limn

It’s not the gear that matters. It’s you and your ideas that matter. Tone is in your fingers.
[From Gearheads don't get it - (37signals)]

Had a beautiful evening last night.. ending up listening to an artist I’ve heard very little of, but lots about, after picking up a copy of Metro and randomly opening up at the gigs page - a pleasant surprise!
Like Duke Special, the resident Nothern Irish population turned up in force to see Foy Vance… and [...]

Essential listening this week..
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On friday I borrowed a four volume Oscar Peterson set.. and it’s simply amazing.
What really overawes me is the technical level that he plays. I mean.. sometimes you listen to music and think.. “aye.. give it a bit of time and perhaps I could work it out” or “ah.. thats the old A Bm A/C# [...]

There’s little special moments when you’re playing music where its quite easy to get beautifully lost in the middle of a jam.. boucing ideas and riffs of other players.. gradual swells from little melodic waves gently playing around your toes to full-on sound tsumami crashing around your ears… like that one time with the ceilidh [...]