Episode 9

Intensify! Music Talk

Episode 0009: Matt wasn’t on the boat when the boat left the dock. He didn’t “get” Prince along with Jimmy Buffet and Bruce Springsteen. He doesn’t understand why Prince was considered a genius as compared to Miles Davis. Jim explains to him why he is wrong. Matt fires back with “Kind of Blue”. Jim acknowledges it as a very good “demo” album and brigs up the Prince album “Around the World in a Day” Really, what is improvisation all about? Jim doesn’t “get” it and Matt tries to explain it and why Jim is wrong. Back and forth they work their way back to Prince and his solo on “My Guitar Gently Weeps” tribute to George Harrison. Matt says “Meh” and Jim likes it. They both agree that Joe Satriani is great and could have done it just as well as Prince did. Could Prince beat up Miles Davis? Jim Thinks so. Who is the “King” How can people compare to Elvis? Why was Elvis “King”? Jim begins to think that maybe Matt doesn’t like Prince because he mostly just heard the music on the radio not unlike how Jim once felt about Steely Dan. Jim’s talks about his NEW TOY! Electro-Harmonics Micro Synth! <3 <3 <3 Jim feels that “weird” pedals like this put up walls on your creativity that you are forced to navigate. By putting yourself in a new box, you can break free of an old one. They discuss how crazy effect pedals are not unlike music theory “rules” and Baroque. Matt thinks Titanic was a dumb movie. Jim never saw it, but he knows how it ends. They agree that Avatar was “meh” In conclusion, Jim doesn’t like “Kind of Blue” as much as he likes Anthrax. Intro music by Jim Ibanez Roadstar RS430 -> Way Huge Blue Hippo -> Way Huge Aqua-Puss -> Fender champ 15G Recorded with iPhone microphone into Apple Music Memos and exported into garage band Outro music by Jim Ibanez Roadstar RS430 -> Electro-Harmonix Micro Synth -> Way Huge Blue Hippo -> Way Huge Aqua-Puss -> Fender champ 15G Recorded with iPhone microphone into Garage Band on the iPhone Fender 15G https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/fender/frontman_15g/index.html Electro-Harmonix Micro Synth http://www.ehx.com/products/micro-synthesizer Way Huge Blue Hippo MK II http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/23015-way-huge-blue-hippo-mkii-review Way Huge Aqua-Puss MK II http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/Way_Huge_Aqua_Puss_MKII_Analog_Delay_Pedal_Review Ibanez Roadstar RS430 (White) http://www.ibanezwiki.com/download/attachments/131745/Page12.jpg