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From: girard@osu-cgrg.UUCP (michael girard)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Re: Eberhard Weber
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Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 02:51:11 EST
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> > > From: girard@osu-cgrg.UUCP (michael girard)
> > > .... especially the songs Eberhard Weber played bass on.

> > Yeah!  Eberhard Weber is *the* greatest bass player.  And there can be
> > *no* argument!
> > 			-Doug Alan

> Yes, Eberhard is good. But what about Bill Laswell (listen to Memory
> Serves, by Material) and Percy Jones (Brand X, Eno). These two guys
> can handle any style of music and still sound unique. Eberhard is so
> stylistic that he can't be compared with REAL bass players, he plays
> melodically, which is beautiful, acceptable, etc... but he does very
> little in the sense of playing anything resembling traditional bass
> lines. It's like saying Laurie Anderson is *the* greatest violin
> player because she plays it differently than anyone else.
>                       - Todd Jones

  A computer can play melodies which surpass the technical capabilities
of ALL human bass players, ALL human guitar players, and in fact, ALL
human musicians who play manual instruments.
  What matters IS composition and style -- and that is what makes
E. Weber, B. Laswell and P. Jones so great.
                         - michael girard