On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 08:20:11AM -0500, bill@email-addr-hidden wrote:
> > I really like that Chaconne! The chord voicings and structure reminds me a bit
> > of Allan Holdsworth.
> >
> > -ken
>
> THE Ken Restivo? Your music on bandcamp helps set some of my personal
> standards, along with General Fuzz. Isn't he in San Francisco, too?
Haha, I don't qualify as a "the", but, yeah, that's me. Glad you've enjoyed my stuff. I haven't done much with music in a few years, or even listened much, but recently started listening again, and have been enjoy all the great new music you-all have been posting here.
I downloaded and enjoyed General Fuzz's whole catalog about 6 years ago, and enjoyed it a lot-- I like chillout, and his music was always impeccably produced. Thanks for reminding me to re-listen to it. I guess he does live here, though I haven't met him.
>
> Anyway, thank you for listening! That's an interesting observation. The
> recurring chaconne is loosely modelled off of Satie, so the Holdsworth reference
> is not one i'd have made, myself. Nonetheless, i spent a LOT of time listening
> to "Metal Fatigue" when it came out (on vinyl, at that!). i wouldn't be
> surprised if some of that experience is tucked away underneath much of what i'm
> concsiously doing.
>
Aha, Satie. Well, that could possibly resolve an over-30-year-old mystery for me, which was: where did Holdsworth come up with all those wild chord voicings? Perhaps he was inspired by Satie? Wouldn't be surprised if British prog-rock guys of the 1970s were running around listening to Satie; Steve Hackett covered Gymnopediae on one of his records, etc. I'm not that familiar with Satie so I might have not made the connection from there to Holdsworth. Makes sense though.
> Thanks, again, for listening, Ken.
Thanks for posting!
-ken
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