“I simply do not want to breath the air, which is filled by sensationalism and distorted values. Lets’ admit – all of us have something to do with the poisonous development of our music world, in which “stars” count more than creativity, ratings more than genuine talent, numbers more than…. sounds.” (Click through for full article)
Impression II of IV (“Force Theme”) from “Star Wars Fantasy” for two pianos, by Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe
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Impression I (“Cantina Band”) of the 4-part “Star Wars Fantasy” by Greg Anderson & Elizabeth Joy Roe.
These are two of my new favorite artists. They’ve certainly found the key to my heart: combining Star Wars and classical piano.
I’ll post parts II, III, and IV soon.
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All Western music is based on a key system that originated in the latter half of the 16th century, had completely superseded the modal system by the late 17th century, and established its rules during the 18th century. There was a certain amount of experimentation within the rules, but it wasn’t until the 19th century that they were first bent, then progressively broken, until by the beginning of the 20th century they could no longer be said to apply and classical composers either made a conscious decision to return to them or attempted to formulate new systems of their own. (Popular genres - pop, heavy metal, C&W etc - never developed that far; their musical vocabulary is still pretty much in the 18th century. Jazz is more complicated in that its harmonic vocabulary is still 18th century but the individual chords have 20th century add-ons.)
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I know what I’ll be doing on weekends starting in August…
Tell me what you think. This is only a few days’ work, so I’m sure there’s some improvement to be made.
Saw these guys today at the Saturday Farmer’s Market in Santa Fe. They are quite good, and pretty original; their marimbas are made with sections of PVC, which accounts for the somewhat blown-out sound of some of the tones. My video isn’t the best quality, but you can check them out here or on YouTube.
