I just got to the cover of Norwegian Wood, and it's very instructive.  It's like a switch flipped.  Everything after that is making...well, alright, maybe not total sense, but more sense.

I know we were talking about jazz and complex music, but I've lost track, sorry

Yeah, I'm not sure how to put it into words, but I'll try:  Since I am familiar with the original, I got to hear the arrangement, distilled. He adds this funny chord progression that doesn't really have a key, so it sounds like it's just rising and falling without ever resolving. That made me realize he probably does things like that in his own compositions.

1 hour ago, Dusty Chalk said:

Yeah, I'm not sure how to put it into words, but I'll try:  Since I am familiar with the original, I got to hear the arrangement, distilled. He adds this funny chord progression that doesn't really have a key, so it sounds like it's just rising and falling without ever resolving. That made me realize he probably does things like that in his own compositions.

I see. I'll look for that tune and see what he's doing. For your explanation I think I can understand why my teacher advised me to pay him a listen. That circling around and keeping the music unresolved, leading it to resolve wherever you want it to, is what he's getting me into.

Steve Vai recently said that he would pick him as the best guitarist, if he had to pick one. 

The main reason is because he's the only one that he can't figure out. 

http://www.guitarworld.com/artist-news/steve-vai-his-favorite-guitarist-its-hard-realize-how-great-he/31568

 

 

 

 

Well, maybe he hasn't heard Norwegian Wood...  

There's literally dozens of sub-genres of post tonal music that have been around for over 100 years and whole tone scales have been used for hundreds of years....

Okay.

New War On Drugs Album. I am a big fan of this guy.

6 hours ago, Dusty Chalk said:

Okay.

Run The Jewels 3

 

Edited August 26, 20178 yr by Fitz

The Peter Brotzmann Octet - Machine Gun.

As a metal head, I started to like free jazz. But quality of the sound cannot be worse, I guess thats the part of it too.

Edited August 26, 20178 yr by Sechtdamon
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Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - Rome

 

On 8/26/2017 at 9:15 AM, Sechtdamon said:

The Peter Brotzmann Octet - Machine Gun.

As a metal head, I started to like free jazz. But quality of the sound cannot be worse, I guess thats the part of it too.

His son Caspar does some pretty cool "free guitar" work as well.  I have an old album or two in MP3 format somewhere, need to find them and listen again....

2 hours ago, skullguise said:

His son Caspar does some pretty cool "free guitar" work as well.  I have an old album or two in MP3 format somewhere, need to find them and listen again....

Thanks for the tip Todd. I'm getting into Jazz world at last

 

Iron & Wine -- Beast Epic

 

I went to see the Oslo philharmonic orchestra and Leif Ove Andsnes perform Stravinsky, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich this friday, and now thanks to BBC 3 i can relive that moment, as they performed the same sets on the Proms yesterday.

I think they did a very good rendition of Rach.4

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b092k4sn

i need to rip this from the web with audacity or something so i can keep listening to even after they remove it from the web.

Oingo Boingo's Farewell concert from 1995.

Seemed appropriate given the events unfolding. 

 

This is an excellently mastered album!

And

25 minutes ago, robm321 said:

That title doesn't sound familiar...(wanders off to look it up)