Steve Reich has to be one of my favorite composers that uses rhythm in creative ways. He has a lot of great pieces, my favorite being "Electric counterpoint" and "Music for 18 Musicians"
In one of his pieces "Clapping Music", he demonstrates this by shifting the rhythm of one of the claps sequences by a 16th. Notice the difference in feel each time it shifts. Very fascinating!
Steve Reich is one of the composers whose musical style is known as Minimalist. The first minimalist composer to become very well known was Philip Glass when his music was featured in a movie called Koyaanisqatsi, a film that had no dialogue whatsoever, just breathtaking visual imagery coupled with Glass's incredibly, mezmerizing music.
I totally feel in love with Philip Glass's music after seeing that movie and then sought out music by other minimalist composers. The other most well known American minimalist composers are Steve Reich, John Adams, La Monte Young and Terry Riley.
There is one section of the Koyaanisqati soundtrack, that Philip Glass wrote, that i would probably consider to be the most inspiring and uplifting piece of music that i have ever heard in my entire life! It is a piece of music that consists entirely of vocals without any instruments.
Philip Glass even did an album in which he collaborated with pop songwriters such as Paul Simon, Suzanne Vega and David Byrne, although i will admit i did not like that album as much as his instrumental only albums. Glass also did 2 albums based on themes from 2 David Bowie albums.
It is nice to see, on this forum, occasional departures from the usual pop and country discussions that seem to be the only type of songwriting discussions you will find on most songwriting forums.
Here is a link to the section of Koyaanisqatsi that i mentioned that is vocals only and so uplifting. The vocals only section lasts for about 3 and a half minutes: Koyaanisqatsi Vocals Only Section
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Steve Reich is one of the composers whose musical style is known as Minimalist. The first minimalist composer to become very well known was Philip Glass when his music was featured in a movie called Koyaanisqatsi, a film that had no dialogue whatsoever, just breathtaking visual imagery coupled with Glass's incredibly, mezmerizing music.
I totally feel in love with Philip Glass's music after seeing that movie and then sought out music by other minimalist composers. The other most well known American minimalist composers are Steve Reich, John Adams, La Monte Young and Terry Riley.
There is one section of the Koyaanisqati soundtrack, that Philip Glass wrote, that i would probably consider to be the most inspiring and uplifting piece of music that i have ever heard in my entire life! It is a piece of music that consists entirely of vocals without any instruments.
Philip Glass even did an album in which he collaborated with pop songwriters such as Paul Simon, Suzanne Vega and David Byrne, although i will admit i did not like that album as much as his instrumental only albums. Glass also did 2 albums based on themes from 2 David Bowie albums.
It is nice to see, on this forum, occasional departures from the usual pop and country discussions that seem to be the only type of songwriting discussions you will find on most songwriting forums.
Here is a link to the section of Koyaanisqatsi that i mentioned that is vocals only and so uplifting. The vocals only section lasts for about 3 and a half minutes: Koyaanisqatsi Vocals Only Section
Very inspirational! It is interesting to see what other expressions of music are available. It definitely has impact when the vocals do come in. Thank you for sharing that with us!
I enjoyed the interesting creation of the syncopation, but I also enjoyed the creative graphics display just as much
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I enjoyed the interesting creation of the syncopation, but I also enjoyed the creative graphics display just as much
The visual representation always helps!
I am fascinated by the fact you somehow managed to work Gabe the Dog in to a discussion about syncopation. Definitely an interesting tool to help demonstrate it.
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