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I just listened to your track about Rats in cages! I liked it. The singer
sounds completely off his trolley- excellent, made me laugh.

"The critics that have heard what I do say it is creative, but that
> proves nothing."

I'd say it is creative- and entertaining.

Nice off the wall solo, let me know if you guys are going to play in the
south East UK- Kent preferably.

Cheers

John

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----- Original Message -----
From: Dennis Gunn <mightyjohn@...>
To: <logic-ot@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: 28 June 2001 09:48
Subject: [L-OT] Creative? was: guitar gods


> At 3:27 AM -0400 6/28/01, GAmoore@... wrote:
>
> >I'm not sure if that is true or not. I think too much training and
> >learning does limit one's creativity.
>
> I don't know.  Could it be that it just looks that way because people
> who have limited creativity tend to try to overtrain to make up for
> it?
>
> >Some composers are good at their instruments and some are average,
> >but most of the really great musicians are never great composers.
>
> Jeff Beck wrote some pretty good songs.  I really like Adrian Belew's
> compositions and Jimi Hedrix and Frank Zappa's as well.  If I recall
> correctly Mozart was a prodigy on both Piano and Violin.  And what
> about Bach?  Wasn't he renowned as a virtuoso organist?
>
> I guess I can't quite see where you are coming from there.
>
> >
> >I now know you consider yourself very creative.
>
> So that is an invitation to account for myself?
>
> Let me see.
>
> Certainly I strive to be creative but that does not mean I am.
>
> People always ask me what kind of music my band plays and I have
> always been at a loss to describe it.  When I play it for them and
> ask them what kind of music it is they can't tell me either. To the
> avant guard indy crowd I generally hang with: It's pop.  To pop
> people it's avant guard.  To the record stores it is something they
> have a hard time placing.  To me it is pop.
>
> I can play OK (after doing for 25 years I should be able to after
> all) but am not the best guitarist around.  So rather than
> demonstrating the chops I don't have to the world I try to use my
> head in such a way as to make things interesting.
>
> My personal taste runs to music that is generally regarded as
> "difficult" by the main stream.  When I listen to albums I have
> played on I enjoy them and enjoy my contributions to them.  Usually I
> don't when they are fresh off the press but when I hear them 6 months
> or a year later and have had a chance get the process of creating
> them out of my mind I do.
>
> The critics that have heard what I do say it is creative, but that
> proves nothing.
>
> Bottom line.  In answer to your question yes I think I am creative,
> after all it is my job.  If I didn't think I was I would have to
> choose another profession.  As for the "Very", well, sometimes maybe,
> but I am kind of lazy and that's not good.  "Very" creative people
> can't be lazy.
>
> In any case if you want to form your own opinion and or read that of
> the critics you can follow the link in my signature.  The page is
> kind of out of date but there are some sounds there.  I suppose I
> should put some more on there but I'm lazy.
> --
>
>
>                                  Dennis Gunn
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