Good writers must use good instruments, I thought.
Vaughan's singing style was influenced by their instruments—"I always wanted to imitate the horns".
As the orchestra tunes its instruments, I want you to give a standing ovation.
Britten said, "He taught me to think and feel through the instruments I was writing for".
"There was Julie Driscoll and Sandy Denny," she muses, "but not playing instruments I suppose".
Without neglecting the acoustic conventional instruments, I spend a fair amount of time dealing with the electronic sources of sound.
"Now I had someone setting me tasks, making me write for instruments I hadn't thought of before.
We whacked away at ceiling beams with axes, blunt instruments I couldn't name and our bare hands.
"That came about because that was the exact number of instruments I played on the first album.
"Sean took the commissions he made from those instruments, I took my savings from Google, and Mom took her savings," Lauren says.
If we're talking acoustic instruments, I head first to the Martins and play the D-28, or perhaps plunk on a Gibson J-45.
