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Preston Reed (compilation Album)
''Preston Reed'' is an album by American guitarist Preston Reed, a compilation of his earlier albums ''Pointing Up'' and ''Playing by Ear Playing or learning by ear is the ability of a performing musician to reproduce a piece of music they have heard, without having seen it notated in any form of sheet music. It is considered to be a desirable skill among musical performers, especi ...''. Accessed on December 24, 2007. Track listing All songs by Preston Reed. # "Whirewhip" # "Groundhog" # "Cane Bay" # "Gone But Not Forgotten" # "Gittel and Jerry's Theme" # "A Day at the Races" # "Fun with Wally" # "Suite Hoodeet" # "View from Afar" # "Potato Pancake" # "Playing by Ear" # "Southern Exposure" # "Accufuse" # "No More Than a Smile" # "Digitalia" # "Moment Too Soon" # ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preston Reed
Preston Reed (born April 13, 1955) is an American fingerstyle guitarist. He is noted for a two-handed playing style and compositional approach that uses the guitar's body as a percussion instrument. Biography Reed learned guitar as a child on his father's guitar and, for a short time, studied classical guitar. When he was 16 his interest was rekindled by Jorma Kaukonen's acoustic guitar-playing in Hot Tuna. He began to compose his own songs in the style of Leo Kottke and John Fahey. His first public performance was at Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., in a concert with poet Allen Ginsberg. Reed moved to Scotland in 2000. Technique and musical influences Reed plays with his fingers, thumbs, fists and hands at once. He is also a player of blues or ballads reminiscent of Bill Evans, one of his musical idols. As a teenager, Reed was initially influenced by Leo Kottke and John Fahey and in the beginning of his career was a more traditional fingerstyle player. In t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flying Fish Records
Flying Fish Records was a record label founded in Chicago in 1974 that specialized in folk, blues, and country music. In the 1990s the label was sold to Rounder Records. Bruce Kaplan, the label's founder, was a native of Chicago and the son of a president of Zenith Electronics. He studied anthropology at the University of Chicago and became president of the school's folklore society. He began Flying Fish in 1974 to concentrate on traditional and contemporary folk music, though the catalog grew to include blues, bluegrass, country, jazz, reggae, dancefloor and rock. When Kaplan started the label, most similarly oriented companies produced albums with decidedly "homemade" packaging (e.g. cover art, etc.) and marketed the albums to a relatively narrow audience of aficionados. Kaplan realized that music of this sort had the potential to reach a wider audience, but needed to be packaged in a professional manner; people not already devotees were unlikely to take a chance on somethin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Vertigo
''Blue Vertigo'' is a recording by guitarist Preston Reed, released in 1990. ''Blue Vertigo'' marks the first instance of Reed's initiation of his percussive, two-hand tapping guitar style. The first song he composed in this style is "Slap Funk". It is also noteworthy that this recording includes the only cover version Reed had recorded - "I Got You (I Feel Good)" by soul singer James Brown - until his 2007 release ''Spirit'' included "All The Things You Are", written by Jerome Kern. Accessed on December 24, 2007. ''Blue Vertigo'' is out of print. Track listing All songs by Preston Reed except as noted. # "Slap Funk" # "7/4" # "No Problem" # "Drums" # "Micronesia" # "Blue Vertigo" # "Driving School" # "TV Kid" # "Your Picture Here" # "Franzl's Saw, Parts 1 and 2" # ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halfway Home (album)
''Halfway Home'' is an album by guitarist Preston Reed. It marks the first instance of other musicians in an ensemble appearing on a Preston Reed recording. Accessed on December 24, 2007. ''Halfway Home'' is out of print. The title track was re-recorded in a new version on Reed's release ''History of Now''. Track listing All songs by Preston Reed # "You Are Always with Me" # "Baroque" # "A Wish for Peace" # "Halfway Home" # "Deadline" # "Anthem" # "Pattern Picker" # "An Island of Your Own" # "Pull Tap" # "Twang" # "Time Will Tell"Personnel * – 6 & 12-string acoustic guitars, guitar synthesizer * |
Pointing Up
''Pointing Up'' was Preston Reed Preston Reed (born April 13, 1955) is an American fingerstyle guitarist. He is noted for a two-handed playing style and compositional approach that uses the guitar's body as a percussion instrument. Biography Reed learned guitar as a child on ...'s first release on Flying Fish Records. It subsequently went out-of-print and was re-released as a compilation with ''Playing by Ear'' and re-titled ''Preston Reed''. Accessed on December 24, 2007. Track listing (All songs by Preston Reed) # "Whirewhip" # "Groundhog" # "Cane Bay" # "Gone But Not Forgotten" # "Gittel and Jerry's Theme" # "A Day at the Races" # "Fun with Wally" # "Suite Hoodeet" # "View from Afar" # "Potato Pancake"Personnel *Preston Reed - 6 & 12-s ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playing By Ear
Playing or learning by ear is the ability of a performing musician to reproduce a piece of music they have heard, without having seen it notated in any form of sheet music. It is considered to be a desirable skill among musical performers, especially for those that play in a musical tradition where notating music is not the norm''.'' It is a misconception that musicians who play by ear do not have or do not require musical education, or have no theoretical understanding of the music they are playing. Playing by ear is often also used to refer more generally to making music without using musical notation, perhaps using (elements of) improvisation and instant composition. Blues, pop, jazz, and many forms of non-western music are fundamentally rooted in the concept of playing by ear, where musical compositions are passed down from generation to generation. In this respect, playing by ear can also be seen as a music-specific example of oral tradition. The concept of playing by ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preston Reed Albums
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