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friends, what have you to say about the Marty Firedman clinic?
personally, i'd really like the organizer to address this oversight: why were there no microphones for the audience to speak to Marty? i see this as a great insult (intended or otherwise- hope the organizer makes their intentions clear here) to, firstly, the guitarist himself, who had to keep asking for people to speak up when the technology is clearly avaiable to rectify this oversight. secondly, to the audience- no respect for us who actually bought tickets to be there. how much did we pay for the Andy Timmons clinic? ZILCH & there was at least one mic there for us to communicate with the guitarist :roll:
before the clinic started, there was an announcement made- no photos/ videos allowed but there seemed to be a bloke there who i believed was a comissioned/ official photographer- that's the contradiction itself + he kept blocking everyone until a hostile member of the audience told him to go off & he promptly did. if that didn't happen, i would've personally done likewise & it would be more hostile than what's on show then... :roll:
lastly, the seats weren't labelled, even the seating plan held by the ushering personells had no such indicators. it's a reflection of how prepared the organizer was.
anyway, thank you Mr. Organizer sir, for bringing in a player of Marty's calibre, who showed everybody that it takes personal capacity above all else, to impress. i hope those who own boutique tube amps & exclusive American guitars, wouldn't tread a suicidal path after witnessing an attention grabbing performance by someone who plays a Korean guitar, hooked up to a solid state head, with no supplementary pedals in between. it's not a signal for you to repent your tube amp/ american guitar lifestyle, by all means, embrace anything & everything that works for you but Marty Friedman's clinic was a reality check. search your feelings, know it to be true...
personally, i'd really like the organizer to address this oversight: why were there no microphones for the audience to speak to Marty? i see this as a great insult (intended or otherwise- hope the organizer makes their intentions clear here) to, firstly, the guitarist himself, who had to keep asking for people to speak up when the technology is clearly avaiable to rectify this oversight. secondly, to the audience- no respect for us who actually bought tickets to be there. how much did we pay for the Andy Timmons clinic? ZILCH & there was at least one mic there for us to communicate with the guitarist :roll:
before the clinic started, there was an announcement made- no photos/ videos allowed but there seemed to be a bloke there who i believed was a comissioned/ official photographer- that's the contradiction itself + he kept blocking everyone until a hostile member of the audience told him to go off & he promptly did. if that didn't happen, i would've personally done likewise & it would be more hostile than what's on show then... :roll:
lastly, the seats weren't labelled, even the seating plan held by the ushering personells had no such indicators. it's a reflection of how prepared the organizer was.
anyway, thank you Mr. Organizer sir, for bringing in a player of Marty's calibre, who showed everybody that it takes personal capacity above all else, to impress. i hope those who own boutique tube amps & exclusive American guitars, wouldn't tread a suicidal path after witnessing an attention grabbing performance by someone who plays a Korean guitar, hooked up to a solid state head, with no supplementary pedals in between. it's not a signal for you to repent your tube amp/ american guitar lifestyle, by all means, embrace anything & everything that works for you but Marty Friedman's clinic was a reality check. search your feelings, know it to be true...
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