Members Alexbiscuit Posted June 3, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 3, 2010 haha yeah, i learned a long time ago not to convince anyone that doesn't already like phish why they're so good. usually a reba jam hooks them in, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members riffy Posted June 3, 2010 Members Share Posted June 3, 2010 I really dig Trey. Sure looks like he has OCD walking back and forth the whole time though... Count his steps...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alexbiscuit Posted June 3, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 3, 2010 haha yeah dude i saw that too. i see it as dividing up phrases he walks back for the first half of the phrase and walks forward for the last half. flows with his solo, kinda funny. when you let your mind go blank and concentrate on the melody and just play that stuff just happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted June 3, 2010 Members Share Posted June 3, 2010 haha yeah dude i saw that too. i see it as dividing up phrases he walks back for the first half of the phrase and walks forward for the last half. flows with his solo, kinda funny.when you let your mind go blank and concentrate on the melody and just play that stuff just happens That's one thing I like about him. He's definitely not phoning it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BuckshotJenkins Posted June 3, 2010 Members Share Posted June 3, 2010 I kinda feel the opposite about Phish and Trey. Got into them cause they (at their peak) really could just branch off into anything at all during many of their songs, and be listening to each other and together enough to be brave and risk not finishing a song. Also, early stuff was more progressive and was already crazy. Then they got noodley (tired). Around the first breakup, unless Page was leading a jam with his clavinet throwing down, I considered most of it tired noodling over chords. That being said, Fishman is everything I'd want in a drummer...he leads jams aggressively, and puts repeating fills during bars to increase the intensity very well. Find "The OJ Show". It's about all I need from them these days. Wish I got to see the Syracuse show last year...Tube got played, would've made a visit home better. That's usually a safe funk bet. Medeski rips the clavinet, and I don't miss guitar there, but most jambands are different shades of boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alexbiscuit Posted June 3, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 3, 2010 glad you caught a tube, they were rare last year. it's all about the peaks and valleys for me. music has to have the valleys so the peaks seem so grand. as far as mmw, any time they play with scofield it's a treat! look up some videos. they're coming with john butler trio to red rocks on friday and i sprained my ankle on monday so i can't catch them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Slave2TheAudio Posted June 3, 2010 Members Share Posted June 3, 2010 I've never quite gotten into Phish. I do love the Allman Bros, Gov't Mule, and Widespread Panic though... Sorry, but I just hate jam bands. I dont get why everyone is in love with ANY of those bands. There are plenty of bands like them that are not as big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IamBurnout Posted June 3, 2010 Members Share Posted June 3, 2010 Trey who? Trey Gunn? [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alexbiscuit Posted June 3, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 3, 2010 Sorry, but I just hate jam bands. I dont get why everyone is in love with ANY of those bands. There are plenty of bands like them that are not as big. because they are collectively creating somewhat interesting group improvisation on a nightly basis, and have done so over the span of many years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alexbiscuit Posted June 3, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 3, 2010 if i was touring 5 months out of the year every year, i wouldn't want to be playing the same compositions over and over and over again without much variation im very biased, though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cymro#1 Posted June 3, 2010 Members Share Posted June 3, 2010 Now that was very hard work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members imbuedblue Posted June 3, 2010 Members Share Posted June 3, 2010 Didn't change my mind. I respect him as a player but I just can't listen to it or any jam bands for that matter. Nothing against improvisation though. I have a heavy jazz background, love organ trios, and used to be in a jam band although I hated it. It was good practice though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members clay sails Posted June 3, 2010 Members Share Posted June 3, 2010 Trey Anastasio is as good as ANY guitarist out there. I dont love everything Phish has done but some of it is brilliant. (Ie Earher) All thw folks who dont like jam bands: listen to a studio album. They have normal songs, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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