Scott Huckabay - Peace Dance
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Artist: Scott HuckabayEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1997-05-06
Music Label: Soundings of Planet
Soundtracks:
- Labyrinth
- Sister Ritual
- Into The Spirit
- Dreamer Of Treez
- A New Sunrise
- Spice Of Love
- Universe
- Gentle Awakening
- Ageless Time
- Children Of The Sea
- Peace Dance
Music reviews of Peace Dance
Music Review: Michael Hedges -- With all the Character, none of the Vision
Rating: 1 Stars
Ahhhhh! If there is one thing I blame Hedges for, it is the spawn of pale imitators and wankers he left in his passing. Nowadays you've got all sorts of charlatans slapping their beat-up, badly amplified Martins with their feet or elbows or whatever manner of appendage. Some even attempt to ape his BoHo-yogi-hippie weirdness.
The whole album is just a structureless noodling around. Although there are some promising, yet predictable, chord progressions, they never become any more than pretty skeletons under undefined slush. There seems to be no purpose in why he would place a harmonic there, or slap the guitar here. It's more like a showcase for technique than it is an actual attempt at music. Where are the harmonies? The melody? The mood? Who cares if this guy knows "200 open tunings?" The guy sounds like the tunings are playing him not the other way around. These tricks, instead of helping or breaking down barriers, hinder creativity and innovation. Please, just give up the gimmicks and be honest to yourself. Even the song titles have this ring of dishonesty to them. Need I mention the album art?
I'm not saying you should sound exactly like Hedges (DON'T) if you care to cop his techniques, nonetheless, I'll do a side-by-side comparison and let you be the judge. Huckabay coaxes similar sounds out of his guitar but Hedges' superior compositions let you hear the SONG, not the technique.
Exhibit A. Huckabay's "Labyrinth" vs Hedges' "Aerial Boundaries" from his Aerial Boundaries (1984) release.
Exhibit B. Huckabay's "Sister Ritual" vs Hedges' "Ritual Dance" (coincidence?) from his Taproot (1990) release.
Exhibit C. Huckabay's "Into The Spirit" vs Hedges' "Rickover's Dream" from his Aerial Boundaries (1984) release.
Exhibit D. Hedges' deceptively simple tune "The Naked Stalk" (Taproot) has all the complexity and harmony Huckabay's pyrotechnics are unable express. (On the yang side, the chakra-opening "Rootwitch" on the same release)
But really, I don't care how you play the guitar or whatever instrument. Or from what mystical dolphin in some enchanted spring you got your ideas from. Just know that if you want your stuff to have any lasting impact outside of your drum circle or yoga class, it should strike a universal chord, not a clunky, jarring DADGAD open chord.
Let's hope his anonymous "music fans" give Michael a little listen.
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