NELS CLINE on MUSICAL AESTHETICS and the POWER OF THREE

‪@nelsclinevevo3899‬ is one of the most creative and thoughtful guitarists I've ever met. I've been a fan since the mid 1990s, when I stumbled onto 'Ground,' featuring the Nels Cline Trio. Piece by piece, album by album, Cline never repeats himself as a player or as a composer, yet he always sounds exactly like himself.

After disbanding the Nels Cline Trio in the late ’90s, Cline founded a new three-piece unit called the Nels Cline Singers. Over the years, the Singers' records have included additional musicians, and the group's latest release — 'Share the Wealth' — features a six-piece iteration. Two other recent projects — Lovers, and the Nels Cline 4 (both including Julian Lage) — have also been more expansive.

In our April 2021 conversation, Cline explained his current interest in more layered sounds, and the creative and practical considerations that have led him there. This is an excerpt. You can watch our talk in its entirety — as well as dozens of other guest-tips and an extensive library of own lessons — on my Patreon channel, Guitar Tips Pro:   / guitartipspro  

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