Continuing the discussion from The Music Thread (Part 1) - #4217 by Nikola.
Previous discussions:
For a music thread, there seems to be precious little love for classical or jazz?
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As someone whoās spent a lot of his life amongst pigeons, I always wanted to know what is the instrument that sounds like a trill on this song.
(I asked on r/jazz a couple years ago and immediately got banned, so who knows how deep this thing goes).
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Probably my favourite jazz record of all time. Linda Sharrock is a madwoman. Sonny tries to keep up for a while until he remembers; āDo not reason with her, for she is lunaticā.
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A couple more contemporary favourites. Yazz Ahmed and Matana Roberts.
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There was a discussion about classical a few months ago. Actually, does anyone know where the Proms concerts can be accessed internationally? I know that I can get the Last night on 3Sat in Germany, but I would like to see the rest of the programme.
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VPN is how I usually do it. I think they used to broadcast some in Europe too, with partner broadcasters on national radio?
Iām currently playing a piece called āSouvenir de Voyageā, for clarinet and string quartet. It was made by the composer of the music in Hitchcockās Vertigo, Bernard Herrmann. Itās wonderful to play. A dreamy, deeply melancholic music, on the borderline of obsessive, but with so many troubling and beautiful momentsā¦ I put in one of the rare recordings of this largely unknown piece, with truly great musicians.
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Continuing the discussion from The Music Thread (Part 1):
I think it is to be expected, we are just harsh critics and never happy 
. For example, I was brought up on Automatic for the People by REM. I brought Monster off the back of it and wasnāt instantly impressed. Now that I am older, I get it, Infact i probably listen to it more often than A4TP. Likewise Bands mature, their sound develops, also they may sign for a label that demands a more commercial sound.
One of my recent favourite bands was Slaves, now called Soft Play. A 2 piece, so raw, great live, signed with Virgin I think and all of a sudden they were more Pop.
I like the Ezra Collective if that helps in anyway 
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Any Talking Heads/David Byrne fans??
If so there is a new band called Formal Speedwear that you may like.
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Many classical pieces last more than 3 minutes which is the attention span of most these days .
I am always amazed how music is consumed. Since āstreamingā many donāt even get to the end of a 2 minute long song.
I donāt listen to āsinglesā far too short. For me if I can not sit through an album the bandās no good.
Just look at the number of plays some popular artists get on streaming apps on an album there will be one, max two, songs that are listened to the rest not at all. When you listen to these albums it often becomes clear why, only 2 songs of the 24 are worth listening to (of course there are exceptions where a whole album is good which are the ones I continue to listen to).
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I quite like this artist. A modern take on classical music.
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Itās 3 minutes long .
More using classical instruments not even an orchestral arrangement.
I listen very occasionally to Classical FM which plays a lot of modern composers. The problem is thereās a lot of stuff that for me isnāt very good so Iāll often soon switch to another radio station.
As with all types of music thereās the stuff you like and the stuff you donāt.
Often itās a case of sifting through genres of music finding what you like on a consistent basis.
I like āsoundsā Iām not at all a music bof Iād describe myself as an audiophile as I love having a hifi system that sounds natural and good to me. Iāll listen to anything if I like it, even Jazz which is the genre that in general I have the biggest problem with (particularly if thereās saxophones).
Many bands have used orchestral arrangements itās even very common in films where often a movement is used. Films have popularised some classical orchestral movements.
Nigel Kennedy made some shorter āmodernā classical extracts to popularise āclassical musicā.
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Loving these guys, have no idea what theyāre singing out but how theyāre singing is awesome, oh and the bassline is infectious too 
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I was hoping you didnāt notice .
Itās the London Symphony Orchestraā¦
I did say it was a modern take for a reason 
, I see it as an interpretation of the sound. It combines heavy strings with a more modern sound. I actually like it and Bjƶrks vocals give it that bit extra.
I do like classical music, but like you for short periods and usually the more famous.
I really do need to educate myself more in this field, even if it is only to allow me to shout something different than āBeethovenā when watching University Challenge.
I would definitely like to use your knowledge in the HiFi setup in the future 
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For some reason I got a Grace Jones vibe. Thanks for introducing them to me.
There is a new band called Silver Wing Killer a bit of a heavier sound but similar Eastern Asia vocals.
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I get where youāre coming from, the lady with the blond hair definitely gives off Grace Jones vibes 
Iāll check out Silver Wing Killer, thanks mate.
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I tried however itās vast, something your need to start very young with an obsession I think.
Different eras have different styles and different composerās master the use of different instruments. For me Beethoven is the best and itās such a shame he went deaf and stopped writing piano based pieces. The greats are that for a reason.
Then thereās the conductor and the musician that will change the āfeelā of a piece I donāt listen to enough to really distinguish these things. Tone deaf as well which doesnāt help .
I think the article is just promotional gumph. Itās interesting however electrical instruments took over from classical ones which have been supplanted by electronic ones however there has always been groups that on certain tracks have reverted to classical instruments, used known orchestras or even used their own classical training.
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