| Is Gay Community in Uproar over Jan Davis Guitar
It was assumed by a recent news release headlined: "Wrong-Way Guitarist Crash Lands on Internet" that world-renowned guitarist Jan Davis was referred to as: "going the wrong-way."
[ClickPress, Sat Jul 15 2006] It was assumed by a recent news release headlined: "Wrong-Way Guitarist Crash Lands on Internet" that world-renowned guitarist Jan Davis was referred to as: "going the wrong-way."
One gay reader wrote, "With all the controversy over gay marriages, and other negative references, we certainly don't need any more setbacks."
Apparently, some members of the gay community ascertained, since the artist's name is Jan, and may be regarded as effeminate; the article was referring to his sexual orientation. Other comments indicated the term, "wrong-way" is being tagged onto the entire gay community.
Software of note for beginning guitarists
I've always been a huge fan of computer-based learning. I love software designed to teach typing, foreign languages, playing guitar and so on. I've been very impressed with guitar lessons from iPlayMusic. More specifically, I'm impressed with the just-released Beginner Guitar Lessons DVD. .
On a rock 'n' roll
Theyre at Summerfest, church carnivals, raucous nightclubs, lively Jewish weddings, crowded coffeehouses, gubernatorial parties, swank yacht clubs, corporate shindigs, barnlike college auditoriums and any other place imaginable where professional musicians are required. There is an enormous gulf between the wanna-be dreams of the garage band hobbyist and the dedicated grind needed by full-time performers to pay dental bills and mortgages, juggle family obligations, keep tax records, deal with club owners and be sure there are extra guitar strings packed. .
Sigur sounds
In case you missed the version on Takk . . ., they've reproduced it here and tacked on an intro that sounds like a cross between crickets and a wind-up doll. The opening melodic lines played on piano and bells build to an anthemic OK Computer-era-Radiohead climax, then fade to a slow and sugary outro. Sigur Rós, “Refur (Sæglópur)" More tone poem than song, this brief but elegant track is built on a haunting piano lick that vamps over a humming bass. Sigur Rós, “Ó Fridur (Sæglópur)" Ignore Jónsi Birgisson's plaintive falsetto that enters around the three-minute mark and the piano, flute, and orchestral flourishes on this track sound like something from the next Sufjan album. Sigur Rós, “Kafari" (Sæglópur)" Clanging chimes and children's bells give the impression of water droplets as they float above quivering accordion swells that fade into nothing.
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