Ventura
Been here for ages!
so many of you love classical music, and play some of it
or even create new classical type music with your quartet
or other friends
honestly as a pop musician, much of that is way above my head,
but i do appreciate it all, and your efforts and fondness for the
genre truly impress me...
but i got to thinking, why do i appreciate it ? and thinking it over
my journey started with Walt Disney and Warner Brothers.. Fantasia..
Cartoons of Bugs being chased around to some iconic classical music..
and having an ear like i did, once the catchy melodies got caught in
my brain, trying to play some of it in private for fun from
time to time.. Then those great Westerns with Arthur Fiedler
putting together from whole classical cloth some rip-roaring
unforgettable 5 or 10 minutes worth of something amazing
while the Hero's got chased across the Sonoran Desert.. again
caught my my ear and flowing out my fingers from time to time
(and not really having a clue if it came from Bach or Beethoven)
and don't forget the unbelievable movie soundtracks like
Lawrence of Arabia which also burned into my brain..
eventually finally trying to listen to a few bargain classical records
i fell into as a teen and not really getting very inspired until
Ravel's Bolero.. then feeling compelled to learn enough of it by ear
to have a go at it..
and eventually someone telling me that the Perry Como song
i was playing on a gig was actually a classical bolero (it's impossible)
and then finding out a lot of other pop riffs were "borrowed" from
people with exotic names like Rachmaninov.. Finally looking into
Strauss and learning some because it fits in a Volksmusic or Euro
set nicely, and then following that to Brahms and Chopin for a listen..
finally having the Moody Blues "days of future past" and the
Who's "Tommy" as inspiration to allow me to no longer be shackled
by the 3 minute song format.. other Hippie era music that is
classical in a Haight-Ashbury kind of way.. In a Gadda da Vita
or even Macarthur's Park and live album cuts of Rock bands
going on and on and on
personal fulfillment with MIDI and a touch sensitive keyboard finally
making "Holiday for Strings" possible to my satisfaction
anyhow i am writing this mostly to say it is amazing how good
those of you who are actually serious about Classical do with it..
well done all around !
or even create new classical type music with your quartet
or other friends
honestly as a pop musician, much of that is way above my head,
but i do appreciate it all, and your efforts and fondness for the
genre truly impress me...
but i got to thinking, why do i appreciate it ? and thinking it over
my journey started with Walt Disney and Warner Brothers.. Fantasia..
Cartoons of Bugs being chased around to some iconic classical music..
and having an ear like i did, once the catchy melodies got caught in
my brain, trying to play some of it in private for fun from
time to time.. Then those great Westerns with Arthur Fiedler
putting together from whole classical cloth some rip-roaring
unforgettable 5 or 10 minutes worth of something amazing
while the Hero's got chased across the Sonoran Desert.. again
caught my my ear and flowing out my fingers from time to time
(and not really having a clue if it came from Bach or Beethoven)
and don't forget the unbelievable movie soundtracks like
Lawrence of Arabia which also burned into my brain..
eventually finally trying to listen to a few bargain classical records
i fell into as a teen and not really getting very inspired until
Ravel's Bolero.. then feeling compelled to learn enough of it by ear
to have a go at it..
and eventually someone telling me that the Perry Como song
i was playing on a gig was actually a classical bolero (it's impossible)
and then finding out a lot of other pop riffs were "borrowed" from
people with exotic names like Rachmaninov.. Finally looking into
Strauss and learning some because it fits in a Volksmusic or Euro
set nicely, and then following that to Brahms and Chopin for a listen..
finally having the Moody Blues "days of future past" and the
Who's "Tommy" as inspiration to allow me to no longer be shackled
by the 3 minute song format.. other Hippie era music that is
classical in a Haight-Ashbury kind of way.. In a Gadda da Vita
or even Macarthur's Park and live album cuts of Rock bands
going on and on and on
personal fulfillment with MIDI and a touch sensitive keyboard finally
making "Holiday for Strings" possible to my satisfaction
anyhow i am writing this mostly to say it is amazing how good
those of you who are actually serious about Classical do with it..
well done all around !
