Fw: [Dixielandjazz] Re: A rant on the unamplified rhythm section

[Tom Wood]

Hi All,
Please always remember that the bagpipes are the missing link between noise
and music  8>)
And on a higher intellectual plane does anyone know how you get an upside
down question mark, I would like to use one as a nose?
Tom (originally from 1950s Climax, Edinburgh)Wood
Sydney-Zenith.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard at hotmail.com>
To: <JimDBB at aol.com>; <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Re: A rant on the unamplified rhythm section


> Hi all,
>
> Jim Beebe wrote (indefense of amplification):
>
> >    Don, this is silly.  A lot of great bass players are going to be
> >surprised
> >to learn that their tone quality and attack has been ruined from using an
> >amp
> >and pickup.
> >
> >    It is one thing to have all-natural-holistic-unamplified jazz if you
> >are
> >playing in a nice hall with resonant accoustics.  But the reality is that
> >most jazz is played in clubs with lousy accoustics.  Customers and
> >musicians
> >have an annoying attitude of wanting to hear what is going on. Hence some
> >amplification is necessary.
>
> If I'm going to hear a double concerto for bagpipe and lute, I would
> appreciate some amplification for the lute!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bill "Love the Lute" Gunter (Bagpipes, too!).
>
> jazzboard at hotmail.com
>
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