Well sorry for being blunt, but I think every artists (no matter how much he enjoys composing or playing an instrument) somehow is eager to get feedback. And I think that honest (not offensive!) feedback is the best. I always disliked world music which sounded too artificial. I am a huge fan of Mychael Danna (especially wonderful is OST The Sweet Hereafter) or African artists like Toumani Diabaté, who also mixes jazz with world music. One track that is not that appealing to me is Ceremonies, another one Gypsy Rain. But hopefully I emphasized that tracks like Distant Lands or Rain, Rain Go Away are very pleasing and are definitely on my "to buy" list.
I just have to say that I REALLY enjoy the music you are putting out there. I am a musician myself, but not nearly good enough to start creating my own, so I support everyone else.
Your pieces have such a beautiful world attached behind them. I hope that I can one day be able to create my own.
There are only a handful of bands that I can listen to indefinitely and so therefore have to own all their music. Jethro Tull, Shadowfax, Kansas (except Dust in the Wind, yccccchy!) Gentle Giant, Rush and Klaatu. These are those who made me want to keep writing, to keep trying to find that space that they created for me where I become absorbed by the sounds and spacings, nuances and tickled counterpoints, true poetry in word and scale - only a handful of my own compositions get close to that. Still, I haven't run out of ideas or steam and if I get anywhere close to that despair, any one of those bands can put me right in no time.
One of my missions aside from my own creations is to try and let those bands' members know what they've done for me - so they understand that they were (are) a refuge for a potentially lost soul, a lifeboat to a drowning dreamer, a sacred and spiritual 'fix' for an empathic romantic junkie who still believes in humanity and the potential for art and the individual to make a difference in our world - in the destiny of our species. Okay, that's real scary deep, I know, but it's the truth.
Please know that your expressions in Shadowfax do exactly what I mention above, as does the new material from all of you - you bestow hope unto my soul to this day.
And I was fortunate enough to be blessed with a daughter who was receptive to this and is equally affected by those creations. For years she couldn't go to sleep before listening to an entire album of Shadowfax while I would hum along to her and make dancing shadow puppets in the glow of a candle on her closed eyelids. I tear up now...sniff
Soooooo, finding you active and all still making wonderful art - I wanted to take extra time with this response to you while I have the chance...please past it along if opportunity presents...sometimes life has other things in store for us...
It was my pleasure. Your work deserves wide exposure. In this regard, may I suggest that you check out my blogs on Network energy and order and the importance of maximizing the number of "nodes" on your specific Fuzz network of friends to kick start the viral secondary and tertiary effects of exposure.
The nodal connections within the existing Fuzz base of registered users is quite easy to effect [just click away as inclination or instinct serves you where you think there may be some interest in your work or comments.]
The more heavy-lifting, to get non-registered users to check out your work here at Fuzz, is up to you [isn't it always] - although some of us will try as well on your behalf. Let's see how Armen and Fuzz can make beautiful music together.
ps: any relation to Karen? Or is this another of those strange coincidences that keep occurring as you describe elsewhere.
thank you for befriending me!
Hope you have fun here on Fuzz :-)
Cheers,
B*
I just have to say that I REALLY enjoy the music you are putting out there. I am a musician myself, but not nearly good enough to start creating my own, so I support everyone else.
Your pieces have such a beautiful world attached behind them. I hope that I can one day be able to create my own.
Take Care!
Case
There are only a handful of bands that I can listen to indefinitely and so therefore have to own all their music. Jethro Tull, Shadowfax, Kansas (except Dust in the Wind, yccccchy!) Gentle Giant, Rush and Klaatu. These are those who made me want to keep writing, to keep trying to find that space that they created for me where I become absorbed by the sounds and spacings, nuances and tickled counterpoints, true poetry in word and scale - only a handful of my own compositions get close to that. Still, I haven't run out of ideas or steam and if I get anywhere close to that despair, any one of those bands can put me right in no time.
One of my missions aside from my own creations is to try and let those bands' members know what they've done for me - so they understand that they were (are) a refuge for a potentially lost soul, a lifeboat to a drowning dreamer, a sacred and spiritual 'fix' for an empathic romantic junkie who still believes in humanity and the potential for art and the individual to make a difference in our world - in the destiny of our species. Okay, that's real scary deep, I know, but it's the truth.
Please know that your expressions in Shadowfax do exactly what I mention above, as does the new material from all of you - you bestow hope unto my soul to this day.
And I was fortunate enough to be blessed with a daughter who was receptive to this and is equally affected by those creations. For years she couldn't go to sleep before listening to an entire album of Shadowfax while I would hum along to her and make dancing shadow puppets in the glow of a candle on her closed eyelids. I tear up now...sniff
Soooooo, finding you active and all still making wonderful art - I wanted to take extra time with this response to you while I have the chance...please past it along if opportunity presents...sometimes life has other things in store for us...
I hope somehow Chuck knows too...
Always honored!
Rejyna
Citadel
The nodal connections within the existing Fuzz base of registered users is quite easy to effect [just click away as inclination or instinct serves you where you think there may be some interest in your work or comments.]
The more heavy-lifting, to get non-registered users to check out your work here at Fuzz, is up to you [isn't it always] - although some of us will try as well on your behalf. Let's see how Armen and Fuzz can make beautiful music together.
ps: any relation to Karen? Or is this another of those strange coincidences that keep occurring as you describe elsewhere.