The Music Thread

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Listening to this lovely album a lot latey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STT0...JP5AY0&index=2

[Big Dog]

Welcome back Big Dog! We need some new energy in the music threads. My sister had that album somewhere. She used to work for the Film Censorship Board years ago and they looked after the video clips for Countdown, so they were given albums to listen to also and that was one of them. I still remember nearly every album in that pile of vinyl.

Thanks RWB. I prefer music from last century when the artists largely wrote and performed their own music. What you heard in the studio is what you heard live.

[Big Dog]

Sounds great. My son is classically trained in piano - it cost us a lot of money in music fees over the years. But I really miss listening to him practising the piano every day. He played some jazz and popular music but it was mainly classical as he was completing all the grades as he went along and got right to the end of grade 8. He still likes to play but is mostly playing popular pieces now.

MR, my son is also classically trained on the piano. He occasionally disturbs my afternoon nap with a mini recital. He is strictly classical and is now studying composition for screen & film.

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Thanks RWB. I prefer music from last century when the artists largely wrote and performed their own music. What you heard in the studio is what you heard live.

Yes, that describes my family's tastes too. We have drummers, violinists, singers, piano and guitar players amongst us and I was trained in piano myself. If I had to pick my favourite style, I'd go with acoustic guitar. Alex Lloyd and the like in the singer/songwriter category always was my default go to. I just finished watching the Pride Opening Concert and all the flashing lights and electronics made me feel rather ill as I have sensory issues these days. Was relieved when Kylie came on so I could then enjoy that and turn it off.

The most powerful musicians are those who keep it simple.

This is a much underrated album track of Alex's, Speeding Cars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FihfqiZUwI0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FihfqiZUwI0

[mightyrooster]

MR, my son is also classically trained on the piano. He occasionally disturbs my afternoon nap with a mini recital. He is strictly classical and is now studying composition for screen & film.

That’s fantastic BigDog. So he may be a famous composer for film or TV one day. Composition is a whole new level of difficulty too. My son’s piano teacher was disappointed that he didn’t continue with his music studies after high school. He chose computing and engineering instead!

[mightyrooster]

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I like Jazz piano. This tune's by a guy called Ryo Fukui who's sadly deceased but used the run a jazz bar, where he played privately pretty much until his death.

Saw him live once when he visited a bar near where I lived in Japan. He played this tune and it set such an amazing atmosphere.

TBH I wish Australia had more of a hole in the wall jazz bar scene. Every little town in Japan has one, there will be a local musician who plays (and arranges big city guests regularly). Doubt there's a lot of money in it with ~$10 door charges and cocktails (which all the local English teachers used to whinge about soooo hard as if $10 at the door including a complementary glass of bubbly with ~$5 house-sized glasses of red / beer and $10 cocktails was EXTORTION. Even when 1/2 your drinks end up being free as locals love to shout everybody rounds of wines/shots once their feeling a bit tipsy).

Jeez some of those guys musta gotten a wake-up call when they moved back home. I could easily have a night out at a jazz bar for $100 (including a free joint or two, which I politely refused). There's also a ragtime classics bar in an old-style Japanese house that I'll definitely be hitting up next time I visit Japan.

Anyhow, Ryo Fukui... ENJOY![/QUOTE:



Sounds great. My son is classically trained in piano - it cost us a lot of money in music fees over the years. But I really miss listening to him practising the piano every day. He played some jazz and popular music but it was mainly classical as he was completing all the grades as he went along and got right to the end of grade 8. He still likes to play but is mostly playing poular pieces now.

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Thanks RWB. I prefer music from last century when the artists largely wrote and performed their own music. What you heard in the studio is what you heard live.

I thought of you when I remembered this last night:

Plant & Page Unplugged

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...zjWlvhRMHjTMhg

[Andrew Walker]

One of my favourite REM songs just came up on my playlist

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WfrwNMyzT28

[Andrew Walker]

Now this another classic this time from Talking Heads

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LQiOA7euaYA

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More beauty. Dolly with Barry Gibb. This just came up on my shuffle:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ-QZebow5Q

[Big Dog]

That’s fantastic BigDog. So he may be a famous composer for film or TV one day. Composition is a whole new level of difficulty too. My son’s piano teacher was disappointed that he didn’t continue with his music studies after high school. He chose computing and engineering instead!

Well your son will probably have a better chance of landing a good job/career than in the music industry. It's cut-throat and cliquey.

[Big Dog]

Yes, that describes my family's tastes too. We have drummers, violinists, singers, piano and guitar players amongst us and I was trained in piano myself. If I had to pick my favourite style, I'd go with acoustic guitar. Alex Lloyd and the like in the singer/songwriter category always was my default go to. I just finished watching the Pride Opening Concert and all the flashing lights and electronics made me feel rather ill as I have sensory issues these days. Was relieved when Kylie came on so I could then enjoy that and turn it off.

The most powerful musicians are those who keep it simple.

This is a much underrated album track of Alex's, Speeding Cars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FihfqiZUwI0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FihfqiZUwI0

Do yourself a huge favour and go see Tommy Emmanuel perform live if you haven't already. He would be in the top 10 guitar players of all time. Of course the other 9 haven't yet been born.

I've seen him several times and have been blown away each time. He's a great entertainer too.

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Do yourself a huge favour and go see Tommy Emmanuel perform live if you haven't already. He would be in the top 10 guitar players of all time. Of course the other 9 haven't yet been born.

I've seen him several times and have been blown away each time. He's a great entertainer too.

My uncle is well into his 70's and still performs live. Tommy is one of his personal favourites.

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This wonderful Renee Geyer song has come up twice in less than a week on my shuffle: Do You Know What I Mean?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdevXp-6HcI

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A song for the ages...The Don is playing this one right now. I Will Not Go Quietly..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19EY...08CBc2&index=8