Comments on: The fountain of creativeness. http://before-after.com/blog3/2006/11/21/fountain-of-creativeness/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:00:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Tom Monahan http://before-after.com/blog3/2006/11/21/fountain-of-creativeness/#comment-25 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:45:09 +0000 http://before-after.com/blog3/2006/11/21/fountain-of-creativeness/#comment-25 Welcome, Jay. It's interesting that you single out the strings on “While my Guitar Gently Weeps.” Those strings are the only new material created for these mash/remixes, by Sir George, of course. According to a piece in the Toronto Star: Martin allowed himself one new creative touch as a tribute to his departed friend, George Harrison. "When we got to ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps,'" Martin related, "it was decided to use the very first acoustic take that George ever did of it. Haunting, simple, beautiful." "But I thought it needed something to set it off properly," Giles added, "and so I persuaded Dad to arrange some strings to go with it. He didn't want to at first, but he finally did and it's magic." [Read The <a target="_blank" href="http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&#38;c=Article&#38;cid=1164063010067&#38;call_pageid=968867495754&#38;StarSource=RSS%5D"><strong>Toronto Star article</strong></a> in its entirety. I loved the weeping electric guitars on the original, but one of the great creative lessons come through here; often in order to move on we need to let go of some things. As Bart mentioned above, Sir George is a great teacher. Welcome, Jay. It’s interesting that you single out the strings on “While my Guitar Gently Weeps.” Those strings are the only new material created for these mash/remixes, by Sir George, of course.

According to a piece in the Toronto Star: Martin allowed himself one new creative touch as a tribute to his departed friend, George Harrison.

“When we got to ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps,’” Martin related, “it was decided to use the very first acoustic take that George ever did of it. Haunting, simple, beautiful.”

“But I thought it needed something to set it off properly,” Giles added, “and so I persuaded Dad to arrange some strings to go with it. He didn’t want to at first, but he finally did and it’s magic.” [Read The Toronto Star article in its entirety.

I loved the weeping electric guitars on the original, but one of the great creative lessons come through here; often in order to move on we need to let go of some things. As Bart mentioned above, Sir George is a great teacher.

]]> by: Jay Conway http://before-after.com/blog3/2006/11/21/fountain-of-creativeness/#comment-24 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:08:18 +0000 http://before-after.com/blog3/2006/11/21/fountain-of-creativeness/#comment-24 Tom. Looking forward to reading your blog. Listened to the new arrangement of My Guitar Gently Weeps and missed the George Harrison electric guitar, though the orchestration is nice. Tom. Looking forward to reading your blog. Listened to the new arrangement of My Guitar Gently Weeps and missed the George Harrison electric guitar, though the orchestration is nice.

]]> by: Bart Cleveland http://before-after.com/blog3/2006/11/21/fountain-of-creativeness/#comment-16 Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:06:34 +0000 http://before-after.com/blog3/2006/11/21/fountain-of-creativeness/#comment-16 Sir George Martin is one of the most inspiring creative people I've ever met. I met him at a AAAA's event where he was the keynote speaker. He had just finished giving a stirring oration about the making of Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The purpose of the talk was to reveal the potential of creative collaboration. What it became was a talk about love; Love for friends, love for one's craft and art, but ultimately love for mankind. George seems a very humble gentleman. I will never forget what he gave me that day. Sir George Martin is one of the most inspiring creative people I’ve ever met. I met him at a AAAA’s event where he was the keynote speaker. He had just finished giving a stirring oration about the making of Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The purpose of the talk was to reveal the potential of creative collaboration. What it became was a talk about love; Love for friends, love for one’s craft and art, but ultimately love for mankind. George seems a very humble gentleman. I will never forget what he gave me that day.

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