Esto es lo que dice Javier Vargas:
Hola Javier: soy Koyote del programa IguanaROCK de RadioVallekas, y aparte de felicitarte por tu carrera, y por este tu ultimo trabajo, me gustaria nos comentaras como ha sido musicalmente y emocionalmente el tema de las colaboraciones de la talla de Frank Marino y Devon Allman en este tu ultimo disco.
Tocar con Devon Allman ya es el tercer álbum que colaboramos, además de hacer varias giras y Frank Marino es uno de los mejores guitarristas que he oído tocando, al estilo de Jimmy Hendrix. Lo podéis oir en el tema 'Blues in my soul', donde intercambiamos licks.
http://www.elmundo.es/encuentros/invita ... 8/06/3115/
Y esto es lo que responde Frank Marino en el foro de su web a uno que pregunta por el disco:
Hi Frank,
I read that you are featured on an album by Vargas Blues Band
so I went on Vargas' site and I must admit the man was good. I
can just imagine your track. BTW, I have all of the L.A. Blues
Authority albums so I know what to expect. I just wanted to ask
if you had any idea of where this album could be purchased?
I went to the major retailers here in Montreal and no luck! Are
his albums only sold in Europe?
As far as I know, it isn't out yet.
I must also say that I was more excited about this when I did it, than when I heard the final mix. When I did it, it was to a different vocalist, so I played to that. Then they mixed it with another singer, and changed my sound in the mix as well, making it appear quite a bit dryer, lower and thinner. They also interspersed part of my guitar solo with a Vargas' solo, at one point, trying to blend the two with crossfades, and this was not originally what I played to, so it just doesn't fit, playing-wise, level-wise, or sonically. This changed the whole artisitic approach of the song. What had been organic and coherent, became sterile and disjointed.
I told them that I wanted to at least remix it, with a better sound, but they said no. So, I can not, in good conscience, actually endorse the track as it now sounds. I was very disappointed, and let them know it, but it made no difference. This is not to say that my original work on this is bad, or sounds ridiculously terrible, but it is not what I did, artistically and originally. Most will never notice it, because they did not hear the original, but I notice it, I feel misled, and it bugs me quite a bit... to the point where I will not even listen to it or acknowledge it, much as I now feel about the Bryan Lee record I participated on.
I have also fully resolved to never do any more of these appearances unless I have the full control over the final mix, as I present it, no matter who it's for or how much publicity it gets for me.
I don't get alot of money from this business, as many know, and I didn't from this either. The least I can insist on is presenting my work the way I think it should be presented, don't you think?
