Comments on: Concerto for Voicemail #1

Concerto for Voicemail #1

staggernation — Wed, 29 Jan 2003 05:56:42 -0800

"Leave a message, or accompany this bassline." Concerto for Voicemail #1.

By: Outlawyr

Outlawyr — Wed, 29 Jan 2003 06:10:10 -0800

I'd say the idea is better than the results. Also, he might want to . . . ahem . . . change his voicemail password. Cough cough.

By: VelvetHellvis

VelvetHellvis — Wed, 29 Jan 2003 07:43:17 -0800

Interesting idea, but not well executed. The video belongs on local public access.

By: jmcmurry

jmcmurry — Wed, 29 Jan 2003 08:22:15 -0800

It probably would have been easier to accompany if: - He had started each phrase one way, not three (technically four) different ways. - He didn't have an extra measure at the start of the third phrase. - He'd played in time. Poor Danica. At least she gave it a try. Sounds like something I'd have done in college. With about the same results I would have gotten.

By: LeLiLo

LeLiLo — Wed, 29 Jan 2003 08:45:54 -0800

I'd say the idea is better than the results. Interesting idea, but not well executed. Exactly. Maybe outlawyr and VelvetHellvis should take their thumbs and do a TV show together, reviewing movies.

By: Outlawyr

Outlawyr — Wed, 29 Jan 2003 10:36:31 -0800

That would require removing my thumb from my a**, something I'm just not willing to do at this time. (Although it would make typing a heck of a lot easier

By: kevspace

kevspace — Wed, 29 Jan 2003 12:21:29 -0800

You were expecting "Concerto for Voicemail" to be a brilliant and inspiring work of indefinable beauty?

By: fishfucker

fishfucker — Wed, 29 Jan 2003 14:30:48 -0800

cool idea. i agree the presentation could be improved, but as a proof of concept piece it works very well. maybe he needs to work with some visual artists or someone else who can think of ways to make the performance more interesting looking/smoother (not that I suppose music academicians care too much about that, as usually i see them closing their eyes anyhow). also: i was surprised that there wasn't anyone doing a little acapella type thing "DOO DOO DOO DOOT DOOT" -- i mean, that's what I expected: people singing or humming a melody, not actually playing instruments. lastly, it would've been interesting as a layered piece, if he sampled and looped all the results he had received and then composed with them (probably he could have cheated a bit and ended with a cleaner composition, if that was the goal). I'll be checking back at this site to see what the next iteration is like.