Apology accepted, Glenn. Believe me, I have been very grateful for the connections I have been able to make thanks to the internet, with people like you who...
Interesting to check in after a couple weeks and see all this activity! First of all, thanks for the nice comments about my new album, those of you who wrote. ...
Alan, your response is actually very helpful. When I mentioned my friend Claude who was painting in a minimalist style for awhile, he was doing exactly what...
Rich "7 Books" is more extreme than "Inside" or "Waters in Azure"... maybe spend some time with the earlier albums and see if you can get a handle on his...
Rich As someone that works often in the so called minimal/ambient categories (although I don't like the names of either), I would say that it's the difference...
As a result of this discussion, I sent off for three more of Steffen Basho-Junghans's CD's, including "7 Books" and "Inside". As you say, Steffen has always...
I rate Steffen very highly, he's more avant-garde than Robbie for sure but if that's not your cup of tea just trust me - his work is highly intelligent and...
Excerpts from Steffen Basho-Junghans's own website, BlueMomentArts: Northern Winds", in which Junghans develops a wonderfully innovative yet simple melody,...
“minimalist ambient noodling” Come on Rich, what have you heard by Steffen?… I think you gave up listening way too soon! As Glenn rightly said Steffen is...
Chuck, this is an astounding amount of research and information. It should be extremely helpful. Thank you. Do you have a background in law? The one...
Why Fahey is (relatively) well-known compared with Basho is an interesting point. I guess that it's got something to do with the fact that a lot (but certainly...
This may not be quite so complicated. I would advise you to contact a good copyright lawyer; however, regardless of who actually owns the copyright, most of...
If there are no copyright or other legal issues involved, Alan's idea of a Basho tribute album that begins from the platform of Robbie's actual compositions...
hi Glenn, I remember your inviting to me to possibly record for a Basho tribute album, but to my knowledge, you never followed up on it. I had been waiting...
... After Kottke's 6 & 12 String Guitar got reviewed favorably by Rolling Stone, he was signed to a major label and recorded several Fahey songs, most notably...
I¹m amused to read your email, Rich, as this is the same tribute record that I invited you to contribute to two years ago! (I suggested it anyway, and ...
Alan, I wanted to respond (positively) to your opinion about tribute albums. If they are indeed to be tribute albums, and not an excuse to use someone's name...
Robbie I'd be happy to contribute to the writing if you feel that's appropriate. I have mixed feelings about tribute albums, particularly with someone like...
Robbie, as always, thanks for a very interesting, thoughtful and full post. I will really be looking forward to your monograph on Basho. It sounds like it is...
Dear all, It has been very quiet round here lately, so I thought it worth writing in with a few bits of news. Firstly in response to Glenn's last post, I think...
Glenn Jones wrote: <While Windham Hill undoubtedly deserves some of the scorn heaped on it, I think they deserve nothing but credit for issuing Robbie’s...
There have been some great discussion threads here lately ‹ I¹ve been fantasizing about a Basho book, collecting / expanding some of the jottings of Rich...
Robin, thanks so much for this one, especially for the website itself. That is a real treasure. After getting three of Basho-Junghans's albums, I stopped....
Hi folks, I came across this today on the Fahey Guitar Players group. I wonder whether anyone knows anything about A North Thuringian Raga by Steffen...
I stand by my original comments, and it's just based on the music, I'm a composer for what it's worth. I don't believe these recordings are outtakes from Voice...
Let me state from the outset that I am a contrarian on the Windham Hill recordings. To my ear, both of them are disasters. My main criticisms may go to the...
Well, it does seem odd in hindsight, but the power dynamics between Windham and Basho were odd to begin with, and were not like that of a newly signed artist....
Hi, Toni, When Windham Hill got its start, its focus as an instrumental fingerstyle guitar label was very, very narrow. The "Early Pierre Bensusan" album,...
maybe i'm too out of tune about this issue, but i don't understand why Robbie's Indian Music interests by then didn't fit Windham Hill stylings i think...
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