Archive for April 13th, 2010
A while back HBO aired The 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert. For the most of it I thought it was pretty decent, except when some of the artists got together to do play a song that wasn’t theirs.
While the electric guitars played the song I thought they could have toned down their guitar amplifiers. I felt the music was forced and didn’t have much of an appeal. One of the songs I am referring to is “Because The Night” by Patti Smith.
When you hear artists like Bruce Springsteen and his band you hear a sound that is unique to them, but when you hear him doing a song that is not his the result is a sound that you can achieve with your guitar and your band.
The example I used was for an electric guitar but I found the same to be true even for singers. There was a duet featuring Aretha Franklin and Annie Lennox that was hard to listen to. Both artists are terrific alone but in my opinion shouldn’t be singing a duet together.