MikeO Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 3 hours ago, Cornish Steve said: With yesterday's death of Krzysztof Penderecki, I decided to listen again to perhaps his most famous work: Threnody for the victims of Hiroshima. It's not easy to listen to, but it's a masterpiece of modern music. Of course, he wrote much other music, much of it relating to Poland and his Catholic faith, but it's the threnody that most will remember. Won't even begin to claim I really "understand" it fully (although the sense of horror is obvious) but the level of virtuosity in that orchestra is plain to see; how does anyone actually "write" stuff like this on five lines of musical annotation? Astonishing. Never even heard of Penderecki before but he was evidently a bit special. Cornish Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Steve Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 2 hours ago, MikeO said: Won't even begin to claim I really "understand" it fully (although the sense of horror is obvious) but the level of virtuosity in that orchestra is plain to see; how does anyone actually "write" stuff like this on five lines of musical annotation? Astonishing. Never even heard of Penderecki before but he was evidently a bit special. It's a rather improvisational work. You'll see that not all members of a section (e.g., violins) are actually playing the exact same thing (watch their bowing, for example). I've seen the score, and it is rather amazing. In fact, you see pages of it on some of the music stands in the video. Some of his other work is more approachable. If you perform a YouTube search, you'll find several fine examples. MikeO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Peter H Posted April 1, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 1, 2020 Currently actually listening to a lot of my own music. Ego? Sure Some good news tho, got my first solo single coming out on the 10th April. Yay me! (will be available on most streaming sites including Spotify, Deezer, iTunes and Apple Music) Want to hear some of my stuff? (shameless plug) pete0, markjazzbassist, MikeO and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted April 1, 2020 Report Share Posted April 1, 2020 6 minutes ago, Peter H said: Currently actually listening to a lot of my own music. Sounds good to me but I suspect I'm not in your target demographic. How do you do it? Is it all computer generated or keyboard, drum machine etc? Best of luck with it anyway (like the beard, proper Viking look; I'll have to grow one myself). Peter H 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted April 1, 2020 Report Share Posted April 1, 2020 sounds good @Peter H i like the acid track with the 303 doing it's resonance thing most of the stuff sounds like classic 909 4 on the floor trance which is familiar to me. i used to listen to ATB and Ulrich Schnauss growing up, my older brother is a massive electronic music fan, i like a good amount of it too. Peter H 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted April 1, 2020 Report Share Posted April 1, 2020 Reminds me a bit of Robert Miles, well done! Peter H 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted April 1, 2020 Report Share Posted April 1, 2020 Cornish Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter H Posted April 1, 2020 Report Share Posted April 1, 2020 3 hours ago, MikeO said: Sounds good to me but I suspect I'm not in your target demographic. How do you do it? Is it all computer generated or keyboard, drum machine etc? Best of luck with it anyway (like the beard, proper Viking look; I'll have to grow one myself). Lol @ proper viking look. I have to play the part of the swede here. I use both, i use a daw in my mac but I also use a drum machine, hardware synths, hardware sequencers etc. I have a dawless setup for live performances MikeO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter H Posted April 1, 2020 Report Share Posted April 1, 2020 2 hours ago, markjazzbassist said: sounds good @Peter H i like the acid track with the 303 doing it's resonance thing most of the stuff sounds like classic 909 4 on the floor trance which is familiar to me. i used to listen to ATB and Ulrich Schnauss growing up, my older brother is a massive electronic music fan, i like a good amount of it too. I love my 303 clone. Use a xoxbox and i also run it through some guitar pedals. ATB were awesome markjazzbassist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter H Posted April 1, 2020 Report Share Posted April 1, 2020 2 hours ago, Matt said: Reminds me a bit of Robert Miles, well done! 3rd person to say that today which means it must be true. I really like the reference, Children was a massive track. I guess it reminds ppl of Children as soon as you use a piano in a dance track . Thx Matt Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Steve Posted April 7, 2020 Report Share Posted April 7, 2020 This weekend, while unpacking boxes, I came across some manuscript paper and a piano duet I wrote as a teenager. After typing it into Musescore and exporting the audio file, I uploaded to Soundcloud. For anyone interested, here it is: 'Sauntering along'. Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Steve Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 On 01/04/2020 at 12:40, MikeO said: Mike. Bach's Toccata always reminds me of Rollerball, a movie I enjoyed as a teen in part because of the classical music used in its soundtrack. I came to know the symphonies of Shostakovich because of Rollerball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 Looks like GoGo Penguin got a budget upgrade for their videos: https://youtu.be/bwKH35k_SXc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 Listened to Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd live in a theatre recording yesterday.... blew my mind. Here is a stadium version... more crowd noise but a good idea as to how polished they were. https://youtu.be/fuZyMx2NXZM Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Hafnia said: Listened to Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd live in a theatre recording yesterday.... blew my mind. Here is a stadium version... more crowd noise but a good idea as to how polished they were. https://youtu.be/fuZyMx2NXZM Played that to Josh a couple of days ago (though it turns out I'd played it to him before, that happens a lot), brilliant stuff. Never mastered that but the band I was in at school used to jam half hour versions of Sweet Home Alabama (despite the Neil Young dig)! Hafnia and Matt 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 6 minutes ago, MikeO said: Played that to Josh a couple of days ago (though it turns out I'd played it to him before, that happens a lot), brilliant stuff. Never mastered that but the band I was in at school used to jam half hour versions of Sweet Home Alabama (despite the Neil Young dig)! Good education for Josh! Absolutely incredible... I'm on an amazon prime HD trial at the moment.... the quality is very good from technical view.... but seriously what a live performance. 3 people died from the band died in the plane crash.... it was in the 70s and the plane was 40 years old!!! They couldn't travel commercial as they allegedly tried to throw a roady out the plane at 20000 feet! They knew the plane was crap.... biggest band around at the time and they were in a rust bucket. Were looking at a new lear jet.... too late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 the soundtrack of my youth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted June 17, 2020 Report Share Posted June 17, 2020 Kodaline - One Day At A Time (Album) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete0 Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 Not a huge Will Ferrel fan but this is catchy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted July 13, 2020 Report Share Posted July 13, 2020 This popped into my head today, love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted July 13, 2020 Report Share Posted July 13, 2020 And while we're (I'm) there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted July 13, 2020 Report Share Posted July 13, 2020 13 hours ago, MikeO said: And while we're (I'm) there! I’m a fan of this one. Haven’t heard it for ages! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted July 25, 2020 Report Share Posted July 25, 2020 Genius gone. Very sad. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53539989 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 i don't listen to rock much, but this australian is super talented Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted August 29, 2020 Report Share Posted August 29, 2020 Biffy Clyro - A Celebration of Endings (Album) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted August 29, 2020 Report Share Posted August 29, 2020 Walking the dog this morning I was listening to the Killers, need to play them more always makes me feel alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 29, 2020 Report Share Posted August 29, 2020 49 minutes ago, Romey 1878 said: Biffy Clyro - A Celebration of Endings (Album) What’s it like? I lost interest after Puzzle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted August 29, 2020 Report Share Posted August 29, 2020 30 minutes ago, Matt said: What’s it like? I lost interest after Puzzle It’s a decent listen. Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 29, 2020 Report Share Posted August 29, 2020 5 minutes ago, Romey 1878 said: It’s a decent listen. Ill give it a go then. They went all Coldplay for me; brilliant debut album then downhill bar a couple of decent tracks on Vertigo and Puzzle. Met them in Manchester Academy when they were a support act, but that’s nearly 20 years ago Romey 1878 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted September 14, 2020 Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 Never realised this collaboration had happened, funny what you learn in hospital Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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