Members davis1 Posted September 4, 2007 Members Share Posted September 4, 2007 Flea is a very decent trumpet player Let me dig you a Youtube cliphttp://youtube.com/watch?v=mZ8mE35arnM Listen to that breath control! Flea's father was a jazz musician. His jazz also influenced Anthony Kiedis in a way. In Kiedis' book, he tells that during his early years while hanging with Flea, he would be shown classic jazz albums such as Kind of Blue, Jazz Samba, etc.. and was thrilled at the idea of improvisation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brother Mango Posted September 5, 2007 Members Share Posted September 5, 2007 There's two sides, though. Eddie Van Halen always said that Clapton was his big influence, but I don't hear it. Jeff Berlin has hollered "Jack Bruce!!!" at the top of his lungs for decades, but I don't hear any Jack Bruce in him at all.FWIW, I don't envision Flea sitting down and really copying anybody's stuff. He's literally had a non-stop career since day one and was probably too tied up working to really slow it down enough to focus on assimilating ideas and approaches. Would it be bad if Flea did sit down and copy people? Doesn't it make sense that he'd need a source as a reference? Even if he had to learn a song to cover it for whatever reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members __tony__renaud Posted September 5, 2007 Members Share Posted September 5, 2007 FWIW, I regard sitting down and copying stuff as one of the very most important ways in learning to play really well. Copying the masters is a time-honored tradition that is centuries old, and nobody creates in a vacuum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted September 5, 2007 Moderators Share Posted September 5, 2007 nobody creates in a vacuum. Tell that to the spider that was trying to spin a web inside my vacuum... oh, never mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 78pbass Posted September 5, 2007 Members Share Posted September 5, 2007 screw Flea, lets talk about Chad Smith: Did anyone else notice that Chad Smith is really Will Farrell?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvhoGBhUHjM&NR=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brother Mango Posted September 5, 2007 Members Share Posted September 5, 2007 screw Flea, lets talk about Chad Smith: Naw, man! I wanna talk 'bout yo' mamma! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted September 5, 2007 Moderators Share Posted September 5, 2007 Did anyone else notice that Chad Smith is really Will Farrell? I hadn't before. I couldn't even imagine it, then I clicked on your link. Hahaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brother Mango Posted September 5, 2007 Members Share Posted September 5, 2007 screw Flea, lets talk about Chad Smith:Did anyone else notice that Chad Smith is really Will Farrell?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvhoGBhUHjM&NR=1 Cool video!! Flea + Will Farrell. I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Psilocybin Posted September 5, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 5, 2007 Haha. For years my friends and I have watched this one concert dvd and we keep saying that Chad looks like Will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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