Funny that this would pop up on my RUclips feed. A few minutes ago I was listening to a recording of Fripp on his 1979 Frippertronics tour where he played some notes from Fracture and the audience started applauding.
The absolute worst part is Fripp makes it look so darned easy. Kind of like just on cruise control. I was lucky enough to catch King Crimson touring Starless and Bible Black, and unknowingly their last album. This was the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Strawbs opened, KC was in the middle and ten Years After headlining. Flying Brick Wall is certainly an apt term for the rhythm section of Bruford and Wetton. The only time I’ve seen a crowd try to get away from the stage was during Fracture. Improvised AF of course, they lured in unsuspecting audience members as they got quieter and quieter, Cross softly playing and Bill doing some Moonchild like tuned percussions. Suddenly the final act exploded, and it was as if a tsunami swept the audience, which easily gave a solid 20-25’ clearance from the stage. Faster than a fire or active shooter could have! Sadly here in the states you get what you get, but last time I saw them for the 2016 tour they were lit as always. Cheers!
I would love to see more Failure to Fracture or anything along those lines. Personally I saw your Failure to Fracture series like a year ago and that transformed my mindset and playing. I am not a guitarist (I play bass), but that series has been the most helpful for me developing as a musician and if you have it in you. I bet many people would love more Fracture videos!
Ever since I first heard it, it has been burned into my brain tissue! I bought the album and gave it a try: 🥵 One week later and I was like: Robert Fripp must be an Alien!👽Human hands can't do that!😮 I guess Anthony has to be at least a Hybrid!😅
Yes please make the video! What I've found is the various techniques needed for each part of the song are different enough to necessitate they be performed carefully from section to section or the segments tend to seem grafted together. A big challenge with a short time to get it right! I will say that the Moto Perpetuo here is the cleanest I've ever heard you perform it - time away has let the music breathe a bit more too - and, maybe get your wife some noise cancelling earphones that will let her block her ears from having to hear your practice!
Yessir. Thank you for the kind words. The older I get, the cleaner my playing gets. I think I just have less tolerance for mess. Thanks for noticing and for following along for so long.
I'm always interested in this track and your series, id love to see more videos. I've been satisfied with my progress playing Fracture too recently, many thanks to you!
Best wishes for you at the MoonJune Festival, Anthony. I barely play guitar at all but being steeped in King Crimson since I was a preteen I thoroughly enjoyed your Failure to Fracture journey - and so much of the weird music world. :) Exciting time to have the piece burble your again for you.
Why do this Anthony!? xD Also just wanted to say that I myself purchased your Fancy Pants addition; I love it! Funny thing though, is that I have no intention of playing like Robert or learning the piece. The book was published not too much after I was reworking my techniques to become a tighter player and your book was a goldmine. As a result from reading it, I have attained; New picks, new techniques, a new style/approach and new practice routines, which has in turn given me a whole new, more productive lifestyle. All of which was kick-started by reading what you had to say and I feel forever in dept, so thank you so much for your hard work and effort. Best of luck for the upcoming festival!
Thank you so much for buying the book. That’s so cool. I’m glad you love it. It’s a special book for special people. How are you liking the new picks? Which did you go with? I’m so glad the book had a positive effect in your life
@@MakeWeirdMusic I'm really happy with my new picks. I've gone with; Practicing: Dunlop Prime Tone for chordal strumming and their Jazz 3 for single note picking (Single note being my usual style) And Timber Tone's Buffalo Horn Regular and Jazz cuts for performing for the respective styles. Beforehand, I would've hardly given the sound of the pick a second thought and would've just focused on the cuts
By the way, I love the intro. Robert Fripp coming to me in a fever dream demanding me to play it, well I might just pick up my fancy pants edition and actually start instead of just figuring out little parts of it.
Sounds like an awesome event. I'm sure you'll do well and it will create some awesome lifelong memories. I admire the 'discipline' required to take on such a monumental task.
I am seeing Beat and then flying to Spain the next morning. In fact, the Beat show threw a wrench in the whole travel schedule, but I wasn’t going to miss it. Plus I’m taking my mom to introduce her to Tony and for her to see Steve again.
Cheers Anthony. Have you made a video regarding the parts Bruford, Cross, and Wetton (bless his departed heart) played on "Fracture"? I recall Cross once saying that he had several options of what to do at different points in the piece. I know that Wetton once remarked that it was easily the most difficult song in the Crimson repertoire that he played. That said, I think it would be lovely to hear what you think about what the other three lads were doing on the song . . . Cheers!
Hearing you play it now and with that sound and tempo, it sounds like clawhammer banjo is what you should have been practicing in order to play it. Kidding aside, your pick attack sounds so much better now than it did back then
I am not sure which of the iterations of King Crimson I like the best. Each of the members is a virtuoso in their own right. But I am certain that as a young adult, I was prodded into more serious understanding of guitar by Robert Fripp's composition and dedication to the discipline of the instrument. I feel so lucky to have been around when 'Fracture' came out. What a revelation! Enjoy your performance. Experiencing such moments is the best part of being alive. Fun fact: The 'fracture toughness' of a material is denoted by the abbreviation KC... So.
play it backwards, back to front :) or reverse the order of your strings/use a lefty guitar, but play the frets+strings as if regular (skateboard lingo: goofy stance :) )
@@MakeWeirdMusic What do you mean? IF you learned it on a Les Paul, then use one again = Muscle memory. Using something that feels too different, like a 25.5" scale, may take some getting used to first. For the most part most of us can pick up just about any guitar and do OK with it, but how many people learn something that hard to play that calls for such precision? I would say very few. I for one won't complain if you don't get it 100% right.
bonjour MWM guy. Highly satisfied and thrilled newcomer to your channel here, uninterested by this random running-gag about some frippery yet aknowledging its legitimacy. My question is: why no Cardiacs? where is any video whith an allusion to Cardiacs? Cardiacs? do you have a grief or a fright related to Cardiacs? Cardiacs, mate. please do Cardiacs. Cardiacs.
Hello BillBill3251… I have tried to get into Cardiacs and I just don’t get it. I will try… Several people have asked me to get into it. I don’t know how. I tried starting a few places and it was just unappealing. I will try again.
Wish I could attend that. "Starless and Bible Black" is one of my favourite KC albums. Always felt it was the most underrated of the holy trinity. So much diverse music on it. As well as the improvs, there are some extraordinary compositions. They are all different but equally satisfying to listen to. "Fracture" is just one of those .
Funny that this would pop up on my RUclips feed. A few minutes ago I was listening to a recording of Fripp on his 1979 Frippertronics tour where he played some notes from Fracture and the audience started applauding.
Haven’t seen you around here in a while. Hope you’re well. Thanks for watching.
Which recording? Do you have a link?
@@eduardus4e
Bathurst Street Theatre, Toronto on 11th August 1979. It can be found on the DGMLive website.
The absolute worst part is Fripp makes it look so darned easy. Kind of like just on cruise control. I was lucky enough to catch King Crimson touring Starless and Bible Black, and unknowingly their last album. This was the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Strawbs opened, KC was in the middle and ten Years After headlining. Flying Brick Wall is certainly an apt term for the rhythm section of Bruford and Wetton. The only time I’ve seen a crowd try to get away from the stage was during Fracture. Improvised AF of course, they lured in unsuspecting audience members as they got quieter and quieter, Cross softly playing and Bill doing some Moonchild like tuned percussions. Suddenly the final act exploded, and it was as if a tsunami swept the audience, which easily gave a solid 20-25’ clearance from the stage. Faster than a fire or active shooter could have! Sadly here in the states you get what you get, but last time I saw them for the 2016 tour they were lit as always. Cheers!
Wow. What a show!
Robert is a special and gifted guitarist. I don’t think we’ll ever have another like him.
Yep. Utterly unique.
Failure to frackture was how I found your channel lol
That’s awesome, Emma. Thanks for watching!
I would love to see more Failure to Fracture or anything along those lines.
Personally I saw your Failure to Fracture series like a year ago and that transformed my mindset and playing. I am not a guitarist (I play bass), but that series has been the most helpful for me developing as a musician and if you have it in you. I bet many people would love more Fracture videos!
Okay, I will make more. Thank you
It seems as if this song is destined to be with you longer than you intended.
I will accept my fate haha
Ever since I first heard it, it has been burned into my brain tissue! I bought the album and gave it a try: 🥵 One week later and I was like: Robert Fripp must be an Alien!👽Human hands can't do that!😮
I guess Anthony has to be at least a Hybrid!😅
Yes please make the video! What I've found is the various techniques needed for each part of the song are different enough to necessitate they be performed carefully from section to section or the segments tend to seem grafted together. A big challenge with a short time to get it right! I will say that the Moto Perpetuo here is the cleanest I've ever heard you perform it - time away has let the music breathe a bit more too - and, maybe get your wife some noise cancelling earphones that will let her block her ears from having to hear your practice!
Yessir. Thank you for the kind words. The older I get, the cleaner my playing gets. I think I just have less tolerance for mess.
Thanks for noticing and for following along for so long.
Dude! Best of Luck! As a bassist I know how challenging this song is so I can’t even imagine on how the guitar parts are!!
It's funny, I just tried playing the bass part the other day and realized how weird it is!
Thank you!
I'm always interested in this track and your series, id love to see more videos. I've been satisfied with my progress playing Fracture too recently, many thanks to you!
Wow, that’s awesome Alex! So glad you’ve found this series helpful
Absolutely Brilliant!
Best wishes for you at the MoonJune Festival, Anthony. I barely play guitar at all but being steeped in King Crimson since I was a preteen I thoroughly enjoyed your Failure to Fracture journey - and so much of the weird music world. :) Exciting time to have the piece burble your again for you.
Thank you!!
So wish I could see you play in Spain. Would love another Failure to Fracture video. I believe that is how I found you channel years ago.
Man, it's too bad you can't make it!
Wow. I had wondered if you were going to be able to leave Fracture alone for good. I am thankful to Leonardo for pushing you back to it. Do it!
Well well well!
All the best!
Long Live Fracture
🙌
All the best. Hope it all goes well.
Thank you, Will
Why do this Anthony!? xD
Also just wanted to say that I myself purchased your Fancy Pants addition; I love it!
Funny thing though, is that I have no intention of playing like Robert or learning the piece. The book was published not too much after I was reworking my techniques to become a tighter player and your book was a goldmine. As a result from reading it, I have attained; New picks, new techniques, a new style/approach and new practice routines, which has in turn given me a whole new, more productive lifestyle.
All of which was kick-started by reading what you had to say and I feel forever in dept, so thank you so much for your hard work and effort.
Best of luck for the upcoming festival!
Thank you so much for buying the book. That’s so cool. I’m glad you love it. It’s a special book for special people.
How are you liking the new picks? Which did you go with?
I’m so glad the book had a positive effect in your life
@@MakeWeirdMusic I'm really happy with my new picks. I've gone with;
Practicing:
Dunlop Prime Tone for chordal strumming and their Jazz 3 for single note picking (Single note being my usual style)
And
Timber Tone's Buffalo Horn Regular and Jazz cuts for performing for the respective styles.
Beforehand, I would've hardly given the sound of the pick a second thought and would've just focused on the cuts
Awesome! Best of luck and I'm sure it'll go well. Wish I could be at the festival to check it out.
Thank you, Jeff!
By the way, I love the intro. Robert Fripp coming to me in a fever dream demanding me to play it, well I might just pick up my fancy pants edition and actually start instead of just figuring out little parts of it.
I’m so glad you liked the intro. I was taking a chance with it and I thought it was funny. Better than just announcing that I’m playing Fracture.
Oh, and thanks for buying the fancy pants edition!!
@@MakeWeirdMusic Did Robert say anything about it? LOL.
This is so exciting!!
This is such a cool opportunity. I love this. Congrats.
Thank you! You look just like my friend Tom K. Perhaps you are Tom! And if you are, thank you for watching.
@@MakeWeirdMusic you solved my puzzle
Hopefully there's will be a good recording of the show available. Best of luck with Fracture.
There will be. And I’ll be recording it myself, I think.
Sounds like an awesome event. I'm sure you'll do well and it will create some awesome lifelong memories. I admire the 'discipline' required to take on such a monumental task.
Thank you! I appreciate your consistent support on the channel.
I got the Beat tour tickets before I found out about the gig in spain man I wish I could go to both.
I am seeing Beat and then flying to Spain the next morning. In fact, the Beat show threw a wrench in the whole travel schedule, but I wasn’t going to miss it. Plus I’m taking my mom to introduce her to Tony and for her to see Steve again.
good luckkk!
Thank you
I am looking forward to the new fracture video
Thank you! I sent you an email this afternoon. I appreciate you watching.
Cheers Anthony. Have you made a video regarding the parts Bruford, Cross, and Wetton (bless his departed heart) played on "Fracture"? I recall Cross once saying that he had several options of what to do at different points in the piece. I know that Wetton once remarked that it was easily the most difficult song in the Crimson repertoire that he played. That said, I think it would be lovely to hear what you think about what the other three lads were doing on the song . . . Cheers!
I haven’t but I should do that with the transcription team
Im sure you'll smash it and make it you're own
Thank you! Workin on it
Such a tough tough piece to play!! You're a mad man, Anthony. (In a good way.). Good luck with your performance.
Thank you, Gabriel!
@@MakeWeirdMusic - I bought your book, by the way. Looking forward to reading it.
it's your energy.
Hearing you play it now and with that sound and tempo, it sounds like clawhammer banjo is what you should have been practicing in order to play it.
Kidding aside, your pick attack sounds so much better now than it did back then
I would love to play clawhammer!
I'm glad to hear I'm improving
I am not sure which of the iterations of King Crimson I like the best. Each of the members is a virtuoso in their own right. But I am certain that as a young adult, I was prodded into more serious understanding of guitar by Robert Fripp's composition and dedication to the discipline of the instrument. I feel so lucky to have been around when 'Fracture' came out. What a revelation! Enjoy your performance. Experiencing such moments is the best part of being alive.
Fun fact: The 'fracture toughness' of a material is denoted by the abbreviation KC... So.
Interesting about the fun fact.
My favorite is the Red trio. What a band. So powerful.
I'm so excited for you!!!! 😃
@@SequoiaSounds when are we going to do our interview?
@@MakeWeirdMusic Happy to discuss it! ☺️
Ha! That's awesome! Break a leg! 🎸
Thank you! I’d rather break a leg than a string or a pick.
You can doooo eeet!!!!
Again
Hahaha thanks Rob Schneider!
I remember when Robert commented “Give it up Mate !” Ah good times.
Hahahaha that wasn’t really Robert, but that was funny. Thanks for sticking with me all this time.
@@MakeWeirdMusic thank you
Awesome! Congrats
Thank you!
This is awesome on 1.25!!!
Hahaha
Lol...I was watching this on 1.75x 😂
I had to go back and watch it again on normal speed.
This guy comes up as the kind of person who learns english just to read Finnegan's wake 😂
It all started as a dumb challenge my dad gave me and I never gave up on it. Persistence, stubbornness, and foolishness.
one piece, one love...keep going... and good luck !
Thank you!
.....watching this waiting for Anthony to mess-up and say, "Bollocks!!"
I almost did it! 😆
Would love to get to that gig. Shame the new Belew, Vai, Levin group couldn't be there also.
Agreed. But I’m seeing them the night before I fly to Spain.
Will you be joining us in Italy in April 2025 with the guitar circle orchestra?
This is the first I've heard of it. I'll take a look
Looks like it's full
Ha ha ha! Try to have fun with it. 👍😎
What’s the point of doing it any other way? :)
good work. #practice is life
Thank you and yes.
play it backwards, back to front :)
or reverse the order of your strings/use a lefty guitar, but play the frets+strings as if regular (skateboard lingo: goofy stance :) )
😂
Well, When Fripp calls for DISCIPLINE, he freaking means it!😂 I hope one day your mangled fingers will return to normal!😅
Let’s hope there’s a good guitar available for me to play!
@@MakeWeirdMusic What do you mean? IF you learned it on a Les Paul, then use one again = Muscle memory. Using something that feels too different, like a 25.5" scale, may take some getting used to first.
For the most part most of us can pick up just about any guitar and do OK with it, but how many people learn something that hard to play that calls for such precision? I would say very few.
I for one won't complain if you don't get it 100% right.
I would rather make my own fracture then learn to play fracture, even though i don't play the guitar.
Do you feel scared like Vai ? I'd phone him . Fripp will never stop . Love your book, good luck Anthony.
Hahaha. Steve and I have talked about our fears of Fripp
Omigawsh!!!
LOL wow I literally just hit the publish button!
@@MakeWeirdMusic I am on it!
Does anyone know if Steve Vai and Adrian Belew with be playing it on their Beat Tour?
They will not play it.
@@MakeWeirdMusic Yeah, not part of the 80's band, so that makes sense.
Never stop failing 🔥
I wouldn’t know how if I tried. Thank you! I appreciate your years of support
Also, are you the same Eddie Rifkind who did the Karen pedal?
@@MakeWeirdMusic I sure am!
@erifkind You’re awesome, man. Thanks for following what I do.
@@MakeWeirdMusic deeply appreciated- you too!! Your channel has brought so much great and insane music into my world.
bonjour MWM guy. Highly satisfied and thrilled newcomer to your channel here, uninterested by this random running-gag about some frippery yet aknowledging its legitimacy. My question is: why no Cardiacs? where is any video whith an allusion to Cardiacs? Cardiacs? do you have a grief or a fright related to Cardiacs? Cardiacs, mate. please do Cardiacs. Cardiacs.
Hello BillBill3251… I have tried to get into Cardiacs and I just don’t get it. I will try… Several people have asked me to get into it. I don’t know how. I tried starting a few places and it was just unappealing. I will try again.
@@MakeWeirdMusic thanx!
Yes! Make Videos. and... LUCK🍀
Haha thanks!
Architecture of the right hand? Don’t fracture yourself…and of course please release this video you mentioned
Hahahaha will do. Thank you!
not AGAIN!!!!
I know. 😭
Um, wait…Bill Bruford? Performing?
no, professor retired from live performance.
@@zenhighwayman and that’s what I understood and why I was surprised to see his name there without indicating what he will be doing. Do you know?
He will be speaking on a couple of panels and will be interviewed by Sid Smith.
@@MakeWeirdMusic Sounds really interesting!
play slow, learn fast.
wild piece … one of my all time favourites … heaviest guitar sound ever … when i first heard it i thought it was gonna eat me alive
Incredible energy. When I was younger, I was all about the moto perpetuo. Now that I’m older, I love the full piece.
I can make it to Moonjune this year, but I have pencilled it in for 2025. Are you planning on making Fracture an annual event there?
I meant I *can't* make it :-(. You sir are a very brave man indeed.
Too bad we won't meet this year! But maybe next?
Wish I could attend that. "Starless and Bible Black" is one of my favourite KC albums. Always felt it was the most underrated of the holy trinity. So much diverse music on it. As well as the improvs, there are some extraordinary compositions. They are all different but equally satisfying to listen to. "Fracture" is just one of those .
Agreed
chickins pickens on the left hand...
I have done my fair share of chicken pickin’. I love playing that style.
Looks difficult but very boring thank you
Hahahaha. That describes a lot of things I do.