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1980 recording at 16, high school jazz
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s***@gmail.com
2019-04-01 13:43:46 UTC
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s***@gmail.com
2019-04-01 13:44:26 UTC
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OPTION MAGAZINE, MAY/JUNE '86
"...a superb guitarist and all around musician, sophisticated arrangements with talent to spare..."
WCUW MUSIC FAIR PROGRAM, '87
"...a young guitarist from Northboro, Dan is our pick to gain wide recognition with awesome technical ability and compositional sophistication..."
KKUP CUPERTINO, CA. BEST OF NEWSLETTER, '87
"...the second side of this tape may be the best I've heard all year, from soft acoustic and beautiful vocal, to incredible hot shit jazz..."
JAZZ WORCESTER PROGRAM, OCTOBER '91
"...Rutland guitarist Dan Stearns recently finished second place in Guitar Player Magazine's 1991 Soundpage Competition, among a field of over 700 guitarist world-wide. His live shows are rare and stunning..."
GAJOOB MAGAZINE, JUNE '92
"...innovative, kaleidoscopic..."
METRONOME MAGAZINE, OCTOBER '92
"...a wild trip through a maze of sound..."
NEW ENGLAND PERFORMER, NOVEMBER '92
"...Stearns is a composer with a truly original vision, "In a World Out of Tune" is a frenzied, industrialized, atonal guitar fest..."
GUITAR FOR THE PRACTICING MUSICIAN, DECEMBER '92
"...Dan is one of the most original modern composers to have submitted a tape to this column. Hats off for an innovator..."
WORCESTER MAGAZINE, APRIL '93
"...Dan Stearns, internationally recognized in Guitar Player and other publications, has finally put together a live band that approximates the dense, nightmarish music that has been issuing forth from Dan's tiny studio for years..."
WORCESTER TELEGRAM AND GAZETTE, APRIL '93
"...Stearns crafts dense compositions that swerve into discordant meltdowns, then instantly snap into focus with impeccable musicianship, making each listen a little different from the last..."
WORCESTER MAGAZINE, MAY '93
"...in the overcrowded world of guitar players, Stearns is recognized by his unique style, which cannot easily be pegged. His music is very cinematic, themes and variations conjure darting images like erratic plot points in a surrealistic movie..."
GUITARIST NETWORK MAGAZINE, MAY '93
"...WARNING: this music may be too intense for some listeners. Dan's technique, compositions and originality put him on another musical plane..."
NEW ENGLAND PERFORMER, DECEMBER '93
"...Zorn meets Stravinsky..."
WORCESTER MAGAZINE, FEBUARY '94
"...brutally difficult..."
QNL NEWSLETTER, WINTER '94
"...a remarkable tape, playing as technically complex as any I've heard..."
INTERNATIONAL GUITAR CLASSIFIED, WINTER '94
"...a model of uniqueness..."
EXPERIENCE MUSIC CATALOG, WINTER '94
"...tomorrow's guitar today..."
GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE, MAY '96
"...if Charles Ives played metal guitar..."
WORCESTER MAGAZINE, OCTOBER '96
"...our Charles Ives..."
WORCESTER MAGAZINE, MARCH '97
"...a dizzying cacophony..."
METRONOME MAGAZINE, MAY '97
"...hears and sees things most people never catch..."
ENTREVISTA CON ENRIQUE JARDINES (ABSOLUTE ZERO), LCDM No.163, APRIL '99 "...un gran compositor norteamericano que nos gusta mucho y que explora mucho en este terreno con guitarras sin trastes es un tal Dan Stearns..."
BEEPSNORT, SEPTEMBER, '04
"...I'd like to mention the work of Daniel Stearns, in particular as a standout, original example of an Ivesian approach to rock music with his combinations of microtonal melodies and bizarre theatrical climaxes..."
SONIC DEVIANT, MAY '05
"...clearly all but the most technically talented of us can conceive and, much less, accurately play such forms, but Dan can do this stuff blind-folded..."
RENEWABLE MUSIC, APRIL '06
"...serious explorations of microtonal possibilities and, a New Englander himself, his connections to the music of Ives strike me as both honest and deep..."
BRILLIANT CORNERS, JUNE '07
"...the cassette he sent me back then did for harmony what Conlon Nancarrow did for rhythm -- cracked open an entirely new and unexplored musical space..."
RENEWABLE MUSIC, AUGUST '08
"...just might be the most honest Ivesian of us all..."
X-RAY BARBECUE, NOVEMBER '08
"...fantastic harmolodic allan-holdsworth-raised by-wolves no-wave fusionist guitar skronk, tabletop concrete hybrids and microtonal works that are well worth your time. why this man is not HUGE is beyond me..."
Lord Valve
2019-04-01 15:43:43 UTC
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On Monday, April 1, 2019 at 7:44:27 AM UTC-6, ***@gmail.com wrote:

<snip froth>

Ah, yes...journalists. Professional liars, hawking
their bent wares. The freakier, the better. We've
just seen an entire journalistic industry attempt
to mount a coup against a lawfully elected president,
based on the fact that he's not in their fucking
leftist cult.

Excuse me if I fail to be impressed.

Lord Valve, ThD
Organist (fuck you)
s***@gmail.com
2019-04-01 13:45:59 UTC
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https://soundcloud.com/danstearns/vertigo-balladwav
my oldest son taught be dad at same age covering Govan from his own transcription: https://soundcloud.com/danstearns/guthrie-govan-waves-cover-by-bryan-stearns
Lord Valve
2019-04-01 15:51:19 UTC
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Post by s***@gmail.com
https://soundcloud.com/danstearns/vertigo-balladwav
my oldest son taught be dad at same age covering Govan from his own transcription: https://soundcloud.com/danstearns/guthrie-govan-waves-cover-by-bryan-stearns
Yes, he's fast. Done in realtime, single pass? Nope.

'Nuff said. You don't get any do-overs on the stand.


Lord Valve, ThD
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Lord Valve
2019-04-01 15:35:59 UTC
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Post by s***@gmail.com
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That's decent, bordering on good. It has *air* in
it! WTF happened to you between then and now that
turned you into a speedfreak wanker who plays
disjointed meaningless crap? In 1980 I had been
playing in clubs (and on the road) for 17 years, and
mostly supporting myself at it...doing a little amp
repair on the side. Yeah, you can bamboozle most
musically ignorant folks into thinking you're something
special by playing a hundred notes where three or four
would have been sufficient (and meant more) but that
doesn't work on me. I can *hear*. The fact that I don't
like microtonal shit isn't a character flaw, it's simply
a matter of preference - no more significant than what
kind of ice cream one likes. You like it? Bully for you.
You look down on people who don't dig that shit, and
consider yourself to be a superior being because you
do. You just put up a series of posts in which you
described yourself as being a better player than anyone
who posts here - a ridiculous statement on its very face.

So fuck you - 39 years ago you were a fairly good player.
Now, you suck. Everything you post puts me in mind of
a recording posted by that ridiculous Johnny Anus turd -
he was playing solo at the dedication of a new library
(or something) and what he was laying down was utter POO.
When he was done, the audience erupted into thunderous
applause...branding themselves as clueless idiots. I'm
sure there was probably a real musician or two in the
crowd, struggling to keep from breaking into raucous
laughter. I'm not that polite - if you suck, I'm gonna
laugh or scoff or whatever.

Lord Valve, ThD
Organist (fuck you)
Defiant
2019-04-05 06:51:39 UTC
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https://soundcloud.com/danstearns/vertigo-balladwav
That's decent, bordering on good. It has *air* in
it! WTF happened to you between then and now that
turned you into a speedfreak wanker who plays
disjointed meaningless crap?
Drug abuse and/or schizophrenia will do that to you.
My guess is that he smoked a lot of weed, and researchers
are now proving what has been suspected for many years:
chronic marijuana use can cause schizophrenia in
susceptible people. Looks like our pal Danny boy is
probably one of those "susceptible" people. You can't
blame a mentally ill person for their illness, unless
they brought it upon themselves by abusing dope. That's
why it's called DOPE!
s***@gmail.com
2019-04-06 20:15:07 UTC
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Post by Defiant
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https://soundcloud.com/danstearns/vertigo-balladwav
That's decent, bordering on good. It has *air* in
it! WTF happened to you between then and now that
turned you into a speedfreak wanker who plays
disjointed meaningless crap?
Drug abuse and/or schizophrenia will do that to you.
My guess is that he smoked a lot of weed, and researchers
chronic marijuana use can cause schizophrenia in
susceptible people. Looks like our pal Danny boy is
probably one of those "susceptible" people. You can't
blame a mentally ill person for their illness, unless
they brought it upon themselves by abusing dope. That's
why it's called DOPE!
I am dope, thank you.... ha, what are you...? like Valve's little puppet who comes and kisses his shit piles when he's done shitting on people on-line...ha, you might want to consider a little weed your self there good buddy girl.... surely couldn't hurt: https://soundcloud.com/danstearns/symmetry-crr-live-at-blue-plate
Defiant
2019-04-08 09:50:19 UTC
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https://soundcloud.com/danstearns/vertigo-balladwav
That's decent, bordering on good. It has *air* in
it! WTF happened to you between then and now that
turned you into a speedfreak wanker who plays
disjointed meaningless crap?
Drug abuse and/or schizophrenia will do that to you.
My guess is that he smoked a lot of weed, and researchers
chronic marijuana use can cause schizophrenia in
susceptible people. Looks like our pal Danny boy is
probably one of those "susceptible" people. You can't
blame a mentally ill person for their illness, unless
they brought it upon themselves by abusing dope. That's
why it's called DOPE!
I am on dope,
FIFY
thank you....
You're welcome <fart>
ha, what are you...?
None can say...
like Valve's little puppet who comes and kisses his shit piles when he's done shitting on people on-line...
You describe yourself perfectly. He definitely pwnz your sorry ass...
who comes and kisses his shit piles when he's done shitting on people on-line...
Again, you describe yourself. The only shit piles and shitting are
the stinky loads you link to showing off your amazing lack of chops
and absence of anything resembling talent.
ha, you might want to consider a little weed your self there
Yeah, it's done wonders for you ROTFLMAO!!! Fuck, I'd have to
smoke like Cheech and Chong on vacation in Jamaica for about
20 years to approach your level of fucked up.
good buddy girl....
Ahh, CB slang. You would use the term "good buddy". From what I
understand. guys who use that phrase tend to render services at
glory holes. Somehow, given as much fag shit as I have seen you
post, I could easily believe that you would take more than one
for a very large team....
Says Danny de Shart. Yeah, weed has done you so many favors. Why,
just compare your chops in high school to your current performances.
https://soundcloud.com/danstearns/symmetry-crr-live-at-blue-plate.
Sounds like a raucous crowd of three. Let me guess, sound guy and
two drunk regulars? Speaking of the sound guy, maybe you should let
him know that the gain knobs have 9 other positions, and all are
*BELOW* 10!

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