I don't have to post drunk! (was Re: Questions on Chord Progressions)
Greg Whitman
trm did it for me! thankx....
In article <349765A4...@erols.com>,
t.r.mcloughlin <tmcl...@erols.com> wrote:
>Ray wrote:
>
>[snippage]
>
>> Gee,Doc, I'm an iggorant savage and I offer as evidence that I play
>> saxophone.
>> But I have played every tone in most keys...not only key signatures..but
>> implied keys...keys implied by the harmonic structure.
>> I did so because that particular tone seemed to "belong". Did I do wrong?
>> Should I have taken your dicta to heart and insisted that unless Matt tells
>> me this note "belongs" I shouldn't use it? Should I find or invent a scale
>> containing that tone and send it to you before I use it?
>
>Absolutely. Assuming you are indeed an idiot, you should fill out the
>forms and FedEx them to D'Rmatt prior to each performance, if
>not for your own safety then at least in the interest of the
>families of those in your audience.
>
>But if you aren't a card-carrying Idiot, and you want take
>advantage of the way most people react to "key", and you are
>willing to run the risk of "making a connection" with an audience
>then it makes sense.
>
>Pretend that you got hired to write the title music to a
>cool aggressive comedy like South Park.
>
>You could write parallel perfect fifths and octaves under
>the heavenly sentiments of "ample parking day or night" and
>"simple folk without temptation". It's perfect! It fits!
>
> "They canonized Kenny!"
>
>Or you could realise that the concept of "key" and "belonging" applies
>in most people's relationship to music like this, and use tritones!
>
>Wait! They don't belong! Maybe Kyle is right. There *is* something
>rotten in the State of Colorado.
>
>If you don't want to know this, you'll never, ever be even a Primus or
>a Danny Elfman, let alone a Monk.
>
>People arguing about how stupid and rigid and ignorant are
>the theorist simply refuse to grow up and realize that the whole
>point of professional wrestling is encouraging people to prove that
>it isn't real.
>
>Senor Bag of Crap and El Asso Wipe-o make a lot money than we do.
>Maybe they are playing a different game?
>
>t "sure I want Cheezy Poofs" rm
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