I only have this pic to show from Kiko's clinic last night. I'm not the the type who's eager to display others' gear for general discovery. I respect the player, if he wishes to share his gadgets, he has his means of sharing.
Anyway, it's rather disturbing that people are manifesting a lack of respect when someone else is talking, there was a small discussion group near where I was sitting & someone actually answered a call too. They say that today's people today are more educated but they are more emotionally handicapped as well, doubt if education per se can level this out.
Kiko Laureiro is an immensely talented player, his ideas & phrasing are unique, very melodic & displaying lots of Brazilian roots without a direct presentation. In the realm of the arts, we do not ask the artist the concrete formula for a certain outcome because there is no such formula, the reason it's art. Kiko was asked how he came up with certain ideas, the exact concoction was expected to be shared but he did the right thing by pointing the way & not saying how exactly it was done because people would believe there is a fixed formula for it all. Not trying to be critical here but a reflection of maybe why the arts aren't as thriving in this country as they should be.
I certainly enjoyed the concluding track No Gravity because Kiko used a small Laney combo for that, proof that it's not gear pedigree measuring greatness- it's the player.
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I think i might know that Laney combo. It's not that bad with pedals. The inbuilt distortion is good too.
regardless of which model it is, respect to the man who made it lethal:-)
I was totally Irritated that the people behind me was cutting of a poor guy's question on music theory "forcing" Kiko to move on with the clinic. It's clearly a lack of respect in that manner and not to mention, the loud chattering which irritated almost all my friends and I.
People think they have the RIGHT to talk, how about our right not to be disturbed?
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