Talk:Pat Metheny

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Contents 1 University of Miami 2 DOB 3 Needs work 4 URV 5 Pat Metheny Information 6 Thin or heavy pick?

[edit] University of Miami

One real intersting fact about P. Metheny is not mentioned on this page: Pat was given a full scholarship to University of Miami's music school. Very shortly after he enrolled, he decided he couldn't hack it and told the administration he was planning on dropping out. Hearing this, the University of Miami immediately offered him a teaching position, which he took. Going to UM is where he likely met Jaco Pastorius, so I think his time in Miami is notable.

[edit] DOB

1. Metheny was born on August 12, 1954, see [1]
2. Metheny uses to write in lower case only, cf [2]
3. The above entry has been made by: IP 80.135.222.122. A little whois gives:

inetnum: 80.128.0.0 - 80.146.159.255 netname: DTAG-DIAL16 descr: Deutsche Telekom AG country: DE mnt-by: DTAG-NIC changed: ripe.dtip@telekom.de 20010807 changed: ripe.dtip@telekom.de 20030211

I think it is safe to say that Metheny doesn't surf via Deutsche Telekom, while he stays in NYC!

Jost ammon 21:54, 27 May 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Needs work

Someone did a copy-paste of a discography here. I tried to re-arrange it but I'm not sure this belongs here with that much detail.

Yes, this passage was/is extremely detailed. Maybe an external link with the discography would be better. Anyway I've put it at the end, so the article is readable. Jost ammon 05:57, 22 Jul 2004 (UTC)

[edit] URV

I have reverted it because of URV http://www.independentvoice.com/1307/1307%20mondavi%20ctr%20presents%20pat%20methany%20group.html --Ot 15:02, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

• Thanks for catching that. It did look like somebody pasted it from some other source, hence my half-hearted attempt at cleaning it up. Julius.kusuma 20:41, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Pat Metheny Information

This article reads like a description of Pat Metheny Group, not Pat Metheny. We need to put something in here about Pat and move all of the detailed PMG stuff to the PMG article. A light overview of PMG as one of Pat's long-term projects would be sufficient. I might want to make a large reorganization of this article if no-one objects. Thoughts? Please reply here for discussion. — Mperry 17:27, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

The move of the PMG material seems complete--now's the time to start a re-write of the Pat Metheny page. Any volunteers to get it started? — Martin Monkman 04:40, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

I'll start with a clean-up/rewrite when I get home Friday night. --Mperry 20:37, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thin or heavy pick?

Either somebody should finally clear this dispute up by providing a clearly sourced answer, or the whole sentence should probably be removed. The periodic unexplained to-ing and fro-ing between 'thin' and 'heavy' serves no useful purpose. Guy Hatton 06:51, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Update: a Google search on the subject suggests strongly that 'thin' is the correct answer, but it might be preferable if somebody could post a reference where this information comes 'from the horses mouth'. So far, I have not found any direct quote from Metheny confirming his use of (or preference for) a thin pick. I shall leave the 'citation needed' tag in place, but try to ensure that the text reads 'thin' for the time being. Guy Hatton 14:53, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi. I realize my words doesn't carry much weight, since I'm anonymus. But, Metheny personally gave me one of his picks. (In a situation where i had lost my own, and needed to borrow.) It is a large pick, extremely thin. Metheny uses it "sideways, so it bends around the thumb and acts like a sort of medium pick. regards. The writing on the pick spells simply "Pat Metheny."