Since we're so far off-topic, we should recognize the audacity (no pun intended) of combining two different takes at different speeds of Strawberry Fields Forever.
Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: Charlie Reitzel <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:54:01 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [Boston.pm] Revolution #9 The fancy term for it was "music concrete", a French term, which refers to the inclusion of "actual" sounds into music. It was made with lots and lots of magnetic tape, razor blades and tape. It was also the 2nd major use of the technique by John Lennon and George Martin (who did all that splicing together). The 1st being, of course, "For the Benefit of Mr. Kite" on Sgt. Pepper. As you say, john, it is a collage of sounds. A close listen to Mr. Kite is actually pretty amazing. ... _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
