Guitarmania
21 mei 2007, 19:06
Ik heb de stoute kleren aangetrokken en Steve Lukather (Toto) gemaild:
"Hi mr. Lukather,
> We - the Dutch guitar-website www.gitaarnet.nl - interviewed you once
> when you were at Amsterdam. We did that by e-mail. At the forum of the
> site there's a discussion goin'on about improvisation. And people
> mentioned your name about your Rosanna-solo which you said you improvised
> (I'm sorry, but that solo is stuck in everybody's mind here; we know
> you've done a lot of other great things).
> People here like your playing.
> Is it oke if we interview you again about technique, learning to play the
> guitar and musictheory? I would like to do that with 10 short questions by
> e-mail. Questions will be about what you know, scale-knowledge and
> improvisation. We will also pay attention to your recent projects.
> You've got a lot of fans over here...
> Greetings, ..."
Hij reageerde als volgt:
"Hey,
> Man I did that solo in 1981! One take.. I dont know what the big deal is.
> hahaha
> Sure mail away and lets see if I cant help out.
> Thanks for the support
> Luke"
Dus heb ik hem de volgende vragen gesteld:
"Hi Luke,
Well, that's how people know you around here (and a lot of other things
ofcourse, but I follow the forum)... but it was a very nice solo!
My (our) questions:
1. Let's start with Rosanna. You did a Dm-penta-thing. More or less a
D-aeolic-thing (F-scale). I don't know if you remember your solo (even you
listen to the radio once a while...?), but the thing is that you played the
Dm-penta with an As-tone (glide up to A on the b-string and a C#-tone glide
up to D on the E-string).
Did that come forth of your muscle-memorization (do you allways play penta's
with those diminished tones?). Or was that especially for the song?
2. Have you - like a lot of guitarstudents - done all the RealBook-stuff?
(You know those jazzstandards)?
3. When you prepare a song (like for a studio-session), do you know what
or how you will be soloing over that song, or do you let it depend on your
emotion at the time?
4. Have you got all the knowledge about the scales, including Melodic Minor
and Harmonic Minor? And do you know all the chords deriving from those
scales?
5. When somebody tells you that you have a (studio)-gig: how do you prepare?
Do you study the chords and progressions and do you have any idea about what
to do when the studio-master nods at you ("Now you're Luke!).
6. How do you interpret an song before you solo it?
7. If I asked you now, are you able to solo (on the spot) on a Esmaj7b5 or
any crazy chord like that?
8. Can you mention any thing that you would like to improve fot yourself?
Now we'd like to know any thing about your current projects.
9. How is life as a guitarplayer? What is it that you do right now? When do
we see you in Amsterdam again?
So, those were my questions. They come from the heart of the guitarplaying
wannabees in Holland. We like your sound and your music.
Maybe a last question about gear:
10. You've got a great sound. But you are surrounded by great gear. If
somebody had to spend about 1000 dollars for gear: what do you advice for
amp?
Luke, very much thanx!!! There's a lot of young talent in Europe. They all
want to know about great guitarplaying. Your answers to my questions will
certainly result in more quenstions, but that's what how it goes.
Thanx a lot, and we'll see you in Amsterdam!
Greetings,"
Als ie reageert, post ik het hieronder...
"Hi mr. Lukather,
> We - the Dutch guitar-website www.gitaarnet.nl - interviewed you once
> when you were at Amsterdam. We did that by e-mail. At the forum of the
> site there's a discussion goin'on about improvisation. And people
> mentioned your name about your Rosanna-solo which you said you improvised
> (I'm sorry, but that solo is stuck in everybody's mind here; we know
> you've done a lot of other great things).
> People here like your playing.
> Is it oke if we interview you again about technique, learning to play the
> guitar and musictheory? I would like to do that with 10 short questions by
> e-mail. Questions will be about what you know, scale-knowledge and
> improvisation. We will also pay attention to your recent projects.
> You've got a lot of fans over here...
> Greetings, ..."
Hij reageerde als volgt:
"Hey,
> Man I did that solo in 1981! One take.. I dont know what the big deal is.
> hahaha
> Sure mail away and lets see if I cant help out.
> Thanks for the support
> Luke"
Dus heb ik hem de volgende vragen gesteld:
"Hi Luke,
Well, that's how people know you around here (and a lot of other things
ofcourse, but I follow the forum)... but it was a very nice solo!
My (our) questions:
1. Let's start with Rosanna. You did a Dm-penta-thing. More or less a
D-aeolic-thing (F-scale). I don't know if you remember your solo (even you
listen to the radio once a while...?), but the thing is that you played the
Dm-penta with an As-tone (glide up to A on the b-string and a C#-tone glide
up to D on the E-string).
Did that come forth of your muscle-memorization (do you allways play penta's
with those diminished tones?). Or was that especially for the song?
2. Have you - like a lot of guitarstudents - done all the RealBook-stuff?
(You know those jazzstandards)?
3. When you prepare a song (like for a studio-session), do you know what
or how you will be soloing over that song, or do you let it depend on your
emotion at the time?
4. Have you got all the knowledge about the scales, including Melodic Minor
and Harmonic Minor? And do you know all the chords deriving from those
scales?
5. When somebody tells you that you have a (studio)-gig: how do you prepare?
Do you study the chords and progressions and do you have any idea about what
to do when the studio-master nods at you ("Now you're Luke!).
6. How do you interpret an song before you solo it?
7. If I asked you now, are you able to solo (on the spot) on a Esmaj7b5 or
any crazy chord like that?
8. Can you mention any thing that you would like to improve fot yourself?
Now we'd like to know any thing about your current projects.
9. How is life as a guitarplayer? What is it that you do right now? When do
we see you in Amsterdam again?
So, those were my questions. They come from the heart of the guitarplaying
wannabees in Holland. We like your sound and your music.
Maybe a last question about gear:
10. You've got a great sound. But you are surrounded by great gear. If
somebody had to spend about 1000 dollars for gear: what do you advice for
amp?
Luke, very much thanx!!! There's a lot of young talent in Europe. They all
want to know about great guitarplaying. Your answers to my questions will
certainly result in more quenstions, but that's what how it goes.
Thanx a lot, and we'll see you in Amsterdam!
Greetings,"
Als ie reageert, post ik het hieronder...