I was bored today and googled for "funny fugue". Found a bunch of hilarious fugues on silly subjects like Mary Had a Little Lamb, Happy Birthday, etc.. Most of them were amateurish / sophomorish, however, and not really convincing musically. But I
Read more…I recently had a brief discussion with someone who suggested, that music, that takes longer to be listened to than it took to write it (e.g. various pieces by LaMonte Young, Morton Feldman or John Cage - but also, even, Erik Satie) kind of abuses th
I seen there is a "Useless Drivel" thread. Can't seem to post to it. Is there a qualification to post there?
May I post useless drivel here Gav?
Read more…Here's some hill billies making fun of modern music. Biting satire.
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Some found online:
---where's a piano Tuna when you need one?
----now I can write some light piano music!
----Wow! That group of fish must have been a music school!
----That damn AMAZON--that was supposed to have been delivered YESTERDAY!!! :)
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I saw this link posted on another site, thought some might appreciate this.
Read more…A topic of fascination for me isn't so much the composers themselves, but how composers in general lived in various moments in life, as well as the culture that surrounded them. One time period that comes to mind is the classical period and how compo
Read more…Look what I came across today, surfing the web.
Not only a very artisic mind, but clever as well... And it sounds great, too!
Click here to see it... ;)
Read more…Recently someone here made a comment that got me to thinking.
Composers need a break from their tedious labors, to refresh and
clear their heads and stretch their wits. so I thought it might be
fun to try this; A favorite( or not so favorite) joke pa
Read more…Which is a “greater quantity?” (1) The number of “musical events” that have occurred? Or (2) the number of musical events that have not occurred?
The term musical “event” can be defined in the same way that composition software defines it. A mus
Read more…After the President’s shameful speech of September 10, announcing the beginning of a new war, (cynically giving his speech on the eve of the remembrance of September 11), what is a musician to do?
Luckily we already have this song, to get us full
Read more…I would like some answers to that question, please.
Read more…Here is 7:00 radio play about modernist piano composers. I am just beginning my foray into this forum and thought starting with a good laugh would help. Help yourselves. Wesley Lawrence Curry IIhttp://soundcloud.com
Read more…This probably isn't the most appropriate place for this thread given the music in the link isn't of my creation. That said, I'd like to know the chord progressions in this piece, especially those of the vocal lines towards end. So if anyone could ana
Read more…Yes, Now that I own one of these, I can practice my scales ad nauseum, until the presto is as glissando as a wet window and a squeegee.
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