I was rewatching an old Philip Sayce video:

Of course the video is rife with comments that he’s just trying to rip off SRV. I’ll give them that the influence is apparent, though I hear some other technique and influence in there, too (I’m hearing some Eric Johnson and Satch in there)

These comparisons will always be made. People immediately compare it to stuff like this from Stevie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWLw7nozO_U&t=1m33s

But back up 15 seconds and listen to his slower, hardcore bends:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWLw7nozO_U&t=1m13s

Back then, old timers heard that and automatically compared it to Albert King. I’ve always like to say that SRV got his bending technique directly from Albert. Example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdDRCIEEZ3w&t=0m18s

And even then, you could claim he ripped off the entire idea of bending strings from Lonnie Johnson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpr6h04_POc

And I’m sure you could claim Lonnie stole the entire idea of playing guitar from somebody else.

My point here? We all “steal” a bit from the people who influence us. The problem for the last 20-30 some odd years has been that SRVs shadow is so absolutely staggering, we’re having a hard time getting anybody out from under it. He really set a standard that we need to stop comparing against.

And don’t even get me started on the “SRV ripped off Hendrix” BS. If you really think that, go listen to some old Buddy Guy stuff.

This song is still amazing. And you know it.

Jack Conte’s latest - a mashup between Daft Punk’s “Derezzed” from the Tron: Legacy soundtrack, and “Dream is Collapsing” from the Inception Soundtrack.

This is stellar stuff. A combination most of us would’ve never thought of.

Mr. Conte, you are too smart for your own good.

This is “Under the Waves” from the Pendulum album “Immersion”. Stupid fun. The lead synth featured at places like 1:22 is so doofy, but it works so well.

A rehash of “Imagine” for a 1st grade class that rewrote the lyrics, done in under 3 1/2 hours. A little sloppy, and the mix isn’t perfect, but it’s all right otherwise.

Not too bad for a quick project. Link to song coming soon.

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ohmykevin:

This apology from ex-Florida Gov. Charlie Crist to David Byrne for copyright infringement needs to be auto-tuned.

You know what this apology needs? A Talking Heads soundtrack.

Pendulum’s “Crush”.

This has been pretty much my #1 song the last few days. The whole album (Immersion) is really a good representative of their growth.

Definitely worth checking out.

So this was the end of my night. Wonderful music bliss. And a super messy desk.