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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 | Sun, 21 Sep 2003 11:16:51 -0400 |
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Agreed.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jocelyn Geboy" <smussyolay@yahoo.com>
To: "Lawrence Dunn" <thedunns@capecod.net>; <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: 4/4 or Fight (was Re: What makes a great song? Poll!?!!)
> ~~~gene pilsbury wasn't crabby. he was a gangsta.
>
> --- Lawrence Dunn <thedunns@capecod.net> wrote:
> > 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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