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

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.