Hunting The Muse

So I'm filling up the

So I'm filling up the week a bit more - I had a meeting with some a cappella folks tonight and it went pretty well. I really like the people I met that are in the group so far, but I'm not sure what their intentions are with the style. It is possible that it might be a little bit too far out there for me, especially if they start getting really into the crazy-ass noise-based stuff.

It's not that I don't like experimental music, it's just that an awful lot of it comes across as a giant affectation. Like that the idea of music is putting on shocking clothes and distorting one's voice and trying to making something as an original experience as possible - it's all surface-based to me. Like masking that there isn't anything originally musical going on underneath. But when that stuff is used in service of a good musical instinct, then it can be exciting and fun. So I'll just sort of feel into it and see how it goes.

One of the members, Ally (Allie? Alley? Ali?) sang some with guitar and it just sunk right into me. I don't remember the tune or the lyrics or what she was singing about because I was just so entranced with her tone. Ahhhh. So I'm going to go try and catch her at her gig at a coffee shop tomorrow night.

Tuesday I'm meeting with Jim, a local choral composer that I might be doing a piano project for, Tuesday night I have acap auditions, and Wednesday night I have choir rehearsal. I need to balance the week out a bit with some technical projects as well... well, so far so good. Posted by Curt at October 21, 2001 11:40 PM