Music theory, musicianship and exposure in relation to technical music - Page 3

ACRONYM · March 19th, 2005, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Taedium Vitae

Gildamere: Correct. If you haven't heard Destroy Erase Improve or Chaosphere, you haven't heard Meshuggah. Still, many people need to listen to them a bunch of times before realizing how goddamn groovy it is (unless it's clearly not something for them). If it matters (shouldn't really) I seem to recall Bobby J. once saying that Chaosphere is his favourite album.

Any ideas as to where I could procure a copy of Sol Niger Within?

Taedium Vitae · March 19th, 2005, 07:24 PM

You can still get the original (and sadly, inferior) version from Morgan Ågren (the drummer) himself. www.morganagren.com

The best version, v3.33, is difficult to find. It pops up on eBay now and then but for exorbitant prices. You might get lucky and find it in a bin somewhere...

If you ask me, v.33 is much much better.

Leonardo_codev · March 20th, 2005, 06:13 PM

Answering the topic question, I got into Spastic Ink because of Bobby Jarzombek (great drummer). I was a fan of Halford, Bobby played in the band and I play drums. One day when checking out his site, I saw a new message saying that Ink Compatible had been released and that there were some mp3's on the official Spastic Ink site. I downloaded "Aquanet" and thought it was pretty cool. Musically, I didn't really pay attention to it until later on.
Some months ago, I decided to make a tab of Aquanet and only then did I realize the theorical complexity of the music. Interesting to see the different opinions.

ACRONYM · March 23rd, 2005, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taedium Vitae

You can still get the original (and sadly, inferior) version from Morgan Ågren (the drummer) himself. www.morganagren.com

The best version, v3.33, is difficult to find. It pops up on eBay now and then but for exorbitant prices. You might get lucky and find it in a bin somewhere...

If you ask me, v.33 is much much better.

Thanks for the advice. I'll check every local record store for 3.33.

-ACRONYM

Bobby_Blunt · March 28th, 2005, 10:50 PM

I don't know many people who have heard about spastic ink, or similar bands that are extremly abstract! Personally I've only heard spastic which are so incredibly technical! I've listened alot to Dream Theater too, and to the guy who said that ain't Prog.music, your'e wrong man! They're definitively a prog band! They just play traditional melodic in most off their songs! But to the reply! Off course music theory helps one understand the complexity off the music! And playing an instrument yourself offcourse helps one understand what the band is doing helps and appreciate the difficulties the musicians have gone through to reach such a superior level of technic skills! F.eks Ron's fantastic licks or Bobby amazing drumsolos, and ostinates all the same! Knowing the little theory I know, and listening to spastic has certainly helped me understand that there's a LOOOONG way to perfection and spastic helps me get there! Prog on people! We cant let music like this die out!

March 28th, 2005, 10:50 PM	#55 (permalink)
Bobby_Blunt Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6	Music theory reply! I don't know many people who have heard about spastic ink, or similar bands that are extremly abstract! Personally I've only heard spastic which are so incredibly technical! I've listened alot to Dream Theater too, and to the guy who said that ain't Prog.music, your'e wrong man! They're definitively a prog band! They just play traditional melodic in most off their songs! But to the reply! Off course music theory helps one understand the complexity off the music! And playing an instrument yourself offcourse helps one understand what the band is doing helps and appreciate the difficulties the musicians have gone through to reach such a superior level of technic skills! F.eks Ron's fantastic licks or Bobby amazing drumsolos, and ostinates all the same! Knowing the little theory I know, and listening to spastic has certainly helped me understand that there's a LOOOONG way to perfection and spastic helps me get there! Prog on people! We cant let music like this die out!

March 19th, 2005, 07:24 PM	#52 (permalink)
Taedium Vitae Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 136	You can still get the original (and sadly, inferior) version from Morgan Ågren (the drummer) himself. www.morganagren.com The best version, v3.33, is difficult to find. It pops up on eBay now and then but for exorbitant prices. You might get lucky and find it in a bin somewhere... If you ask me, v.33 is much much better.

March 20th, 2005, 06:13 PM	#53 (permalink)
Leonardo_codev Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New York Posts: 8	Answering the topic question, I got into Spastic Ink because of Bobby Jarzombek (great drummer). I was a fan of Halford, Bobby played in the band and I play drums. One day when checking out his site, I saw a new message saying that Ink Compatible had been released and that there were some mp3's on the official Spastic Ink site. I downloaded "Aquanet" and thought it was pretty cool. Musically, I didn't really pay attention to it until later on. Some months ago, I decided to make a tab of Aquanet and only then did I realize the theorical complexity of the music. Interesting to see the different opinions.