Comments on: The Turn - Fredo Viola

The Turn - Fredo Viola

netbros — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:35:27 -0800

The Turn is the latest creation from multi-media singer/artist Fredo Viola. Using multi-track recordings of his voice in rich harmony, coupled with unusual video vignettes, The Turn [flash] offers a dozen performances of Viola's interesting integration of voice and visual artistry. His first album was just released this week on iTunes and includes works like The Sad Song.

By: twoleftfeet

twoleftfeet — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:41:04 -0800

These are quite interesting. I like the flash interface, but it does make it hard to point toward a particular song. For example, lately I've been collecting versions of Silent Night. Viola has one, which I like. You can hear it by dragging one of the smaller dark green squares through the circle. Not a light green square. Not the big dark green square. And no, not that smaller dark green square, the other one.

By: netbros

netbros — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:43:01 -0800

Here's a direct link to Silent Night tlf.

By: twoleftfeet

twoleftfeet — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:14:50 -0800

Thanks netbros. I should have poked around a little more on his website before complaining about the flash interface.

By: eclectist

eclectist — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:17:08 -0800

The interface is annoying, but once you get past it, yeah, it's pretty good.

By: twoleftfeet

twoleftfeet — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:35:43 -0800

A pointless aside, but... 455 matches for flash interface across comments ...and almost none of them have ever been positive. Which is probably why they haven't implemented my idea for a new whiz-bang flash interface for Metafilter.

By: mandal

mandal — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 03:43:40 -0800

I don't mean to cheapen this in any way, but parts of the The Sad Song remind me of bits of Take on Me by A-Ha.

By: mandal

mandal — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 03:43:56 -0800

I'll get me coat.

By: es_de_bah

es_de_bah — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 08:00:00 -0800

pretty nice. it's no sung tongs, tho.

By: raygirvan

raygirvan — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 09:47:33 -0800

It rather detracts from the The Sad Song that the lyrics sound like "Body wrap, body wrap, body wrap...".