My Influences – Music – Aesthetically
| Aesthetically | |
| Pink Floyd | Some music can take you on a ethereal journey. The long drawn out dreaminess of Syd Barrett’s Astronomy Domine was the first piece of music to do that for me. I find that you can let yourself go into a trance-like state and your mind flows with the interweaving strands. Pink Floyd were masters at creating that mood. I can put on an album, shut my eyes and allow my mind to drift through the beat, the notes, the rise and fall -= wonderful. |
| Jimi Hendrix | The only things restricting Hendrix were the limitations of the electric guitar and his own imagination.
No matter what he is doing – the electrifying performance of a live show, the recordings or just doodling in the studio, I find his guitar-work compelling. My mind latches on to those notes and riffs as he weaves them through the beat of the bass and drums. He can make it exhilarating or dreamy, fluid or edgy. For me he was the consummate musician. |
| Love | Arthur Lee and Brian MacClean created a complexity of song and music that soared into a different hemisphere. The harmonies and structure of the songs, their lyrics and vocals were the classical music of Rock. They painted pictures in my brain. |
| Captain Beefheart | Many people find Beefheart music discordant and impenetrable. I think you probably have to first access it live. It is complex. But once you have penetrated the structure the wonder of it is revealed. The interweaving guitars and bass become wondrous and mind expanding; the vocals immense; the poetry and voice creating images. It is no longer discordant; it is wonderful and the most satisfying music ever created. |