones he uses.
Lessons - According to his website he will provide private lessons via Skype. I’m half tempted to find out what that would cost but I know it’s going to be more than I’m willing to pay.
Chops - Clearly he has chops and knows his music theory.

As far as songs:
You can’t sing, you can’t dance - He is able to play those great whole tone or atonal or whatever the hell phrases that are hard to do correctly. Liked this one.
Am I walking wrong - Play a repeating bass line and improve over it with a fat distorted tone. Meh. Nothing Yo La Tengo has not done for years and better.
Drummers dance - The style he uses in this one is very much like John Scofield. Those short, stabbing kind of phrases. I love John Scofield. Like this one too.
One on One - String bending frenzy, I like it alright.
In the last moment II - Showing his volume swell techniques. This one leaned more towards rock than the fusion stuff up to this point. Found this one pretty boring.
Embracing Simplicity - This one bored me as well.
Third Life - Painfully long and boring
Tra ta ta ta ta - Glad things are picking back up here but still not a great track.
Bluesracho - Some nice inventive phrases here but the background music was so boring as a platform to solo over and his guitar tone kind of sucked on this one. Sounds like a filler track.
If you see me again - Boring layering of guitar parts

This is not something I can see myself revisiting. I did like the first half of the album but then it really started to drag through the second half. Certainly a good guitar player and I would take lessons from him in a second but I just don’t see that he is bringing anything new to the table musically. Jeff Beck, Eric Johnson, Steve Morse, John Scofield are way more exciting to me. This sounds like a decent mix tape from a good guitar play but there are thousands of those out there so not sure why this would stand apart.

6/10

Looking forward to Ziltoid!

07-18-2014, 03:32 PM	#11 (permalink)
Moss Scuttle Buttin' Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Boulder Colorado Posts: 972	Don’t have too much to say about this one but thought I would put a few thoughts out there: On the plus side: Telecaster - It appears his main guitar is a Telecaster so I have to give it up for him. It’s what I play the most and he gets some great tones out of it although I’m not a fan of some of the tones he uses. Lessons - According to his website he will provide private lessons via Skype. I’m half tempted to find out what that would cost but I know it’s going to be more than I’m willing to pay. Chops - Clearly he has chops and knows his music theory. As far as songs: You can’t sing, you can’t dance - He is able to play those great whole tone or atonal or whatever the hell phrases that are hard to do correctly. Liked this one. Am I walking wrong - Play a repeating bass line and improve over it with a fat distorted tone. Meh. Nothing Yo La Tengo has not done for years and better. Drummers dance - The style he uses in this one is very much like John Scofield. Those short, stabbing kind of phrases. I love John Scofield. Like this one too. One on One - String bending frenzy, I like it alright. In the last moment II - Showing his volume swell techniques. This one leaned more towards rock than the fusion stuff up to this point. Found this one pretty boring. Embracing Simplicity - This one bored me as well. Third Life - Painfully long and boring Tra ta ta ta ta - Glad things are picking back up here but still not a great track. Bluesracho - Some nice inventive phrases here but the background music was so boring as a platform to solo over and his guitar tone kind of sucked on this one. Sounds like a filler track. If you see me again - Boring layering of guitar parts This is not something I can see myself revisiting. I did like the first half of the album but then it really started to drag through the second half. Certainly a good guitar player and I would take lessons from him in a second but I just don’t see that he is bringing anything new to the table musically. Jeff Beck, Eric Johnson, Steve Morse, John Scofield are way more exciting to me. This sounds like a decent mix tape from a good guitar play but there are thousands of those out there so not sure why this would stand apart. 6/10 Looking forward to Ziltoid!