[atlantaprog] Re: guitar craft


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From: "Mark Baker" <MABaker@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 3:58 PM
Subject: [atlantaprog] Re: guitar craft


>
> I'm a neophyte and I've been studying the techniques of Guitar Craft
> with Rob Rushin for roughly 2 years.  I've attended one "Level One -
> Three" course (last year, in Santa Barbara) with Mr. Fripp and members
> of the California Guitar Trio, as well as other highly proficient
> Crafties, and I attended a 4-day program last Summer on the New Standard
> Tuning (NST) presented in North Georgia.  The program last Summer was
> offered by the Center For Creative Aspiration, who is also presenting
> the Level Three course with Curt Golden this coming Summer.
> This Summer's course will run from 10-12 weeks.  Here's what Curt
> Golden has to say about this Level Three Course:
> "From An Introduction to Guitar Craft:
> Level Three is where we test our enthusiasm. Can we apply the quality
> of our relationship with the guitar to the mundane activities of our
> life, like cleaning the bathroom and preparing food? So, Kitchen Craft
> and House Craft are part of Level Three. The longer courses are a way of
> practising the life of the musician. This tests the vocational aptitude
> of those who wish to become professional musicians, or for those who
> expect the musical life to be glamorous. Boredom is frequently the
> challenge at Level Three."

Is this for real?  Yet another reason to see KC-- perhaps Fripp will divulge
his recipe for those scrumptious pecan petit-fours he makes every Christmas!
The introductory GC courses certainly sound interesting, as does the New
Standard Tuning and the mental discipline, but quite frankly, after reading
through the Guitar Craft website, it sounds more like a cult than a guitar
method.  I love Fripp's playing and have almost all the KC albums, plus some
things he did with Andy Summers, but I can do without the household hints
and New Age maxims.

Brian

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