Joe G

As is the bulk of humanity. By coincidence a moment ago, I came across this paragraph in the Autobiography of a Yogi: In measuring the worth of a man, a saint employs an invariable criterion, one far different from the shifting yardsticks of the world. Humanity - so variegated in its own eyes - is seen by a master to be divided into only two classes: ignorant men who are not seeking God, and wise men who are. At least the critics are alive and well!

Ooo, Mike can name that tune in two beats!

That's an excellent one, Evan.

Man! You've got more patience than me.

Aw, too bad you're missing all that, man! But, I'm sure there's lots of great stuff that you'll be seriously digging. Have fun, bro!

And drinks!

It's all that. ALL that

Is he on Live in Bombay?

I've listened to Debashish Bhattacharya's cd a few times now... VISHNU! This guy burns like Mclaughlin!

Are you coming in from Jupiter?

Carla's cool. Hope she keeps her vow.

Those would be Cervidaen nipples, if I'm not mistaken.

That's "soulster. He he. -_-

Paul, please don't flash your ass.

And the door prize goes to...

Eat, no. But I have been know to polish a few here and there. EDIT: Perhaps this belongs in THIS THREAD! ← I thought for sure you were going to link to THIS thread!

Bought it last night at B&N. Beautiful stuff. Also found this: Steve Tibbetts and Choying Drolma. Her singing is strong, and I've liked Tibbetts for over a decade, though I don't have a lot of his stuff on hand.

You mean... I am a jazz artist???

Looks good, Jim. :rsmile:

Inspiring stuff, Jim.

Five pages later, we come back around to my original thought!

There was a review I read once about some record (I don't even remember which one) where the reviewer claimed that since every track had a fade-out at the end, it meant that the musicians didn't know where they were going and thus the album was bunk. Seriously. Jazz reviewer, too. Go figure. ← That was a Geri Allen cd!

Jim Sangrey - I'd be interested to read your thoughts. You've alluded to these issues in other threads (documentation, etc). If you're so inclined.

How authentic is it to release something the artist does not think is representative of what he wants to portray? In other words, if there are all these mistakes in there that make the artist cringe every time he/she hears them, the recording is obviously not representing the artist in the way that he/she thinks is right. It's my record, dammit, it should sound like what I want it to sound like, right? A novelist never releases a book without editing, re-writing, etc. Why should music be any different? ← Back to this: How authentic is it? Perfectly authentic! A mistake is a true reflection of something that's going on inside. Of course, we don't want people to know about our shortcomings and limitations. So we alter the recording to match our desire to be mistake-free, or as close to the ideal as possible. Then we find that if too much of that stuff is taken out, it starts to sound less human. Nobody's perfect, after all. I have come to one conclusion: recording's a bitch! But it makes you confront a lot of stuff that you wouldn't otherwise.