Love the eclectic mix of things here, Steve--have only gotten through part of it. I'm not familiar enough with Porcupine Tree to call myself a fan, but love some of their (his) stuff, and I also like the backstory, which is pretty amusing. Did not know about Wilson's stuff under his own name--that's a gorgeous piece, and yes, the dancers…
Love the eclectic mix of things here, Steve--have only gotten through part of it. I'm not familiar enough with Porcupine Tree to call myself a fan, but love some of their (his) stuff, and I also like the backstory, which is pretty amusing. Did not know about Wilson's stuff under his own name--that's a gorgeous piece, and yes, the dancers are great. In both the music and the dance, I got influences of Dubstep, but cranked up a notch and more emotive.
My brother sends me a lot of clips of young musicians making loop tracks at home--there is a huge amount of talent out there. The question is how they will be able to support themselves doing this--I think the jury is out on the evolving music economy. Elise is talented, for sure!
Played the McHenry interview--that's interesting, but I'm skeptical of the "music as sign of identity" part. For me it certainly wasn't--I loved my parents' music and shared my music with them--my mom was much more open than my dad. I was too much of a social outlier for it even to occur to me that music taste was tribal. I just kept trying to get my Manilow-loving friends to check out Deep Purple, and got no-fucking-where with THAT. But I do fit his demographic of the older male voraciously seeking out new music--to the point where it's getting in the way of other responsibilities!
Thanks, Charles! Glad you enjoyed checking out the myriad of bits and bobs! Steven Wilson has not only created a ton of challenging/evocative/expansive music but has remixed tons of great albums, bringing out even more layers to the music. It has tempted me to get a 5:1 stereo system but I do try to live by the credo I mentioned-- live simply to simply live --or some nonsense like that.🤓
Love the eclectic mix of things here, Steve--have only gotten through part of it. I'm not familiar enough with Porcupine Tree to call myself a fan, but love some of their (his) stuff, and I also like the backstory, which is pretty amusing. Did not know about Wilson's stuff under his own name--that's a gorgeous piece, and yes, the dancers are great. In both the music and the dance, I got influences of Dubstep, but cranked up a notch and more emotive.
My brother sends me a lot of clips of young musicians making loop tracks at home--there is a huge amount of talent out there. The question is how they will be able to support themselves doing this--I think the jury is out on the evolving music economy. Elise is talented, for sure!
Played the McHenry interview--that's interesting, but I'm skeptical of the "music as sign of identity" part. For me it certainly wasn't--I loved my parents' music and shared my music with them--my mom was much more open than my dad. I was too much of a social outlier for it even to occur to me that music taste was tribal. I just kept trying to get my Manilow-loving friends to check out Deep Purple, and got no-fucking-where with THAT. But I do fit his demographic of the older male voraciously seeking out new music--to the point where it's getting in the way of other responsibilities!
Great article.
Thanks, Charles! Glad you enjoyed checking out the myriad of bits and bobs! Steven Wilson has not only created a ton of challenging/evocative/expansive music but has remixed tons of great albums, bringing out even more layers to the music. It has tempted me to get a 5:1 stereo system but I do try to live by the credo I mentioned-- live simply to simply live --or some nonsense like that.🤓