~~~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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