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Thursday, January 27. 2022

Hearing music


A "classical" composer listens to Pink Floyd. It shows me what informed musicians are able to hear. (h/t American Digest, who has two other performances of Shine On. The song is from 1975.



Posted by Bird Dog in Music at 16:20 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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That fellow took the whole music geek trip and maybe retained most of his brain cells.
People who listen to music
- vs -
People who THEORIZE music
#1 Franknbean on 2022-01-27 17:08 (Reply)
Extremely interesting, I had no idea stoner music was so complex. And, I'm a Pink Floyd fan...
#2 Michael B. (Link) on 2022-01-27 22:48 (Reply)
Wouldn't it be great to go back and listen to great music like this for the first time all over again, but with just a bit more understanding? Like Michael B., I just liked it, didn't really know it had all that structure to it, which of course is the underlying reason it's so good.

Whenever Pink Floyd and/or David Gilmour is mentioned, I can't help but post this link to this absolutely soul-piercing performance: Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb, Pulse concert. The outro guitar solo is, well, I have no words, actually. Just go listen.
#3 RJP on 2022-01-28 01:01 (Reply)
Being able to analyze by ear lets you play anything you hear easily but takes away from enjoyment like you had when you couldn't do it. It takes years to get over analyzing once you've started.
#4 rhhardin on 2022-01-28 09:16 (Reply)
Seems as if some weed helps with that.
#4.1 Bird Dog on 2022-01-28 09:29 (Reply)
He covers my favorite song on the album Wish You Were Here @21:00 on the second part:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrY0-rG1G5k
#5 CapitalistRoader on 2022-01-28 10:47 (Reply)

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