[sdiy] Synergy (was Re: OT: Music movies)

[Tim Parkhurst]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Grenader [mailto:peter at buzzclick-music.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 1:03 PM
> To: Tim Parkhurst; synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Synergy (was Re: OT: Music movies)
> 
> Tomita.  hmmm.  Love/hate there for me.  Technically, superb, but I'll
> never
> forgive him for what he did to Pictures of an Expedition with all that
> Godzilla vibrato.
> 
> Carlos on the other hand was/is more in line with my personal
> aesthetic that
> the beauty of an arrangement is often tested in the subtleties more
> than the
> bombastic, climatic grand finales.  She understood that.  Not sure
> Tomita
> was on the same page there.
> 
> His dynamic was more logarithmic as compared to Carlos' expedential
> approach.
> 
> OK, lemme have it.
> 
> - P
> 
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Flame ON! (torch, torch, burn, burn)...

No, actually I have to agree with you. "Pictures" only has a few good
minutes in it, and the rest is pretty much a throwaway. I was ready to
pretty much shoot the little 'chirping birds' after about sixty seconds. How
about "Snowflakes Are Dancing"? This is a MUCH simpler Tomita album, and not
as bombastic as "Firebird" or "Planets" (although you have to admit, it
would be pretty hard to do those albums and not have come out sounding "BIG"
considering the original material). "Snowflakes" has some absolutely
beautiful moments. I also think that's part of why I prefer Tomita, since he
did more of the later "romantic" period pieces. 

And by the way, why has nobody ever tackled Aaron Copeland's works (besides
ELP), and what the heck ever happened to Kraft & Alexander (produced a
rather amazing synth "Nutcracker Suite" album and then fell off the face of
the Earth)? Okay, I'll shut up now.



Tim (does the Human Torch ever say 'Flame OFF'?) Servo

"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein




 

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