With the late unfortunate events, my interest was attracted by an artist that i always intended to observe but never did.
The funny thing is that even before starting listening his works, i already had a favourite song of him. The song "Heroes", was the main track of the movie "The Perks of Being a Wallflower". However i never did search for the track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgcc5V9Hu3g
David Bowie as a true inspiration. Over the years he steps into the shoes of different characters made by himself really ably and gives life to them. My personal favourite is the " The Thin White Duke".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kszLwBaC4Sw
His last song "Blackstar" is really good in my opinion. The experience he earned throughout the years say their word. The song is rich in musical themes and is rich in musical instruments as well. The track lyrics are about the last days and eventually death of the famous people. In the song the death is described as a lonely one.
In the villa of Ormen, in the villa of Ormen
Stands a solitary candle, ah-ah, ah-ah
In the centre of it all, in the centre of it all
Your eyes
Something happened on the day he died
Spirit rose a metre and stepped aside
Somebody else took his place, and bravely cried
(I’m a blackstar, I’m a blackstar)
I connect the blackstar to the astrological black dwarf. The black dwarves are a dead stars. And when one celebrity turns into a blackstar somebody else is taking their place.
It could be seen that Bowie stepped into the shoes of a new character. His eyes are covered and there are tiny black points on their place. He is dressed as an elderly man.
Bowie is definitely an insparation for a future artists.
Thursday, 14 January 2016
Friday, 8 January 2016
Improving My skills
Improving My skills
I aim to improve my skills on my main instrument that is
guitar. But as well I want to start practicing a piano, vocals and drums.
I have a lot more to learn on the guitar. Soloing techniques
mainly. There is a lot of way that I must go and a lot of practicing to give to
become able to perform with confidence.
I have started putting a lot of effort, time and energy in drumming
as well. With every day practicing for two weeks I’ve managed to play almost
flawlessly Orion by Metallica.
I have started visiting a vocal lessons as well. Some
positive feedback received there but I must practice a lot in matter to gain a
good amount of confidence to represent what I can offer. The same goes for the
piano as well.
Pro Tools
We’ve started using a program called Pro Tools to record Our
own pieces. I have only been ever used Audacity to record some covers, so I was
a something new and definitely helpful.
For first time I was encouraged to create my own piece. I
had some ideas using electric guitar but Pro tools was unable to be connected
with some kind of amp and I have searched for add-ons or plugins but there was
nothing. So I realized that I could connect the microphone and record the
incoming sound from the distorted guitar with it. It worked in some way but I
will work more about this topic in
future to solve this problem.
https://soundcloud.com/constantine-crusader/chapter-three_dist
Varieties
“ I asked Jim what all these types of music had in common.
His answer was that this was the wrong question. Jim said that the right
question to ask, In trying to understand music’s universality, is not what all
musics have in common but how they differ”(Levitin,D) – The world in six songs.
We explored a variety of different cultures and how they use
their drumming instruments. I was
stunned by the facts that a few women who were standing still in a water
started clapping their hands against the liquid and created sounds that really
could be named “music”. It was really interesting to watch such thing. We All
started suggesting different theories what were the women celebrating or maybe
they were just having fun. I was amazed that this is some kind of ritual
mimicking washing clothes.
Another great example are the African celebrations and how
Africans use only rhythm and drums to create music. I never knew that they use
only one word for both dancing and music. It was amazing to hear that with
drums only you could actually create a melody as well.
Could be heard that some drums have lower notes than others
and this creates really nice sounds gathered together.
Most of all the Japanese taiko war drums were so magnificent
and implanting a courage and a war spirit.
Something quite more modern is the Top Secret Drum Corps.
Those guys are astonishing. Seeing a rhythm and choreography at such level is
amazing. It is hard to combine those elements with such precision. I stick to
the point that combined different drums , they could create something far more
than just a rhythm, there is a certain melody inside every drum.
These videos and especially Levitin’s quote changed my way
of looking at music. These all pieces are common by the way that they are
performed by drumming only but they differ as well. Each culture differs in the
way that they create music as well. “ The right question is how music differs”
How i see myself as a musician.
Purvi post
Creating music is not easy.
Since I was a child I was doing music in one way or another.
My parents always inspired me by showing me a great musicians as Elvis Presley,
John Lennon, Fredy Mercury and many more famous and awesome bands like
Metallica, White Snake etc. I guess my first inspiration began at this early
point when I had touch with this bands for a first time.
When I grown up I have began doing music on stage more and
more and when I was a high school student I said to my parents that I want to
study music abroad and to become a musician.
One of my Idols – Dave Grohl – The current lead member of
the band Foo Fighters says “ That’s one of the greatest things about music. You
can sing a song to 85,000 people and they’ll sing it back for a 85,000
different reasons. “ I can definitely relate to that statement because in
different stages of my life with different points of view I could relate differently to one and the
same song. I guess with a different life story each person can relate to a song
in his unique way.
My Biggest inspiration is The band Metallica. I literally
stare at them and imagine myself on the stage playing music created by
myself. I always wanted to travel around
the world, this have always been my greatest desire. I could say that I see myself as a performer
along with a band touring around the world, traveling and connecting with
different kind of people.
My Goals are to take as much as possible as knowledge and
experience from the university by the time I am student and develop myself as a
promising and capable performer and musician. My primary plan is, During the
time of my studying or after my graduation to meet people with same ideas and
interests as mine and start performing on stage as much as possible like I used
to in my years back in Bulgaria.
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