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IanB
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Edited Dec 14, 2009, 19:29
Re: Cope vs. The Clash
Dec 14, 2009, 19:10
machineryelf wrote:
I've always liked it because at least they sound as if they are pushing still at the edges , unlike many of the modern prog bands who obviously have studied the John Petrucci widdly manual amd the wakeman palmer chord book til they can do it in their sleep, defeats the object of playing in 11/7 and changing key every 4 milliseconds if it sounds easy


Ah there's a vital truth there. Bruford talks about the dead end of boundless technique in his book. There was music in those early explorations which seems to have got lost somewhere in the search for conservatory perfection.
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