Re: Tori songbook

["N. Richard Caldwell" <nrc@bsbbs.columbus.oh.us>]

chrisw@fciad2.bsd.uchicago.edu (chris williams),
  in article <m0mxRTv-000ilWC@fciad2.bsd.uchicago.edu> writes:
> In article <01GRU4WIQGW0CSQAYM@arnor.zis.ziff.com> wrote:
> >For all who may have interest, the Tori Amos songbook is now available. 
> > Quite a nice package.  Several pictures (some are stunning), and notes
...
> > all the music is
> > included (even the bass line).  Maybe Kate can learn from this
> > packaging.  
> 
>    One reason for the difference? Kate has stated in several interviews
> that she never really learned how to read music, and she teaches guest
> musicians their parts by playing them. Tori, on the other hand had a 
> conservatory education (she was thrown out for playing from memory.)
> 
>   It's likely that Tori either created, or closely supervised the
> transcriptions.

Closely supervised is the correct answer.  The transcriptions were actually
done by an old fellow named Frank Metis since Tori was on the road almost
the entire time it was being done.  Evidently, Mr. Metis regularly called
Tori to complain that "you can't do that!"


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