SSC Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Reich's variations for orchestra is also pretty damn good. And different trains, obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackballoons Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Different Trains is pwnage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgrafe@indiana.edu Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 can't repeat it often enough:Desert Music did you get that? Desert Music once more? Desert Music again? Desert Music and once for good luck: Desert Music Agreed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinjessome Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Nick Mason/Carla Bley - I'm A Mineralist "Erik Satie gets my rocks off, Cage is a dreamPhillip Glass is a Mineralist to the extremeI like tickling ivories and fingering stonesWhen my mercury goes up I play with my bone":laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
composerorganist Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Not a big minimalism fan but there is one composer who I enjoy and is strongly influenced by the minimalist school (and Satie)- Brian Eno. The best work of his reflecting these trends is his album from 1986 called Thursday Afternoons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokkemon Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 I met Steve Reich last Thursday! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magyari Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Hey all! I have only the first variation of Different Trains ('before the war'). Could anybody send my the two other movements? :$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrumUltimA Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 I've been listening to electric counterpoint like crazy lately. I love pat metheny's version (which i figure is the most popular)--it swings so hard!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferkungamabooboo Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 i'd say it's minimalist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zingoman Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 I like minimalism, especially some Michael Nyman stuff. Serialism on the other hand, is, in my opinion, very VERY hard to listen to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferkungamabooboo Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Serialism on the other hand, is, in my opinion, very VERY hard to listen to. Try this :) http://www.youngcomposers.com/forum/schoenberg-jazz-15819.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinjessome Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Serialism on the other hand, is, in my opinion, very VERY hard to listen to. Or this! Bill Evans - Twelve Tone Tune Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest QcCowboy Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Or this! you do realize it's not "serialism" right? he might have used 12 tones horizontally (and he did come back on a few, so technically, a no no in serialism), but the harmony isn't based on it at all. So it's not really a valid answer to someone who is saying that they find serialism "hard to listen to". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinjessome Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 you do realize it's not "serialism" right?he might have used 12 tones horizontally (and he did come back on a few, so technically, a no no in serialism), but the harmony isn't based on it at all. So it's not really a valid answer to someone who is saying that they find serialism "hard to listen to". :blush: Yah, I know....I just wanted to play too! :whistling: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDMAnderson Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 can't repeat it often enough:Desert Music did you get that? Desert Music once more? Desert Music again? Desert Music and once for good luck: Desert Music Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Great choice. Reich is my favorite minimalist, closely followed by Arvo Part. Not really keen on Phillip Glass, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qmwne235 Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 You know, mentioning La Monte Young is a punishable offense on this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardener Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 For me, La Monte Young has always been one of the "minimalists" who interested me most - together with some earlier pieces by Steve Reich (and of course Alvin Lucier, whom I find comparable to La Monte Young in quite a few aspects). The thing is that La Monte Young (and Alvin Lucier) always were more than "just" minimalists and made the interesting connections to the Fluxus movement, electronic music and other areas, without just sticking to one "label". Philip Glass and John Adams on the other hand always manage to make me angry (not even to mention P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nirvana69 Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 FPhilip Glass and John Adams on the other hand always manage to make me angry (not even to mention P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardener Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 This makes me angry. I think this example illustrates pretty well how Philip Glass manages to write so much music every year :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globutron Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Explain Ennio Morricone. 550 ish film scores in 40 years?? yeesh. Anyway. John Adams we can agree is a post-minimalist (and my favourite by quite a way) Philip glass we can agree is just... dumb. but creates the occasional pleasantly boring tunes. Steve Reich is a genius of subtlety, came up with a concept or two nobody uses and milked it as any minimalist should. Rather than just milking a C major arpeggio for 20 years like Philip glass. Theyre the big 3 IMO. I don't consider Philip as big, but he's famous enough *sigh* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qmwne235 Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Well, I think the pretty-much-official "big four" who "invented" Minimalism (although that's debatable) were Riley, Young, Reich, and Glass. My personal favorites are Riley and Reich, although Adams does some pretty cool stuff, too. Don't know much about Part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathieux Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 i didn't like a lot of minimalism at first, such as philip glass's "rubric" but after i listened and learned to understand it, i love minimalism, of almost any type. Except for the really (in my opinion) obnoxious ones such as... It's gonna rain.. which, in my opinion, isn't really music... because, i mean, it isn't, it's just... a tape recording, looped with another recording of the same thing just at a different rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nirvana69 Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 i didn't like a lot of minimalism at first, such as philip glass's "rubric" but after i listened and learned to understand it, i love minimalism, of almost any type. Except for the really (in my opinion) obnoxious ones such as... It's gonna rain.. which, in my opinion, isn't really music... because, i mean, it isn't, it's just... a tape recording, looped with another recording of the same thing just at a different rate. Let's not get into this. Please. Wasn't 4'33" enough? :sadtears: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globutron Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 well minimalism is based around concept, and 'its gonna rain' is a concept, which he developed over the years into 'drumming' and 'violin phase' and so on. I dunno why they bothered putting it on CD, i admit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globutron Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Oh, sorry Tylor (your name supposing you were an evil villain) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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