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Since you have different pulses, I would suggest you take a lot into the score "Gruppen" from Stockhausen perhaps. Maybe symphony no. 5 from Kalevi Aho, which often sounds like several compositions at the same time might be useful to observe as well. Also Per Norgard used two tempos in his Piano concerto, which is called "in due tempi".

Because he is trying to prove his thoughts and intellect are superior to others because for some inexplicable reason he believes that the only worthwhile music is baroque. He cannot do this so he is resorting to a sort of pseudo science to 'prove' his argument. If you know anything about science and feel you must base your music on some universal scientific truths then the only real music is chance music I guess. I can only assume that the science he knows is not what the rest of the world knows as science, probably some young earther or some madness like that.

I got three more votes this morning. :)

Jaap, you're absolutely right, but I just can't suffer fools and trolls gladly. Especially since one of them is a good composer and I would expect him to be more "mature" and wiser that he shows up to be...

I have checked SimenN's profile again and I understand his point of view. He composes in 17th and early 18th baroque style pastiche - not in neobaroque style for example. So his mind as a musician is 300+ years old. Therefore nobody from us can expect him to think differently. This type of composing might still serve as an influence but only in form and content, not in instrumental, melodic and harmonic language. Imagine he'd never want to use car or airplane for long range travelling - even if this vehicles are against the nature, I suppose.

You have just confirmed that you have no knowledge of Slovenian composers. Can't believe you've never heard of Vinko Globokar, for example. We have left Prokofiev as a potential influence 50 years ago. Unlike Macedonians, we went through extensive avantgarde period in 1960's as well, taking Polish avantgarde (Penderecki, Serocki, Baird) as a model. Today, there is a vast range of contemporary styles in Slovenia. From more calm, you could say more "traditional" postmodern techniques to extreme avantgarde - which is probably a false way to make artistic music more accessible though. I personally take Baltic and Scandinavian composers as my influences in terms of wide approach. Slovenia is closer to Austria, Germany, Italy and Hungary than to Macedonia, despite being a slavic country. So the influences to our culture are considerably different. Macedonia only has slavic countries around, except for Greece.

Hmmm, this shall be fun!