Adult Music Composition

[deggy]

go out and buy some bartok/messiaen/stravinsky/Schoenberg/Crumb/Carter/Xenakis/Boulez/Andriesson/ligeti/hindemith/panderecki/i don't need to go on/my spelling sucks.

[Seus Hawkins]

Could've been an interesting subject. Personally I haven't found any electronica yet near the same level as the non electronic music I've heard. Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen, Red house painters etc. My own music(which is electronic) included. I always return to soso when producing something new at the moment. That's the problem. And whether it's possible without the unique expression possibilities on an instrument I do not know. I thought so previously, don't know anymore.

[C00kie]

Adult music... to go in an adult movie??

Ok, I'll get my coat ...

[whyterabbyt]

Snowbeamthingy quoth Personally I haven't found any electronica yet near the same level as the non electronic music I've heard. Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen, Red house painters etc.

Try some of Peter Hammill's more experimental output.

[3*s]

This has got to be a troll.

[Seus Hawkins]

Will do, thanks for the recommendation.

[deggy]

Adult music... to go in an adult movie??

hey, that's what i make nowadays.

[deggy]

Adult music... to go in an adult movie??

hey, that's what I make nowadays.

[sangha]

Adults don't make music of any kind at all.

Music is for frivolous people who refuse to accept that human life is all about buying furniture and saving for their retirement.

True, so true! But when describing activities of the Adult species, don't forget investing in faceless multinational corporations. Very very Adult, that is.

More Fun Facts: true Adults can be distinguished in the field by their drab (yet finely tailored) suits and ties, which serve as camouflage. Typical herd behavior is also observed.

Usually an Adult's position in the social dominance hierarchy is established by a competition involving numerous extravagant display rituals and formulaic story-telling concerning the most recent summer migratory destination (the more expensive, the better).

Adults mate for life, according to the same unreliable authorities who claim most bird species mate for life.

There is nothing more to know about Adults.

Not true. You left out their most revealing social-dominance-seeking adn bonding behaviors...talking about their real estate and their bowel movements

[sangha]

I truly have no beef with people who dislike certain genres of music. (I for one have never understood U.S. country music, but then again I do tap my toes to a few cowboy songs on rare occassions)

That being said, I do find it highly irritating that someone like Ian would be naïve or uneducated to lump all forms of electronic music into one category, for which he then has the gall to describe as "ear candy" for young punks like myself.

Futhermore, do not act as though "young people" have more time to create this kind of music because we live a life of luxury, and "adults artists" have to work for a living. My hat is off to you for assuming that all of us younger artists sit around at home all day long composing music, and don't have real jobs. I work in sales and put in more hours than most people, and I always thank my lucky stars when I can actually have a full 8 hours to write...Are you absolutely and totally bollox-ing mad??

If you want to have more instances of Smooth Jazz and New Age available on the Web, I have an old, dusty set of Kenny G, Enya and Yanni tapes I would love to sell to you, and maybe then you can make all of those "adults" out there in La La Land happy by launching your own Web radio station. Maybe then you and your "listener" (notice the singular form of the word) can enjoy "adult oriented music".

How can you possibly be "open-minded" if you have thuroughly listened to every single sub-genre of electronic music, and can honestly dismiss every piece of it as "ear candy"? What about Wendy Carlos, Vangelis or Jarre?? These electronic wizards were creating wonderful music long before the dawn of cookie-cutter loops and MIDI.

Do not think for one minute that you are a "more mature listener". I can promise you that I have listened to more music, more genres and more artists from around this little blue orb of ours in the shorter amount of time I have been on this planet.

If I actually bothered to sit down and write out a list of all of the music that I truly felt was inspiring and relevant, or that people like yourself should give a listen to so that maybe you could be more enlightened, you would perish before the last record stopped playing.

Additionally, I can guarantee you that my influences and inspiration for electronic music you call "ear candy" are nothing less than highly intellectual. Ever heard of Mozart, Debussy, Rimsky-Korsakov? How about Miles Davis, Bill Evans or Oscar Peterson??

Everyone on this forum is allowed to listen and enjoy whatever type of music they want, yes even Yanni. But do not think for two seconds that your opinion is any more or less mature than the next bloke. Remember, music enhances everyone's lives and it would be sophomoric to believe that one genre is better than another.

Cheers.

projektio

I have a strong suspicion that everything said in that post is true, but I'll never know because, instead of reading it, I'd rather read the witty one-liners and look at the funny photos in this thread.

So what kind of music should I be listening to?

[dystonia_ek]

So what kind of music should I be listening to?

[sangha]

So what kind of music should I be listening to?

I said "funny photos", not "phoney's photos"

[Soniccat]

Ian Stone wrote

OK. We've heard all the kiddie comments. Any adults present?

Adult here, 53 years old and still like to think of myself as young at heart. I do agree that when you get older that things do change some, I am less likely to become a rockstar at this point in my life for a variety of reasons so I have found a musical outlet that lets me be creative. Fortunately for me that is not smooth jazz or new age. If you like those forms of music, more power to you, but to dismiss all forms of music that don't fit into your definition of what adults listen to is pretty closeminded. I like to listen to all sorts of music, young and old. The main reason besides possibly finding something I might like is that I can always learn something.
One thing you did not do was to tell us your age and musical background. My sister, who is 4 years older than I am feels the same way you do and I have found that it really is a matter of taste. My mom who grew up idolizing Frank Sinatra, had a fondness for Bruce Springsteen, U2, and the Beatles. So age does not mean you should stop listening to music not of your generation.

[Meffy]

So what kind of music should I be listening to?

[Voidoid Surrealist]

So what kind of music should I be listening to?