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Conference napalm::commusic_v1

Title:* * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * *
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Created:Thu Feb 20 1986
Last Modified:Mon Aug 29 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2852
Total number of notes:33157

1774.0. "TV and Record SUPERSTARS!" by 57076::SHERMAN (Love is a decision ...) Fri Nov 18 1988 14:06

    Hey, anybody else take a listen to John Tesh's sound sheet in the
    latest KEYBOARD?  I was all excited, read parts of the article and
    thought this guy has a lot of it right.  Even saw Entertainment
    Tonight where they gave John a little trophy from KEYBOARD.  So,
    I tells my wife, take a listen, this ought to be really good!  So
    I pulls the sound sheet out of the issue and we give it a listen. 
    The first few bars sound pretty good, but it's obviously that expensive
    equipment.  'Don't worry dear, it'll get better.'  The first song
    finished.  By the time the second song is half-way through her eyes
    are telling me she wants me to let her turn up the sound on the
    TV.  'There's sure a lot of repetition ...'  I reply, 'Yeah, he likes
    to just play the same few chords, doesn't he?  No melody to speak
    of ...'  We found the M1 demo on the back to be a lot better.
    
    Here and when you think, 'Gee, maybe a talk show personality *can*
    have more brains than a bowl of cold oatmeal ...'  ;^
    
    Actually, it wasn't bad.  I suppose what's amazing is that a TV
    personality that has a nice expensive system *can* make music that
    sounds better than what you hear on shows like, um, Entertainment
    Tonight ...
    
    Steve ;^)
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1774.1I don't watch Entertainment Tonight, really...HPSRAD::NORCROSSFri Nov 18 1988 14:4516
 I bought the Tesh tape a few months ago when  it came out.  I liked it.
 It's called 'Tour de France'  or something like that.  It's named after
     the  Bike  race  for  which  it    was  written  as  'TV  coverage'
     accompaniment music.  Good sports accompaniment music using lots of
     high tech stuff.
 
 I haven't listened to the soundpage,  as  I don't have a record player,
     but I believe the article stated that  the soundpage was a piece of
     the  original  accompaniment tracks - a stripped down  version  (of
     what he later  produced  on  the  album), which was recorded on the
     road (not at his  home  studio)  with melodies supressed.  (I could
     easily be wrong).
 
 /Mitch
1774.257076::SHERMANLove is a decision ...Fri Nov 18 1988 15:054
    Well, I don't watch ET, either.  My WIFE watches it and I rub her
    feet.  Yeah, that's the ticket ...
    
    Steve
1774.3What the big deal?DREGS::BLICKSTEINYo!Mon Nov 21 1988 17:189
    I had the same reaction.
    
    I guess for TV background music it's just fine, but it didn't hold my
    interest at all.  The hype given in the interview hardly seemed
    "deserved" in my opinion.
    
    I've heard stuff on Commusic tapes I liked more.
    
    	db
1774.4yah yahNORGE::CHADIch glaube Ich t�te Ich h�tteTue Nov 22 1988 08:408
When I listened to it, I thought of the TV and the bike race and then I thought
it was quite good or interesting.  Now, for sitting back and listening to
tunes it wasn't so interesting.  The M1 demo side was also interesting.  Of
course I think all demos are good because I can't do it myself (the composition,
my equipment could do it if instructed how :-).

Chad
1774.557076::SHERMANLove is a decision ...Tue Nov 22 1988 10:597
    So, now I told my wife, 'well, John Tesh put out a really neat album
    and the cut is from the album except he left out the melody or it
    was a live version or something'.  So, she fires back with, 'well,
    why didn't he send them his best stuff, knowing they were going
    to publish it?'. So, I said, 'well, um, ah,  uh ...'
    
    Steve
1774.62�.DYO780::SCHAFERBrad - back in Ohio.Tue Nov 22 1988 17:146
    This is a bit off the record (ahem), and may sound a bit arrogant, but
    I'm really having a hard time getting excited lately about much new
    talent that's coming out.  All this hype about "hot new players" does
    nothing but make me yawn. 

-b