tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post3915503624241289896..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Friday MiscellaneaBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-27743442035943254812014-12-12T12:06:55.616-06:002014-12-12T12:06:55.616-06:00Jon, as always, a very illuminating comment! I'...Jon, as always, a very illuminating comment! I'm happy to be better informed about Dimebag Darrell. I watched some of him on YouTube, but probably didn't take the time to get a good sense of him as a musician.<br /><br />I would venture that a great musical artist is one who expands or redefines or perfects a kind of style or genre and has a long-term influence on listeners and other musicians. The Beatles are my standard example of musicians like that. I am a great fan of Cream and Eric Clapton, but I wouldn't put them in the same category because their musical range was much narrower and influence correspondingly less. People who think that it is marketing ability that defines greatness in music are those who got us into this mess!!<br /><br />Talking about electronics, I think that when you are talking about, for example, the electric guitar, what you are talking about is an instrument that is essentially electronic and therefore all the pedals and amplifiers and other equipment is inherently part of the instrument so expertise in its use is part of your skill as a musician. This also extends to the recording process as that is now partly compositional. Again, I would cite the Beatles' remarkably creative recordings.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.com