[NewMusic] scott looney turns 24

[Kattt Sammon]

tim ava scott et al

so i'm thinking...<<oh no>>.... of the seinfeld episode where george does the opposite of his natural instinct....and with that experiences success & respect....so i recommend to scott's "neu" year ("year of the rat") for him to *committ* to being *just an asshole*.  that will bring fame and success. more than deserved. 

i agree, scott's solo sets have been beautiful....

oh man i thought i was off the needle years ago (needle = posting to banm = oh no i hit send). 

kattt


> Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 00:45:16 -0800
> From: tim at perkis.com
> To: newmusic at music.mills.edu
> Subject: Re: [NewMusic] scott looney turns 24
> 
> I'm sorry I missed this set but based on the last times I've heard him 
> play solo, I want to concur -- he's amazing, it's really incredible what 
> he does inside/outside the piano, and I don't understand why he isn't 
> actually  famous, really.
> 
> Maybe he needs to give out more comps and insult more writers, or 
> whatever crazy mind-fuck shit Zorn is up to -- but more people should 
> hear what Looney is doing
> 
> T
> 
> 
> 
> Ava Mendoza wrote:
> > just wanted to pop in and mention that scott looney played a really
> > terrific solo set tonight at 1510.. never seen him play solo before,
> > and i imagine i am not alone in this. super fluid between keyboard and
> > and piano insides.. from subtle timbral/harmonic stuff on the strings
> > to really notey lines and clusters his improvising had a strong sense
> > of character and continuity, which i think is pretty special with such
> > a range. really cool abrupt percussive accents.. i think though that
> > it was his interesting sense of harmony that kind of tied all of his
> > wide vocabulary together and made each piece very personal. even the
> > most abstract parts had a thoughtful attention to harmony. more and
> > more i think that this is important no matter how abstract the music
> > you are playing is-- you can ignore pitch completely if you want, but
> > that just ends up meaning that you create shitty harmonies, or boring
> > ones. happy birthday scott and congrats on such a great set!
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