Comments on: Music: 04 Rhythmic Innovations

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:11:59 +0000

I’m gonna disagree with that last statement you made, Anon. There’s plenty of good music from after 1957 (Frank Zappa, Ennio Morricone, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Miles Davis’ Jazz fusion era material, Philip Glass, Tom Waits, Can, etc.). I do agree that aspiring artists should be well versed with music from before their time. Most of the music that’s been important to my development as an artist came well before I was even born (I’m 21 for the record). The thing is that most people don’t really have an interest in what came before their time. The gap between generations sometimes makes it hard for them to relate. There are other problems involved, but I feel the generational distance is the biggest part to it. We just need to figure out a remedy for the dissociation people have with older things.

On a side note, Brubeck’s Time Out came out in ’59 so I don’t know if you want to throw that out or not.

By: Anony

Anony — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 01:03:24 +0000

It’s not an okay thing to do to like ‘bad’ music. Allow me to elaborate: it is impossible to be a good artist or animator in any sense if you like stuff like M83, Rush, Reel Big Fish, etc. Music forms the very fabric of your being. If you listen to music that sucks, you will suck too. It is important to listen to good music like stuff from the 20s. I mean, that’s what all the good artists back in the day listened to. If you match your tastes to their’s, you will be like them. I suggest all you young aspiring artists clean your fancy iPods now. Remove anything that was made after 1957, now.

By: Eleanor

Eleanor — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:15:46 +0000

Thank you for making these wonderful clips available! I am a third-stream jazz musician (originally trained in classical music), and lived throughthe times of many of the clips you have thankfully saved. Thank you for having the foresight to keep these for future generations.