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Bright Size Life Review

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Bright Size Life Review28 years later, this debut disc by a young upstart guitarist from Lee's Summit MO STILL sounds as fresh, engaging and surprising as the day it was first unleashed!
What an amazing chemistry that took place here! Start with Pat's Jim Hall-meets-rural country and lyrical post-bop sensibilities, combined with another then-young upstart, Jaco Pastorious playing a supremely singing fretless bass and the explosive and yet detailed drumming of Bob Moses made for a whole new sound in jazz, with lots of wide-open spaces, impressionistic pastel-like harmonies, a Country inflected yearning and challenging intricate melodies that stay with you for days.
Pat wrote all but one track, the closing medley of Ornette Coleman's "Round Trip/Broadway Blues", in which Pat gets to the essence of Ornette's music and shows a very lyrical, compelling side of it that I think many people miss when they think of Ornette, he wasn't ALL skronk and honk, that's for sure! The original Metheny pieces are by turns fiery yet lyrical and loaded with subtle colorings not normally associated with jazz-guitar, which up until that point either stayed very conservatively bluesy with extended harmonies, or went to the opposite extreme of atonality, but here, Pat begins his rich musical journey and finds a well-defined voice normally associated with players twice his age in those days.
Not one bad track, this will haunt you for days and live in your CD player for long periods I'm sure.Bright Size Life OverviewNo Description AvailableNo Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: METHENY,PATTitle: BRIGHT SIZE LIFEStreet Release Date: 02/29/2000

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Live From Austin TX '84 Review

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Live From Austin TX '84 ReviewThis DVD/CD twin pack is, indeed, a live 1984 performance aired on Austin City Limits that same year. I know this for a fact since my wife and I were there the evening of the shoot. This power trio was billed as "Eric Johnson and The Avenue". The group included Rob Alexander on bass (great angelic voice) and Steve Meador on drums. My wife and I attended many of Eric's shows in the Houston area and we enjoyed this particular lineup during that time period. It was a period just before the "Tones" album was produced.
This performance includes one of my all-time favorite pop songs "All I Need" that Eric wrote and had been performing for several years prior to this performance. I'm glad it showed up on this DVD/CD. It is great to have this on DVD since all I had, previously, was an old grainy VHS (in mono) I made when this ACL originally aired. The original segment had also been cut to 30 minutes versus the 48+ minutes (also in DTS 5.1) included on this release. Great to see the additional material and hear the great audio remastered so well.
There is another ACL performance out there that I hope gets released, as well. Maybe we will see it later in 2011.
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Black Swans & Wormhole Wizards Review

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Black Swans & Wormhole Wizards ReviewFrom start to finish this album is really fun to listen to. I hadn't even read anything about the CD...just popped it in and started listening. Right away you know something is different: the keyboards. Once again Joe has changed studio bands bringing in Mike Keneally on keys and Allen Whitman on bass.
Not knowing what to expect after recent releases, (Super Colossal and Professor Satch were very technical and the Chickenfoot project was lame) I was happy once I heard the first note. There is amazing guitar work as one would expect on a Satch album, but it's not overdrive...the disc is full of solid, no BS guitar riffs with several keyboard solos. I think playing in a band (Chickenfoot) may have changed his approach a bit.
My favorite songs are "Premonition" , "Pyrrhic Victoria" , "Two Sides To Every Story" (very jazzy!) and "Wormhole Wizards". There is even a ballad "Littleworth Lane" which I can envision being played with the 10-minute solo live in concert.
Overall this a very impressive effort and my favorite since "Strange Beautiful Music" & "Crystal Planet".Black Swans & Wormhole Wizards Overview

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Fuzz Universe Review

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Fuzz Universe ReviewI heard the single Fuzz Universe before the album was released, and I immediately thought this would easily be Paul Gilbert's best album. But after listening to the album as a whole, the title track might be the only song on the album that doesn't fit. This isn't a bad thing at all, just don't buy the album expecting every song to sound similar to Fuzz Universe. Paul has many changes in this album including tone, the use of wah wah, and even the unusual scale progressions I've never really heard from him. I've listened to the albums a few times through and I love it, so I've decided to do a full review.
1. Fuzz Universe - 10/10 Best song on the album in my opinion. Sounds like a Randy Rhoads tribute song, with a chorus to let you know it's still Paul Gilbert behind the guitar.
2. Olympic - 10/10 This song starts one way and finishes a completely different way. It starts off really joyous sounding, then about a couple minutes in everything changes. Gilbert plays a darker chord progression with Viking Kong type solos. It's an emotional journey throughout.
3. The Count Juan Chutrifo - 7/10 This song almost fills like a filler to me. It's fun to listen to, but nothing ever really happens throughout the song.
4. Bach Partita in Dm - 9/10 I love this piece, his tone makes it sound amazing.
5. Blue Orpheus - 4/10 The intro is good, then it becomes almost painful to listen to. Paul Gilbert did not write this song, in-case anyone hasn't read that on his site. This is a very weird and disappointing song, to me at least.
6. Will My Screen Door Stop Neptune - 8/10 The main riff is promising, but it's never really fulfilled. Still a great song though.
7. Propeller - 10/10 This is where the album starts to pick back up in my opinion. I love the jazzy sound and tone of this song. It's so emotionally great on the chorus, and there's solo from each instrument which is really cool.
8. Don't Rain On My Firewood - 9/10 The song really remains the same throughout, but the main riff is so great is my opinion that it works anyways. And it had a cool breakdown towards the end.
9. Plastic Dracula - 9/10 This song is similar to DROMF, has a great riff that drives throughout the whole song. But this song also has some of his greatest solo work that's reminiscent of the solo in Technical Difficulties.
10. Mantra The Lawn - 9/10 Another fun song. This is where you start to realize that Paul Gilbert is just having fun on this album. He wasn't trying to over think anything, just pure fun guitar grooving.
11. Blowtorch - 10/10 The final standout on the album I think. This song feels like a tribute song to himself, and I think he should have ended this album here.
12. Batter Up - 7/10 This might have been a fun song to play, but no way to end this great album. It should have been placed somewhere else. But then again the Japanese version of this album doesn't end here, so maybe those weren't Paul's intentions.
Overall, great album, 5 stars easily in my opinion. Has a few dull tracks but the others more than make up for that. If you're a guitarist, just listening to this album will make you better, more so than any other Paul Gilbert album.
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Guitar Wars Review

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Guitar Wars ReviewMen, this DVD is great!
Great music and great performances by everyone of them, especially Paul Gilbert and Nuno Bettencourt.
The cd features the 9 last songs of the list, from Scarified to Red Rooster.
If you are a guitar player, you must absolutely buy it!Guitar Wars Overview

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Les Paul - Chasing Sound (2007) Review

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Les Paul - Chasing Sound (2007) ReviewI saw this documentary last night on TV and would recommend it to anyone who appreciates music, history, inventors, musicians, electronics. It is one of the best things I have ever seen on television. Buy it - you will not be disappointed.Les Paul - Chasing Sound (2007) Overview

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The Very Best of Dick Dale Review

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The Very Best of Dick Dale ReviewDick Dale is known as the father of surf guitar, and with good reason. This CD just makes you want to abandon all your hang-ups, and dance with wild abandon.
A lot of the riffs reminded me of other surf music greats such as The Ventures and The Beach Boys. If you like that kind of music, you'll love Dick Dale.The Very Best of Dick Dale Overview

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Operatica: Shine Review

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Operatica: Shine ReviewI enjoyed the first Operatica album "Volume 1" a lot. I love the concept of fusing opera and techno music together. Unfortunately my problem with "Volume 1" was that some of the songs sounded a like as well as weak material. Still it didn't deter me from wanting to hear the new album "Shine". After listening to "Shine" a few times. I have come to a conclusion that this album is far more enjoyable than "Volume 1". All the songs have a separate identity to them and do not sound alike. I think there is a bit more use of techno beats on this album than on the previous album. I also enjoyed hearing different vocalists than just sticking with Maureen. I think using other vocalists has added more depth to the music. I particularly enjoyed "Solvej's Song", "Shine", and "Standing On the Edge of the World" a lot. All the songs are good in their own right. "Shine" takes Operatica in the right direction. I look forward to hearing more from Lord Vanger.Operatica: Shine Overview

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SongXpress: Modern Rock, Vol. 4 - For Acoustic or Electric Guitar (2006) Review

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SongXpress: Modern Rock, Vol. 4 - For Acoustic or Electric Guitar (2006) ReviewI purchased this product after recently learning to play the guitar. I found the teaching to play these songs very simple and easy to understand. However, you must know your chords before buying this DVD as they do not teach you how to play the chord, but instead which chords to play to make up the song. I only learnt the first two songs...SongXpress: Modern Rock, Vol. 4 - For Acoustic or Electric Guitar (2006) Overview

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King Of The Surf Guitar: The Best Of Dick Dale & His Del-Tones Review

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King Of The Surf Guitar: The Best Of Dick Dale & His Del-Tones ReviewIt doesn't seem to make sense if described in words: a Lebanese-Polish kid from Boston who creates the sound of the blond California beach culture at the dawn of the Sixties with a synthesis of Gene Krupa's big band beat, minor-keyed Middle Eastern folk tunes, and the sounds he hears in the water as a tube-surfing daredevil. Makes a machine gun of the guitar, playing it in the frenzied, staccato double-picking style of the mandolin, while drenching it in reverb, a technical innovation of the day. The Sound is something every rock & roll devotee will, at once, recognize and find utterly different than anything he's ever heard. Rhythm sections tighter than James Brown's, brass as bold as Herb Alpert. This compilation traces his development through the daring, gritty "Miserlou" to the infectious "Surf Beat" on to the glistening smoothness of "The Wedge" and beyond. If you thought there was only Motown and Brill Building pop after Elvis and before the Beatles, think again. An absolute must for every serious collector.King Of The Surf Guitar: The Best Of Dick Dale & His Del-Tones Overview

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