Comments on: Steve’s click picks #1

By: Shaul Zimmerman

Shaul Zimmerman — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 11:29:37 +0000

I acctually remember reading that article when it originaly came out. I remember it resonating with me, as you said, back then. In two weeks I’m going to start my 4 years in the “Hochschule fur Music” in Tel Aviv Univesity, hope it’ll still resonate with me then. Accept for the women part…:)

By: Steve Layton

Steve Layton — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 15:57:05 +0000

Thanks, Shaul, and welcome! Nice of you to add your voice, and feel free to in the future. I’ll mention a couple more interesting Israeli composers in future posts. Having been a confirmed west-coaster for 50 years, NY to me is just another spot on the map, and that map’s full of other spots where interesting work is getting made.
By the way, all of you should take a little time to read the article on Erel’s site, an interview done by the Israeli paper Haaretz (there’s a link right on the main page). It’s wonderfully honest and unaffected, and will resonate with all those composers outside the big centers and cushy academic positions, no matter the country they’re in.

By: Shaul Zimmerman

Shaul Zimmerman — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 12:46:51 +0000

I’ve been coming here on and off for the past year or so. This is the first time I’ve seen an Israeli composer mentioned. Its a blessed thing. For me more mentioning of stuff going on in contemporary classical music out of the US (and for a start out of NYC…:-P…) will be very incouraging and satisfying. The site is great to visit anyhow. Keep up the very good work, your reader (and now contributer…) from Israel, Shaul Zimmerman.

By: randy nordschow

randy nordschow — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 20:09:55 +0000

Hey Steve. I think it’s great that you’re shining some light on the likes of Matt and Rozalie! I dig what they’re doing too. Even better: the chance to checkout the work of a composer whose work I don’t yet know. I’m looking forward to litening to stuff by Erel Paz. Well done!

By: Steve Layton

Steve Layton — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 19:08:32 +0000

“These are all be people”… No, editing snafu, not a sign I was born in a trailer park (just close to one…)

By: Steve Layton

Steve Layton — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 16:45:26 +0000

I’m not writing about their work, Jeff; everyone can look, listen and make up their own mind. Like I said, my own review happened already. These are all be people on my “keep” list; I want to keep listening to and following their work. It’s my personal guarantee that there’s quality there, but you all have to form your own opinions. How well they jibe with my recommendation will tell you how I’m doing.

By: jeff harrington

jeff harrington — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 15:38:54 +0000

Ha! Including no pointers is akin to not writing about the musician’s work at all, IMO. Ever see a CD review that didn’t mention a single track?

Don’t see how this little applet can hurt, but YMMV…

Evidently.

By: Steve Layton

Steve Layton — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 15:30:54 +0000

Nope. I don’t want any “magic” or “quickly sampling lotsa music”. I want folks to discover these musicians the way I did, through their front door; to wander through and spend a little time getting acquainted. I might ocaisionally include a couple extra pointers to a certain piece, or another site with complementary info. Sure, I could just dump a few hundred direct links to the MP3s into del.cio.us or webjay and that would be that, but this is more “sniff and sip” rather than “chug-a-lug”.

By: jeff harrington

jeff harrington — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 13:40:48 +0000

Hey Steve, any chance of getting more than one line in there? How about a recommended MP3 URL?

Also, here’s a cool way to quickly sample a page full of MP3′s. At the bottom of this page:

http://del.icio.us/help/playtagger

Is a ‘Drag this link’ thingie. Drag that link to your bookmarks and when you hit a page, click that new link. It’ll do some javscript magic and turn the page into a ready-to-play one-click – no download listening extravaganza. Very cool for quickly sampling lotsa music.