tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post4571577875363826487..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Friday MiscellaneaBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-40578451558180455972015-07-26T08:13:25.674-05:002015-07-26T08:13:25.674-05:00Aw shucks, it tells me "video not available!&...Aw shucks, it tells me "video not available!"Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-20949457129111318602015-07-25T17:41:21.318-05:002015-07-25T17:41:21.318-05:00My favorite cover of LARS by far!
https://www.you...My favorite cover of LARS by far!<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnAZh0HqUK8<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-33240304979762837292015-07-24T13:03:46.163-05:002015-07-24T13:03:46.163-05:00It is probably best if I refrain from making any j...It is probably best if I refrain from making any jokes about that!Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-87458145195292833012015-07-24T12:30:43.451-05:002015-07-24T12:30:43.451-05:00Went to the Musixmatch site to see if there were a...Went to the Musixmatch site to see if there were any classical musicians etc who made it into the mix-- only Andrea Bocelli. "There is a large variation of vocabulary size in the 93 top selling musicians and there is no overall correlation between the commercial success of a musician and their vocabulary size." I could have guessed at that. Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-15727784987298802382015-07-24T12:01:57.684-05:002015-07-24T12:01:57.684-05:00I did post about the helicopter quartet once, but ...I did post about the helicopter quartet once, but don't remember the post. As I recall, the performers all wear headphones so they can hear one another and the instruments are picked up with microphones on the helicopters and sent to a central location where they are blended and amplified for the audience. But it's still a stupid idea.<br /><br />Yes, Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians is a pretty good piece. For a shorter one, try the Octet.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-82040308803848881082015-07-24T11:30:35.563-05:002015-07-24T11:30:35.563-05:00Had to laugh at the musicians who, one by one, wit...Had to laugh at the musicians who, one by one, withdrew. I've only had to fly in a helicopter one time-- they had to get me from JFK to LaGuardia to catch a flight-- and, well, never again. No idea re the Stockhausen-- people on the ground actually hear the musicians aloft? I specifically recall not being able to hear <i>anything</i> when I was in the damn helicopter; can't imagine anyone outside hearing anything inside.<br /><br />Listened for the first time to Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians yesterday; certainly would go out to hear it performed. "Dissonance and the resolution of dissonance".Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.com