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Gorgeous! He has a beautiful voice. Reminds me of Julian Muller.
If you recorded the vocal there, thatâs one QUIET neighborhood yâgot there! : )
badbeef saidGorgeous! He has a beautiful voice. Reminds me of Julian Muller.
If you recorded the vocal there, thatâs one QUIET neighborhood yâgot there! : )
Thank you, very much.
I am not sure how his buddy pulled off the recording/mix. It appears to be a live grab, but Iâll have to ask him how he isolated the music. By the way, I found your video to be pretty compelling.
Thanks. Going for immediacy over perfectionism. I think of a song I like, spend a couple of hours learning it, do it a few times live on camera, and pick one. Pretty much the opposite of my default process, which would be to tweak it until its âperfectâ - but typically lacking something. Iâm sure thereâs a happier medium in there somewhereâŠjust need to make/take the time to do it/practice more.
I do the same. Iâm afraid that last step of getting it technically perfect - as well as expressive - is where near magical talent and tremendous work take over.
One of my middle school orchestral colleagues, a French horn player, would literally spend hours in a practice room working on a single note - attack, release, timbre. He went on to chair the section of a leading orchestra. I have a half-dozen or so friends from this time we all knew were going to succeed, and did.
i am enjoying the examples of personal musical creation. They illustrate the power of a direct connection to art.
This subject has me scratching my head. Yes, I do find some music compelling and some not. The curious overlap is where I find it interesting but not compelling. An example is the one track that I listened to on the Hatchback Sessions Farcebook page. It was interesting, but I abandoned it about 2/3 of the way through the track. On the other hand, I had no desire to abort Mr. Malboeufâs video posted in this thread and happily listened through to its conclusion.
This thread has me expending a little bit of energy in trying to sort out why - what is in that which I find compelling. Itâs not just lyrics, as much of the jazz that I listen to is instrumental. Also, even in vocal pieces, the melody can be more captivating than the lyrics - and vice versa for that matter. Not that I am expending great energy in trying to sort this out, but I now occasionally remember this subject and try to find a pattern when some piece does or does not grab me. No doubt this will be a long process that may never yield any significant conclusion. Thatâs just me - still far from understanding my emotional side. That in itself is a lifetime journey. ÂŻ_(ă)_/ÂŻ
J.P.
I agree with JP. It can be very hard to identify exactly what it is about a piece of music that really grabs me. Quality reproduction can help but I donât think the sound system is determinative. Neither is the genre, as I like many kinds of music. Sometimes itâs the vocals (without regard to the lyrics themselves), sometime the lyrics, but just as often, and probably more often in my case, it is the melody, which can be simple or complex so long as it makes that emotional connection.
This is exactly what makes the question intriguing. Music appeals to our intellect and emotion, resonates with our individual cultural background, tolerance for change/surprise/unexpected, etc. It is challenging to delineate just what buttons are pushed, when.
It sort of reminds me of what former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart once said about pornography: I canât define it but I know it when I see it. 
I love âpunch in the gutâ music: Big Audio Dynamite, Innocent Child; Smashing Pumpkins, Disarm; Peter Gabriel, Solsbury Hill; Cyndi Lawper, True Colors (acoustic); Pink Floyd, Vera; Neutral Milk Hotel, The King of Carrot Flowers, Parts 2&3; Sea and Cake, On and On; etc.
I too find the occasional relief from ~90dB music. Damn tinnitus.