Comments on: Steve’s click picks #25

By: Graham Rieper

Graham Rieper — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:24:42 +0000

“Ha! The Yale mafia lives!”

Here, in the White House, the CIA…

By: Ian Moss

Ian Moss — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 04:37:19 +0000

Ha! The Yale mafia lives!

By: Steve Layton

Steve Layton — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:55:39 +0000

Good links, Chris, there’s a couple I hadn’t seen yet. (Sorry, it looks like your post showed up late because it had multiple links and had to be moderator-approved.)

And Timo, you’re spot on about what people should be doing with these posts; head to those websites and get this stuff in your ears!

By: Timo

Timo — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:29:56 +0000

Everyone should know Alex and Lainie, they are awesome. I’ve had the distinct pleasure of knowing them over the years and also playing some of their music. Everybody should stop making self-referential chatter about this column, and start listening to and talking about Alex and Lainie’s musics. That is all.

By: Evan

Evan — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 03:10:15 +0000

Wow, it’s yale day on s21. I knew both of these fine folks (as did Ian M.). glad to see that they are still at it!

By: david toub

david toub — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:07:18 +0000

I think it’s too easy to forget that Steve is indeed providing a valuable service and that these represent (often obscure) composers he has found who a) he likes and b) provide free downloads of their music. Of course this won’t necessarily be representative of the population as a whole, and if someone wants to do a bunch of postings featuring specific “demographics,” then go ahead. But that is not what Steve is aiming to do, as best I can tell (and I think he summed it up pretty well in his previous comment)

By: Steve Layton

Steve Layton — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:11:08 +0000

The plain fact that I like the music (along with the fact that you can hear it right here and now) is exactly why I think what they're doing has merit and deserves to be touted. Using some other criteria would definitely be a different kind of post. The conditions I set mean that there are many, many composers I admire and would love to feature but, because they don't sufficient audio online I won't do them. It also means that there are all kinds of composers who, while often wonderful people and with lots of listening, just don't engage me. No one should ever expect the "click pick" posts to be reviews; they're personal recommendations (see "click picks #1" again for my spiel on that).

By: Chris Becker

Chris Becker — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:57:14 +0000

Try this – Paul Steven Ray and Guillermo Brown are doing music that mixes electronics, theater, video and even opera in very creative ways. Latasha is a writer who creates (in my opinion) some really wild soundscapes for her poetry. She’s performing soon at The Kitchen. Matana I found out about through James Darcy’s Secret Society website as she has an ongoing project inspired by her family history that seems to be a mix of contemporary jazz, chamber music and theater. I haven’t heard her music but it is very well received here in NYC.

More later if I have time this weekend…peace. CB

http://www.paulstevenray.com/
http://www.myspace.com/sallydistance
http://www.myspace.com/latashannevadadiggs
http://www.myspace.com/matanaroberts
http://www.myspace.com/guillermoebrown

By: Chris Becker

Chris Becker — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:40:14 +0000

Steve –

It’s your post and your criteria. I honestly thought you weren’t selecting people because you liked their music – rather, you thought what they were doing had merit and deserved to be touted via this site.

Back atcha, Friday or Saturday…

By: Chris Becker

Chris Becker — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:36:49 +0000

Zeno -

I found that link you posted a couple weeks ago thinking about this topic.

I can post some names later this week when I have more time. I’ll draw from the pool of people I listen to and / or work with in my own musical projects. With MySpace all you really need is one name and boom – a hundred more are there for you to check out.

It’s been an ugly week in the news re: race and this country’s inability to deal with something so mundane as the color of ones skin. Nice to know I’m not alone…