Word: guitar
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even some established musicians are taking up the craft. Three years ago, Ben Watt, of the pop group Everything But the Girl, put down his guitar and bought a pair of turntables. "I got tired of playing the guitar--it's simple as that," says Watt, who now does a weekly deejay stint at a London club and whose scratching is featured on Everything But the Girl's new CD Temperamental. "For the moment, working on my deejay skills seems like an interesting area to explore...
...like most WB shows, Buffy the Vampire Slayer keeps a close eye on its soundtrack and has now culled 17 choice songs for an official Buffy album. The surprise is that it's fairly cohesive and quite good, with songs featuring solid bass, wicked guitar and plenty of longing. The album's overall pulse is dark, from Garbage's deservedly well-known "Temptation Waits" to Christophe Beck's subtle "Close Your Eyes (Buffy-Angel Love Theme)." Standout cuts include Krauss crossover bluegrass, Velvet Chain's vibrating "Strong," The Sundays' "Wild Horses," and Kim Ferron's moderately cheery "Nothing...
...ambience of The House of Blues, with its bas-reliefs of Blues and Jazz greats, enhanced the funky bass-lines and fostered the dialogue between Wooten, the band and his audience. Coming on close to 40 minutes late with his band of a DJ, percussionist, keyboard player and guitar player, Wooten's arrival help goad the crowd (mostly students from the Berklee School of Music) into a frenzy of anticipation. This was an audience ready to learn from the master...
Joseph did, however, make the crowd feel involved with his comments and his enthusiasm. His use of a radio antenna to produce sounds was also surprisingly clever. Regi's guitar brought Victor's desire for responsive improvisation to a lesser height of majesty, for Regi had technique without ear; at one point, Regi was horribly sharp and only turned the pegs up more, producing a grating sound and a disturbing cacophony amidst Victor's clever performance. The drummer, J.D. Blaine, amazed and amused. Even one beat of his drum prompted audience response; he possessed a zany aura that fed into...
...point of destructive. The Kroks are a little bit of both. Those who are not real musical buffs or expert managers in the group are showmen: McNeely wants to be "a pop star" while Perry Wilson, star of his freshman musical, loves to ham it up on his air guitar solo during the group's 1950s medley. Both the audience and the performers get their kicks at a Kroks show. "Sometimes you feel like a celebrity," one member of the group tells me. "And sometimes you feel like just some...