The Mellotron Group

The Beatles, Hank Williams Sr., Paul Whiteman, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov,  
Oscar Peterson and Led Zeppelin......that's what I'd send to the aliens...and  
maybe tease it with some outsider stuff like Johnny "Bowtie" Barstow and maybe  
"the Mellotron song"
 
fritZ
 
 
In a message dated 3/7/2008 9:24:13 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
rick@rickblechta.com writes:

 
 
 


On Mar 7, 2008, at 9:13 AM, _tronbros@aol.tro_ (mailto:tronbros@aol.com)  
wrote:


It's been a slow train coming but having closely scrutinised a lot of  the 
'prog' I have listened to over the years plus a good cross section  of what is 
currently on offer, I wonder why I ever bothered with most of  it.  Prog
obviously has good music within the genre but to my ears the vast  quantity 
is utterly pointless and disposable.  When you  consider the genius involved in 
writing a symphony in your head for 60+  players with all the counterpoint, 
harmonisation, voicing etc. etc. in  a month and the resulting work being 
playable on first attempt with a few  revisions needed and then you consider the 
simple sub standard amalgam of  styles churned out after months in a studio.  
Well the gulf is obvious  to my mind. 
 
Start fighting....Start figStart f
 
Martin



Martin,


With all due respect, it takes a little longer than a month to write a  
symphony, especially if you're doing it by hand. Try many months to several  years. 
And very few people did the whole thing in their head. It's worked out  bits 
at a time. The only composer I know who could hold a whole piece in his  head 
was Mozart -- and you don't think much of his music! ;)


But you're right: most prog is not particularly good music. Interesting?  
Certainly, at times. Well played? Definitely. But music for the ages? Not much  
of it.

Ludwig van Beethoven

       





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