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Ok, so I have bought some of those "Great Courses" DVD sets and have been attempting to learn stuff.

Today, I was watching a lecture on meter, and I became fascinated with the Dave Brubeck Quartets's meter changes as a result of the lecture. So now I'm hearing stuff differently. I've always liked their stuff, but now I appreciate it a bit more.

Thanks, Wayne.

Good luck in your new venture, Aimee.

When I was writing songs back in the day I'd record my voice with a twelve string guitar and a timing pulse only from a Roland TR-707 drum machine. It avoided the mechanical effect of a click-track (helped some songs, ruined others ) and I'd program the drums in from the keyboard later.

I used this piece as a case study for recording and one of the things I got from it was the amount of creativity in Ringo's drumming fills and how he supported the song structure with his main grooves. I learnt a load from this one piece.

I have a young friend who loves Inna and I have to say that I've grown to love it too.I can't stop moving to it and now I've got a dodgy knee and my neighbors hate me.Anyone want to come clubbing with me?

Just for those totally devoted to Haydn

Richard - Lately I'm realizing exactly how little I've appreciated the drummers. It's shameful. Not to mention how exhausting it must be.

timmyab - ha! Those days are gone! They were pretty short lived, actually.. I realized I liked off-the-beaten-path bars much better

Recaredo, I hope I have time to watch that soon!

Speaking of documentaries..
The JD Salinger documentary is out on Netflix, and I have mixed emotions about watching it. I'm reading the book that goes along with it and am finding the biographers rather opinionated.. Anyone seen it yet?

A Salinger inspired song today.

Maybe I fall in love too often, musically speaking, but what a violinist, what a sonata for solo violin, what a...

Shame Rossy isn't around, he'd 'av loved this

AimeeO, I've never heard of JD Salinger until now, just watched "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" on YT............. weird x

Isn't it great how a song with a super beat is built around 4 diatonic chords in B?

(G#m E B F#) and repeat 100 times!

Loved it....

I guess I'll through in my two cents! A modern 50's doo wop style to one of Miley Cyrus's latest. This version gives it a far better quality.

Simple progression: E G#m C#m A Am

What did you see? I've only read the short story..

The biography is making me see his stories in a different light, which is precisely why Salinger didn't want anyone to know about him. Which leads me down another path.

I've looked for the composer and his life in some of the pieces, and am wondering if this is such a good idea. Now I wonder - should a piece just be a piece, like a story can be just a story? How much of the composer's life should one interject into a piece? I'm not so sure anymore.


Anyway, on to something light.

So, I was just looking around on ArtofCounterpoint's YouTube page.. haven't visited in a while.

Found a gorgeous 50 Cent Pimp remix for 4 guitars. It's awesome how he takes these contemporary songs and throws them back 300+ years




For giggles, here's the original.. warning: foul language and subject matter that might be offensive

Greetings everyone! I hope you are all doing well. I'm still busy with my keyboard work. However, I oftentimes check out what's happening here. I don't have much to share with regards to music. However, I am listening to this recording of Glen Gould's performance of Bach's Invention 8. This is the next piece my piano teacher wants me to learn. I'm looking forward to this new piano journey.

I love listening to Gould's recordings.
Although once they kinda freaked me out.. It was late at night, and I was by myself and had just gotten into my car. I had a CD of his in the CD player, and it started to play after I started the car. I was doing something before driving off, and I kept hearing someone making sounds and for a split second I thought someone else was in my car

I'm so excited for you, Griffin! That's so awesome that now you have the time to really jump into playing. I hope I'm in good health when I retire.

RIP Lou Reed


I'm more familiar with his work with Velvet Underground, so here goes.. probably posted some before:
I love these alternative lyrics

Thanks Aimee! I feel very fortunate to have all of this happening. If all goes well, I'll be able to do a respectable performance of Clair de Lune in a few months! I'm really excited about that as well.

Twas this AimeeO ...........still not really made sense of it, look forward to hearing of your analytical studies

Griffin, cant wait to hear your interp' of CDL, watching this space lol

Its 2.45pm here, and so nice to know that when-ever folks wanna check in, (whether it be weeks, months, years) ............. us guys are still here, x

I must most definately update you guys with errrmmm updates soon x

Love you guys........ gonna try n pick a peice for the Thai'cofski recital (short ones are tempting, but 6month learning curve give's us the op's to learn new stuff)

Anyways, I'm talking b........ speak soon x

Ok I will try to watch it later this week and tell you what I think! Would do it tonight but I started my new job and can no longer sleep til 1pm. But I will get to it!

Wayne, thanks for the selection by Sade. It was a pleasure to listen to.

Aimee, I hope things are going well with your new job. It usually takes about a year to get accustomed to things. BTW, I hadn't heard anything by Lou Reed in a long time.

Recaredo, I'm looking forward to listening to the Haydn selection and the violin sonata today after I get some piano practice done, and a few household chores completed. Listening to your choices will be my reward for getting my other work done!

I hope everyone is doing well. I'm hoping to share some music a bit later this week. Right now I've got lots to get done. I'll check in later.

Hi Griffin, I hope you enjoyed those postings.


And now a historical filmation. It's a brief video on the piano quintet of Shostakovich, played on the piano by the composer himself. I find it quite moving.