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http://znebe.wordpress.com/2012/09/16/karlheinz-stockhausen
Greetings Ben,
I found your entry on Stockhausen to be extremely
informative, and I feel I now have a better appreciation for his work. I will confess it had to take a repetitive
listening for me to understand his artistic insights. I especially appreciate his sound designs.
Would you happen to know if John Lennon used any of his work
in "Revolution 9" on The Beatles' self-titled album, also known as
"the white album?" There was a
section in “Gesang der Jüenglinge” that seemed oddly familiar and my first
impression was "Revolution 9."
There is a certain appeal to earlier synthesizer and
filtering technology that seems lacking a bit in the digital realm. I used to listen to early electronic music,
but it has been quite a while since I have heard any. Now is as good a time as any for me to start
listening to these earlier works again.
Well written post! I
do hope you plan to continue your blog after Music History II ends.
Best,
Shannon McDowell
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WEEK 3
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Greetings Angela,
I am very impressed your blog entry on Marvin Gaye. I did not know much about his music or his life prior to Music History II. Your post successfully answers the questions posed to us, and it is a great summation of the source materials. I especially appreciate the paragraph on the instrumentation used on his album.
And while not completely out of the scope of a music class, I respect his views and attitudes towards the corruption that he witnessed during his life. Sadly, I fear that much of what he brought attention to still thrives this day.
I look forward to reading your future blog entries.
Best,
Shannon McDowell
I am very impressed your blog entry on Marvin Gaye. I did not know much about his music or his life prior to Music History II. Your post successfully answers the questions posed to us, and it is a great summation of the source materials. I especially appreciate the paragraph on the instrumentation used on his album.
And while not completely out of the scope of a music class, I respect his views and attitudes towards the corruption that he witnessed during his life. Sadly, I fear that much of what he brought attention to still thrives this day.
I look forward to reading your future blog entries.
Best,
Shannon McDowell
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WEEK 2
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I thoroughly enjoyed your post. I especially like your first paragraph
relating The Beatles' early history in Germany.
This was a period when Stu Sutcliffe was a member of the band. While not completely historically accurate,
the movie "Backbeat" is worth watching to learn more about
Sutcliffe's life and untimely death.
It also interests me to read about the early innovations of
sound design and effects. It is so easy
today to call up any number of reverb presets or punch in a sound with a
digital sampler. I vaguely recall
watching a documentary years ago that had George Harrison discussing the work
behind some of the sounds used during the "Revolver" period. It is a bit sad, to me, that those days seem
to be over, but I hope another revolution in music will occur in my lifetime.
Great work on your blog!
Shannon McDowell
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