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"Art is beautiful, but it isn't always pretty."
Check out my music:
http://www.myspace.com/ethandeppe
And my band:
http://www.myspace.com/deaden
Paraphrased (literal and metaphorical) quote: "A soloist choosing to work in [my] odd style ultimately winds up as a hostage - [I] can go only as far into the 'experimental zones' as [my] rhythm section will allow [me] to go. The problem lies in the polyrhythms. The chances of finding a good [insert musician (literal) or person (metaphorical) here] who can conceive of those polyrhythms - let alone identify them fast enough to play a complementary figure on the moment, are not good."
AOL IM: Windydrum
Hit me up if you can find me. I fuckin' rock.
It's like this: I tend not to like 4/4 time. I think it's overdone, so if you ask me to write something or give you a groove; it will probably not be in 4/4. The most common reaction to this is a strange look followed by something like, "Dude, can't you play something a little more straight forward?". Well, yes I could - but why would I want to? Why would YOU want to? Let's challenge ourselves by doing something different. Something irregular. Let's make the abnormal the new normal. There are already enough mindless sheep with glazed over eyes doing what is normal simply because that's what it is; NORMAL. Let's expand comfortable until it includes uncomfortable. That's what I'm talkin' about. 5/8, 7/8....fuck, even 10/8 can be cool if you stop whining and let your body accept the rhythm. Open wide and suck it in. Let's travel so far away from the norm, that when we finally do return to it; it will be a celebration - a triumphant return to an old friend that we can appreciate now more than ever! Then we can understand that we don't always have to use 4/4!!! We can use any time we want. How about alternating bars of 4/4 and 7/8? BETTER YET, how about understanding that we can subdivide two bars of 4/4 into a bar of 6/8 and two bars of 5/8? It all takes the same amount of space. It's there for us to use however we want. That's what I'm talkin' about.
Impression through impact instead of impression through impressiveness. I write music. I play the damn drums. :p