Ultimate Band

Right. Ultimate band. Go go go.

• John Zorn - Composer/ songwriter - Have you heard this man? No. I didn't think so either. Because you are a heathen. Go and listen to him. Now. Go.
• Billy Martin - Drummer - All round nice man. From Medeski, Martin and Wood fame. Not just a great drummer, but a great remixer too.

• Skerik - Saxophone - A crazy man. He's pioneered saxophonics.

You know.

Saxophonics.

• Mike Patton - Vocals - I've put vocals, but that doesn't really cover what he does. This man is a musical genius. (It's true!) He can fit his voice into any style of music and he did the zombie noises for Left 4 Dead. WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT? I'm actually scared of meeting him. If I did, I'd just end up licking his face and crying with tears of joy.
• Les Claypool - Bassist - You probably thought I was going to put myself here, didn't you? I'm not that egotistical. But yeah, Claypool will rock you. Verily.
• Me - Guitar - Ha! Only joking. They aren't in my league.

So. Here we are. I've done it. And all my people are still alive. Instant win over Danny.

Questions over for the week.

Tom.

The Filmworks Challenge

Composer John Zorn has written over twenty albums of music entitled 'Filmworks', followed by a roman numeral denoting which album it is. They are, to say the least, not your average listening material. I in fact wrote a Haiku to illustrate his work:

Juxtaposition-

John Zorn's beautiful sectrets,

Forlorn of harmony.

Not much, as Haikus go, but it sums it up. Zorn uses dissonances and silence, as well as some conventional harmony to portray a different perspective. (Incidentally, the albums are not written for films, they're just called that. Don't know why)

As such, I have given myself this challenge: to listen to every Filmworks album, in order, on Spotify during the Summer holidays. There are two or three albums missing on Spotify, but I've still got a good 14.8 hours of listening time.

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~Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.~