Fripp sez, "Alan Holdsworth, Alan Schmoldsworth. I'll show you how to play a million notes a second without hammering or tapping."
Don't be fooled by the impassive demeanor. I saw Fripp do a Frippertronics show at the Winter Garden in the World Financial Center back in the day. He reduced thousands of stock brokers to tears. Very odd duck.
"FraKctured" is a sequel to "Fracture" from the John Wetton lineup. It took that chap 22 years to learn the latter. It will probably take him 44 years to learn the former.
I used to listen to this stuff when I was working on a particularly-complex vector rendering that needed maximum left-brain input. I recommend the practice.
I've been fascinated with these tracks for 20 years now. The alternate-picking/cross-picking is the most incredibly difficult thing I can imagine one can do with a guitar (other than make a living).
ReplyDeleteCovers seem to be popping up a lot more in recent years. This one (just of the "terror" part) always stood out to me:
https://youtu.be/peBzQH_nT_Y
It's gotta be one of the hardest pieces for guitar ever composed.
DeleteI had tickets to see King Crimson for the first time in 2020... with a group of Zappa Alumni opening up for them no less.... I'm still bitter about that covid cancellation!
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