Originally Posted By Jerryghr
Originally Posted By Mark79100
Originally Posted By Jerryghr
And here is the way it should be played................

https://youtu.be/0ZECRi91s5A?t=247

Jerryghr


Jerry, Gary and Donnie....I disagree and since I live in a democracy I have the right to disagree.



I always say "If someone is looking for something to complain about,................. They'll find it."

The discussion was about the Sway performances.

Regards,

Jerryghr


And I always say "if somewhere dares to disagree with the crowd, he gets hammered for having the nerve to "disagree with the crowd."

That wasn't a "complaint," Jerry. That was a critique....my OWN critique. Like a few others in here, I don't run with the herd.

I, coincidentally, just now finished re-recording the Sway riff and the In the Mood riff and I slowed it down 2x. Even at the "slowed down" speed he's playing mindlessly and with too many notes to make the tunes listenable. It's a show-off piece is what it is. If I'm demonstrating a keyboard to an audience of home players and entry level musicians, I'm going to show them what THEY could do with it, not what I can do with it. If I had advice to give him, I would say "park your ego at the door before you enter the demo room."

If you're talking about his version of Sway, as a showpiece...absolutely great. As a listening tune, mixed in with other Youtubes, I wouldn't even notice it

To his credit, he's a fantastic player with great fingering and technique. I just don't know if he's able to play an emotional song like "Color My World (Chicago)." Any musician who can play both ways to me is a MUSICIAN'S MUSICIAN.

Kudos also to the Tyros for that trumpet patch (and the way he plays it). Also the style......but if you don't use "breaks" it starts to weigh on you.