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Topic: BJ Cole and Poulomi Desai |
Glenn Suchan
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Posted 23 Jan 2015 9:23 am |
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The boundary of steel guitar (as well as sitar) performance has been extended once again.
BJ Cole (prepared pedal steel guitar) and Poulomi Desai (prepared sitar). A fine example of twelve-tone serialism as well as athematic serialism - Arnold Schoenberg and Karlheinz Stockhausen would be proud.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoCsoK0KCIY
Keep on pickin'
Glenn
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Jerry Hayes
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Posted 24 Jan 2015 8:58 am
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Hey Glenn, I got about half way through the video until I couldn't take anymore. That's the biggest mess of "garbage" I've ever heard. B.J.'s usually found in a much better format than this one. I hope things got better in the last half of the video....JH in Va.
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Glenn Suchan
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Posted 24 Jan 2015 9:50 am
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No sweat, Jerry.  As I'd mentioned, this is an example of twelve-tone serialisn and athematic serialism (primarily athematic serialism) which are very avant gard musical theories and preclude conventional melody, and are decidedly, not for everyone. I enjoy this type of composition and have a fairly extensive collection of recordings by Arnold Schoenberg and Karlheinz Stockhausen. However, I usually listen to the recordings using headphones, as my wife threatens to leave me if and when she hears them. 
My reason for posting the link was to let the Forum at large know of, yet, another adventurous application of the pedal steel guitar. Thank you for your post, mi amigo.
Keep on pickin'!
Glenn
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Joachim Kettner
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Posted 20 Feb 2015 5:19 am
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Just as Scott Walker's music has become hard to swallow, so hs B.J.'s. Here he plays on a song from him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jiipe0rBeB8
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John Macy
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Posted 25 Feb 2015 8:39 pm
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I have great admiration of BJ and his musical adventures, which have covered a wider swath of musical styles than any steel guitarist I know of. I really enjoyed his improv work on 1979+BJ Cole record. Definitely not for everybody!
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 26 Feb 2015 12:44 pm
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It would seem the case for taking steel guitar in new directions has hit a snag here…  |
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Joachim Kettner
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Posted 26 Feb 2015 2:13 pm
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I remember seeing him in a similar situation together with a cello player, I couldn't make sense of the music, when my friend Reg said "has somebody died?" The journalist sitting close by was not amused. It still makes me laugh.
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chris ivey
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Posted 27 Feb 2015 10:36 am
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Joachim Kettner
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Justin Jacobson
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Rochester, MN
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Posted 28 Feb 2015 3:53 pm
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Man, this thread hits all the high notes for me: unconventional steel playing, by cole, and talk of one of my all time favorite musicians all time favorite vocalist and on the short list for top musical influence Scott Walker (I even love his modern output, though nothing beats Scott 4, except maybe The Electrician off Night Flites)
I enjoyed the piece, but it really didn't get going until about halfway through. I wish the prepared sitar would have explored the prepared instrument in more of a tonal way that a percussive way, I think that would have made it way more intriguing.
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