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Published: 2010-01-29 22:17:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 923; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 32
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This is today's plan B painting. I could not get the originally planned one to work out. I probably should be a little more selective in the pieces I post, as this one is a bit marginal, but what the heck... you see I have a new hobby and it's given me an insight into what I'm doing.My new hobby is listening to all the music that I've somehow missed over the last 60 years. It appears to amount to about 10 million tunes... I must make amends. Of course, I can't afford to buy these tunes, which is mostly why they have escaped my notice, but I've discovered lala.com, which in the 'States at least, lets me listen to most of the 8 million tunes they have once without paying anything. (It cost a dime if I want to hear it over (and over) again streamed from the 'cloud'.) While I like lots of different types of music, I've been mainly a mainstream jazz fan, but now I'm branching out and discovering new music... any suggestions are welcome.
Anyways, it is a somewhat sad fact that for the vast majority of tunes I can listen to them once -- even in the background -- and live the rest of my life without ever having to hear them again. I was feeling sorry for these artists when I realized that the same can be said for all art, paintings, writing, music, etc -- a glance, a listen, once read, and you move along. Unless some guy in a suit has figured out a way of making himself some money on your work, most artists reach so small of an audience that we are pretty much talking to ourselves -- out loud....which I, at any rate, find a liberating concept, but that's just me. And that is why I posted this painting: just talking to myself out loud...
18x24" 45x60cm acrylic on hardboard
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I can attach myself to this easily, I love
trains! Nicely done, I see you like music while you paint, do you like classical music?
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Mostly 20th century pieces when I'm in the mood (rather rarely), stuff by the likes of Vaughn Williams, Aaron Copeland, Lou Harrison, Debusy, Satie -- impressionistic pieces mostly. With my new hobby I'll have to see if I can discover some more.
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My favs are in order: Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Debussy, and Mendelssohn, Wagner to a certain extent, but most
of my symphonic loves are film composers like John Williams and the
late Jerry Goldsmith, I've got tons of
their stuff, If not for them i probably wouldn't care for classical music.
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Thank you for featuring one of my pieces!
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You're very welcome ^_^
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Wonderful! I like to listen to music too when I paint. Film music works great. (Randy Newman's film music) Or Pat Metheney. Nothing loud or aggressive. That would influence the mood in my peaceful sceneries.
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I always listed to jazz while painting, improvising is pretty much what I do. Mostly jazz radio -- Jazz with Bob Parlocha to be exact, who's programs I've recorded over the years. They usually play late at night or all night when I'm sleeping, so I have to record those that I'm more or less awake for. Being a syndicated show, they don't have commercials or local promos, so they are quit nice for playing in the background with a fair amount of variety and not a lot of talk, and Bob seems like an old friend anyways after all these years...
Right now I want something new, so I'm mostly listening to alternative rock/pop which can be interesting, though being in the background, I don't follow the tunes all that closely unless they strike me one way or the other. I'll have to give Randy Newman's music a try.
Chuck
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Ooo, I will check out Bob Parlocha. Maybe his show is on the internet. Jazz, Blues and 70ies rock is pretty much my thing, but I like to browse around in today's music too. If you like alternative, try 'Lambchop'.("Damaged" & "Oh-Ohio" are sublime cd's, many clips on You-Tube)) The're not loud, but rather mellow, almost mesmerizing. I love the mood they create. And I like Mark Knopfler's solo albums. All of them are beautifully orchestrated compositions. Very different than his 'Dire Straits' work. Absolutely wonderful melodies and intelligent lyrics.
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Thanks for the suggestions. Listen to Lambchop OH (Ohio) this morning and liked them. Picked several tunes.. will try some more albums.
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I like it - that's almost Turner [link]
And you're totally right about music and art: just to listen and to watch all these music and paintings and films out there would take a lifetime, let alone create your own..
Yet, there's still a different degree of popularity - if many people will take even a single glance at your work, it might be worth it...
So then, if art is talking to oneself, then viewing it would be eavesdropping
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And if everyone paid more attention to existing music and art, there would be less room for new things to be looked at and listened to. So it's a good thing. And it is eavesdropping, but if one didn't want anyone to hear, one need not talk out loud...
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