December 2010
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Philip Glass makes me feel...
I’ve been trawling youtube for reactions to Philip Glass’s music and found…
I’m standing in the middle of a frozen, snow-covered lake, surrounded by nothing but evergreens.
A fairy’s playground…
Dusk through a lush forest area, all scampering about in some unknown game of hide n seek [sic]
I saw a never-ending space craft… Very jagged edges floating...
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She said what???!!!?
Let’s make no mistake about this. I loathe Missy Higgins’s music. I find it cliched and singularly uninspiring. It does absolutely nothing for me.
But here’s what she said in an interview in The Daily Terrorgraph [sic] in October 2009;
“I’m trying a lot of different things. I’ve actually been writing a lot of instrumental piano music. I’ve been...
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Philip Glass: Complex Minimalist →
Listen to a short interview with Philip Glass, recorded in 2008 around the time his 10-CD retrospective was released. I love the account of a conversation he had with a Bronx youngster who attended one of his concerts.
Youngster: What do you call this music Mister?
Philip Glass: I don’t know. What do you call it?
Youngster: I call it Buddha rock.
Cute!!
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“A Flock of Stars” by Lyn Williams,...
mid-levelgeek asked: SALLY!!!!!
Heya!
Haven't talked in a while, so just thought I'd say hi, and I love the blog, and how's everything going?
Heya!
Haven't talked in a while, so just thought I'd say hi, and I love the blog, and how's everything going?
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Crazy Mad Angry Mad
So “Mad Rush” is the working title of this CD. Some folks have asked “is that crazy-mad or angry-mad”? Well, methinks it’s a little of both.
It’s crazy-mad that I recorded the whole lot back-to-back over just three days in the studio. It’s crazy-mad that the ABC would take a chance on a relative unknown like me. It’s crazy-mad in the relentless,...
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Surprise!
I just played “Opening” from “Glassworks” by Philip Glass at a very eclectic Christmas charity concert. Yes, a Christmas concert. I was pleasantly surprised by the audience reaction… people loved it! And they weren’t an ordinary classical music crowd.
Perhaps it’s really got legs after all, this slightly crazy project. Hm.
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“Working title for my cd
MAD RUSH”
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Starting from scratch
I had a few minutes to myself before the Voices of Angels Christmas concert last night. So I thought I would take the opportunity to have a little practise of Philip Glass’s “Opening”. I’ll be performing it in another Christmas concert on Monday evening and (admission time) I’ve not played it at all since I recorded it in late November!
Anyway, I was practising...
elizabethduckchong asked: hay :)
i've been following your tumblr for quite some time and i have to say it's rather swish. i was just going to ask, i do video work and sort of slightly experimental music video stuff, if you were at all interested in working with the music you're recording and my videography to create something to put online and garner interest i'd be happy to talk about it...
i've been following your tumblr for quite some time and i have to say it's rather swish. i was just going to ask, i do video work and sort of slightly experimental music video stuff, if you were at all interested in working with the music you're recording and my videography to create something to put online and garner interest i'd be happy to talk about it...
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“I’m wondering how people are going to cope when I play Philip Glass at...”
– me
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Music - Andrew Zuckerman →
Philip Glass is interviewed, photographed and filmed as part of this wonderful project. Check it out.
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Soloist vs. Accompanist
Isn’t it interesting, the way that people perceive musicians and their respective talents?
Over the years, I’ve been accompanist for many an amateur choral group. There’s a wealth of talent out there in amateur-music-making-land, and there are also a stack of pretty outdated attitudes when it comes to piano players.
Firstly, the word “accompanist”. I dislike that...
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thank you
One of the tasks given to me by my producer at our meeting the other morning, was to write a list of people I would like to acknowledge. I started to compile the list, which led me to thinking of this entire cd recording process, from go to woah. I’ve had my fair share of obstacles…
First up, the ABC themselves postponed the recording sessions several times. I assume this was...
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How can anyone like minimalist music? →
Am I expected to be some kind of missionary? Is it my aim to convert people like this?
Have I the patience? Perhaps I’d better force myself to have the patience, so I can sell more CDs. Am completely exhausted just thinking about it… *sigh*
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Morning meeting with my producers. Eep.
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I’m thinking about making a music video for this Philip Glass project. Very cool AND low budget? Yeah, sure.
:S
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High Fidelity
After recording recently on the Stuart piano, I got to thinking about how important sound fidelity is to classical recordings. To appreciate the true character of the music, I personally feel that it is vital that you listen to uncompressed audio tracks on top quality playback equipment. When I think about the subtleties of colour I tried to draw out of the Stuart piano, I feel that high fidelity...
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“New music was well served in the early fifties. In those days, record companies...”
– Philip Glass in an interview with William Duckworth, New York, 1995.
Even in the nineties, new music seemed to be in trouble *sigh* How depressing!
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