Miguel de Maria -> RE: Al Dimeola on Rhythm (Nov. 23 2005 15:11:26)
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Ron, I have heard stories about people with this kind of ability, and it does seem to be rare and freakish. For example, I heard stories about a session player who claimed he got so good at rhythm that sometimes he would enter a tunnel, and the radio would cut out for 30 seconds. When he came out, and the radio came back on, he claimed to be able to tell if they were off! Another thing, I met a pro in Seville who was from Belgium, and along with another studio guitarist, played for some famous pop singer (who I didn't recognize). He said the other guy was ridiculously good, and claimed that the rhythm was flawed on one track. He was told that it couldn't be off, since they had used an expensive rhythm machine, and besides, no one else heard anything. Well, I guess this guy was pretty persistent, and they took it into the shop, and it was discovered that there was some tiny problem with the machine which caused it to hiccup once in awhile. Your PPL idea seems very good. That would make sense, because as Ricardo pointed out on that fateful thread years ago, good rhythm is precise, if not perfect. How a bunch of imperfect beings could execute that without the benefit of some type of field or force (like those cuckoo clocks all getting in sync with each other, right), is beyond me. By the way, the other day at a gig, my rig made that weird sound again. Except this time, I didn't have my amp! I assumed it was my amp/battery for some reason. This time, I had guitar, two cords, and effect box. What I just described has been soaked by sprinklers two times, so it's not surprising it's showing some ill effects!
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