Re: Tastes in music (was: Blaspheming the HAMMOND)

[perryh@firefox.co.uk (Perry Hemus)]

>>In <9601310956.AA00191@mail11.digital.com>, Perry Hemus wrote:
>>>Yah love them Bombardes!!  Man
>>>>that sounds like it was a gass, would have loved to have been there blah
>>>>blah
>>>>blah blah
>>> blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
>>>blah blah blah blah blah 
>>>blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah 
>>>blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah ...can we get off this thread now
>>>and concentrate on the FONK!
>>>
>>Actually, I enjoyed the description.  One can play lots of different
>>styles on the Hammond with satisfactory results.  Let's not get
>>narrow-minded here....
>>                               A. B. Bonds
>>
>I also enjoyed the 'excursion' into the realm of music and organs in general.
>As a new member, I watched this group for a while and got the impression
>that if I wasn't talking B3, then I needn't bother. I have an M-102 and
>regularly play an L-102 in church. I mailed Mark to check if this really was
>a B3 list rather than a Hammond list. His response - and continued 'lurking'
>lead me to believe that we are generally interested in what made Hammond
>distinctive - i.e. the tonewheels, the Leslie, the vibrato scanner,
>'additive' synthesis, etc. 
>
>But other brands had distinctive technical features (a friends Conn 3-manual
>Theatrette has 96 free-phase transistor oscillators; I played a Compton at
>school, with its _capacitive_ generator of spinning wheels; Baldwin's
>elaborate Vox Humana circuit can be recognised a mile off ...)
>
>Although these technical issues are interesting, surely the most
>distinguishing feature of the Hammond is the _sound_ it makes! We have a lot
>of people on the list who like this sound in the context of jazz - as I do -
>but if someone appreciates his/her Hammond in another musical genre, then
>why not? There's no need to rephrase their discussion as 'blah blah blah
>blah blah ...'
>
>I enjoy playing all sorts of music, including modern gospel, and some
>classical; I like the rich harmonies of 'big band'; and the Hammond has a
>sound I enjoy in all of these contexts. 
>
>So lets enjoy our music, our Hammonds, and learn from each other. If someone
>came on the list saying how they use their B3 (or M3 or M-100 or L-100 ...)
>in their 'grunge' band, I'd initially be surprised ... then probably
>intrigued ... and then either remain completely puzzled or learn a bit more
>about music and Hammonds!
>
>SORRY for the long post, but I feel we're here to do each other good!!!
>
>Best wishes to all!


Wahhheeeey,

I really have stired up some emotions now haven't I!  Ooooh there are some
touchy 'old' swingers out there. 
Lets NOT kid ourselves, the tonewheel Hammond was made for ONE purpose and
one purpose only, whether played in bop, swing, soul, Jazz, pop, rock,
folk, Fusion Its there to create a GROOVE. To scream & wail, to FONK. Not
to play Tocata and Fugue in D minor by Johan Sebastian Bach, but I agree
that, of course you CAN PLAY IT on a hammond, but you could also play "The
Ace of Spades - Moterhead" on a violin!!!!!!!!! Blah, Blah, Blah.

I'm sorry.......It just had to be said.

Perry.