Writer's Block: Too mainstream

[silverflight8]

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As long as they don't change their music, I don't really see why I would stop liking them.

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[azuire.livejournal.com]

Hard to explain, so I'll just link a (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYF8cUlbs3I) couple (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8ZUV9IBEXY) of (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I483tB12SyE) songs. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjIErrcr75A) Their music has this odd hollow quality to it, so I don't accidentally type their lyrics. haha.

ohh which composers? Have you heard Liszt?

[silverflight8.livejournal.com]

It does sound very different--and kind of soothing at a low volume. :D

Yes, I have--I play piano, and took history lessons (they were, surprisingly, lots of fun). Liszt--all his pieces require massive hands and amazing technical skill--but they're all so beautiful. I remember hearing that he'd done a transcription of the Erlkonig (Schubert, and absolutely haunting - here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XP5RP6OEJI)'s my favorite version [and spectacular pianist/singer, too--watch his expressions change between characters]) that supposedly made it easier to play. Schubert had written it with triplet octaves in 4/4 time, so twelve in a bar, and it's very difficult to play. I tracked down Liszt's transcription and discovered that I need about seven fingers on each hand and possibly another hand, actually, to play it.

*starting to ramble* I have my favorite composers organized in time periods, thanks to music history, although I still like Chopin best (bias: he wrote almost exclusively for piano). So, so beautiful. If you haven't heard of his stuff: here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZGi49Bnghs), here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laSh3D_77ZM), and here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa0Z6g1XJkU). Also, West Side Story. And Handel's Messiah, especially the overture and the rejoice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1xlYIoekE8) section. Plus cartoons like the Animaniacs, and the Gregorian chants (particularly the Kyrie, aaah). As for the really popular songs now, it's usually because of nostalgia (like Taylor Swift).

*breathes* What about you?

[azuire.livejournal.com]

Familiar with those Chopin pieces. Oh, just had a lovely blast of nostalgia. :D

I'm going through a Bach phase right now. I love Little Fugue, like I said. I wrote a story to it. Then there's this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZn_VBgkPNY) (I think the cello is an amazing instrument with such depth). And he probably wrote this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhXHMzSOK5c) when he was happy. :)

Yay another classical music enthusiast!

[silverflight8.livejournal.com]

I still can't get over the "Eee! So many timbres, and new sounds!" phase. It's so amazing, and I think it would be so neat to play a concerto or be part of a quintet or something.
I remember this! Sometimes he's happy, sometimes solemn--I'm still astonished that people can compose polyphonic music. To me, it seems so difficult--needing to give each voice its own line, and still make it work together.

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[azuire.livejournal.com]

Oh I've wanted to play a violin forever. Or some instrument. I tried piano, saxophone, all the rest of it. No sound of mine resembles music, even vaguely. :(