From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #823 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website: http://jmdl.com JMDL Digest Monday, January 9 2012 Volume 2011 : Number 823 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Miles of Aisles - You Turn Me On I'm a Radio [Robin Adler Subject: Re: Miles of Aisles - You Turn Me On I'm a Radio Beautifully said Laura. Some of my favorite musical moments have been when singing with other singers or being part of a section. I know that vocal synergism and it can be magical. It's also pretty darn cool to be in the back line just playing a conga or shaker :-) R On Jan 8, 2012, at 10:51 AM, Lc Stanley wrote: > Hi Robin, > > With an outstanding lead singer of the band... like you, Joni > Mitchell, Michael Jackson, or Smokey Robinson, etc. yeah. However, with bands > like CSNY or choirs where there is not a single predominant voice many times, > there is a different dynamic where not only instrumentalists but vocalists as > instruments have to listen to each other and mesh in such a way as to bring > out those around them. Vocal synergism like that in my experience is like a > power booster and very cool like the way wolves amplify each other when they > howl and come up with what just one voice could never do. > > Love, > Laura > ________________________________ > From: Robin Adler > To: T Peckham > Cc: Corey Blake > ; Gmail ; "joni@smoe.org List" > > Sent: Sunday, January 8, 2012 11:21 AM > Subject: Re: Miles of > Aisles - You Turn Me On I'm a Radio > > Thanks Terra for the clip. I couldn't > agree more with Robben. That's a real > pro for ya. I have the great honor of > playing with those kind of musicians in > our band. > > Robin > On Jan 8, 2012, at > 1:26 AM, T Peckham wrote: > >> From my personal experience in bands and duos, > and from observing other >> bands rehearse and soundcheck, I'd say that > whenever good musicians (those >> who not only have chops but who LISTEN to > each other) play live onstage >> regularly for an extended period of time > (whether it's a couple nights a >> week, or five nights a week, for a couple > months, or a year), arrangements >> usually evolve, often out of > improvisations, to the point where they are >> repeated from night to night and > become quite tight. Sometimes cool things >> will just happen live that get > caught on tape (betraying my age!) recorded >> off the soundboard, and a band > might listen to that and work on it, but a >> lot of times, it's being worked > out at the gig. This happens with both >> original material and covers. Of > course, some bands--Tom Petty and the >> Heartbreakers comes to mind--were > (are?) famous for going into the studio >> with the beginnings of songs and > just letting the tape run while they write >> and rewrite. But even then, those > songs are going to expand and contract >> the more times they're played live. > Just my 25 cents worth. >> >> There's a great video of Robben Ford talking about > accompanying the singer. >> I think I may have posted it here before or at > FaceBook. Here it is again >> in case I didn't, or anyone missed it the first > time around. >> I got to see him with his combo in a small club/restaurant > venue in NYC >> circa 1989. He was soooooooo cool. ;-) Wish I'd taken photos. >> >> T >> >> http://youtu.be/pG6MJuI7dO4 >> >> On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 8:28 PM, > Corey Blake wrote: >> >>> I was wondering about how much > it's improvised actually. You're probably >>> right that it's improvisation > when they're going back and forth, echoing >>> each other. But when they come > together and he's harmonizing off her > voice, >>> it seems way too tight to be > improvised. They're amazing musicians >>> obviously, so I guess it's not > impossible though. What do you think? Any >>> other thoughts? >>> >>> -Corey >>> >>> >>> On Jan 7, 2012, at 6:21 PM, Jamie Zubairi wrote: >>> >>>> I know what you > mean. It is one of those things where you wonder where >>> it can go to as a > melody but it is just right as a piece of improvisation. >>> She has amazing > sense of taste does Joni. >>>> >>>> Jamie Zubairi >>>> Actor, Artist, VoiceOver, >>>> >>>> On 8 Jan 2012, at 01:53, Corey Blake wrote: >>>> >>>>> I can't remember if I've said this here before but the semi-duet at the >>> end of You Turn Me On I'm A Radio on Miles of Aisles between Joni's voice >>> and Robben Ford's electric guitar is just sublime. I love it every time. > So >>> amazing. >>>>> >>>>> That is all. Just couldn't help myself. >>>>> >>>>> -Corey >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> "An artist can show things that other people are terrified of > expressing." >> ---Louise Bourgeois > > thanks, > > Robin > ------------------------------------------------- > New CD available now! > "Safaris to the Heart: The Songs of Joni Mitchell" by Robin Adler & Mutts of > the Planet. > To listen or learn more: > http://www.reverbnation.com/robinadlermuttsoftheplanet > To purchase: > http://www.robinadler.com/products.html thanks, Robin - ------------------------------------------------- New CD available now! "Safaris to the Heart: The Songs of Joni Mitchell" by Robin Adler & Mutts of the Planet. To listen or learn more: http://www.reverbnation.com/robinadlermuttsoftheplanet To purchase: http://www.robinadler.com/products.html ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2011 #823 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, send to joni@smoe.org. 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