The only styles of music that I am not (typically) fond of are those related to the Dirge. But I have a soft spot for the styles typified by the same general parameters that we associate with Romani dance music. Those pieces have 'unorthodox' timings for the most part, and they are a little more limited in the repetitive melodic patterns that can work, but when something it created that is melodic AND fits an unusual timing structure it is hard not to like it.
Sometimes I have to force myself to pay attention to what an artist or group is doing, even when listening to a piece for the first time - the instrument combination are often so familiar, the patterns so recognizable that my attention drifts almost immediately to the interesting color of paint on the wall. Not so with this piece. I recognize (generically) the kind of piano/bass sound that made me a fan of many of the Narada groups, the mix and effects, but the patterns and the use of the Gurdy in this way didn't let my attention wander. I love the album 'Prototyp' because it goes way out there and challenges completely the musical comfort zone I live in, but it is not what I would call background music in any way. It is hard to work on a project while listening to it. But this piece, it keeps the mind engaged without putting it into hyper-stimulation. I can see an ablum like this being set on repeat in my shop while I am building whatever it is I am working on. I can see taking a long time to get 'bored' with it, and I can see a collection of similar pieces increasing my productivity in my shop in the same way that listening to ABBA helps me clean my house 25% faster (yeah, I said ABBA. Pbbbthhhhhhhh!!!!) I really like it. And not to mention the underlying understanding technically of what this piece requires. I have a lot of respect for your crank hand, sir... Chris *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 9/22/2009 at 1:13 PM Matthew Williams wrote: If you want a bit of fun, I've uploaded another original recording to Soundclick - it's a studio-mixed gurdy dance number in mostly 7-time! You can have a listen to 'Pea Race' by clicking 'play hi-fi' to the right of the pea-green picture here: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=650237&songID=8127720 Reactions are strongly divided amongst the few who've so far heard this recording, so I'd be most interested in any feedback! Matt Beyond Hotmail - see what else you can do with Windows Live. Find out more. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
