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[philosopherqueen]

Originally Posted by Didymos Thomas

Ah, Memphis in May. What a wonderful event. Good music, great hallucinogens.

But I have to ask, who did you see there? The line up this year was wonderful - the Roots, Doyle Bramhall, Magic Slim, Buddy Guy, Lou Reed and then some. I ask because no one I mentioned played - at least to my knowledge.

As for Tool, yeah, they have a good thing going and would probably upstage Dream Theater - no small feat. But if you want mind blowing polyrhythms, jazz is the place to go. Art Blakey practically invented polyrhythms in modern western music, and Elvin Jones takes them to another level. I'd recommend any record with Elvin, which includes a lot of great Coltrane.

I went to see my chemical romance and then i saw lil wyte that night and i saw robert johnson, I also saw others but I more or less went to see my chemical romance. It's not very often that they come to the south

[boagie]

Hi folks!!

Just a curiosity to scratch, music is about patterns, frequencys and indirectly mathematics, how many of all of you, notice I did not say, which would come quite natural to me, and be less pretenious, Y'all!! how many mathematicians are there here, out of all these musicians?? Perhaps I should just inquire as to, how many are good at math?

[Crazeddemon]

Originally Posted by philosopherqueen

I went to see my chemical romance and then i saw lil wyte that night

I'm not trying to flame, but MCR and Lil' Wyte?

[Didymos Thomas]

Robert Johnson is dead. He didn't live to see the German invasion of Poland in '39. If you saw Mr. Johnson play, you witnessed the second coming.

Just a curiosity to scratch, music is about patterns, frequencys and indirectly mathematics, how many of all of you, notice I did not say, which would come quite natural to me, and be less pretenious, Y'all!! how many mathematicians are there here, out of all these musicians?? Perhaps I should just inquire as to, how many are good at math?

Careful. Music is translated to mathematics for study and recording (writing down the tune) purposes. Music is not mathematics. You do not need to be good at math to be a good musician.

[philosopherqueen]

Originally Posted by Crazeddemon

I'm not trying to flame, but MCR and Lil' Wyte?

I listen to everything....Not kidding. I love music it is my life...Sorry to say...I'm one of the ones with the 80 gb ipod and it's almost full. and not with videos with music.

[philosopherqueen]

Originally Posted by Didymos Thomas

Robert Johnson is dead. He didn't live to see the German invasion of Poland in '39. If you saw Mr. Johnson play, you witnessed the second coming.



Careful. Music is translated to mathematics for study and recording (writing down the tune) purposes. Music is not mathematics. You do not need to be good at math to be a good musician.

Okay well there is one down here usually plays in the midsouth area (memphis, helena, and other areas.) He plays harmonica, drums, guitar, and others by himself. Plus he sings. He's more of a blues player. He's really good. I'm not sure but I believe he has a myspace page, if you like blues check him out.

Plus for other references if you like the mix of country and blues listen to lucero. They're pretty good.

If yours into blues and looking for a trip in september or october (can't remember the month), look up the arkansas blues and heritage festival. It's in Helena, Arkansas. The music is good, but you have to excuse the locals they don't get out much and this is the only time that they can act a fool.

[Didymos Thomas]

Ah, I see. I mean the early Delta Blues singer Robert Johnson. But the guy you are talking about - the act sounds familiar. I lived in Fayetteville for several years and the blues circuit was always great.

Funny you mention Lucero, I have an album where he does duets with a lot of great artists - Clapton, Van Morrison, BB King I think. Great stuff. Is there any particular album you recommend?

If yours into blues and looking for a trip in september or october (can't remember the month), look up the arkansas blues and heritage festival. It's in Helena, Arkansas. The music is good, but you have to excuse the locals they don't get out much and this is the only time that they can act a fool.

I love small town blues festivals. Eureka Springs has a great thing going; neat town, too. I never made it to the Helena Festival, but I'm sure the locals can't be any wilder than the Eureka Springs crowd.

[Crazeddemon]

Originally Posted by philosopherqueen

I listen to everything....Not kidding. I love music it is my life...Sorry to say...I'm one of the ones with the 80 gb ipod and it's almost full. and not with videos with music.

Just because I don't like Lil Wyte and MCR doesn't mean i don't have 80gb of music....I just like things that aren't overproduced in studio and overhyped. Maybe it's because i'm a musician and i know how easy it would be to write the music to an MCR song, or how INCREDIBLY simple it is to make a loop with a hook to repeat indefinitely for the background of a rap song. I don't mean anything by this, i'm just picky about what music is worth my time, doesn't mean it's not worth yours.

[Didymos Thomas]

Just because I don't like Lil Wyte and MCR doesn't mean i don't have 80gb of music....I just like things that aren't overproduced in studio and overhyped. Maybe it's because i'm a musician and i know how easy it would be to write the music to an MCR song, or how INCREDIBLY simple it is to make a loop with a hook to repeat indefinitely for the background of a rap song. I don't mean anything by this, i'm just picky about what music is worth my time, doesn't mean it's not worth yours.

I'm not a fan of MCR - I usually need a decade or so before I can start listening to new rock.
And I've never even heard Lil Wyte - I'd have to ask my brother who keeps up with hip hop.

But when you're talking about loops and rap - I think the view is too simplistic. The art of making loops is nothing to shrug at - reggae dub musicians pioneered the process, and rap artists really have contributed a great deal to the style. Sure, much of your radio play music is junk, but this is always true. Beyond the commercial junk, you have serious artists - people who are serious about making art, which happens to be in the form of programmed loops.

[Crazeddemon]

Originally Posted by Didymos Thomas

But when you're talking about loops and rap - I think the view is too simplistic. The art of making loops is nothing to shrug at - reggae dub musicians pioneered the process, and rap artists really have contributed a great deal to the style. Sure, much of your radio play music is junk, but this is always true. Beyond the commercial junk, you have serious artists - people who are serious about making art, which happens to be in the form of programmed loops.

I am quite familiar with loops and beats. If you are looking for programming that isn't repetitive and terrible take a look at Gnarls Barkley or Daft Punk (to name some of the ones that get radio play and are true artists behind the commercialism). Also if you are interested in less electronic sounding loops there is Andrew Bird who uses a loop pedal with his violin, guitar, and voice to produce songs with overwhelming loops and builds and variations.