| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| annapolisguitar |
Posted - 03/16/2005 : 1:33:53 PM
I took several lessons from Tim in the mid 80's pre-DMB at UVA but more importantly had the chance to play with him when I was a diaper shitting college student!! and he was, at the time, the local ace who we all knew had a talent way too big to be contained. I have only realized the last few years what a huge influence TR was to me -- not just the music, but the whole life approach, interest in spirituality, and of course, diverse mastery of many musical forms and styles. Imagine being 18-22 years old and seeing that at a local jazz jam up close and personal for a couple of years. On a weeknight, jazz, on the weekend, Hendrix and TR3. Way cool. Anyhoo, I wanted to to thank Tim publicly and kudos to Fluffy for being a prince. I am lucky to make my life in music and an early role model for musical and artistic excellence! My own career is doing super well and I'll be in San Francisco, Bellingham, Pittsburgh, Coastal Carolina, and many other places for music workshops and concerts thsi Spring and Summer. I feel truly blessed to have met and hung with Tim before all the hype.
I got to see an artist who was destined for greatness up close and personal, and he's more than made good on it! ROB :)
www.roblevit.com
http://www.abstractlogix.com/interview_view.php?idno=71
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| Fluffy |
Posted - 03/24/2005 : 02:01:58 AM
Would love to someTIMe but I am just so damn busy at the moment BUT that's a good thing. LOL I am still in NYC and just did my last show with Keren Ann from her tour and tomorrow I drive back to DC and I am working at 10am at 9:30 Club and I work Friday, Sat and Sunday. Sometimes I feel like I wear to many hats(figuratively speaking of course, we all know I usually only wear one, a Chris Whitley derby. LOL sometimes an Oakland Raiders cap hehe) Anyway, I would love to get out there when I can find the TIMe, I hope there is no limit on the invitation. I am glad you posted here and hope your words and stories found some interested ears. I was surprised to hear that people thought TR had never given lessons. I think I must not have been clear in a past post or something if I led people to that conclusion. For the record, when he lived in C-ville, back in his Miller's daze, he did provide very inexpensive lessons even though it was not one of his fave things to do. Lessons that is, not the inexpensive part. HEHE But when broke, you do what you have to do and when people are offering to pay you to help them with guitar the money is inticing. I think TR is in a position now that he now does not have to do this task he doesn't enjoy so much so all recent questions about it have been nixed. Who knows what the future may hold, maybe a seminar of some sort. I wouldn't completely rule it out but I think at this point TR prefers to think of himself as an influence to others as opposed to an actual teacher. He did provide lessons in his broke, starving-musician daze, but at this point he really doesn't need to fall back on his teaching skills. LOL
Once again, glad you posted and shed a little more light on the enigma that is TR for the folks around here. Ironically, there was a line in your first post that I thought "Wow! I could have written that myself!" It was....
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I have only realized the last few years what a huge influence TR was to me -- not just the music, but the whole life approach, interest in spirituality, and of course, diverse mastery of many musical forms and styles.
Only difference is I found a kindred spirit who has broadened my horizons on a multitude of subjects, but as we know, TR is far more than just a musician. He is the whole package and I am blessed to work with him and I think all who hear him or meet him are so enriched from the experience. A TR performance is far more than mere music! Good luck with your projects and I hope I get to catch a performance soon! |
| annapolisguitar |
Posted - 03/23/2005 : 8:54:45 PM
Hi Fluffy, I hope my grammar wasn't as bad as that dude's, but at least he was enthusiastic! Best to you as always and regards to Tim.
Hope you can make it out to Annapolis soon to see The Trio. Let's get Tim at the Ram's Head again. Bye for now.
ROB :)
http://www.jazztimes.com/reviews/cd_reviews/search_action.cfm
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| Fluffy |
Posted - 03/23/2005 : 7:47:48 PM
I think it was the Andrew Craig post that everyone is talking about and comparing this one too. Here is the link:
http://www.timreynolds.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5651 |
| dan p. |
Posted - 03/23/2005 : 5:29:50 PM
and wouldn't you love a book about tas's 5 years before the lance trilogy? imagine it. a whole book about what a kender did for 5 years. it would be like
"i have to go to this town. oh shit! a frog!"
and then like 5 chapters about frogs. |
| dan p. |
Posted - 03/23/2005 : 5:25:20 PM
yeah if they want to do more raistlin/caramon stuff, even though they've done that pretty thoroughly, i'd read.
i'd like to see a book for each of the companions when they left for 5 years. sturm and kitiara (in light of the. . .revelations in the second generation) a book about tanis's journey and flint's would be nice. did they do a book about goldmoon and riverwind? |
| pants_happy |
Posted - 03/23/2005 : 3:20:25 PM
amen. except if they decide to fill in the past, ala soulforge or brothers in arms. then i might break down and read. |
| dan p. |
Posted - 03/23/2005 : 1:43:43 PM
yeah, i'm not reading any new dragonlance books. the war of souls trilogy is where i stop. |
| pants_happy |
Posted - 03/23/2005 : 1:03:21 PM
quote:
Originally posted by dan p.
i could have done without dalamar and palin being killed and having their corpses reanimated and their spirits just sort of there as though they were normal people.
i completely forgot about that one. i just hope that future books don't try to fix the timeline to make it perfect like at caramon's funeral. or be joan of arc vs. paladine the elf. anyway, i learned my lesson to never buy a fifth age novel in hard cover, and even then, maybe just not read the books at all. |
| Hopeful Rolling Waves |
Posted - 03/22/2005 : 6:58:11 PM
Good get. |
| dan p. |
Posted - 03/22/2005 : 5:47:45 PM
yeah that shit with time travel sucked. but i mean, it's sort of the nature of the books to see someone's spirit, especially in the abyss. i don't think that's unreasonable. that seems legit. and i don't really care how or why they bring raistlin back, just so long as he's in the book.
i could have done without dalamar and palin being killed and having their corpses reanimated and their spirits just sort of there as though they were normal people.
i don't really remember about skie. after lord soth took kitiara soul, i think he just went looking for here on some other plane where takhisis promised she was but wasn't. |
| pants_happy |
Posted - 03/22/2005 : 3:09:34 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Hopeful Rolling Waves
Über-dorks abound!
where?? oh, wait, i see them. just wait for the right moment... .. ...ouch! he'll be pissing blood for a week. @*&%! they're here every time i go in the linux lab. maybe that will keep them out. diabolical bastards, as thick as cockroaches in here. go back to cyberspace!
thanks for the alert. that was a close one.  |
| Hopeful Rolling Waves |
Posted - 03/22/2005 : 2:04:47 PM
Über-dorks abound! |
| pants_happy |
Posted - 03/22/2005 : 2:01:36 PM
quote:
Originally posted by dan p.
what dead characters do they bring back in twins or the war of the lance trilogy? berem can't die because of the gem in his chest. fizban's immortal so that doesn't really count. flint only speaks to them after he dies, but that might just be the characters imagining things. in later trilogies, anyone seen in the abyss doesn't really count because they're still dead. the only character they really bring back is raistlin, and frankly, i'm fine with that. the more raistlin the better. he's my favorite character of any book, with the possible exception of feanor from silmarillion.
i didn't mean only in chronicles or in the twins trilogy. tas is brought back because of the crappiest reason, rastlin, like you said, and everyone that's dead they see sometime or many times anyway, so they might as well be alive. and the gods, even though they weren't dead... yet, they brought them back. i can't remember, but did skie die before the war of souls made him the uber god? |
| Arthen |
Posted - 03/22/2005 : 12:57:17 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Evergreen
quote:
Thank you for being coherent and having good grammar.
I hope that was a joke. I'm thinking it might not be such a good idea to correct the newbies grammer all the TIMe. It would be nice to have folks stick around. This is just a casual forum. We have lots of lurkers and folks who post once or twice and then never come back. Lets lavish in TR and his music and lighten up on corrections?
I think Teri was referring to the other "former student" of Tim's, who posted very incoherently. It made me question his mental state. |
| dan p. |
Posted - 03/22/2005 : 10:27:53 AM
what dead characters do they bring back in twins or the war of the lance trilogy? berem can't die because of the gem in his chest. fizban's immortal so that doesn't really count. flint only speaks to them after he dies, but that might just be the characters imagining things. in later trilogies, anyone seen in the abyss doesn't really count because they're still dead. the only character they really bring back is raistlin, and frankly, i'm fine with that. the more raistlin the better. he's my favorite character of any book, with the possible exception of feanor from silmarillion. |
| Evergreen |
Posted - 03/22/2005 : 08:07:34 AM
quote:
Thank you for being coherent and having good grammar.
I hope that was a joke. I'm thinking it might not be such a good idea to correct the newbies grammer all the TIMe. It would be nice to have folks stick around. This is just a casual forum. We have lots of lurkers and folks who post once or twice and then never come back. Lets lavish in TR and his music and lighten up on corrections? |
| tericee |
Posted - 03/22/2005 : 05:30:14 AM
quote:
Originally posted by annapolisguitar
I took several lessons from Tim in the mid 80's pre-DMB at UVA but more importantly had the chance to play with him when I was a diaper shitting college student!! and he was, at the time, the local ace who we all knew had a talent way too big to be contained. I have only realized the last few years what a huge influence TR was to me -- not just the music, but the whole life approach, interest in spirituality, and of course, diverse mastery of many musical forms and styles. Imagine being 18-22 years old and seeing that at a local jazz jam up close and personal for a couple of years. On a weeknight, jazz, on the weekend, Hendrix and TR3. Way cool. Anyhoo, I wanted to to thank Tim publicly and kudos to Fluffy for being a prince. I am lucky to make my life in music and an early role model for musical and artistic excellence! My own career is doing super well and I'll be in San Francisco, Bellingham, Pittsburgh, Coastal Carolina, and many other places for music workshops and concerts thsi Spring and Summer. I feel truly blessed to have met and hung with Tim before all the hype.
Thank you for being coherent and having good grammar. |
| pants_happy |
Posted - 03/21/2005 : 12:32:07 AM
quote:
Originally posted by dan p.
the twins trilogy would have been the ideal ending.
test of the twins is my favorite book written by weiss and hickman. dragons of summer flame is pretty good too, but they have to stop bringing back dead characters. it ironicly makes whatever realism fantasy has die.
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| Arthen |
Posted - 03/20/2005 : 8:49:37 PM
I'm not familiar with that particular series, but it just follows the trend. When fantasy/science fiction series go on too long, they suck ass. I prefer no more than three books, although certain exceptions can be made, ie King's "Dark Tower". |
| dan p. |
Posted - 03/20/2005 : 8:19:54 PM
the twins trilogy would have been the ideal ending. |
| pants_happy |
Posted - 03/20/2005 : 7:53:32 PM
quote:
Originally posted by dan p.
yeah, what the fuck was that? making paladine and takhisis mortal was dumb. they really stretched to make the comeback of the gods feasible. i didn't buy that whole "takhisis stole the world" thing. because fizban (paladine) told palin they were leaving. so that really throws the world stealing story directly down the shitter.
and the whole going back and changing who chaos is. i mean, reorx mistaking chaos for his father was a lame explanation: unlikely, unimaginative, and giving the reader little credit. how about every other god thinking the same thing. he can kill us all with a wink from one eye, can he? the war of souls? i hate it when authors try to make everything the ultimate situation, and then top that. that just turns 'ultimate' into ordinary. the war of souls is no worse than the war against chaos is no worse than the dragon wars is no worse than rastlin becoming a god is a little worse than the war of the lance. weiss and hickman are really good authors, and i mean that, but they just can't say no. they were going to stop with dragons of spring dawning, then they were brought it back and were going to stop with test of the twins, then they were going to finally stop with dragons of summer flame, and now that dragons of a vanished moon is done, what now? i wish they'd go back and fill in it's missing and hinted at history instead of this fifth age crap. the legend of huma and gates of thorbordain themselves did an excellent job of that (even if they had different authors). so did soulforge brothers in arms. both gold.
sorry for derailing this thread. i am a bastard. |
| Oozle |
Posted - 03/18/2005 : 12:25:59 AM
quote:
Originally posted by JoeGamo05
hey your in annapolis maryland, severna park here, drop me a Im sometime :) thats cool u got a few personal shows from TR, outa this world i mus' say
How funny, I am in Cape St. Claire/St. Margarets. Didn't realize there was anyone so close to me! LOL |
| rubylith |
Posted - 03/17/2005 : 1:05:39 PM
UVA is fun...I always stay at that red roof inn in charlottsville...sad to say hwoever, we broke in on the roof, and it was not red  |
| Hopeful Rolling Waves |
Posted - 03/17/2005 : 12:37:18 PM
Good Lord. |
| dan p. |
Posted - 03/17/2005 : 11:05:33 AM
yeah, what the fuck was that? making paladine and takhisis mortal was dumb. they really stretched to make the comeback of the gods feasible. i didn't buy that whole "takhisis stole the world" thing. because fizban (paladine) told palin they were leaving. so that really throws the world stealing story directly down the shitter. |
| pants_happy |
Posted - 03/17/2005 : 01:50:03 AM
...except that takhisis is dead in the newer, crappier books. so is dragonlance. |
| dan p. |
Posted - 03/16/2005 : 9:59:19 PM
i would sell my soul to takhisis herself for lessons with tim reynolds. |
| annapolisguitar |
Posted - 03/16/2005 : 9:19:13 PM
Thanks for all the responses. I wish I had some more TR stories to share and I have in the past, you might be able to find my months ago post -- suffice to say seeing TR in Charlottesville for my 4 years there was an education in itself. I'll be playing UVA April 15 actually, lemme know if you are interested and I'll drop you an e-mail.
You guys in the MD area should shoot down to 49 WEST every THURS in Annapolis where I play with my Trio -- we do jazz, funk, jam, etc. and have been doing it there for eight years. It's a cool hang and lots of musicians and guitar playas check it out. Cover is $6, it's non-smoking, and you don't have to be 21 though they do serve booze.
www.49westcafe.com www.roblevit.com |
| guitarisPIMP |
Posted - 03/16/2005 : 8:00:54 PM
I live in Howard County Maryland, only about an hour outside of Annapolis. I nkow a couple people in that area as well (high school kids, though, just like me  ). |
| JoeGamo05 |
Posted - 03/16/2005 : 5:45:31 PM
hey your in annapolis maryland, severna park here, drop me a Im sometime :) thats cool u got a few personal shows from TR, outa this world i mus' say |
| annapolisguitar |
Posted - 03/16/2005 : 5:03:38 PM
Yeah, just imagine Tim being another musician trying to make it in a small town whose talent was just too huge. Some things I saw from TR for the first time ex. volume knob swells with his right hand to get that ghosty sound. I now see how lucky I was and didn't realize it until a few years back. PS I did post several months ago about this but it was kinda non-sensical. Also, I was lucky enuff to play with Boyd on several occasions and MIGHT even have some pics of us playing at the Garden Gourmet. Boyd actually introduced me to jazz -- I wnet to his apartment off Rugby Rd. and played "Misty" if you can believe it! :) |
| JTR |
Posted - 03/16/2005 : 4:26:16 PM
I seem to recall someone else coming a while back and making a similar claim, so the surfacing of another TR-student doesn't surprise me. Seems entirely sensical, at least to me, for TR to have taught lessons as a way of just getting a bit of money on the table, just like playing a gig to feed yourself.
Rob, you're a lucky guy. I think most of us here are students of Tim's, although you're in the fortunate position of actually recieving a lesson from him. I'm sure it was an awesome experience. |
| Hopeful Rolling Waves |
Posted - 03/16/2005 : 3:08:10 PM
Well, no shit. I wouldn't mind a lesson or two from the ol' Tim-master. I think his jazz tunes are his best stuff...Smile, Impermanence, Century Sister. I am sure you consider yourself pretty lucky, Rob. Tim is definitely an unsung hero of the guitar world.
Sounds like you're doing pretty well for yourself as well. I listened to some of your Anatomy of Ecstacy album, sounds like you're a Future Sound of London/Aphex Twin fan.
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| annapolisguitar |
Posted - 03/16/2005 : 2:59:50 PM
Nope, I sat with him several times, after begging him, in smelly sweaty cubicles at UVA Music Dept. He charged me $10 per hour, gave me his Joe Pass jazz book, and played some very, very mean walking bass lines with chords that corroded my ears with their goodness. he did not teach, I watched. He did not want to charge, I paid.
http://www.bayweekly.com/year04/issuexii48/lifexii48.html |
| Hopeful Rolling Waves |
Posted - 03/16/2005 : 2:58:47 PM
Yeah, I always thought Tim wasn't really into that aspect of guitar, but I don't know him personally, that's just from what I've read.
But, if this guy says so, why not. I wonder if Fluffy could shed some light on this. |
| dan p. |
Posted - 03/16/2005 : 2:44:23 PM
i was under the impression tim reynolds didn't and hadn't taught lesson. |
