tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769612036521946782023-11-30T23:33:50.939-08:00The Classical Connection Blog: Where Progressive Rock and Classical Music MeetThe Classical Connection is a cross genre musical celebration, exploring the many relationships between progressive rock and classical music. This blog serves as an interactive counterpart to the main site, providing me a more fluid medium for sharing my musical discoveries with fans of the show. I hope you enjoy!Paul Erdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12769380127417299421noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176961203652194678.post-9313405835509454172013-08-23T13:16:00.003-07:002013-08-23T13:16:32.801-07:00New Magenta Album Coming Sept 2; New Video<a href="http://www.magenta-web.com/" target="_blank">Magenta</a> are back with their 6th album, and the first video cut from it sounds great! From the sound of this track and most of their previous album it seems they've recovered from their encounter with the dark side (their 4th album Metamorphosis), although this album, entitled "The 27 Club," does seem to have a bit of a mystical death theme to it: it loosely deals with how many well-known musicians have died at the age of 27. This single is edited from a 12-minute epic found on the album. It's got the same great orchestral keyboard textures and writing that we've come to expect from Magenta, and of course Christina Booth's great voice and Chris Fry's distinctive guitar.<br />
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The video below shows some footage of the band in the studio recording and mixing the album. Fortunately for us Americans they don't talk a whole lot; we just get to see and hear them making some amazing music.<br />
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*For those not familiar with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeuhl" target="_blank">Zeuhl</a> music, it is a sub-genre of bands inspired by the style of the band Magma and the compositions of that band's leader, Christian Vander. The music tends to be influenced by jazz, rock (mostly in the energy and instrumentation, less stylistically), and 20th-century composition techniques, and often features choral or operatic vocal parts. I will be writing quite a few Zeuhl posts in the future, as it has become one of my favorite genres.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176961203652194678.post-49332947446332109102013-05-14T21:38:00.002-07:002013-05-30T23:12:23.060-07:00New Niacin Album "Krush"John Novello, Dennis Chambers, Billy Sheehan. Amazing jazz/rock fusion band that set out to feature the sounds of the Hammond B3 (hence the name Niacin - B3 Vitamin). This is their 6th studio album, all of which are amazing. Sure, it might not be all that classical, but I have to depart once in a while, especially when it's Jazz.<br />
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Yes, that's right. It's jazz fusion. And it's very good. This is what Trevor playing a guitar with no pop influences with a bit of jazz thrown in can sound like, and I must say I love it! I'm not a big fan of his 80s pop tunes, but I really liked parts of <i>Talk</i>—especially "Endless Dream." When I found out he had done a new solo album I must say I was a bit skeptical, but I was also a bit excited; after all, his film scores have been sounding pretty exciting. And then I heard reviews that said the new album leaned toward jazz fusion, and I was even more intrigued.
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It definitely doesn't disappoint (well, it might if you're looking for "Owner"—no repetitive pop riffs here!). The CD is a nice ecclectic mix of jazz and rock guitar playing, along with one track, "Rescue," featuring very nice female vocalizations and orchestrations remixed from one of his soundtracks, and a very nice piano solo as well (yes, you heard me right—a very well played, nicely composed 4 minute piano piece!) that leans more toward classical. I've really enjoyed this CD!
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After listening it again today I went and found a nice video Trevor has made for one of the tracks. Check it out:
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Also, Trevor was recently featured on "The Score," A weekly radio show from Portland Radio station AllClassical.org exploring film music. It's an hour-long show featuring interview snippets, segments of his movie scores, and the <i>Jacaranda</i> track "Rescue" almost in its entirety. AllClassical.org doesn't have the show archived on their site, but you can find it on google; here is one radio station that has it as of the writing of this post: <a href="http://www.prx.org/p/81022#.URwbx9QNEyo.blogger">A Conversation with Trevor Rabin 12-27</a>.
Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176961203652194678.post-91740862482964786572013-02-15T08:00:00.000-08:002013-05-14T21:34:26.590-07:00Kotebel - Concerto for Piano and Electric EnsembleI recently learned of this very talented Spanish band with strong modern classical influences. I'll just let this amazing feature video containing excerpts from the recording of their newest album speak for itself (The DVD comes with the full version of this DVD, which is the studio recording of the full Concerto).<br />
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The Swedish band Anglagard made a big impact in the prog rock world with their debut album <i>Hybris</i> in 1992, and its followup <i>Epilog</i> in 1994. Both albums contain mostly instrumental, dense music heavily influenced by compositional techniques typically found in classical music, and feature woodwinds in addition to rock instrumentation. Unfortunately, apart from a live album released a few years later, the band went silent.<br />
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In 2012 Anglagard released their long awaited third studio album. Entitled <i>Viljans Oga</i>, It contains 4 lengthy, beautifully composed tracks and is a worthy successor to their earlier albums.<br />
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Two YouTube videos released by the band so far: a full 8-minute song, and a compilation. Enjoy!
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This performance features a 6-pience band, but thanks to modern electronic keyboards they're able to recreate many of the lush orchestrations of the original works. <br /><br />Official video trailer:<br /><br /><iframe width="399" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zHRvohYloEo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176961203652194678.post-61297874780343093222011-11-11T08:33:00.000-08:002011-11-12T12:22:55.189-08:00Echolyn Recording Sessions Continue: Bringing In the Strings!<a href="http://www.echolyn.com/" target="_blank">Echolyn</a> continues work on their new studio album. They recently posted short video clips featuring Chris Buzby leading a string quartet through a recording session (Chris is the keyboardist; he is also a career music teacher and does many of the arrangements for the band). This is a good sign, as usually recording the session musicians is done toward the final stages of the recording process! I'm looking forward to hearing this album.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLC71A3C3138132581&hl=en_US" width="400"></iframe><br /><br />For many years Echolyn has been one of my favorite new progressive rock bands. They mix jazz, rock, and classical composition techniques in a perfect blend for my ears. I most highly recommend these three albums [links go to band's album pages where you can hear full songs! (except Mei)]:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.echolyn.com/discography.asp?iAlbumID=12" target="_blank">As the World</a>: In 1995 Echolyn actually got signed by Sony music and recorded this album while under contract. The deal went sour, as Sony decided they didn't know what to do with the band. Incredibly complex, jazzy, polyharmonic and polyrhythmic, with occasional string and woodwind sections. A perfect introduction, and a musical highlight. In 2005 the band was finally able to reissue the album themselves.<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1564028236"><br /></a><br /><a href="http://www.echolyn.com/discography.asp?iAlbumID=6" target="_blank">Cowboy Poems Free</a> (2000): After the debacle with Sony, the band managed to continue with this self-released title. A stripped-down sound (although reasonably complex in a mature way) with a unique concept. This album is a genre unto itself: Americana Prog, offering historic vignettes interspersed with musical "poems." The album has recently been <a href="http://www.echolyn.com/discography.asp?iAlbumID=43" target="_blank">remastered and reissued</a> with a marvelous new album cover.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.echolyn.com/discography.asp?iAlbumID=7" target="_blank">Mei</a> (2002): their next album featured a single 50-minute track scored for band plus string quartet and woodwinds. A bit heavier and darker than earlier albums, it depicts a drive through the country side...or it depicts passing through the trials of life...or a trial of faith. You decide.<br /><br />Their most recent album, The End is Beautiful (2005), was unfortunately too dark and discouraging for me to be able to appreciate fully. Please note that my sensitivity meter is quite mild; this isn't death metal! Or even close to it. Musically it is excelent as always, hard hitting, jazzy, with a horn section added to several tracks. But I am easily affected by the music I listen to, and I get depressed if I listen to moody music, so there are many very talented bands (or specific albums by certain bands) that I don't listen to very often because of their subject matter.<br /><br />I'm sure a lot has changed in the 6 years that have passed since the release of their last album. I had the privilege of meeting several of the band members at NEARfest several years ago (although they were not performing that year). They explained that the album had been an important step for them as a group in moving through life, and that writing and recording it had been cathartic. So I'm hoping that Echolyn has moved on from that stage of their development and that their newest album will not be quite as dark, thematically, as its immediate predecessor.<br /><br />And to not end this post on a down note, I'll post a video from Echolyn's early years that I just found this week. It's a rough live recording of my favorite early Echolyn track:<i> The</i> <i>Meaning and the Moment</i>. Feel free to skip through the first 2 minutes of onstage banter and detuned noodling; the proper song begins right at 2:07.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="271" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_zlaZ753O7E" width="400"></iframe><br /><br /><i>See my <a href="http://classicalprog.blogspot.com/2010/05/echolyn.html">previous post about Echolyn</a> with additional video footage.</i>Paul Erdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12769380127417299421noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176961203652194678.post-35971163424630326152011-11-07T22:18:00.000-08:002011-11-08T07:27:38.865-08:00Classical Guitarist Peter Fletcher—Coming Soon to a Library Near You!<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PL086BAC09E84C9A25&hl=en_US" width="400"></iframe><br />
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I just returned home from a wonderful free concert at my local public library, of all places, offered by classical guitarist <a href="http://www.peterfletcher.com/" target="blank">Peter Fletcher</a>. I first learned of the concert a month ago when I saw a sign posted in the library foyer and decided I definitely wanted to go, but I also looked him up on the Internet. I was surprised that he was not a local musician, as I had first supposed. From his <a href="http://www.peterfletcher.com/" target="blank">website</a>:<br />
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<blockquote>PETER FLETCHER began guitar study at the age of seven under classical guitar instructor, John Sutherland. In 1980 classical guitarist Jose Tomas, Andres Segovia's teaching assistant in Spain, held a week long master class in Atlanta, GA. Peter Fletcher was the youngest student to perform in the class, playing music by Bach and Carcassi.<br />
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In December, 1983, he made his formal debut at the age of fifteen under the auspices of The Brasstown Concert Association in North Carolina. Wrote the critic of The Cherokee Scout, “He has technical facility but what one remembers about his playing is the nuances, the poetical phrasing, dynamic and tonal changes, his harmonics, his cadences.”<br />
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Fletcher furthered his studies in Master Classes with David Leisner, David Russell, Oscar Ghiglia and Pepe Romero. As a performer in the Christopher Parkening Master Class he was chosen to play in the student recital two consecutive years and, in 1988, the class was broadcast on National Public Radio (NPR). In 1990, the Music Teacher’s National Association (MTNA) awarded Fletcher a prize at its National Level Competition, performing Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco’s Concerto in D. In 1995, he received the Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music under Nicholas Goluses, and was twice the recipient of an Eastman Graduate Award.<br />
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In demand as a performer in cultural venues throughout the country, Mr. Fletcher has been invited to give recitals at...[impressively long list of well known venues including Carnegie Hall].<br />
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I was amazed. Here was a world class musician coming to play a free concert in our local library. It didn't add up. I did a search for his name on the Internet and found something impressive: Peter Fletcher performs similar library concerts all around the country. What a nice thing to do. He certainly doesn't have to do this. Perhaps it's a unique way to see the country, or perhaps it helps him stay in shape in between his bigger concerts. Sure, he sells a few CDs at each gig, but that probably barely covers his travel and hotel expenses. I do certainly appreciate his generosity. Of course now I wanted to attend the concert even more.<br />
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As for the concert itself, it was wonderful. My favorite parts were an arrangement of the "Solveig's Song" from Edvard <i>Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite</i>, as well as Fletcher's own arrangements of two movements of another Grieg work (I remembered which right up until I sat down to write this), and two pieces from Ravel's <i>Mother Goose Suite</i> ("Pavane of Sleeping Beauty" and "Empress of the Pagodas"). Unfortunately he hasn't yet recorded any of these favorites of mine, although the Grieg will be on his upcoming recording and I found a video of the Ravel "Pavane." He claims the other Ravel piece is too difficult to record, but it sure sounded great tonight! It certainly did seem technically challenging and unique, with a pentatonic sound to it and some unique guitar techniques employed to evoke oriental tones. I would love to hear it again.<br />
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After the show I went up with my parents (who attended the concert with me, along with one of my daughters) to buy some CDs, and he graciously thanked us for attending his concert. Imagine, him thanking US for attending. <br />
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I was surprised at the modest turnout. Perhaps people don't look at signs like I do; perhaps people don't take the time to look up visiting musicians on the Internet like I do. We showed up an hour early, because we were worried that the library isn't very big and here was a world-class musician coming to town for a free concert! But there was plenty of seating right up until 5 minutes before showtime, and there were only about 50 seats.<br />
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So look up his website, and check out your local library listings. He might be coming to a library near you! And you'll get a chance to hear a great guitarist in a comfortable, intimate setting for free. If not, you can at least watch some of his videos here, and more on his website, and even try out his CDs.Paul Erdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12769380127417299421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176961203652194678.post-5637394120728641932011-10-13T08:30:00.000-07:002011-10-13T08:36:28.318-07:00Cello Party! de Falla & Villa Lobos arr. for Lots of CellosI was looking at a a friend's facebook page and watching some of the YouTube videos he'd posted when a recommendation popped up for a wonderful arrangement of de Falla's Ritual Fire Dance performed by a group of about a dozen cellists with one soloist, Luca Sulic. I then found a very nice performance of a Villa Lobos piece from the same performance, but this time with no soloist.<br />
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The recordings were filmed in a beautiful, small hall at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival in 2005. You can hear enough of the reverb in the recording to know that it must have been incredible to witness those 12 cellos in that room. The building is just singing with the overtones of those cellos! While it might sound a bit muddy when recorded, it must have been amazing in person.<br />
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In recent years John has begun playing a custom-made, vertically-held flute. Although I was unable to find a published explanation for this, I would expect it is for medical or comfort reasons.<br />
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Steve and John have both released numerous classically oriented recordings in recent years, both together and separately. Rather than attempting a complete list, I highly recommend the following:<br />
<ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sketches-Satie-Erik/dp/B00006J3TS/" target="_blank">Sketches of Satie</a>: The popular piano works of the French composer arranged by the brothers for classical guitar and flute.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Midsummer-Nights-Dream-Steve-Hackett/dp/B000002SML" target="_blank">A Mid Summer's Night Dream</a>, by Steve Hacket, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. </li>
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</ul><div>Portions of all three of these albums can be heard in two different episodes of the <a href="http://www.classicalprog.com/" target="_blank">Classical Connection radio show</a>: Episode #3: Classical Genesis, and Episode #12, a special featuring Steve Hackett. I had the opportunity to interview Steve via email for the episode concerning his favorite classical music, his new album at the time, Wild Orchids, which features mostly orchestral tracks mixed with rock instrumentation, and other related topics. Both hour-long episodes are available for listening at the show's website.<br />
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And I'm looking forward to John's new album, to be released on October 24th: <a href="http://www.hacktrax.co.uk/shop/moonspinner.htm" target="_blank">Moonspinner</a>, featuring music for classical guitar and flute. Watch his promotional video below:</div><br />
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And that's not all! In 2008 John released his "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Boom-Tingling-Strings-Jon-Lord/dp/B0013D8K8M/ref=sr_1_11?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1317097871&sr=1-11" target="_blank">Boom of the Tinglings Strings</a>" piano concerto, and in 2010 the album "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Notice-Such-Things-Lord/dp/B0036DDA5K/ref=pd_bxgy_m_img_b" target="_blank">To Notice Such Things</a>." That's three great CDs of symphonic music released in the last few years, all composed by John Lord. Not bad for the keyboardist formerly of Deep Purple. Looks like I have a lot of listening to do.<br />
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His website states that his current projects have been delayed due to his struggle with cancer. Best wishes, John! Hope to hear more soon.Paul Erdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12769380127417299421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176961203652194678.post-70061621121994158222011-09-14T20:52:00.000-07:002011-11-08T08:07:44.879-08:00Symphonic Theater of Dreams<i>UPDATE 11/8/11—in response to Mike Mierzejewski's comment, I'm posting a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stodproject" target="_blank">link to the Symphonic Theater of Dreams Facebook page</a>! Thanks Mike for the comment. I'm looking forward to hearing more from you and the rest of the musicians involved with SToD.</i><br />
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As Dream Theater releases their new album, I'm happy to learn of another new release, as well as a musical project that I was previously unaware of: the <a href="http://www.stod-project.com/" target="_blank">Symphonic Theater of Dreams</a>. It is an orchestral project put together by some classically trained Polish prog rock fans. They released a 9/11 tribute of their arrangement of the Dream Theater song "Sacrificed Sons." It's an exciting 9-minute arrangement that seems very nicely done! I'm looking forward to hearing more from this relatively new project.<br />
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The arranger is Michael Mierzejewski. Here is a video of one of his original compositions for String Orchestra. Titled "Schizophrenia," it aptly juxtaposes a fast rhythmic theme with a quiet melody in a rather disjointed way—perfectly suiting the title.<br />
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And of course you can learn more about the new Dream Theater album at the <a href="http://www.dreamtheater.net/" target="_blank">official DT site</a>.Paul Erdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12769380127417299421noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176961203652194678.post-42225888259461434212011-07-22T13:14:00.000-07:002011-07-22T13:14:03.948-07:00Yes Fly From Here Review: It Soars!I've had my CD for a week now and after listening to it many times (and having a spare moment in my work schedule) I'm prepared to write a review. It's good! I've enjoyed listening to the entire album clear through many times in the past week, which is more than can be said for Magnification (always wanted to skip one song), The Ladder (always wanted to skip a couple songs), or Open Your Eyes (always wanted to skip more than half of the songs!) So compared with the rest of the band's relatively recent catalog, it fares quite well.<br />
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It's got some very poppy moments, which we've come to expect from Yes in recent years. Fortunately they're mixed in with some quite interesting proggy bits and some nice dense instrumentation.<br />
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This album and recent events in the band's history have a lot of fans stirred up, but really—it's nothing we haven't seen before. After all, this is Yes! Line-up changes and behind-the-scenes drama are what it's all about. I became a fan of Yes at the time of Union (I was 18 at the time) so I got my fill of the whole YesWest/AWBH mess. I finally decided that I didn't care who played on what; I just liked music that didn't bore me by being overly repetitive or predictable. I'm happy to say that there is at least one song on EVERY Yes album that I really like.<br />
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So Jon got sick and the band found someone else to sing. Trevor Horn came along with some 30-year-old post-Drama and Buggles material that he wanted to get recorded and brought Geoff Downes along with him. Deal with it. Musically, it's a good album.<br />
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Face it, these guys are OLD. This could be one of our last chances to hear some of our favorite musicians in the studio. Rather than moaning and groaning about "what should have been" (according to our own warped perceptions) we should be celebrating how wonderful it is that we've got an exceptional talent like Trevor Horn producing some incredibly talented Yesmen once again to create some beautiful music. And don't forget the marvelous artwork by Roger Dean.<br />
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Yes have posted a film-style video for one of the more pop-oriented moments from their new CD on Youtube. It's interesting to watch. To my knowledge, producer and ex-Yes man Trevor Horn is the only person associated with the band to make an appearance in the video; he's the guy with the cigar. The band does not appear; the music is used as the soundtrack for this mini-film.<br />
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Here's the video!<br />
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In other news, Rick Wakeman, Trevor Rabin, and Jon Anderson are reportedly working together on a new project. There was even a rumor that Bill Bruford had been invited to join. This will be interesting, I wonder what they'll call themselves; ABW...R? I am excited to hear what they come up with.Paul Erdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12769380127417299421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176961203652194678.post-45754000056326659892011-07-02T07:50:00.000-07:002011-07-15T08:39:53.030-07:00National Anthem by Enchant's Ted LeonardHappy Independence Day in the USA! Ted Leonard of the band Enchant performed a wonderful, straight-forward rendition of our national anthem at a ball game a few years ago. One of the better performances of the song that I've heard. Have a listen and enjoy your 4th.<br />
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And so you can see him in his band context, here is an Enchant live performance video.<br />
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<a href="http://www.aaronmeyer.com" target="_blank">Aaron Meyer</a> is a talented musician with great stage presence, and he's put together a great band. His website has several videos, and YouTube has quite a few more. I'm really looking forward to the concert this summer!<br />
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First video I'll share is a promo clip from a video CD he released recently that features the band playing along with their studio recording--so you can hear some overdubbed parts that aren't actually being played, and there is no audience, but the camera work is really good:<br />
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Then a couple clips from an older live concert, where the sound and camera isn't as clean but it's a genuine live performance with audience:<br />
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New Yes album will be released in less than a month. It's available for pre-order now, with official release date of July 12. The band has released some clips, and some of them sound quite promising! This is the second album in the band's history to not feature Jon Anderson as the lead singer. Benoit David has a great voice in comparable range and in some parts sounds quite a bit like Jon. The music reminds me a lot of the Drama album, which I guess is no accident seeing as Trevor Horn is at the helm again in the producer's seat. Fellow ex-Buggle/YesMan Jeff Downes joined the line-up in time for this summer's tour, but to my knowledge he doesn't appear on the album; in the studio keys were handled by Oliver Wakeman (yes, Rick's son).<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">And they've released the <b><i>first single! </i></b>Yes, an actual single relased by the band. Imagine that. Pretty cool. Here's an exclusive stream from <b>Rolling Stone</b>:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www1.rollingstone.com/hearitnow/player/yes.html" target="_blank">Click here to listen to Yes' "We Can Fly"</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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***UPDATE: I just found the track listing and credits for the new album on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_from_Here" target="_blank">wikipedia</a>, and it looks like Trevor Horn and Jeff Downes in fact did participate quite a bit on this album, with writing credits for a good portion of the music. Sounds like Drama, indeed!Paul Erdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12769380127417299421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176961203652194678.post-22930899295849200942011-06-02T01:23:00.000-07:002011-06-02T14:31:29.094-07:00Barock Project: Rock in Theater COMPLETE! (almost) 1.5 hour playlist of Live ConcertOK, I know i just wrote a post about these guys a few days ago, but they've uploaded more videos! This time it's footage from their yet-to-be released Live DVD featuring a string quartet! I first heard "Un Altro Mundo" from this concert a couple years ago and it became an immediate favorite. Unfortunately the band has still not released this amazing concert DVD.<br />
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However, they now have most of the music from that performance on YouTube! It features many of their own compositions as well as music by ELP, Bartok(arr.ELP), Corelli(arr. New Trolls) and Aires Tango. I couldn't find a playlist for the concert, so I've arranged the videos into an order that made sense to me. Here is the entire concert, 14 videos, about an hour and a half of great music. <br />
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And yes, I loved watching and listening to it so much that I really did stay up to 1:20AM. I think everybody should get a chance to watch this amazing concert! And now's your chance:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://classicalprog.blogspot.com/search?q=barock+project" style="color: #32527a;">See my other posts concerning Barock Project</a></span>Paul Erdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12769380127417299421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176961203652194678.post-52157528618591315832011-05-31T08:07:00.000-07:002011-06-01T22:05:02.403-07:00Singring and the Glass Guitar! Pure UtopiaI absolutely love this piece by Todd Rundgren's Utopia. A cheesy story. Goofy 70s costumes. What's not to love? Oh, and did I mention amazing musicianship?<br />
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The story is about Singring, the spirit of peace and happiness, being trapped in a glass guitar and locked way, with 4 keys scattered to the ends of the earth, with 4 heroes (the 4 band members) sent out to find them and bring happiness back to the land. The best thing about this piece is each of the band members gets their own section to sing lead (how many bands could do that?) and then play an extended solo portraying their quest to retrieve their key. Then they finally return with their keys, unlock the chest, and smash the glass guitar (apparently in many of their concerts they had a guitar made out of ice that they would literally smash) and free Singring.<br />
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So here it is, an old video from 1977, complete with less than ideal sound quality, synch problems, and video glitches: Singring and the Glass Guitar, spread over 3 YouTube video clips. Sit back and watch the adventure unfold!<br />
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And if that wasn't enough, here is a live recording of my favorite Utopia track. Just listen to those harmonies--and they're playing pretty complex parts at the same time. Pretty amazing. Not the best sound or video quality, so check out the studio recording if you want to hear it a lot cleaner.<br />
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<a href="http://classicalprog.blogspot.com/search?q=barock+project">See my other post concerning Barock Project</a>Paul Erdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12769380127417299421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176961203652194678.post-43614733224178746992011-05-19T23:32:00.000-07:002011-05-19T23:34:05.707-07:00Ethan Winer: A Cello Rondo, Tele Vision -- AMAZINGTime for an old favorite. I originally discovered Ethan Winer a year a go when I was considering doing more episodes for my show. I keep telling myself maybe someday, but it's very time consuming... so for now, on with the blog entries.<br />
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Ethan is a genius. He's a sound engineer by profession. You can see quite a few videos on his YouTube channel where he describes the acoustic properties of rooms and various audio absorbers, diffusers, etc. But then he's also an amazing musician! And he's just and all around nice guy. I had the opportunity to correspond with him via e-mail about show posibilities, and enjoyed it. He also has a fun sense of humor.<br />
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So, put that technical knowledge together with musical talent and a bit of cheesy humor and what do you get?<br />
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A Cello Rondo!<br />
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Ethan composed the music, Played and filmed all 27 cello parts himself, and did all the video compositing. Wow.<br />
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A light-hearted 12-minute instrumental ecclectic prog rock epic. It's got multiple electric guitar, steel and nylon acoustic guitar, country style playing, bass, a classical string ensemble, piano and electric keyboard, men's do-whop choir, harmonica, banjo, and even slide whistles -- ALL PLAYED BY ETHAN. The only thing Ethan doesn't play is the drum kit and a couple of the guitar parts. he says on his site it took him over a year to make it. He goes all out for this one, wearing fun costumes for the various roles. he even has a bit of morse code in there...spelling "Jeff Beck" (no, I didn't figure that out for myself-it's in the youtube comments). <br />
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Pure genius, in a down-to-earth, entertaining way.Paul Erdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12769380127417299421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176961203652194678.post-59514127150134303932011-05-11T20:42:00.000-07:002011-05-19T23:12:23.409-07:00New Favorites 1/3: Circus MaximusI'm not a huge fan of metal, so I'm always excited when a new prog metal band comes along that I really like! And <a href="http://www.circusmaximussite.com" target="_blank">Circus Maximus</a> has done more than just impress me; they've made my #1 spot of new favorite bands. Every track on their two albums is delicious. They're working on their third now. But rather than going on and on about them, I'll let their music speak for them.<br />
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And I just found some great live videos! I've looked before but not found these until today, so I'm very happy to share them with you. First, one of my favorite tracks, "The Prophesy," with extended solos from each band member worked in to the end of it.<br />
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