posted 09-29-2004 08:13 AM               

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I saw Kaki King recently when she opened for Keb Mo. I was only mildly impressed by her playing technique. I enjoyed hearing about 50% of her songs, the other 50% sounded rather cacafonous. I checked out the "Pink Noise" video, and personally, I think it's a poor representation of her talents. I can't imagine anyone seeing that and wanting to rush out and get her album.

I once saw a Jackson Pollack painting at a gallery, which looked like it could have been done by a chimpanzee splashing paint on canvas. My reaction was, "I guess it looks kind of cool, but does this this guy actually know how to paint? Can he paint a portrait? or a landscape? or does he just know how to splash paint onto a canvas?"

That's how I feel about Kaki King's playing.

[This message has been edited by Bluesboy (edited 09-29-2004).]

posted 09-30-2004 12:43 PM               

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I thought I would weigh in on this-IMHO

First I would like to say its refreshing to see a woman present herself in the all to
often male dominated world of fingerstyle guitar. There are many prominent female classical guitarists but not to many virtuoso fingerpickers of the female persuasion.

With that said, I would have to say my critque of her music would be that it sounds more like musical textures very influenced by altered tunings or extended playing techniques than actual coherent musical compositions. Therein lies the danger when young artists rely on such
techniques rather than true musical substance to make a compositional statement.
Preston Reed, her mentor did not start out playing like that years ago. Rather he started from a Kottke/Fahey point of view and morphed into his present playing style years later,possibly as a reaction to what Hedges brought out in the early 80's. Preston however has the benefit of years of really "composing" for the acoustic guitar so his use of tapping etc, is more integrated into the compositonal statement. Although I do get a since of lack of contrast with his pieces that use
CGDGGD tuning, they all sound like different sections of the same piece. Such problems are not confined to the guitar, virtuoso pianists who decide to compose often have the same problems,
i.e. Franz Lizst.
Check out Heinrich Biber's "Mystery Sonatas" for scordatura violin ,a wonderfull exception to the rule.

posted 10-12-2004 01:09 PM               

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im new *blushes*

does anyone know what tuning she is using on this song??? i drove myself crazy trying to figure out what tuning she used on the conan video and any help on "playing with pink noise" or "close your eyes and youll burst into flames"

and i know i saw her father post, i think???
i was just wondering if she would marry me...

posted 10-12-2004 05:09 PM               

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Originally posted by bob7989:

i was just wondering if she would marry me...

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No offense but from what I read about her she would never marry someone called Bob.

Marcel

posted 10-14-2004 02:34 PM               

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good thing my name isnt bob, just my screen name.

is preston any better?

posted 10-15-2004 05:33 AM               

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Originally posted by Marcel Sager:

As long as you're still a guy that won't help much. I heard she prefered women.

Marcel

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Sorry, maybe it's just me, but I don't like these kind of rumours and I don't see that it is any concern of ours! Whatever the truth, it has no effect on the fact that she is one very talented young lady and her personal life should stay just that, personal. So let's stick to guitars, guitar players and music and leave the gossip to the low lifes in the press who feed on this kind of nonsense (no disrespect meant to serious journalists).

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