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Antsfreak
Is Anybody Here?
USA
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 Posted - 02/20/2010 : 6:10:15 PM
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Throughout my life I have heard numerous, forgetable guitarists. But one day I came across Tim Reynolds, and my musical career took a turn toward something new and mysterious. Three major songs that have truly changed my musical life are Stream, Betrayal, and Caveman. The realms of instrumental music became readily apparent to me through the works of Tim Reynolds
I can remember the first time I ever heard Tim Reynolds play the guitar. It was a damp summer night and my friend Emma and I were sitting in her beat up Buick on Grandview Boulevard. Her boyfriend had dumped her and I was keeping her company, but like any teenage boy, I was hoping for more to transpire. Regardless, she put on Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds Live at Radio City. The first song, Bartender, and due to the “self-medicating” we had done prior, seemed to cause the world to melt with Timmy’s swells. Never before had I heard such a sound, and certainly not from a guitar. His use of delay in relation to his swells were monumental in those days for me. After that night I could feel that I had experienced a very natural change, a change that was meant to happen. This of course could have also been a side-effect of the “self-medication,” but as is human nature, one likes very much to believe.
STREAM
I can recall hearing Stream for the very first time. As a guitarist myself coming from a classic rock, Zeppelin-esque background, using an acoustic guitar as a main instrument was foreign to me. Hearing the scales used in this piece, and the speed at which they were achieved blew my adolescent mind. And if that were not enough, eventually hearing the vintage recording of Dave and Tim at the Prizm Coffeehouse in 1993, in which the song is performed on a 12-string only further scattered the pieces of the instrumental genre which had already been so exploded by Tim. As a boy aspiring to be the rock star, guitar slung over his back, Tim Reynolds quickly became the summit of my aspirations.
BETRAYAL
When I first heard this song, I had to find a video. Even upon finding one, I still could not tell how Timmy played the opening run. The movement of the music creates such a beautiful creature, for lack of a better term. And the meaning behind the song, “John Kerry bowing out of the election ALL too soon” as Tim so thoughtfully put it, was highly noble in my opinion. It was the first I had ever heard of an instrumental piece having a motivation like that behind it and explained by the composer.
CAVEMAN
I first heard this song on YouTube, and I love the heaviness. Metal has never really been my forte, and perhaps it is only my bias towards Tim Reynolds that makes it so appealing but this is perhaps one of my favourite TR3 songs (my second favourite is perhaps OHIO, their Neil Young Cover.) The intro of Caveman is what really does it. This was one of the first TR3 songs I heard, and it trully speaks to me.
If I had to pick one musician that I could confidently say has changed my life, it would without a doubt be Tim Reynolds. From his instrumental powerhouse of music, to his exuberant band TR3, Tim Reynolds is one of the most influential musicians in the world as defined by me. He has definitely influenced my guitar playing, as well as my composition as far as what is possible. If I had the chance to thank him, I would do so very graciously.
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