19-02-2015, 01:53
I liked that piece and you have a future with that gadget...as long as we remember it's a gadget. As much as I love the Hammond B-3, it's a gadget that's been taken to places it's inventors never dreamed of--un-gadgeting it, if you will. Listen to anything to anything Henry Butler has done on piano * and stack it up with anything this rig can do--this comes off as stale, static and unimaginative. I compare this to a centrally-planned economy vs. a free-market economy--no one person or group can harness all the possibilities that huge groups or unfettered genius can. Admittedly a far-fetched comparo but not that far-fetched. None of my words should inhibit your imagination; quite the reverse--be aware of limitations without being bound by them.
* I just presented some of his playing here on MD.
* I just presented some of his playing here on MD.
A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind--Dr. Johnson
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR