Thursday, May 26, 2011

The Well Tuned Piano by La Monte Young

I haven't updated in a while, but today I'm going to talk about a piece of music that spawned most minimal music. La Monte Young's masterpiece, "The Well Tuned Piano" is over three hours long of nothing but slow piano that comes back and forth with beauty and intensity and holds some of the first characteristics to drone music. It can be a challenging listen to some, but for me I don't see how people could think of it that way. This piece to me is very easy listening and perfect to play when you need something to help you focus.

Lately when I've been working on some of my art I've played this and notice how this piece really helps inspire atmosphere and helps me paint out what I'm wanting, but in some way I can also see the music piece itself inside of the paintings.

This album is a journey through space and places you haven't ventured yet. Let it take you there.


This is only a fifth of the piece by the way.

10 comments:

  1. Not sure if it could be my muse, but then again, video editing is a bit different than painting. :P

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  2. Sounds really beautiful, I'm going to listen to the whole thing now.

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  3. This piece is one epic journey! Favorited :D

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  4. sometime makes me feel well tuned piano is impossible. like the music especially the 30min mark

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  5. Great music, i must check other songs.

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  6. Wow. Quite something.
    Glad to see another post from you as well, you work hard at this.

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  7. Im in love with this album! amazing ;D

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