stuartk

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Rock musicians with musical education.
Not clear to me whether OP is suggesting a university degree is a "better" approach to musical education or whether more "complex" (Prog, Fusion) forms of Rock are "superior" to simpler forms. "Musical education" need not be in a classroom environ... 
Live music you have attended that left impact....perhaps better than you expected.
Bonnie Raitt, Sweet Forgiveness Tour. Late 70's. Final show of the tour and Bonnie and the band were red hot. She really strutted her stuff, showed she was much better than I'd ever realized.  At the end, her dad came out and sang "Oklahoma" !  Ri... 
Pat Martino
@hillde45:I just ordered "Two for the Road" by Coryell and Khan, which was recently reissued on CD.I love Connors' playing-- wish I could've seen RTF with Connors. I saw Abercrombie just once, with Gateway Trio (also the only time I've seen deJohn... 
Bands/artists you never got to see live in their heyday, but would've liked to.
@schubert:Woody Shaw --- far better than old-fashioned Artie !Jimi with Billy Cox and Mitch Mitchell (because I actually prefer his post-psychedelic phase)Allmans with Duane Faces, when R. Wood was in his primeJanis Mahavishnu OrchestraColtrane wi... 
Pat Martino
 I'd already become familiar with CAGED and was used to building chords from triads by the time I encountered Martino's approach, so his idea of utilizing + and dim chords as "parents" didn't seem to fit with what I'd learned up to that point. Any... 
Monitor suggestions?
@tweak1:I tried the less expensive model (I prefer a soft dome tweeter) and was underwhelmed, probably due to the fact that I have a fairly large space. @audio0guru:Not sure the Ushers would best the Silverlines but thanks. @tweak1:Thanks for the ... 
Pat Martino
Wow-- that must've been really something!  As a guitar player, I'd love to hear more. What were you working on with him and how do you think your studies with him most benefitted your playing? ? ?  
Pat Martino
I believe Joyous Lake and Starbright were released as a "twofer" by 32Jazz.  
Pat Martino
Well, he played Fusion while that was the fashion but it seems to me he was more grounded in Mainstream Jazz than some of those you mention. He and Coryell were similar in this regard.  
Advice needed re: new CD player purchase
@jeroboam:It sounds to me like you simply have an itch for a new CDP. Nothing wrong with that. Buy the Bryston! To take advantage of current digital playback, it seems to me, would require a separate DAC and transport, or else a very expensive CDP... 
What song have you played the most?
I can relate to having favorite albums but a single song????Perhaps this is an expression of living in the age of streaming and/or a function of generational differences.  
Advice needed re: new CD player purchase
Sorry about the typos! 
Advice needed re: new CD player purchase
While I understand your concern about longevity and parts availability, your insistence upon upon 1) buying new and2) sticking with the old-fashioned, single-unit CDP place significant limits upon leveraging technological improvements, it seems to... 
What were the radio stations of your youth that helped you on your music/audio journey?
Nights throughout the 60's, I listened to to WABC out of NYC, via a transistor radio under the covers. The only records my parents played were Classical and Broadway Shows, which I didn't dislike but I much preferred the Beatles and Motown. In the... 
RE: the question: ":Why do forum interactions become contentious". . .
@dabel:. Thanks!