Music ideas
I was thinking we could have the music part of this complement the visual work, though I'm interested in this in a couple ways. One, right now, I'm really interested in making music just recorded, not really ever performed, so taking advantage of the ability to multi-track, so it sounds like 14 guitars or 12 drummers. Lyrics could be worked in at some point, perhaps as a way of verbalizing ideas from the visual work, I would think we would be able to do that both in broad and specific ways. And maybe the goal of making as much as we need, short and long tracks, etc, but coming up with one musical statement, something that could fit on a cd. Perhaps we could think of ways to make it as a product (a case, graphics, etc), or just downloadable from the website- to make it available, but also to be able to make something from it...
I think just discounting the performance aspect would remove the rock star/starfucker/confused artist aspect of working on this too.
Possible touchstones:
Halo Benders, specifically the Calvin/Doug overlapping. Also, that moment in Virginia Reel Around the Fountain when it gets all loud. (how can you be... in your SOLID STATE!)
Yo La Tengo instrumentals
Dirty Three, Mogwai, God Speed You Black Emporer
The Clean mostly the older stuff
Folk Imposion
Velvet Underground Sister Ray, noisier stuff
Half Japanese output, and lyrics
Young Marble Giants for be able to rock in the simplest way possible
posted by Lou @ 7:31 PM
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Another idea, sort of based on the Sonic Youth/White Album thing, is to consider revising failed or flawed classics, or would-be classics, where there was this ambition but the music didn't quite hold up. The music could be radically changed, songs edited, combined, etc, but could be fun as a basis for starting. My nominees would be:
Guns N Roses- Use Your Illusion, 1 and 2
The Clash- London Calling
Radiohead, Amnesiac and Kid A
Elvis Costello- Get Happy!
Frank Black- Teenager of the Year
Obviously I like the FB album, but it certainly didn't catapult him to stardom. The Elvis album is nice- but it's the first one after the 3 albums he made that his WHOLE reputation lies on, and where he begins his 'experimentation' with other music forms, in this case, 60's soul. If you listen to it, there is a residents album lurking in there...
The others seem pretty obvious- the gnr could be good, as there would really be no bounds to what you could do with it, no holds barred as it were.
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