[LAU] Re: That must suck. For me it's about beauty--musicisjustone path

[Vince Werber]

One of the 'Duets in Odd Meter' was used as an interval signal for a 
pirate radio station in New England...  the station was short lived of 
course :-)

I'm glad you replied... I was beginning to feel very errr... old... <heh>

later
vince


On Thu, 5 Apr 2007, david wrote:

> Vince Werber wrote:
>> Silence ehhh???  That could be a windfall of bux...
>> 
>> I am sure that copyright of silence would include every CD that has 
>> 'silence' between any grouping of different tunes...  There IS money to be 
>> made here!!!  So much for the 'art factor' of such things...
>> 
>> Was it too long ago when a 9th chord was considered 'way out there' even in 
>> jazz???  It wasn't all that long ago but today a jazz piece without a 9th 
>> would be considered odd...  hmmmm... what makes that...?
>> 
>> Let's all make music in pure sine waves... I know it has been done but has 
>> it been taken to it true point of the art???
>> 
>> Has anyone every heard and album by Dick Hymen on the synth?  It was on 
>> Command records and in the 60's if I remember correctly.  I enjoyed that 
>> album but it failed in commecial circles so I guess it must be art... 
>
> IMHO, it failed in commercial circles for a couple of reasons:
>
> * No one singing (that seems to be a near-unanimous requirement for 
> commercial success)
> * Outside of The Minotaur, the songs are nice but not particularly standing 
> out.
>
>> He also used scales that broke down our common worldly scales into much 
>> smaller pieces...
>
> Yes, I have that album here. It's called Moog. He didn't use many unusual 
> scales in it, although I recall one piece in which the notes in the scale 
> were a fifth apart. Also, he finishes the album with three short pieces 
> grouped under the title of "Duets in Odd Meters," where he was doing things 
> with uncommon meters.
>
> Keith Emerson played "The Minotaur" as part of his extended solo on ELP's 
> live album, "Welcome Back, My Friends, to the Show That Never Ends." He never 
> gave credit to Hyman, rude fellow.
>
> -- 
> David
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