| LearnJazzPiano.com archives: lyle mays | |
| Mike -- 11/11/2006, 13:26:17 -- #31094 | |
| I have been listening to Metheny quite a bit the last week or so. One thing about Lyle Mays is his string work. How does he do it so smoothly. I have never really enjoyed string work. I have done a lot of it because when i did the whole Top 40 Disco Show band thing back in the seventies and Eighties I Had to but I stoped as soon as I could. Lyle Mays is enough to make you think about getting into it again. But how does he do it so well? | |
| 7 -- 11/11/2006, 18:11:20 -- #31094 | |
| The trick to doing strings well is to THINK like a string player. You have to BELIEVE that you're playing a real string section. That might sound all zen and everything but it's the truth. And, of course, it doesn't hurt that Lyle Mays is Lyle Mays. What an incredible player!!! | |
| jmkarns -- 11/17/2006, 08:44:05 -- #31094 | |
| I think he got the most sound out of an Oberheim 4 voice synth that can be got. That was the hot string machine of the 70's, coupled with his excellent knowledge of composition. | |
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