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TOBY Group: Members Posts: 1562 Joined: May 2002 Posted: May 22 2003, 18:23 As a result of reading that recent Spanish web chat (thanks for translating Maria) and reading that Mike was openly asking people whether or not he should do long or short instrumentals  I thought this could be the one time we his fans could help influence matters. As we all share a huge desire to see Mike write another long instrumental masterpiece full of the musicianship and care and attention to detail we know he is capable of then we should let him know. After all he did say he was undecided as to what to do next, and we do know that he occasionaly takes an interest in our opinions via these message boards. If we can get this topic noticed by him with all our opinions it may well help tip the balance. So what do we think? Back to top

Music, the ancient language... Group: Musicians Posts: 407 Joined: Jan. 2003 Posted: May 22 2003, 19:31 Mike! Do some instrumentals! Make it long, make it complex so that we can listen it hundreds of times without getting tired of it! Do it! Do it! Do it!!! And because you appreciate and use various styles, try to use neo-expressionism this time! I'll be sooo cool! -------------- Read everything I write at own risk. I cannot be held responsible  for depressions and/or suicide attempts of any kind, caused by reading my posts. Back to top

MusicallyInspired Group: Musicians Posts: 1445 Joined: June 2001 Posted: May 22 2003, 19:37 I knew that rerecording Tubular Bells would get him (even slightly) intrigued by making long instrumentals again. I think Mike works best at long instrumentals. He's just so good at writing music and making all these instruments do completely different things (that go so well together! and it's all underlayed by these amazing chord progressions that get you right into it. TSODE is my favorite MO album. IMHO that was the masterpiece of masterpieces. Such beautiful melodies all woven together with moving strings and very well placed drums and his amazing guitar playing. He's just so good at it. Instrumentals with such complexity as Tubular Bells (1 & 2), Incantations, Hergest Ridge, The Lake, Crises and the like are the truly memorable ones. The only reason I believe there is still beauty left in music today is because of such long great instrumental compositions. If they didn't exist, I'd give up all hope of music ever being beautiful (I'm not just talking about MO music. Other musicians create similar atmospheres and don't fall short either). Granted *some* popular music is beautiful, but not near as much as it can be in a good long complex instrumental. And what he said about a mix of traditional instruments and computers sounds interesting. But do what your drawn to do, Mike, or else it won't be as good anyway . It's not the same without the willingness and the feeling to go behind it. My opinions....but I respect Mike's. -------------- BrandonBlume.com "The beauty in life is in the embracing of the variety of things. If all the world was blue there would be no colour blue." Back to top

Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: May 22 2003, 20:56 My approach would be to send over a load of slightly unusual instruments for him to try and see what comes out of that, encourage him to play and experiment and get a feeling for the possibilities of all the instruments. i'd then move on to look at the kinds of musical ideas he had, and try to match sounds and ideas together until enough of a vibe's built up to be able to construct something out of it. Then it's a process of looking for patterns, deciding if things can be combined or whether they're better left on their own and working out where everything should go in order to form some kind of cohesive whole. I'd possibly also try suggesting that he collect together all the ideas that he thought too outrageous to ever be usable, and then bring them together into a perhaps less outrageous setting. I'd not suggest making anything complex for the sake of it, neither would I suggest simplifying things when the complexity has a purpose. Back to top

Sysiyo Group: Members Posts: 245 Joined: Feb. 2003 Posted: May 23 2003, 05:22 Like everyone else, I would love to see (hear) Mike do some more long instrumentals. Those are the things he is best at, and the thing he is known for. Just don't call it Tubular Beels V, please. Back to top

maria Group: Members Posts: 928 Joined: July 2002 Posted: May 23 2003, 12:36 i have to say it was a great pleasure to read the chat interview yesterday (as bad news just two for me, no possibility of listening to him alive and the tube world... for the end of the year? ohh... well...) i liked what he answered, to start with the possibility of having some day ommadawn in 5.1. (that would be really great!! ) even not being clear about his next project, i have the feeling for what he said that something really good may be brewing in that unidentified misterious place inside him... long compositions... traditional instruments... virtual reality... yeah, that's the man! had i been yesterday in the press conference, i'd have joined the group of people asking for long instrumentals, since it seems it may be his heading, i'll just suggest him: please... go on exploring that place cause we've seen it's full of beauty. -------------- ...morning and evening i'm flying, i'm dreaming... Back to top

BOOsTER Group: Musicians Posts: 1024 Joined: Jan. 2003 Posted: May 23 2003, 12:47 For those interrested in a new version of Ommadawn...look down to the fan tracks and yes I would like to see Mike joining Michel Cretu's Project Trance Atlantic Airwaves... hehe I am a native trancer And I already heard somewhere that Mike and Michel already collaborated so it might be interresting...I can just imagine a nice long piece of trancey instrumental thing... -------------- http://www.djbooster.net Back to top

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