Members LCK Posted October 1, 2012 Members Share Posted October 1, 2012 Dan Tyminski sings his ass off. Yep. He's got the perfect voice for singing bluegrass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bee3 Posted October 1, 2012 Members Share Posted October 1, 2012 Anyone need a good Doctor? [video=youtube;nO8Ln1WXsWU] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted October 1, 2012 Author Moderators Share Posted October 1, 2012 wow! ^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted October 1, 2012 Author Moderators Share Posted October 1, 2012 WTF happened to the BEP? I used to love those guys. And then they started tuning Fergie. Fergie does not need tuning. But hemlines go up, hemlines go down. I guess the BEP are more slaves to fashion than true to their art... One thing that never goes out of fashion is... good taste... Another inspiration for me this week has been the force feeding of radio pop I've experienced resort poolside. To realize the current array of radio pop is essentially techno music in sound and arrangement, not R & B/Hip Hop as it was so recently. Then to analyze as I tend to do. Techno's builds, its breaks, its sounds (with the addition of a heaping helping of NI's newer Massive and FM8 synths), married to pop song form. The hybrid of trad pop form and techno pacing is interesting. It's easy to scoff at and tempting as hell, I'll grant you. But a week of tequila and LMFAO/Rihanna/et al tends to open your mind a bit. Or melt it, I'm not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Monkey Uncle Posted October 2, 2012 Members Share Posted October 2, 2012 A simple polyrhythm being the 3 against 2. See the straight 1 2 3 4 below and see a pitch pattern below that. A B C aren't specific pitches, as in the notes A B and C. But rather just a representation of the pitch pattern. now accent each "A". This puts the accent first on beat 1, then 4, then 3 and so on. Polyrhythm and syncopation.| 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 || A b c A | b c A b | c A b c | A b c A| So kinda like the rhythm is in 4/4 and the melody is in 3/4? Am I reading you right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bee3 Posted October 2, 2012 Members Share Posted October 2, 2012 I've been on an Iron and Wine kick for a few years... really enjoy this guy's stuff. [video=youtube;OYUFcxBq1y4] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted October 2, 2012 Author Moderators Share Posted October 2, 2012 So kinda like the rhythm is in 4/4 and the melody is in 3/4? Am I reading you right? Exactly. It's a rhythm mostly associated with ragtime and later jazz. But it's a polyrhythm that came right off the plantation and into "Cakewalk" music first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bee3 Posted October 2, 2012 Members Share Posted October 2, 2012 This is music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted October 2, 2012 Members Share Posted October 2, 2012 "Summer's Gone," The Beach Boys, live in London, last week. [video=youtube;g67F_59AT7g] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ShadowsofBirds Posted October 2, 2012 Members Share Posted October 2, 2012 Fiona Apple:[video=youtube;bIlLq4BqGdg] ::insert subject change here:: My Introduction to Amos Lee was at a show in Pittsburgh with Bob Dylan and Elvis Costello. Phenomenal show all around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted October 3, 2012 Members Share Posted October 3, 2012 Fiona Apple: Indeed. She's kind of amazing. [video=youtube;T14ux2k7rk0] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted October 3, 2012 Author Moderators Share Posted October 3, 2012 That is my main dude Jon Brion producing that unreleased version. I love it as well... [video=youtube;Dn2xTqykW5M] And producer here too... [video=youtube;EwBhjxeG_1s] Producing and playing the majority of instruments here... [video=youtube;4c48vs4lwgc] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted October 3, 2012 Author Moderators Share Posted October 3, 2012 The Russian Rag by George Cobb. A rag is a style based on early efforts to bring in some serious syncopation to turn of the century popular music. Where the previous Cakewalk had simple syncopation, the next step was just going too far! Those crazy kids and that damn rhythm! A "rag" is based on the idea of ragged rhythm. Syncopation. Get it? So the story. George Cobb and friend at a restaurant. Cobb makes the bold statement, "I can rag any tune. Doesn't matter. I am the master of the rag and there isn't a melody or song that I can't rag." The friend dares him to try and rag Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C# minor. A fairly dark and haunting melody, a popular piece at the time. Impossible! But not for Cobb. He walks cross the restaurant, sits at the piano thinking about the Prelude in C# Minor. Then begins... and does an amazing job. To Cobb's surprise but not his friend's, Rachmaninoff was dining at the restaurant. Rachmaninoff walks over to Cobb and loud enough for the establishment to hear every word deadpans, "Nice tune, but the rhythms all wrong." I really love what he later writes down, arranges and releases. His best known piece. [video=youtube;Ni9KkfwVi64] [video=youtube;wXQCPAR0EHo] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted October 3, 2012 Author Moderators Share Posted October 3, 2012 And BTW, in the Russian Rag above, at :17 through :19, that's a great example of the 3 against 4 polyrhythm I was talking about in the Cakewalk post. And for a more obvious example, go to 1:54... | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | | A b c A | b c A b | c A b c | A b c A| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mark Blackburn Posted October 4, 2012 Members Share Posted October 4, 2012 In a word, Lee: Fantastic! Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted October 4, 2012 Author Moderators Share Posted October 4, 2012 In a word, Lee: Fantastic! Thanks for posting. Are you referring to the Russian Rag? Pretty cool stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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