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

[Gordon Wilson <gwilson@prairienet.org>]

On Thu, 1 Feb 1996, Perry Hemus wrote:

> >>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.
> 
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> 

(didn't want to lose a single `blah'...hey, that's kind of fun!)

No,.....you just had to *say* it...

And, no doubt Laurens Hammond had *you* in mind in 1932!

The Hammond RT series was *specificaly* designed for "classical" music.

In fact, Virgil Fox toured the country with an RT-3 (no Leslies) and 
played nothing but Bach and such tripe!


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