MOTM

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...> wrote:
>
> g) I received an advance copy of Roger Powell's "Fossil Poets" CD.
It's not what 
> I 'expected' per se (70s cosmic/prog rock). Rather, it reminds me in
many places 
> of Jeff Beck's "Wired" and "Blow by Blow" albums. The guitar is
featured as much 
> as the keyboards are, and both the composition style and guitar
tone/playing are 
> like these 2 records (BTW: if you are not familiar with them, these
are classic 
> instrumental rock CDs, highly recommended). One track is different,
it is more 
> like Cliff Martinez/Jeff Rona (the score to the movie 'Traffic",
again highly 
> recommended. With synth work by MOTM user Tobias Enhus). The MOTM
use is more 
> down in the mix, there isn't a 'screaming lead line' like Jan
Hammer/Chick Corea 
> wailing away, but I smile many places when I hear it. Highly
recommended, it's 
> nice to support such a great guy as Roger, who has gone out of his
way to be 
> gracious to me on several occassions. The tempo is upbeat, good
music to drive 
> to :)
> 
> Paul S.
>

I agree with much of this.  I was initially disappointed at not
hearing a lot of MOTM but every once in a while the 440 was
unmistakeable.  The synth is used for texture more than anything, and
the occassional bass.  The mix is a little dense, with the bass too up
front on some tracks; there was even one track with two basses!

But the music is GOOD and the playing is REALLY GOOD.  I recomend
getting an advanced copy!

Mike