So Bob and I have been talking a bit about Spyro Gyra
It got me thinking about their album Point of View where an EWI was used for several breathtaking solos.
I’m a HUGE electronic fan, especially Goa Trance as I like music that pushes the human imagination. A singer or a trumpet player or other instrumentalist are only capable of a certain range of sound. With synthetics you can push that limit more to the extent of human imagination, than the capabilities to produce sound with hardware.
That being said, pure electronic I feel looses a LOT of its human edge, as its essentially just hands on a keyboard, and hands on a computer mouse blending and mixing effects. I always thought the EWI brought a LOT of that human feel to a performance, while allowing one to extend beyond the limits of a conventional wind instrument. Also because they’re very uncommon (as opposed to Electric guitars which work on a very similar principal) their sound is very alien to the ear.
And because I got talking about Goa Trance, I thought I’d toss up a nice song from one of my favorite groups:
Enjoy, and please Rock-out responsibly! ; ]
Awesome jams.