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The Top 5 and Technological Determinism
In a rare excursion listening to the top 5 of the UK charts this week, I noticed that aside from the Little Mix song ‘Shout Out For My Ex’, all of the other records incorporated the same chord progression throughout … Continue reading
A Synopsis of What I Have Been Up To
Well, I thought I would never get around to writing another blog. A mixture of a broken laptop and ‘life in general’ has resulted in me not writing a post for a couple of months. I intend to change that … Continue reading
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Tagged big scott, ergo phizmiz, Frank Zappa, live music, loops, Music, paul carr, welsh music industry, zappa family trust
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Three Conference Papers in Four Weeks: The Details
Well, it is while since my last post. Over the last 4 weeks I have delivered three papers in three different countries. So – I thought I would give an overview of them here. The first was a paper entitled … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Loop Music, Musicology
Tagged Academic, Ben Challis, brian eno, guitarists, hypermediacy, loops, musicology, paul carr, Robert Fripp, tape, typology
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More Help Needed For Examples of Loops in Music
Ok – here is some more thoughts on the formulation of loops in music. As before, I would very much appreciate any additional examples you can offer me. See my earlier posts for more thoughts. All of the music is … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Loop Music, Musicology
Tagged Academic, catagory, Conference, john adams, loops, michael jackson, mike oldfield, musicology, paul carr, rush, university
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Jay Z – A Great Example of Loops
In order to begin the process of developing a typology of loops for the conference me and Ben Challis are doing in March, I thought a good start would be analysing some of the tracks of Jay Z’s The Black … Continue reading
Frippertronics and Loops
It seems to me that King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp has to be considered one of the pioneers of using loops as a creative compositional tool. Aside from his work with King Crimson, I am interesting in his use of … Continue reading
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Tagged Frippertronics, guitar, King Crimson, loop, loops, paul carr, Soundscapes
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The Use of Loops in Popular Music
I am presenting a paper with a colleague on the creative use of ‘loops’ at a conference at Liege University in early March. To get some creative ideas flowing, I thought it would be useful to blog the development of … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Challis, Conference, Liege University, loops, paul carr, popular music, tecnology
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Jon Eberson – Another Norwegian Gem
After listening to Eivind Aarset, I thought I would dig around and see if I could find any other Norwegian guitarists that are relevant to my research. I have been a fan of Terje Rypdal for many years, but now … Continue reading
Eivind Aarset Trio – 21 Century Guitarist
Just discovered this amazing guitarist – Eivind Aarset – what an xmas present. He seems to encapsulate what a guitarist of the 21st Century can be – using available technology to create a soundscape that is very difficult to comprehend … Continue reading