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| From | "Lawrence Dunn" <thedunns@capecod.net> |
| Subject | Re: 4/4 or Fight (was Re: What makes a great song? Poll!?!!) |
| Date | Sat, 20 Sep 2003 11:35:21 -0400 |
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I think we just found out where Gene Pilsbury went.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lord Granger" <glowfriend2003@yahoo.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: 4/4 or Fight (was Re: What makes a great song? Poll!?!!)
> Frank Padellaro" <kingradio@pumpingstation.com>:
>
> > Are you calling for a cast of popsters to explore
> > new and more interesting time signatures?
>
> Yes. More interesting time signatures in pop music --
> NOT arbitrary changes, but those implemented with wit
> and sincerity, for the sake of GROOVE, for the sake of
> letting the music BREATHE, as Adam Marsland so
> succinctly noted -- would greatly enhance my
> appreciation of current pop music. Go listen to
> vintage Stevie Wonder or Brian Wilson for an idea of
> what I'm talking about. I ain't talking Gentle Giant,
> Slint or Cul de Sac here.
>
> I get bored easily; I have a near-bottomless musical
> imagination that needs to be constantly fed. Allow me
> that, people, please. And, before you scream "why are
> you on a pop list", well, let me say that I love pop
> music, I love melodies, hooks, harmonies and guitars.
> All I'm listening for is a little originality in the
> current pop music climate. Perhaps pop IS meant to be
> a stagnant artform, like blues or even traditional
> jazz...but it doesn't HAVE to be.
>
> > Western pop music, for a hundred years, has been
> > almost exclusively in 4 time...
>
> Yes, and slavery was an American way of life for at
> least as long. Your point, please?
>
> > Like some patron prince, commissioning
> > art to suit your whims? Well, where is
> > the money? I'll write you all the 6/8
> > masterpieces you want.
>
> Sigh. Yet another songwriter with financial
> motivations; Frank, your "where is the money" comment
> reveals more about your artistry than all of your
> songs combined. I had planned on checking out your
> band (the typewriter thing sounds cool, although not
> without being somewhat cliche in that "Brian Wilson
> played a bicycle bell" way), but this statement leads
> me to believe that, perhaps, it might not be worth the
> effort. Sounds like you'll do anything for a buck,
> Frank; the phrases 'hack' and 'Billy Joel' immediately
> come to mind.
>
> There are plenty of imaginative writers out there
> utilizing weird time signatures in a natural, musical
> fashion, and -- newsflash -- they're writing 'em for
> the sake of art, not for the money.
>
> LG
>
> NP: Shack - Waterpistol
>
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