>I suspect Thames is a Metheny fan as well. >I always preferred meaningful to fast, even before Pat >O'Brien told me in >1987 that speed wasn't sexy. >Back in the old country we say: Some like watermelon, >some like watermelon >rind. >RT
No, as I said before I'm not a big jazz fan. However, I would disagree SPEED is sexy! If you've ever driven a Porsche on the autobahn, you would know what I mean. Cursing around in the back seat of a taxi, may cause back seat driver syndrome, which seems to be the problem at hand. Michael Thames www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Michael Thames" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Eugene C. Braig IV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lute net" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>; "ariel abramovich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 9:09 AM Subject: Re: Willams Concert > >> Can do play it any faster or better? Just curious... > >> aa > > One doesn't need to be able to play better, faster, than someone > > else to comment, as we have witnessed from Roman's critique of JW. > > Michael Thames > > www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com > I suspect Thames is a Metheny fan as well. > I always preferred meaningful to fast, even before Pat O'Brien told me in > 1987 that speed wasn't sexy. > Back in the old country we say: Some like watermelon, some like watermelon > rind. > RT > > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html