Comments on: Tommy Emmanuel http://starfishstories.wordpress.com/2008/10/05/tommy-emmanuel/ A collaborative music blog, by Ivan Chew & Adrian Loo. Two Singaporeans happily pursuing their musical "Starfish Stories". Because they can. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:04:00 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: py http://starfishstories.wordpress.com/2008/10/05/tommy-emmanuel/#comment-252 py Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:40:31 +0000 http://starfishstories.wordpress.com/?p=156#comment-252 Either it is my lack of exposure, or the fact that my preference is to listen to sounds from acoustic instruments and not electric-instruments, my ears didn't like it, even though to be fair, Joe Satriani and Steve Vai have good musicianship. Either it is my lack of exposure, or the fact that my preference is to listen to sounds from acoustic instruments and not electric-instruments, my ears didn’t like it, even though to be fair, Joe Satriani and Steve Vai have good musicianship.

]]> By: Ivan Chew http://starfishstories.wordpress.com/2008/10/05/tommy-emmanuel/#comment-251 Ivan Chew Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:34:23 +0000 http://starfishstories.wordpress.com/?p=156#comment-251 Hey PY, you mentioned "sound experience". Now I'm REALLY curious how you'd react to guitarists like Joe Satriani. I'll email you some links :) Hey PY, you mentioned “sound experience”. Now I’m REALLY curious how you’d react to guitarists like Joe Satriani. I’ll email you some links :)

]]> By: py http://starfishstories.wordpress.com/2008/10/05/tommy-emmanuel/#comment-250 py Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:07:18 +0000 http://starfishstories.wordpress.com/?p=156#comment-250 Yes, I have found this post with Tommy Emmanuel playing on the guitar. He has good technique in playing chords, and he looks like he is passionate about his craft. The challenge that I often have when attending guitar concert is that I do not have a full idea of what to listen out for when I listen to the sounds produced by the guitar. As such, I often end up being biased, and would listen for sound-experiences similarly to those that I get when I listen to bowed-strings instrument. And then, most of the time, I end up preferring to listen to bowed-strings instrument because I can't find the sound-experience that I am seeking when I listen to guitars-playing. I think playing the guitar is so much harder to master, because a good right-hand technique is so critical in ensuring that what has to sound legato (smooth and lyrical) has to sound that way, using simply good right-hand plucking techniques! It is possibly easier to do so with the use of a bow? Though using a bow properly is possibly challenging too. Yes, I have found this post with Tommy Emmanuel playing on the guitar. He has good technique in playing chords, and he looks like he is passionate about his craft.

The challenge that I often have when attending guitar concert is that I do not have a full idea of what to listen out for when I listen to the sounds produced by the guitar. As such, I often end up being biased, and would listen for sound-experiences similarly to those that I get when I listen to bowed-strings instrument. And then, most of the time, I end up preferring to listen to bowed-strings instrument because I can’t find the sound-experience that I am seeking when I listen to guitars-playing.

I think playing the guitar is so much harder to master, because a good right-hand technique is so critical in ensuring that what has to sound legato (smooth and lyrical) has to sound that way, using simply good right-hand plucking techniques! It is possibly easier to do so with the use of a bow? Though using a bow properly is possibly challenging too.

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