tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526704657739088406.post2894779045199614774..comments2024-02-01T12:37:55.180+00:00Comments on Mostly music: Monk, Martial and MelodyRonan Guilfoylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668316692753726447noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526704657739088406.post-50652431691495636612011-04-18T20:39:04.485+01:002011-04-18T20:39:04.485+01:00One of the great scientific mysteries-how so many ...One of the great scientific mysteries-how so many parameters can be actualized on a "percussion instrument" and make it possible for us to identify pianists by their touch. With Monk, one note and we know who it is.Steve Provizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09757505876939504133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526704657739088406.post-88087531467698033012011-04-17T22:01:12.247+01:002011-04-17T22:01:12.247+01:00To protect his ears? From a piano trio? Hmmmmmmmmm...To protect his ears? From a piano trio? Hmmmmmmmmm...... not sure about that. It's possible that the famously egotistical Vitous just wanted even more of himself than could be provided by the amp!<br /><br />Thanks MattRonan Guilfoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02668316692753726447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526704657739088406.post-70826537670224874922011-04-17T19:33:41.048+01:002011-04-17T19:33:41.048+01:00I really enjoyed this piece Ronan. Thanks!
my gue...I really enjoyed this piece Ronan. Thanks!<br /><br />my guess as to why vitous is wearing headphones is to protect his ears.matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08829817330252270877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526704657739088406.post-22020723567855942082011-04-17T10:24:44.277+01:002011-04-17T10:24:44.277+01:00A nice post and fun to read. I must say I always w...A nice post and fun to read. I must say I always wonder why people get so hot under the collar about this type of thing, after all it's just the way it is/was. If you start drawing up a list of misunderstood musicians/composers etc then you can imagine what's going to happen. Beethoven's string quartets caused some raised eyebrows at the time (and I read somewhere that his piano playing was rather 'rude' also), Eric Satie was a naive fool, Charlie Parker played Chinese music (according to Louis Armstrong - and he was no fool), and the list goes on. <br /><br />Maybe an important lesson to learn is ... who are <i>you</i> dismissing as <i>not interesting, can't play</i> type of attitude. And of course there's the opposite side of the coin, who's getting all the credit and maybe shouldn't be.joeshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15282590943897598903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526704657739088406.post-24112214989270344522011-04-15T16:47:08.008+01:002011-04-15T16:47:08.008+01:00Couldn`t agree more... It REALLY annoys me when so...Couldn`t agree more... It REALLY annoys me when someone deliberately attempts to sound like Monk. As it`s been said before, "Being original doesn`t mean not to imitate someone else. It means no one can imitate you". Monk`s inner sense of rhythm and melody was truly unique, but it seems that most of our society, musicians included, has a hard time assimilating unconventional figures like him.Carlos Ezequielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08026805212796483556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526704657739088406.post-76042767616172146822011-04-15T15:06:12.116+01:002011-04-15T15:06:12.116+01:00Monk's musical eccentricities aside (since it ...Monk's musical eccentricities aside (since it is usually those characteristic note "clusters" or "wrong" notes, notes that he plays despite the given harmony, that usually cause people to dismiss him) it's impossible to overlook how he played enourmously complex rhythmic ideas while always maintaining his characteristic, and pantentedly swining, eighth-note feel. I dare any dissenter of Monk to transcribe and learn a head like "Rhythm a ning" or "Four in One" and not be in awe of his time feel.Josh Ragerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14145305239438030807noreply@blogger.com