Picked up four new Records today. Excellent stuff. Brand new stuff. Sort of. Not really. Definitely was in a post-punk, new wave sort of mood down at the record shop.
Devo - Freedom of Choice
Jerry Harrison - The Red And The Black
Japan - CBS Promotional Only
Ultravox - Vienna (UK Import)
Anyway, while codifying some of my notes on Logic from about 10 years ago and posting them on here I listened to my new Devo record and the Jerry Harrison album. Devo is classic. The Jerry Harrison was something I hadn't heard yet. I like all the Talking Heads albums and my intention was to buy '77 but I gave my self a $20-$25 limit going into the store and '77 was $30. So I got these instead. I had heard a lot of David Byrne's stuff but nobody else's solo albums. It was really good. I especially liked The New Adventure and was starting to really like No Warning, No Alarm, but as always my record player starts to stick towards the middle so I think I enjoyed 50%-73% of the song.
Japan & Ultravox will have to wait.
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Friday, May 29, 2015
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Terribly written songs and shabbily remembered tunes
Ugh, how embarrassing. Some of these "poems" are horrendous. But, each of them was originally written as a song that I had every intentions of layering over the lyrics with some sick stuff from fruity loops. Sadly or gladly, I'm not sure which, I never did record these, but a few of the melody's popped back into my head when I was retyping them.
Sadly, I don't really remember the tune or style for We are not God
The song called 2 of the 7 deadly sins, if I remember correctly was originally all seven, but time and moves has seen the loss of the other five deadly sins songs...
Belgian Soul is a bad poem/song and while I don't remember the tune, it could actually make for a good short story
Give me one little chance seems to have been a complete rip off of Lynyrd Skynyrd's gimme three steps.
Much stronger than Tom was a song that was meant to be sung very deep and scratchy. I might've been able to do it today but definitely wouldn't have been able to do it with my vienna choir boy voice in 2003.
Everyday seems to be a punk song, very fast and not very long.
Ignore me was supposed to have an industrial feel and sounds a lot like "Ich Will" from Rammstein in my head.
Up & Down should've sounded like a dark version of a child's song with distortion dissonance in the background in the verses which might've been supposed to have been spoken.
The name "Holy Roman Empire" was going to be the name of my one-man band but never took off. What a shame...
Sadly, I don't really remember the tune or style for We are not God
The song called 2 of the 7 deadly sins, if I remember correctly was originally all seven, but time and moves has seen the loss of the other five deadly sins songs...
Belgian Soul is a bad poem/song and while I don't remember the tune, it could actually make for a good short story
Give me one little chance seems to have been a complete rip off of Lynyrd Skynyrd's gimme three steps.
Much stronger than Tom was a song that was meant to be sung very deep and scratchy. I might've been able to do it today but definitely wouldn't have been able to do it with my vienna choir boy voice in 2003.
Everyday seems to be a punk song, very fast and not very long.
Ignore me was supposed to have an industrial feel and sounds a lot like "Ich Will" from Rammstein in my head.
Up & Down should've sounded like a dark version of a child's song with distortion dissonance in the background in the verses which might've been supposed to have been spoken.
The name "Holy Roman Empire" was going to be the name of my one-man band but never took off. What a shame...
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Notes on Taylor University Symphony Orchestra
(Originally written December 6, 2006 in Book 7)
1. Hector Berlioz's Rakoczy March
-Hungarian tune adapted for orchestra. Very good! But, a bit to horn heavy and too 'nice' to represent the ancient war hymn of the glorious Hungarian
2. Cape Breton Postcard - Catherine McMichael's Nova Scotian Folk, Gaelic Overtones
A. The Dawn - ho hum, nice use of the reverse cymbal, fiddle music not adapted well
B. The Mist - excellent violin solo at the front. The ethereal quality is much more refined in this piece's opening part then in the Dawn
The quality of the strings is vastly superior to that of the horns.
I like the "rain drum"
The wind section, especially the Oboe plays well.
C. The Thunder - Frantic, chaotic, not as crisp or clean as the short burst ought to be. Pizzicato section, a bass is noticeably absent. The ethereal, Gaelic quality was lost in this piece.
3. Christmas Concerto - Arcangelo Corelli
Baroque Composer
A. Vivace -Grave - sloppy opening
B. Allegro - absolutely gorgeous string section. Running bass line on cello. The violins come in exquisite in their high lines and trills. The stops and starts (common in Baroque) are much sharper
C. Allegro - Magnificent piece, a bit flat and dysjuncted in violin duet. Nailed it second time round.
4. Symphony Number 5 - Ludwig van Beethoven
A. Allegro con brio - played well, french horn struggled a bit, got it second time. Marvelous.
B. Andante con molto - sloppy string open. An open string shrills out. Who played that? Of course it was cellist (it was the A-Strong). The horns to the rescue! Wonderful trumpet/french horn countermelody. Strong ending.
C. Allegro (Scherzo)
Redemption for the French Horn. Love the build up, very powerful. Cellos were not in unison. Great bassoon line. Perfect tremolo from the violas in final build up.
Masterful ending.
D. Allegro - Triumphant, exuberant, inspiring finale.
1. Hector Berlioz's Rakoczy March
-Hungarian tune adapted for orchestra. Very good! But, a bit to horn heavy and too 'nice' to represent the ancient war hymn of the glorious Hungarian
2. Cape Breton Postcard - Catherine McMichael's Nova Scotian Folk, Gaelic Overtones
A. The Dawn - ho hum, nice use of the reverse cymbal, fiddle music not adapted well
B. The Mist - excellent violin solo at the front. The ethereal quality is much more refined in this piece's opening part then in the Dawn
The quality of the strings is vastly superior to that of the horns.
I like the "rain drum"
The wind section, especially the Oboe plays well.
C. The Thunder - Frantic, chaotic, not as crisp or clean as the short burst ought to be. Pizzicato section, a bass is noticeably absent. The ethereal, Gaelic quality was lost in this piece.
3. Christmas Concerto - Arcangelo Corelli
Baroque Composer
A. Vivace -Grave - sloppy opening
B. Allegro - absolutely gorgeous string section. Running bass line on cello. The violins come in exquisite in their high lines and trills. The stops and starts (common in Baroque) are much sharper
C. Allegro - Magnificent piece, a bit flat and dysjuncted in violin duet. Nailed it second time round.
4. Symphony Number 5 - Ludwig van Beethoven
A. Allegro con brio - played well, french horn struggled a bit, got it second time. Marvelous.
B. Andante con molto - sloppy string open. An open string shrills out. Who played that? Of course it was cellist (it was the A-Strong). The horns to the rescue! Wonderful trumpet/french horn countermelody. Strong ending.
C. Allegro (Scherzo)
Redemption for the French Horn. Love the build up, very powerful. Cellos were not in unison. Great bassoon line. Perfect tremolo from the violas in final build up.
Masterful ending.
D. Allegro - Triumphant, exuberant, inspiring finale.
Friday, April 22, 2005
On Music
(Originally Written April 22, 2005 in Book 1)
Music
A culmination of man's creative nature by utilization of his tool, language, to articulate his most profound emotions. As emotions are an operation of the mind, music is a creation of the mind. But as all emotions are born out of the depths of the soul, music thus pierces the soul. Vilvadi pens words, "L'amo ma egl' é, infidel speroma egl'é cruel" (I love him, but he is unfaithful, I hope but he is cruel) and set them to a pleasing yet somber tune. One can but only attempt in vain to not feel touched or moved in mind, body and soul.
Music
A culmination of man's creative nature by utilization of his tool, language, to articulate his most profound emotions. As emotions are an operation of the mind, music is a creation of the mind. But as all emotions are born out of the depths of the soul, music thus pierces the soul. Vilvadi pens words, "L'amo ma egl' é, infidel speroma egl'é cruel" (I love him, but he is unfaithful, I hope but he is cruel) and set them to a pleasing yet somber tune. One can but only attempt in vain to not feel touched or moved in mind, body and soul.
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