Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
At The Back => Time Out => Topic started by: stu__r on April 21, 2006, 06:38:11 PM
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Well the name of the post is kinda the point.
If you love great guitar playing (by which i dont mean senceless shred btw) as in great feel, phraseing, wonderfull composition and great technique throughout check www.brettgarsed.com .
If you like what you hear on it order big sky......i did and im blown away.
This guy has just the kinda style i strive for. Melodic soulfull playing with smooth as it gets tone and legato technique amongst many other great things.
I was compelled to share by just how good the album is.
:)
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He is oustanding... he does a column in Australian Guitar Mag.
I cabt help but laugh when I remind myself he played in John Farnham's band
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Yeah I have heard some of his stuff- you are accurate in your assessment- melodic and tuneful and he does not widdle about aimlessly for the sake of it. Great heads up there.
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Yeh. Im aware that so many people dont know of Brett and EVERYONE should do so i thought i would put a post up to get people to at least check him out.
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Great player. Great technique and feel. Thanks for that :). I'll add him to the list :D.
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hehe glad to hear it. :D
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my pc is being a raging homo and won't let me play the tracks *shakes fist at screen* :rock:
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Im happy to send a track or two over msn.
I have added you.
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http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?videos=391328&T=6607
A couple of vids from his new instructional/live dvd can be seen there.
"got the horn" is a good track to take a listen to.
Thought this might be worth adding for anyone wanting to check bretts stuff out.
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Hi,
just discovered this old thread and wanted to point out that several clips of Garseds Canberra Clinic have been uploaded to youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=ChrisJohnstoneGuitar
Worth checking out!! :crazy2:
There's also a DVD of this clinic which I happen to have so in case you're interested pm me.
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Get Brett and Guthrie Govan together. 8) 8) :guitar4: :guitar4:
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He is a great player, thanks for the link!
:D
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Kinda reminds me of Shawn Lane in place. I'll have to listen to more of his stuff :D
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Yeah I've noticed a slight similarity with Brett Garsed and Shawn Lane, even though their styles are quite different. I guess it's that very fluid fusiony sound but incredibly tasteful. They both use(d) low output PAF style pups as well (DM Virtual PAF for Garsed and Air Classic for Lane). I love their tones and fancy some low output pups for my Ibanez, but I7m still undecided!
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They both use(d) low output PAF style pups as well (DM Virtual PAF for Garsed and Air Classic for Lane)
Exactly and Garsed has a Bluesbucker in the neck, which is a Dimarzios P90 in humbucker format.
I'm also interested in somthing like the Mule/MQ Combo, or Mule set.
Anyway, what I like about Garsed is
a) he's extremely melodic!!
b) his unbelivable fluidity, I mean it all looks totally effortless, and he's playing some heavy stuff there without being repetitive.
c) He plays great slide! Not in the classical blues way but more in a fusiony way.
d) I think it's exrtemely cool how he just looks away from the guitar or even closes his eyes while improvising (yes the solos are improvised)!!!
Oh, and talking about similarities between Lane and Garsed...they are/were both huge Holdsworth fans. I think that explains it :D
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I personally didn't think it was amazing, yea its nice smooth tone and stuff but I really didn't rate the melodies sounded I dunno too random, to me melody is something strong any easy to remember think "ode to joy" by beethoven etc
This is jazz or fusion right, because I can't get into it at all.
Greg howe is about as close as I get to jazz, heres some really nice playing by him:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px1TUrCx4Ak
Oh yea I don't get how u guys dig Shaun Lane, hes the most tasteless player Ive ever heard!
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Hey Muso,
I understand what you mean.
You're missing the written out, singable melodies. :)
I was more talking about how he can in an improvisational context, let's say, shred on a very melodic level. (Even though I don't rate this as shred at all, just to describe the fact that he's playing quite difficult stuff).
I know there's other ways of improvising as well, you could just improvise (slow) melodies, for example. But for a guy who's playing quite a lot of fast complicated stuff it has a very nice flow (music wise, not talking about techique here), and doesn't get boring.
Hope this was understandable :D
And funny you mention Greg Howe. They're in a similar boat, but I can get into Garsed easier than Howe...but Iguess that's personaö preference...
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I understand what youre saying completely I just think improvised music sounds terrible in comparison to a well composed piece of music. Theoretically theres no comparison.
I honestly think that jazz improv is incredibley self indulgent, I've seen lots of Holdsworth and lane videos and all they seem to do is wank up all over the shop with no regard for the other musicians in the group. Theres no melody to my ears but I guess they get lots of props because the scale or arp "fits" over the progression.
I'd love to know if people into this type of music actually like the music and how? I've tried and failed. I have a friend whos a pianist in a Bebop band and hes tried to convert me many times. Most people "guitarists" I've spoken too seem to like jazz because its elite and they really don't understand it at all. Weird huh?
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The whole point of jazz is improvisation, its roots come from taking a standard tune and then 'jazzing it up' to make something new, and of course there is self indulgence and a sense of competition between musicians that you rarely find in other music.
I love jazz and I also think that being able to improvise properly one of the greatest things a musician can do, but it's also a very strict discipline. To be honest most of the jazz I listen to isn't guitar based, mostly trumpet, sax and piano, but one of my favourite guitarists is John McLaughlin whose improvisations are stunning, to be able to create something beautiful literally at will is something I aspire to be somehow doubt I could achieve :)
Another kind of music that is mostly made up of improvisations is Indian classical music where the musician plays a raag (similar to a scale or mode) improvising and embellishing a melody. Maybe that's why they go together so well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB95clOd6v0
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The whole point of jazz is improvisation, its roots come from taking a standard tune and then 'jazzing it up' to make something new, and of course there is self indulgence and a sense of competition between musicians that you rarely find in other music.
I love jazz and I also think that being able to improvise properly one of the greatest things a musician can do, but it's also a very strict discipline. To be honest most of the jazz I listen to isn't guitar based, mostly trumpet, sax and piano, but one of my favourite guitarists is John McLaughlin whose improvisations are stunning, to be able to create something beautiful literally at will is something I aspire to be somehow doubt I could achieve :)
+1; I don't play it because it is beyond my scope of ability at this time. I appreciate good musicianship in all styles including styles I don't particularly care for.
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I've heard the name, but this is the first time I've heard him... he is very good as you say!