I can't believe there isn't a general discussion thread for the compositions/arrangements/performances by Nico Muhly. I know there is a thread for Mothertongue but it hasn't been updated for two years.
Anyway, I've just been to one of the Whalewatching tour shows of the Bedroom Community artists, and it struck me how much his arrangements brings out the best bits of the other artists' music. For example, the arrangements for Sam Amidon's songs just made them sound so pretty.
Thought his music would be the sort of thing that ILM would love. Is that the case?
I expect this thread to have no replies...
― jellybean (back again) (Jill), Monday, 27 September 2010 22:37 (fifteen years ago)
Doesn't he have two new records coming out?
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Monday, 27 September 2010 22:42 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.amazon.com/Nico-Muhly-Angeles-Master-Chorale/dp/B003YOMNCC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1285627378&sr=1-1http://www.amazon.com/Nico-Muhly-Drink-Air-Before/dp/B003YOMNFO/ref=pd_bxgy_m_img_b
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Monday, 27 September 2010 22:43 (fifteen years ago)
He is a really irritating blogger.
― lady gagaku (corey), Monday, 27 September 2010 22:53 (fifteen years ago)
ha, i came into this thread to say that i find his blog quite entertaining.
he is definitely an awesome arranger. great work on last year's grizzly bear and antony albums.
― swvl, Monday, 27 September 2010 23:02 (fifteen years ago)
I quite like his blog. Contemporary classical music is something I've been trying to explore more of, and I find his blog a good place to start usually.
I Drink the Air Before Me is great too, an interesting progression from his previous albums. Something that I can only really listen to really loud on my hifi (rather than through the speakers on my laptop).
― jellybean (back again) (Jill), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 19:31 (fifteen years ago)
Scattered, wild, long, fun post on genre and "ugh indie-classical" http://nicomuhly.com/news/2012/hindi-classical/
There are, I think, two global problems with genre obsession: one on “their” side and one on “ours.” On “their” side (and by they, I mean people who write about music either professionally or casually), it’s a shorthand for actually talking about how the notes and the rhythms work. On “our” side, it can become, for composers, both a social and musical crutch, where one ends up writing to one’s press-generated biography, rather than from a musical core.
― manditory fun. day (Ówen P.), Monday, 2 July 2012 15:29 (thirteen years ago)
Heard eighth blackbird perform Muhly's "Doublespeak" last week -- good stuff.
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Monday, 2 July 2012 15:57 (thirteen years ago)