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Post by erics on Sept 25, 2007 13:35:35 GMT -5
After reading the reviews from The Craft show (pretty cool, you lucky bastards), I only found one specific tidbit about Paul's approach to songwriting.
He talked about how the difference between a good song and a great song is all in the bridge and that he personally followed the same sort of bridge 'rules' that Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello follow.
Did he offer any other songwriting tips or tricks during the show?
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Post by FreeRider on Sept 25, 2007 13:38:24 GMT -5
and what about the open tunings he uses? Did he make any comments about that?
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Post by Marz on Sept 25, 2007 14:12:47 GMT -5
and what about the open tunings he uses? Did he make any comments about that? Yes... but I have no idea what he means.   |
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Post by Kathy on Sept 25, 2007 14:17:41 GMT -5
and what about the open tunings he uses? Did he make any comments about that? There was a question aboutopen tunings, but being musically illiterate, I can't help you. Hopefully someone who was there and knows abotu such things can hellp, but don't forget this is going to be posted online so you can have your answer then (I know the waiting is the hardest part). Oh that reminds me, Paul got off a little zinger at Tom Petty's expense, gently mocking the "Yeah Yeah (Yeah Yeah)" chorus of that song and how he had to hear it every damn night on the Petty tour (though people in "Na na na na, na na na, na na" houses might not want to throw stones!) |
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Post by scoOter on Sept 25, 2007 14:27:34 GMT -5
Oh that reminds me, Paul got off a little zinger at Tom Petty's expense, gently mocking the "Yeah Yeah (Yeah Yeah)" chorus of that song and how he had to hear it every damn night on the Petty tour what struck me, though, was how gracious he was toward petty overall. actually, with most of the other artists he talked about, he showed proper respect, i thought. even if he was taking some sort of exception with the artists output, he was still very nice about it. |
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Post by Kathy on Sept 25, 2007 14:45:54 GMT -5
Oh that reminds me, Paul got off a little zinger at Tom Petty's expense, gently mocking the "Yeah Yeah (Yeah Yeah)" chorus of that song and how he had to hear it every damn night on the Petty tour what struck me, though, was how gracious he was toward petty overall. actually, with most of the other artists he talked about, he showed proper respect, i thought. even if he was taking some sort of exception with the artists output, he was still very nice about it. Oh definitely, it really wasn't even a zinger, just a very gentle joshing like "I can't get this Yeah Yeah stuff out of my head"! He was very gracious in all his comments, from mentioning "Madman Across The Water" to talking about Jimmy Reed. |
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Post by scoOter on Sept 25, 2007 14:55:04 GMT -5
what struck me, though, was how gracious he was toward petty overall. actually, with most of the other artists he talked about, he showed proper respect, i thought. even if he was taking some sort of exception with the artists output, he was still very nice about it. Oh definitely, it really wasn't even a zinger, just a very gentle joshing like "I can't get this Yeah Yeah stuff out of my head"! He was very gracious in all his comments he even took the time to seemingly slam chris mars a little, but then he explained himself & the crowd forgave him ;D |
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Post by FreeRider on Sept 25, 2007 15:11:24 GMT -5
There was a question aboutopen tunings, but being musically illiterate, I can't help you. Hopefully someone who was there and knows abotu such things can hellp, but don't forget this is going to be posted online so you can have your answer then (I know the waiting is the hardest part). Hmm, okay. I'd be curious to hear what he has to say about find new chord formations and all in open tunings, if he addresses that. Oh, well, I'd have to say that I can't hardly wait for the online webcast!  Must be Paul's mid-western niceties too, being gracious in his comments about Tom. he wouldn't be making a playful joke at Tom's expense if he wasn't at least friendly with him. yes? no? maybe? Also, I don't think he'd really slam someone, even if a particular artist is not his cup of tea, in such a public forum like that anyway. |
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Post by Wolfdog on Sept 25, 2007 17:28:10 GMT -5
He didn't get into specifics about tunings and playing guitar. Mainly that he has used open tunings for a long time to try to keep from writing the same riffs and chord progressions over and over.
He also spoke about how it bites him in the ass when he goes to perform live and has to remember what tuning it was and to carry an extra guitar for it.
I thought it was pretty funny when he said he had written songs using some unknown open tuning, and later when rehearsing for a tour asked Tommy what the actual chords were.
"It's just A and D."
And being disappointed that it wasn't more complex than that.
"I guess I could have done that in any tuning"
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Post by matsrule on Sept 26, 2007 0:09:08 GMT -5
Sounds like an amazing night. Very cool, wish I was there........
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Post by nowwesayitoutloud on Sept 26, 2007 6:53:32 GMT -5
What was his comment about Kraftwerk? I just realized he was probably making a crack about "The Craft."
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