Talk:Al Di Meola

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==Al's surname==
His name is spelled Al Di Meola with a space between "Di" and "Meola." This is how it is spelled on his official website and on his personalized guitar picks. He gave me one after his show at The Birchmere. I have to assume that he would have his name spelled correctly on his own guitar picks. —The preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:65.213.209.186|65.213.209.186]] ([[User talk:65.213.209.186|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/65.213.209.186|contribs]]){{#if:{{{2|}}}| {{{2}}}|}}.

Al's foray into Latin and World styles began in 2001 with Cielo a Terra, not in the 90s. This should be changed.
* ''[[Cielo e Terra]]'' was released in 1985, not in 2001. And Al Di Meola plays [[latin music]] since he became a member of [[Return to Forever]]. In other words, 1974. [[User:CalmonTellechea|CalmonTellechea]] ([[User talk:CalmonTellechea|talk]]) 21:13, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

== Al Di Meola Discography ==

The album "Kiss My Axe" was released in 1991 not 1988 although one song was done in 1988 The song "Oriana" is listed on CD Back Cover as "Oriana (September 24 1988) the liner notes state that the album was recored in New York City in May 1991. —The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[Special:Contributions/71.111.45.52|71.111.45.52]] ([[User talk:71.111.45.52|talk]]) 07:07, 12 February 2007 (UTC).
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== Signature PRS ==
http://prsguitars.com/aldimeolaprism/index.html
Shouldn't his new signature model electric guitar be worth a mention? I don't know enough about it to add it into the article myself, but surely someone else can work it in there... [[Special:Contributions/68.221.217.87|68.221.217.87]] ([[User talk:68.221.217.87|talk]]) 21:48, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

:I clicked just now on your link. It's broken. [[User:CalmonTellechea|CalmonTellechea]] ([[User talk:CalmonTellechea|talk]]) 21:37, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

::These days it seems that there are more and more "signature" guitars, but still, it takes a top-ranked guitarist in ''whatever'' [[genre]] to be approached by a guitar company. Yes, here I am 3 years after this question was posed, with next to nobody even reading any of this. Pity.

:::I think it's relevant. Does this link suffice? Here: [https://www.premierguitar.com/new-prs-al-di-meola-prism-guitar]. [[User:CalmonTellechea|CalmonTellechea]] ([[User talk:CalmonTellechea|talk]]) 21:40, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

==So back to guitars ==
AL Di Meola is nothing if not the "guitar man", like a few of his peers. I'm uploading his guitar (one of them to [[Wikimedia Commons]] for use in any of the various language Wikipedias. I was just really amazed that no section has even been created about the instrument(s) that Di Meola uses and the overall sound that he works hard to achieve. Ah, well, the image will be waiting there for the day someone decides to expand the text. --[[User:Leahtwosaints|Leahtwosaints]] ([[User talk:Leahtwosaints|talk]]) 21:17, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

:Do you still have that image? [[User:CalmonTellechea|CalmonTellechea]] ([[User talk:CalmonTellechea|talk]]) 21:41, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

== External links modified ==

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== All About Jazz profiles ==

I've noticed on this article and others that the profiles at the ''All About Jazz'' web site are taken verbatim from the musician's web site. There's nothing wrong with that, though if I were ''All About Jazz'' I would mention where I got the information, something I was taught to do in school when I was 13-years-old. The profiles have no byline or date. Document your information, kids. It came from somewhere. Just because it's on the internet doesn't it's free. Anyone using information from the AAJ profiles should change their citations to the musicians' web sites. But what you really want to do is use reliable, independent, third-party sources. –[[User:Vmavanti|Vmavanti]] ([[User talk:Vmavanti|talk]]) 00:54, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

= too many notes=

This likely reflects a biased point of view. The book isn't carried in libraries and I don't think it's important enough that we should have to buy a copy a book to see if the entry is in proper context when too many notes it's obviously an absurd criticism. I'm familiar with that authors criticism on allmusic.com and my impression of his work is not positive at all. He may be a source but he shouldn't be the only source on this kind of criticism. But I doubt that even he would give voice to criticism of one of the world's greatest guitarists for playing " too many notes" . The notion is laughable. Keep in mind this is a biography of a living person and not everything that is said about him belongs on his Wikipedia page. [[User:Jackhammer111|Jackhammer111]] ([[User talk:Jackhammer111|talk]]) 07:20, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

== Grandchild ==

Al’s grandchild, Orion Michael, is a boy, a grandson, not a granddaughter. [[Special:Contributions/173.2.131.28|173.2.131.28]] ([[User talk:173.2.131.28|talk]]) 03:27, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

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