I'm a sucker for melodrama and music is one of the areas where I just let that run wild.
Hence, my favourite musical moment is the start of "Joga" by Bjork. Those strings... Such a wicked high.
I'm definitely a lyrics man. Which is why it's often hard for me to relate to electronic music. But then, I also get annoyed with musicians who write their own stuff and are so obsessed with their lyrics that they just treat the music as a vehicle for their words (ie, Alanis Morissette).
I especially get annoyed by songs which are well written but then use these bog standard drum loops. As if drums are something you have to have in the song, so you just pop it in there to get the job done.
One of the reasons I love Bjork is that she treats whatever instrument she uses (including her voice) as precious and it just feels like everything has its place in her songs. Nothing's wasted and nothing's there just because you'd expect it to be there.
The key is that there's gotta be a satisfying balance.
1. What do you look for in music? What is it that makes you think a piece of music is amazing when you first hear it? punctuation, chord changes that get a physical reaction, lyrics that fit, lyrics that skew
2. What is your most sublime musical moment? (Not necessarily your favourite song, but just the lyric/chord change/moment within a song that makes you dissolve) talk show host - radiohead, when it gets into the bass. every time, it either makes me get goosebumps all over or makes me cry.
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Hence, my favourite musical moment is the start of "Joga" by Bjork. Those strings... Such a wicked high.
I'm definitely a lyrics man. Which is why it's often hard for me to relate to electronic music. But then, I also get annoyed with musicians who write their own stuff and are so obsessed with their lyrics that they just treat the music as a vehicle for their words (ie, Alanis Morissette).
I especially get annoyed by songs which are well written but then use these bog standard drum loops. As if drums are something you have to have in the song, so you just pop it in there to get the job done.
One of the reasons I love Bjork is that she treats whatever instrument she uses (including her voice) as precious and it just feels like everything has its place in her songs. Nothing's wasted and nothing's there just because you'd expect it to be there.
The key is that there's gotta be a satisfying balance.
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punctuation, chord changes that get a physical reaction, lyrics that fit, lyrics that skew
2. What is your most sublime musical moment? (Not necessarily your favourite song, but just the lyric/chord change/moment within a song that makes you dissolve)
talk show host - radiohead, when it gets into the bass. every time, it either makes me get goosebumps all over or makes me cry.
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