Chris Proctor: Travelogue

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          From neverisk@elephant.dev.prodigy.com Mon Jul 18 10:50:16 EDT 1994
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From: neverisk@elephant.dev.prodigy.com (Mike Neverisky)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic
Subject: Chris Proctor gig
Date: 18 Jul 1994 13:58:59 GMT
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Keywords: Proctor, E-bow, fingerstyle


   Chris Proctor visited Hamden, CT last night and
   I had the good fortune to have received advance
   notice.  Chris played an all-too-short opening 
   set (the feature act was some singer/songwriter
   duo) and gave a *sparsely* attend workshop.  Poor
   promotion, I suppose, netted only two souls - a
   beginning fingerpicker and me.  To his credit,
   Chris multitasked quite well.  8-)


   The set was primarily tunes from 1994's TRAVELOUGE,
   which suited me fine.  These are, IMHO, Chris' most
   skilled compositions.  You can really hear Chris
   mature as a composer by listening to 1982's RUNOFF and
   TRAVELOUGE back-to-back.  Which is not to say that
   RUNOFF doesn't have it's share of nice tunes.  "An
   Introspection" is part of my repertory.

   I spoke with Chris primarily about composing and he
   stressed the need for documentation.  Inspiration,
   if it comes, according to Chris, is in 10 second
   snippets.  These should be jotted down on paper or
   tape for a time when you are ready to sit down and
   be a musical craftsman.  It is recommended to 
   compose away from the guitar.

   Much to my surprise, and delight, the E-bow work
   on TRAVELOUGE is *not* double tracked!  While
   cradling the E-bow with his right hand fingers, Chris
   is able to pick accompaniment with his rh thumb.  He
   also makes use of lh hammers and pull offs.  Very
   nice effect.  FYI - the E-bow works on unamplified
   acoustic guitars.  There was a thread a while back on
   this on the builders newsgroup.

   aLaska Piks were used and Chris acknowledged that while
   they are great for someone who was constrained by 
   conventional fingerpicks, they might feel limiting to
   someone who is used to playing with their fingernails.
   The latter was my experience.

   I heard some DADGAD and double drop D (DADGBD).  Most
   tunes were in standard (!) with a modified Schubb capo.
   Chris hacked the Schubb so that it frets only the
   5, 4 and 3 strings.  When placed on the second fret, you
   get an Esus4.  "Moutaineering Creek" and the Irish medley
   from TRAVELOUGE were played this way.

   Taylor guitars, a soundhole pickup and a transducer (not
   the saddle kind) and some rack equipment (Rane?) comprised
   the setup.  I know ---> <--- this much about electronics,
   so I didn't ask any questions.

   For folks in the area, Chris will be doing a seminar 
   tomorrow (tuesday) night at Brian Guitars in New Haven.
   A few other dates in the Northeast as well.  Friday night
   in Worcester, MA, I believe.

   For folks out of the area - well, I have no sympathy for
   my UK friends who get to hear Bert Jansch play pub gigs 
   or John Renbourn concertize.   ;-)

   One last thing - amused as he was with my tales of cyberspace,
   Chris feels his time is better spent playing the guitar.
   Wise man.


   -- Mike









   
-- 
"The picking on the strings, the tapping of the feet.  
These are age old things, who can say how sweet?"               Greg Brown
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