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I found it interesting. Not my kind of player usually but I appreciate the different angle and it's quite refreshing to hear his slant on the guitar. I think the players who go the less conventional route end up with really individual sounds.
I'm no Blur fan, they kind of passed me by but when he was playing the delayed chords you can see how that style fills stadiums well.
That said I made it through half an hour and that was enough, it gave me an insight and appreciation of the guy, but D&M get a bit much for me after a certain amount of time (as do most of the YT presenters)
That's the biggest difference, a typical guitarist looks at his part and his sound etc but tends to forget the more important things around him like the song it's self, complementing what the rhythm section is doing and something I've rarely ever seen with other guitarists, not playing all the time.
Music should be about note choice and composition first and foremost, not handwand boutique pickups with bumble bee caps and tonewoods going through lava cables into your kot and Marshall half stack etc
I'll get back in my box
Interesting to hear him talk about the working relationship with Damon. Sounded like Graham was operating more like a session player, getting in and coming up with parts quickly and laying them down. I imagined it was a more collaborative process with Blur.
I think this context explains a lot about Coxon’s playing: he wasn’t just being given chords and a melody line to work from it was an adhoc, lofi arrangement full of hooks and clues as to what shape a guitar part might take to achieve similar effect.
It also explains Albarn’s success upon leaving Blur - he just continued churning out the demos and found new collaborators to help flesh them out.
https://youtu.be/8n8k0fB82nU
Ill get my coat
His technique is just too good to be random. There is a great iinterview on the Gray Guitars channel where he talks about studying Hendrix, clapton the meters etc as well as devouring Beatles songbook.
But it was refreshing to get back to 'bigger picture' stuff rather than obsessing over the tiniest and least important gear details of the music.
I do remember a little one-page feature in Guitar & Bass with Graham Coxon circa "Modern Life Is Rubbish" that had a few interesting details. I think it was part of a series on contemporary indie bands. Pre-Britpop proper.
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
I suppose gear wise Graham uses what he has found works for him after a long journey to get there and that’s what he was describing.