From tonysounds@yahoo.com Tue Apr 26 06:45:42 2011
Subject:Re: HUSH - change of pace-JL solos

I think one of the things about Jon Lord's soloing is that they're always improvised.  He talks about this a bit in the "Machine Head" dvd: he says he/they always end up using his first solo; otherwise, every time he retakes a solo he keeps the bits he likes from the previous solo, and then they start getting less interesting, and then the repeated parts never sound as good as the original, and it becomes a case of diminishing returns.  So he prefers the "warts" versions because at least they have energy.
 
That said, Hush is a great example:  towards the end of the solo, you can actually hear a punch point; he finishes the solo take early, there's a pause in the solo and then the next line quite audibly was not performed at the same time, has a very strange cadence to it.  So he must have taken a solo, didn't like it, did it again, but didn't remember the exact length, and when the engineer stopped punching in at the end, they discovered "whoops, 4 more bars!", but damage was done.  And for that reason, I try to duplicate that in my solo on that song.
 
I'm with CC:  I only note-for-note solos I really like or are really iconic (you know, the type that non-musicians can hum in their heads), otherwise, I hit the landmarks and do my own thing, or if I am not enamored with the solo, totally do something different.
 
T

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--- On Tue, 4/26/11, rrockkey wrote:

From: rrockkey
Subject: [CWSG] Re: HUSH - change of pace-JL solos
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 7:37 AM

 

"3. Sometimes if I like the artist, and I kind of like solo, I will just pick out the signature passages and use them for ins/outs and then improvise around them. For me, I often put Jon Lords solos in this category. I have always found his solos (style/technique) to be a little weird and sometimes I like to do my own thing."

Craig,

Interesting and possibly not coincidentally, you put JL in this third category. JL has mentioned in interviews, one of his goals, when soloing, was(is)to strive for something unique. I'm para-phrasing here and I can't remember his exact words but if you listen to his live solos, he rarely if ever plays the same solo twice. I think you have to believe this is intentional on his part. I'm pretty sure that's where all that "weird" stuff comes from. Sometimes it works.

Cheers,
Rock

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