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08-17-2016 01:39 AM |
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Originally Posted by semigoodlookin
(Post 1204887)
I agree. Everyone is assuming he wrote the guitar parts for the songs he does play on. I am not so sure.
What do you mean the solo lacks fluidity and dexterity?
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Everyone? No, not me! I'm convinced he wrote nothing, he just played what Jon, John, Falcon or so-and-so had written before he was asked to come to the recording studio.
Lack of fluidity and dexterity means that the arpeggio sounds like it was recorded note by note then all the notes were digitally glued together or maybe Shanks recorded it in one take but it sounds like a warm-up exercice when you play one note after another very distinctly.
Describing a sound with words is very hard! Maybe you should look for "guitar dexterity" videos on YT, it should be clearer.
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Originally Posted by Manbou
(Post 1204888)
Right, Phil has a reputation as being a studio musician, a very good one though. But he is also very capable of creating his own songs, parts and stuff. So it would be quite sensible for Jon to let him have a bit of artistic freedom and give his music a fresh touch, otherwise he could just let Shanks play all the parts (like on BB). Maybe that's just wishful thinking, but I very much hope that Phil got to create his parts himself, at least to some extent.
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A very good studio musician is a musician who doesn't put his personal touch into his playing when he's hired to play somebody else's music. It's the true definition of the job.
Methinks it's the reason why Jon hired him, and not because Phil can write his own songs. That's why I'm pretty sure we won't be able to identify him as opposed to Shanks on the album. But I'd love to be wrong.
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