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Printablein other Santana news,he recently released a new blu-ray disc.
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Carlos just announced a bunch of East Coast concert dates for the Shapeshifter 2012 tour 
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No California dates... Guess he doesn't live in the Bay Area anymore... "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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Carlos don't forget about Tejas, Bro!! A summer evening under the stars at the Gexa Energy Pavilion in Dallas would be nice.   National Funk League✮✮ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He's doing one of those Vegas residency deals,which means that he's not allowed to play the Bay Area.I know it's a dumb rule,but it's part of the contract | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yeah, that sucks. "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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By the way, when's he gonna be in Vegas?
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looking at those dates,it's possible that he could play the Bay Area in the fall,like he did last September.Did you go to that show? It was at Shoreline.
No, I missed it. I went to the Sade concert instead. I'd like to catch gim this time around though! "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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I was there,but we had lawn seats,which I didn't like | |
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It was very crowded and we didn't have a good view of the stage.
I just picked this up | |
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Shapeshifter EPK (electronic press kit) | |
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I'm going to the Toronto show. I've seen Carlos many times over the years and he always puts on a great show. The vibe is always fun and lively, not to mention his killer guitar work. | |
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Santana Live at Montreux 2011 Track Listing Disc 1: Disc 2:
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I've been looking for this, but can't find it at any store in Toronto. Is it out yet? | |
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I CANNOT WAIT!!!!
I LOVE the Santana instrumentals. When I saw him two years ago at the show in IL where he proposed to Cindy, he played an AMAZING version of "Incident at Neshabur," which is one of my favorite songs from him. Too bad it isn't on the DVD.
I am actually sick of all the Supernatural stuff, but I know some people only come to the shows for that, so he has to have something for everyone.
I am just happy to get what I think will be a proper Santana album. I have a five-hour flight to Puerto Rico on May 15, and I will spend it listening to ShapeShifter.
Oh, and I cannot wait to see him at Ravinia this year. It will be my first time going, and I cannot think of a better person to see there next to Prince. [Edited 4/13/12 15:39pm] perfection is a fallacy of the imagination... | |
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Yep,it's out.I purchased my copy yesterday at Best Buy. | |
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Carlos and band will be performing tonight on 'Dancing With The Stars' | |
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Thank you SoulAlive, I will look in Best Buy. | |
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Great footage of the making of the album. Thanks! | |
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Interview: Carlos Santana on his new album, Shape Shifter April 2012
What would you like to be able to do on the guitar that you feel you can't?
"You know, at this point, the only thing I'd like to do is experiment with supersonic sounds – like Jimi Hendrix before he went to the National Anthem or before he played Wild Thing. There was a celestial texture that he achieved, and the only other person who got to that same place was Stevie Ray Vaughan. Here it comes: celestial supersonic textures.
"You open up the guitar and the amplifiers, and all of a sudden it's like an Aurora Borealis of sound. If you don't know what you're doing, it can sound really corny and awful. But if you know what you're doing, it's like all of the dinosaurs in the world are screaming, with motorcycles from the Hell's Angels. Jimi Hendrix knew how to create a texture on a big canvas, but it wasn't noise – it was art."
You start a two-year residency at the House Of Blues in Vegas soon. Will you be able to do any other touring during that time? "Oh, yeah, sure. There's days off during the week, and I'll have months off at a time, so I can go out and tour with the Allman Brothers or other people. It's not like I'm doing time in San Quentin or anything. [laughs]
"It's going to be a lot of fun; I'm looking forward to it. For me, it's going to be like having a laboratory where I can experiment with new alchemy. I know the songs that people want to hear, and they're going to hear them, but I get to bring new intros, middles and endings. And in the middle of the show, I can go to places nobody knows about for half an hour or so. It'll be like the Grateful Dead. I'll play what I don't even know how to play.
You dedicated the album to Native Americans. Can you talk a little about that? "Yes, I dedicated this album to them because I think it's important with where we are in 2012, since the world is supposed to end, and they know more than anyone about the shifts in perception. You know, Mother Nature is shifting – that's why there's more tornadoes. But as Bob Marley said, 'It's the beginning, not the end.'
"What I would like to see to this degree, it's like Chuck Berry ringing a bell and inviting Caucasians to invite American Indians into schools, for them to teach a curriculum on how to be connected and stay connected to Mother Nature. We have computers and satellites, but we're not as connected to Mother Nature as they are. We're always fighting with her.
"I'd like to do a yearly event like Bonnaroo and invite Native Americans from Alaska to Brazil, including Siberian shamans to Australian Aborigines, and do a concert, with artists like Sting – I'd sandwich it like that."
What kinds of guitars did you use on the album? Obviously, you used Paul Reed Smiths… "I basically used anything that was in front me – Stratocasters, nylon-string guitars – anything I need to use to complete the painting. For amps, I used Marshalls, Dumbles, Boogies, Bluetone – mainly Boogies and Dumbles."
What's amazing is, you can play any kind of guitar and still sound like yourself. "Well, I'm very grateful for that. I tried to sound like other people and I couldn't. I couldn't sound like BB or Otis Rush, so I gave up and said, 'Maybe there's a reason. Don't fight it anymore.'"
On the title track, the sound of Chester Thompson's keyboard recalls the classic Santana Hammond B3 from back in the day. "Oh yeah. That's something we grew up with in the '60s, with Procol Harum and Robin Trower, the Whiter Shade Of Pale sound, or Jimmy Smith and Kenny Burrell… Jack McDuff and George Benson. For me, it's very natural. We complement each other very well, Chester and me. In the future, I look forward to doing something with my brother Gregg Rolie."
The song Dom is a cover – originally it was done by Toure Kunda. "Yes, they sang it, but we did it as an instrumental. I wanted to sing the parts myself. I love the fact that it sounds like Bob Marley with Yo-Yo Ma and Santana."
Your guitar tone is remarkable on the song Nomad. How much does tone affect your playing? Can you give a great performance if you're dissatisfied with your sound? "Only if I really, really have to, if I'm sitting in with a band and I have no control over the sound. When I sit in with a band, whenever people invite me, I always plug straight into the amplifier, and then I'm going to sound good. Once I start going through all that stuff they have on the floor, I'm going to sound like an electric mosquito caught in a screen door. I don't want to sound like that. "On Nomad, I purposely sound really raunchy and harsh. That's because the song is supposed to be like that. I like a loud electric zeetar – like Ravi Shankar."
But you use some pedal effects... "Just a wah-wah and once in a while an Echoplex."
What do you use for distortion? "You make some ugly faces and crank it up till it hurts and point it so that it doesn't hurt the band. Basically, you try a bunch of settings on your amplifier. I like to experiment like the African people do, with more pedals than Jimi Hendrix – here and there. But mostly, I want to utilize the amplifier and just make ugly faces."
You're not kidding about the ugly faces. "No, I'm not. It's required. If you're not making ugly faces, if your face is really nice and gentle when you're playing a solo, you're not doing anything. When you're having sex and you're just about to reach that point, if you're not making an ugly face, you're faking it.
"Five things: genuine, honest, true, sincere and for real. You can't fake an orgasm. If people squirm and feel uncomfortable with that, I feel sorry for them. This is real life. Real life is about the peak of your emotions. Look at Stevie Ray Vaughan – when he's hitting the prettiest of notes, look at his face. Damn!" [laughs]
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One would assume that you haven't tried amp modeling software or anything like that. "I'm fairly old school. If you think you can sound great plugged into a laptop, I've got news for you, man, you're kidding yourself. Ain't nothing like a Marshall or a Boogie. If you think you can get Marshall on a laptop, you're defeating yourself and you don't even know it.
"I grew up in the '60s, and the sound coming out of an amp... see, you're moving air and molecules. Anything that comes out of a laptop or a computer, that stuff sounds horrible to me. I need the real thing. Give me a Marshall, a Boogie, a Twin – three Twins! Ain't no substitute for the real deal."
Never The Same Again has a feel that is not unlike Marvin Gaye's What's Going On. "Oh, that's so sweet of you to say that! That's the nicest compliment anyone's ever given me, man. I love Marvin Gaye. Yeah, yeah, thank you. Marvin Gaye and Patti Labelle – those are the two people I was thinking of when I was playing it."
The percussion work on the song Macumba In Budapest is phenomenal. As a guitarist, how do you work off of rhythms? "It's very easy. It's like they're windsurfing. For me to play with conga players and timbale players and drummers, it's like windsurfing. You don't have to do much except close your eyes and go. They're creating waves, rhythm waves… Hey, that's a great title for a CD! [laughs]
"I know when to dance with them and when to goat them. Complementing is knowing where and when to add something, to throw more logs on the fire. It's OK to not be embarrassed because you have a lot of energy."
Your son Salvador plays piano on two songs, Canela and Ah, Sweet Dancer. As both a father and musician, what's it like to play with him? "Thank you for asking that. There's four words that create an ambience to reach something that is very complementary to an interchange with your son: confer, defer, endearing and delicious. You need to know when to confer with yourself and your son; and defer either to him or yourself; and make something very endearing and delicious.
"The other thing I'll say is, you're very conscious and I'm very conscious that you would never slam a door on a baby's fingers. He's very conscious of that with me, and I'm very conscious of that with him."
What would you like to be able to do on the guitar that you feel you can't?
"You know, at this point, the only thing I'd like to do is experiment with supersonic sounds – like Jimi Hendrix before he went to the National Anthem or before he played Wild Thing. There was a celestial texture that he achieved, and the only other person who got to that same place was Stevie Ray Vaughan. Here it comes: celestial supersonic textures.
"You open up the guitar and the amplifiers, and all of a sudden it's like an Aurora Borealis of sound. If you don't know what you're doing, it can sound really corny and awful. But if you know what you're doing, it's like all of the dinosaurs in the world are screaming, with motorcycles from the Hell's Angels. Jimi Hendrix knew how to create a texture on a big canvas, but it wasn't noise – it was art."
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I enjoyed much of the interview, but I don't agree with the end of the world stuff he's saying, and didn't either years ago when Katrina took place.
I laughed so hard at the "ugly faces" responses | |
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I just pre-ordered the vinyl LP and T-shirt combo | |
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lookin' forward to it!
small circles, big wheels!
I've got a pretty firm grip on the obvious! | |
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You didn't go to HMV and Sunrise downtown? They usually have everything you can't find! I miss Sam the Record Man | |
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I'm stoked! I'm going to Vegas next month for 2 days. There's a (slight) chance I might catch one of the shows. | |
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