Where can we find your CD, Kenneth?
I tried to find it, but Google isn't coming up with anything.
Scott Deyo
The Bridechamber
contact@...http://www.bridechamber.comJealous Edison Record Kompany
http://www.jealousedison.com On Sep 11, 2008, at 9:56 AM, Kenneth Elhardt wrote:
> The OldCrow:
> > I might mention the work of a Japanese friend of mine I met while
> living
> in Japan in 1988. Fumitaka Anzai is a film and TV composer who got
> into
> the business working for Roland soldering circuit boards, and won the
> Roland
> tape contest in the late 70s. He went on to create a musical scores
> and has
> a number of albums available. <<
>
> I'm know his name and know about his Roland contest win, but never
> heard it.
> There wasn't much to hear of his at the various sites. Most I'd been
> able
> to hear on youtube or myspace was somewhat repetitive and consisted of
> either samples or average synth sounds. Being a film and TV composer
> means
> he probably works mostly with samples, as one of his TV themes I
> heard would
> indicate.
>
> Chris Walcott:
> >>i know this forum is not exactly the best place to give props to the
> techno/electronic scene but there are a number of people out there
> who do
> some pretty amazing stuff. jack dangers come to mind.<<
>
> I guess this was meant for the forum. However, when I talk about
> musical
> substance and advanced, colorful, and musical use of synths, techno
> or its
> variants is the last thing that should be brought up as that's the
> antithesis of everything I had mentioned. A fast visit to lastfm to
> hear
> Dangers of course confirmed this. In all the 30 second samples there,
> I
> heard very little synth use (mostly acoustic sounds and effects), and
> the
> one where there was some, it was simple and cheesey as expected, not
> to
> mention the lack of musical substance in all the pieces. Perhaps
> there was
> a misunderstanding of what's lacking in today's electronic music.
>
> -Elhardt
>
> It's September 11th, and so I declare Jihad on Microsoft. To my Muslim
> brothers I give this coded message: "The eagle flies at night". Soon
> the
> great Satan will be gone. Praise Alah (PBUH), death to Microsoft.
>
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