@mahgister as do Jack White, Trent Reznor (NIN) Just saying.
Stephan Micus
He play all instruments in all of his albums
Let's talk music, no genre boundaries
This is an offshoot of the jazz thread. I and others found that we could not talk about jazz without discussing other musical genres, as well as the philosophy of music. So, this is a thread in which people can suggest good music of all genres, and spout off your feelings about music itself.
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My broad philosophy after all these years on earth is that it is stupid to spend money on something you won't use or enjoy. I don't go out to places where you wear expensive clothes (if they exist anymore--people wear shorts to the LA Phil). I won't wear them. Both my wife and I have old cars. We don't really need new, nice ones. We've had new nice ones and they didn't make any difference in our lives. Now, when it comes to audio, I listen to it every day. I always have it on when I'm writing on this forum. I have never purchased a piece of audio I couldn't afford or appreciate. I had a pair of Apogee Slant Eights (think long ribbons and a woofer) which were demos I bought for half price. When they blew, I found a pair of Goldenear speakers I could afford. I didn't look out of my price range. I came into a large inheritance this year. I sent my daughter and granddaughters to Italy. That was important to me, and it obviously deducted from my audio budget. But I had enough extra left for a nice pair of Sonus Faber speakers and a relatively inexpensive streamer. I had avoided a streamer because I could run an old computer through a D/A converter. I used it, but it was kind of a pain. I am an audiophile. That's where I spend my "hobby" money. When music sounds better, I enjoy it more. I think @frogman has made that point a few times. That is not to say I don't enjoy it when it comes through a less expensive system. I didn't really start upgrading my system until I was in my forties, and then only modestly. And I have listened to and enjoyed music with a $500 system, as I have told you before. If I had nothing else, I'd listen on the iPhone. I just got an opportunity to buy a ticket to see Aknhatan by Phillip Glass at the LA opera. Would @mahgister tell me not to do that? Would he say, I can listen on youtube. I'll answer for him. Hell no! He'd say snap that ticket up. There is a difference between life and recorded music, and there is a difference between youtube over a phone or computer and a nice streamer. My advice is at least look into streamers. If you have dealers around, listen to a few. I don't know if you buy used equipment, but I thought my streamer was a deal at $4K, and you can buy it used for $1500. If that's too much, then you can stream over your computer. Unless you plan on dying in the next year or two, streaming is the way music will be delivered in the future. If you can't afford a streamer, then you can listen to youtube on your computer over an inexpensive D/A converter on headphones. For somebody who loves music, it makes absolutely no sense to me not to do it. Although, I must admit, I was like you for many years. I would have nothing to do with streamers. I had my CDa and records. And, to be honsest, I was old, and stubborn, and dumb. |
There is many multi-instrumentists but i did not know anyone who created so much good albums in so original music and the language in which he sing in all his albums... It is not rock or pop but completely original music language .... The only other one artist multi-instrumentist and composer i worship like Micus who created many original music and was an inspiration and a personal friend for a genius as Philip Glass is Louis Thomas Hardin aka Moondog ...The "Vicking of the 6th street" ... A street blind musician of genius... A set of albums i own too and one in particular i listened to for 50 years : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqrSklQdVo0&list=RDdqrSklQdVo0&start_radio=1
his story in 15 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neLfKmGHwgo
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Akhnaten is a masterpiece... Why ? Because Glass whose music root is also born from the music of his older friend Moondog, the street musician who learned music from the Arapaho tribe, Glass succeeded in recreating the tremendous power of the Ancient Egypt religiousness.. in his life , whose i read written by Philostratus, Apollonyos of Tyana , a seer known in all the world in the time of Christ, travelled in India and all around the known world, but he said according to Philostratus that no one is as religious as the Egyptians... Glass summoned as a magician something over time coming from the life of Akhnaten and his music ressuscitated the powerful faith of the Egyptian... i learned how think the Egyptian reading 50 years ago Schwaller de Lubicz in his huge book analysing the Louxor temple ( Lubicz predicted the Sphinx age on the spot seeing water erosion way before geologist Robert Schoch) ... Glass music contain something of this vision... it is miraculous not just a mere opera...
What is extraordinary also is the life of Omm Sety (Dorothy Eady) a reincarnated priestress of Abydos temple of Sety and lover of the pharaoh for which she was killed, Omm Sety hate Akhnaten and his story is better than all thrillers i ever read...And his Story ring true, Dorothy Eady was an egyptologist of the highest order self trained ... read the search for Omm Sety by Jonathan Cott ...i read it in one day few hours ...Stunning and true story... If you want to know why Omm Sety hated Akhnaten you must read the book of Cott... This book is the greatest love story by the way i ever read... Hollywood must do a movie here...I believe Omm Sety is real not a fake, she knew too much... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trj5dsNWgJ8
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