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I'm still in. .

I was getting lost in the sound of the keyboards. That's one of the high points for me of old Prog is the keys.

How does this lineup sound/mesh? I listened to about half of it. I don't know...there's a lot of percussion! I have to listen to it again. I'll try to give you an update here, later. I heard this again today. It sounds amazing. I almost wish I was going to a show! I hope this band records some new material soon...

All that drug use fucks up your metabolism and you get fat. .

I uploaded some more music to MySpace today. The MySpace page is there, but I now also have a page at http://netnewmusic.ning.com/profile/DavidBeardsley The music there is old, but now I have more room for longer pieces.

Sufi Music of Turkey Kudsi and Süleyman Erguner

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Tanburi Djemil Bey (1873-19181) traditional instrumental Turkish music

Dastgah Nava Traditional Iranian Music

It is, it is. Great album too, it's been a while since I've heard it...

Patrick Moraz - Bill Bruford Duo "Children's Concerto" .

For promotional use only? Kinda obvious, I thought.... move 'dem feet! .

Donald Erb: avant-guard composer, conductor by Richard M. Peery Tuesday August 12, 2008, 1:50 PM CLEVELAND HEIGHTS -- Donald Erb, a bold, avant-garde composer who inspired generations of composition students at the Cleveland Institute of Music, died Tuesday, Aug. 12, at his home in Cleveland Heights at age 81. He conducted and lectured at more than 150 colleges and universities and took pride in the scores of former students who teach on campuses across the country. Erb was one of the most-performed American-born composers. Major orchestras commissioned and played his work. One of his compositions, "The Seventh Trumpet," has had more than 200 performances by more than 50 orchestras in the United States and overseas. Erb used unusual sounds from unlikely instruments in his compositions, ranging from soda bottles to wind chimes to chopsticks. Performers might strike piano strings with mallets or use trumpet mouthpieces without the instruments. He explored electronic music early on. His 1965 work "Reconnaissance" premiered in New York with Robert Moog operating the synthesizer. Donald James Erb 1927-2008 Survivors: Wife of 58 years, Lucille; daughters, Christine Hoell of Columbus, Stephanie of Los Angeles and Janet Carroll of Rockaway, N.J.; son, Matthew of Columbus; and nine grandchildren. Graveside services: 1 p.m. Aug. 14, Lakeview Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Ave, Cleveland Heights. Contributions: Donald Erb Scholarship Fund, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Blvd., Cleveland 44106; or Hospice of the Western Reserve, 300 East 185th St., Cleveland 44119. Arrangements: Brown-Forward Service, Shaker Heights. "Any object can be a sound source; found objects such as pots and pans, leaves and running water or various signals which generate pure electronic sound," Erb told an interviewer in 1969. Although his compositions defied categorization, much of his music retained influences from his early days as a jazz trumpeter. One of his fondest musical memories was of having heard jazz giant Charlie Parker. Erb was born in Youngstown but graduated from Lakewood High School. After a stint in the Navy on the USS Baltimore at the end of World War II, he received a bachelor of music degree at Kent State University, a master's degree at CIM and a doctorate at Indiana University. He joined the CIM faculty in 1952. Ten years later, he received a Ford Foundation grant to spend a year as composer-in-residence with the Bakersfield, Calif., school system, then taught at Bowling Green State University. He returned to the CIM faculty in 1965. In 1993, he was given the Distinguished Alumni Award and was distinguished professor of composition when he retired three years later. He chaired the composer librettist panel of the National Endowment for the Arts from 1977 to 1979 and was president of the American Music Center from 1981 to 1984. His career was studded with grants and fellowships from the NEA; and the Rockefeller, Guggenheim, Kulas, Koussevitsky, Fromm and Aaron Copland foundations. He was composer-in-residence with the Dallas and St. Louis symphony orchestras. He also served residencies at the American Academy in Rome and the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. He had additional faculty appointments at Southern Methodist and Indiana universities. He wrote an article on orchestration in Encyclopedia Britannica. Although he suffered cardiac arrest in 1996, Erb became a frequent traveler in retirement, crossing the country to hear his work performed. In 2001, he received the Letter of Distinction from the American Music Center.

How does this lineup sound/mesh? I listened to about half of it. I don't know...there's a lot of percussion! I have to listen to it again. I'll try to give you an update here, later. Here's the set list: 01 Drum Duo 02 ConstruKction Of Light 03 Red 04 Frame By Frame 05 Neurotica 06 Three of a Perfect Pair 07 The Talking Drum 08 Larks Tongues In Aspic II 09 One Time 10 Drum Duo 11 Dinosaur 12 Level Five 13 Sleepless 14 VROOM 15 Coda: Marine 475 16 Soundscape 17 Drum Duo 18 Thela Hun Ginjeet 19 Elephant Talk 20 Indiscipline

from the What are you listening to thread: There's a band that I've NEVER heard...surprising considering I like every single person involved... You should! There are three albums, after the 1st, Bruford and Holdsworth left and Bozzio joined. That first album is the best, one of the last classic progrock albums at the end of the '70s. This one here seems to be a radio broadcast....yum-yum.

WKCR Afternoon New Music .

Happy Birthday!

I don't think Roger Dean counts... http://www.rogerdean.com/ "Made popular through the medium of album covers and posters his work, including posters, cards, books and album covers etc., has sold in excess of sixty million copies world-wide." Nope.......he's OUT. Is Roger Dean famous for anything other than album covers?

I don't think Roger Dean counts...

LOL. My problem wasn't with Karn 9 Evil...my problem was with any past member of Mr. Big which I think was one of the WORST bands in the history of the world. I never heard Mr. Big. To me...Gilbert is a MIT guy (the Hollywood guitar school) who wrote an article for Guitar Player. I think by the time Mr. Big happened, I wasn't listening to guitar rock any more.

Dood! Did that one already.

Yeah man. It's a sad story.

I think reading his books still is an underground thing....Hollywood sure likes his shit though. .

Karn Evil 9 rocks dude. It rocks.