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Pink Floyd, Tom Waits, Parliament Funkadelic...
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1. Pink Floyd, Tom Waits, Parliament Funkadelic... | 04/30/2008 8:03am
...that's who my work gets compared to most often. Reviewers have also mentioned Air, Tim Buckley, Hoagy Carmichael, Les Claypool, John Coltrane, the Crash Test Dummies, the Doors, Gentle Giant, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Al Kooper, John Martyn, Peter Murphy, Arvo Part, Mike Patton, Praxis, Leon Redbone, Layne Staley, Sun Ra, Tangerine Dream, Kurt Weill, and Frank Zappa.
Usually, I classify myself as "Other", but as that wasn't an option here, I opted for "Soundtracks and More". Appropriate enough- it's been suggested that my work would make a good soundtrack for a video game, or porn, drug culture films, spy flicks, Blaxploitation, or crime caper movies by David Lynch, Quentin Tarantino, Steven Soderburgh, Guy Richie, and/or John Duigan. And it doesn't clash with the Funk, Blues, Jazz, New Age, Rock, Gospel, and Psychedelic categories others have put me in (along with mentions of the indigenous musics of the Middle East, Spain, and China).
If you're reading this and thinking, "What a mess! This guy's all over the map!", you probably won't enjoy my music all that much. If, on the other hand, you're intrigued by the mix, give me a listen! I have music here, DMusic, Soundclick (never the same song on any two of those three), and older material at archive.org.You must be registered and logged in to post a message. -
2. Pink Floyd, Tom Waits, Parliament Funkadelic... | 05/08/2008 8:00am
I have a few friends I like to run untitled instrumentals by, and ask them, "So, what does this sound like?" to get ideas for titles. The first tune I have posted here grew out of one of those sessions, when a friend suggested another song put him in mind of "an old wild west ghost town...only underwater". "The Lazy B" had a similar feel, so I wrote lyrics to fit the idea. I also drew on what an old art school acquaintance of mine said about working on oil rigs. I'd commented on what dangerous work that is, and he explained that part of that is the other workers. Oil rig workers who aren't well-liked tend to have "accidents"...so do undersea cowboys working the fictional Lazy B at the bottom of the sea.You must be registered and logged in to post a message.
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3. Pink Floyd, Tom Waits, Parliament Funkadelic... | 05/19/2008 8:32am
"Simply Snapped" makes use of an instrument that I'd bet isn't featured on many tunes here at MP3.com- a "banjolele", or "banjo uke" handles the instrumental lead (four strings, ukelele scale, banjo body). And it was one of my better days, vocally, IMHO.You must be registered and logged in to post a message.
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4. Pink Floyd, Tom Waits, Parliament Funkadelic... | 05/25/2008 7:55am
When writing lyrics, I often like to create a character whose "voice" I can use...another person, with different experiences and a different worldview than my own. In "All the World Is a Tripwire", that character is an idiot savant of sorts. He's deathly proficient at the tricky business of creating mayhem but lacks the capacity to understand the "causes" he's creating all the death and destruction for. To him, "it's all pretty lights and loud sounds".
...or is he just an especially bombastic entertainer? The lyric could suggest any number of scenarios...You must be registered and logged in to post a message. -
5. Pink Floyd, Tom Waits, Parliament Funkadelic... | 05/30/2008 10:29pm
I like your idea for determining song titles, and also the little side-notes on where each song came from.You must be registered and logged in to post a message.
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6. Pink Floyd, Tom Waits, Parliament Funkadelic... | 06/10/2008 7:54am
Thank you, jakehart. I'm glad to hear that these little descriptions/etymologies aren't just a cheezy means of keeping this thread on the front page of its forum. They are that, of course; I'm just saying it makes me happy that they serve another purpose.
"Cushman Cart Chase Theme" wasn't written with any particular visual in mind, but like a lot of my instrumentals, it sounded like a good theme for a chase scene in a movie. And while it spoke to me of hurtling carelessly down narrow throughfares, it also has a goofy, silly aspect...more "Inspector Clousseau (sp?)" than "James Bond".
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7. Pink Floyd, Tom Waits, Parliament Funkadelic... | 06/15/2008 8:00am
"True to Fact" is about a character who combines two hobbies/borderline obsessions that I find interesting...well, not so much the hobbies/borderline obsessions as the hobbyists/borderline obsessives.
A mineralist is someone who studies rocks, soils, dusts, etc. with a leaning toward what most of us would consider "alternative uses". Mineralism was a big trend during some of the more interesting periods of human history. Minaturists like to craft, or at least collect, teensy tiny little reproductions of larger objects. Both of these things tend to attract people with a tendency toward really, really intense interest and involvement.You must be registered and logged in to post a message.
