From ccmacdon@rogers.com Wed Feb 27 13:21:18 2013
Subject:Re: Joey D. Boring?

MRK,
 
I don't really think that this is a "bash Joey" exercise.. and I don't think that Joey needs you to defend him.. 
 
A couple people have expressed their views that they find his virtuousity a bit boring..  He's an extremely talented guy, there is no doubt, but I think that it all sounds the same after a while.. (and that isn't a particularly long while)..  
 
I prefer simplicity, a simple memorable melody, and for all the effort I have spent trying to develop my chops and learn speedy runs and riffs over the years, I find myself here at 57 years of age putting that stuff aside as I realizing that the beauty and mastery of music is in the simplicity.  I can hum every Greg Rolie hammond organ solo note for note from every Santana album, they all have such beautiful melodies, but I can't recall anything that Joey D's ever done.   So who's the real virtuoso..?
 
Craig  
 

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From: "MRK7421@aol.com"
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 2:55:48 PM
Subject: [CWSG] Joey D. Boring?


 

I had to respond to this.

I don't find Joey boring,but sometimes the material he plays is fairly
stock be bop jazz. Be bop is most of what he does.

If you put Joey in Tower of Power, or Santana my guess he would come up
with some fairly classic stuff.

But like a lot of jazzers, he doesn't choose to go that route.

Make no mistake.... Joey is one of the most fluid jazz improvisers of all
time, on any instrument. And he can get pretty passionate about it,which is
when he starts to interest me

So if you want to talk about boring I wonder what percentage of people on
this list could hold their own doing just a duo as Joey often does playing
just instrumentals.

Most people would get pretty boring with their lack of harmonic content
and interesting ideas, which Joey does not lack.

Hey.... I turned on the jazz station yesterday and lasted about two songs.
The thing that bored me was the same old ding ding da ding rhythm on the
drummers ride cymbal.

But Joey doesn't bore me because I always hear interesting ideas in what he
does. Plus he knows how to make a clone organ sound good, which is
something that I commonly hear people screw up.

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