On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 09:39:51 -0800, Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Most musiicians are so deep into the piece, or the sounds, they are > totally folded in, internalizing it all... > Not at all unusual to be insulated from everything around you, while > you're grooving! > That's exactly why some musicians close their eyes. They don't want the > distraction of seeing to dilute the experience. > They're not on stage when they look like that ~ they're in an entirely > different place... usually. Yeah. It's kind of hard to tell due to the angle of his head, but his eyes are closed in the photo, he's not looking down at his guitar. Every musician's different, and certainly with the improvisations in jazz there is often a lot of interaction between and among the musicians on stage, but this guy pretty much stood there like that all night. That's just the way he was, rarely even looking up for visual cues from his fellow band members. But, maybe Shel's point is more, "well, if that guy's so boring, then why photograph him that way, or look for some way to ~make~ him look interesting" (not to put words in Shel's mouth, as he's ~more~ than capable of passing on his thoughts and opinions on his own <LOL>). It may be (I'm not saying I agree, just that I can see the viewpoint) that the photo is a good or acceptable document of this fellow on stage, but as a "concert photo" per se, leaves something to be desired. I don't think I'm objective enough to make such a decision, however. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
