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Hop On Pop
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5/8/2007 9:25:49 AM
One World, One Music
Do any of you make it a point to listen to music from other cultures?
Do you find it amazing that, despite geographical discrepancies, ALL cultures have created -- independentaly of one another -- something that ALL can recognize as "music"?
Do you ever try to incorporate that "foreign" sound into your own music?
At the risk of coming off as preachy...
-Music is the Voice Of God, and God is everywhere. No matter what creed you subscribe to (or IF you subscribe to any creed at all) there is something that undeniably binds us. And there is one way in which we can all communicate with each other, no matter what our beliefs, no matter what our geographical origin, no matter what... we all can understand the language of music. It is the language of God, no matter what you believe God to be and no matter if you even believe at all, the power of music is undeniable.
The drummer in my band (yes, a drummer, of all people, despite the jokes) has called the creation of music"the highest calling". To some extent, I believe that to be true.
Thank you for sharing your gifts with me, and with all of us.
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Bat Lenny
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5/8/2007 5:58:36 PM
Amen! Music is one of God's greatest gifts. Realizing that makes it even more enjoyable.
I have always been drawn toward European music. I often wonder if it's because I'm of European descent. There is very little music that has come out of the US that thrills me. But two of my favorite bands are Swedish - The Flower Kings and Anglagard. Is it my roots calling?
I used to try and emulate some of my favorite musicians, mostly from England. But then I thought - why do I want to sound like them? The reason I like them is because they are from another place. Why would someone over there want to listen to someone trying to sound like them? Maybe there's someone over there that would enjoy listening to me because to them, I'm from another place.
So now I try to sound like I'm from Minnesota, whatever that sounds like!
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Duane Flock
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5/8/2007 9:46:15 PM
It doesn't matter where the music comes from because if you wrote it, it was from the heart. Music is the last true honest frontier. Just like laughter, no one can take that away from you! This is the center core of Indie music no matter where it comes from. Cheers, D.
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SILVERWOODSTUDIO
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5/8/2007 11:05:42 PM
We play music from anther culture, and another time, with our aboriginal didgereedoo tune------------we also have recordings of drums / bass / didge
but not great recording quality ------------
Someone commented once on my blog, that if George W. had just been given a drum when he was a kid the USA wouldn't be in all the strife it is right now!
listening to other cultures-------------------- , broadens the mind
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Bat Lenny
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5/8/2007 11:31:31 PM
Sometimes artists can incorporate foreign styles more successfully than others. I never cared much for the Rolling Stones because they were trying to sound American. I loved Peter Gabriel until he started incorporating African styles. Not that they weren't good at it, they just didn't appeal to me. But there have certainly been some exceptions. Jade Warrior was a great British band that you would swear was from Japan. I just listened to Eaglehead here on IAC closely today and I was sure they were from somewhere like Deadwood South Dakota. I was stunned when I looked at their location and saw... Northampton, United Kingdom!? Brilliant!
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5/9/2007 2:20:10 AM
I think it's often a subconscious thing with many stereotypes and paradymes relating to 'foreign' music. Certain instruments and notes give a song it's geographical flavour. I mainly use keys and if I stay on the 'blacks' I get instant Oriental and tend to choose instruments that traditionally interpret this. When a mix of sharps and flats starts to sound alternative I search out more unusual 'voices'. This same mix on piano or guitar gives you JAZZ and it's hard not to add a sax or harmonica on slow Jazz and brass on faster stuff. Use a Honky Tonk and I step back in time, party time probably. I seem to adopt a Cockney or Northern English accent naturally for Comedy, it just sounds funnier somehow. When I want to sound sassy or loud I can't help but put on an American accent but if I want soft and romantic I naturally lean towards French. Try producing a Latin song without a Spanish accent, impossible for me. Put a violin on a Folk song and you're back in 'Old Ireland' - bagpipes = Scotland - bass beats and bongos = Africa - Accordian, = Southern States (fast) France (slow) - brass = big band. I've never incorporated a 'didge' but that 'Croc Dundee' sound has become classic Australasia now. I wonder if S/W stick one on the "Indieland Collab" it might change the flavour of the production? Jilly
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