David Byrne: How Architecture Helped Music Evolve Options

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I play a few regular cover gigs. It has been a fun challenge to figure out how match a wide range of guitar tones with a minimal setup. I've got to cover anything from a clean, lush, chorusy Police vibe, to compressed 80s hair metal, to an american top petty style mid gain jangle.

It's fun to reimagine songs with different tones. I goof on it a lot at practice. It's cool to see how gear has shaped the sound of music. The Deluxe Memory Man gave the Edge a platform to create some great guitar riffs in U2. The Fuzz Face gave Hendrix the distorted tension he could use to make Purple Haze the anthem that it is.

One thing I never considered was the environment in which we play in dictating the music that was played in it.

There's a lot of great Ted Talks involving music. This is one of my favorites.



What are your experiences with this? Is there another TED Talk that you enjoy?

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