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Plankton · 02-10-2014, 10:21 AM

Fermented like a fine wine, there are things in life that just get better, using time as the only added ingredient.

Although I do enjoy a good Death Metal tune from time to time, it's also nice to sit back and take in something from the softer side of things. This didn't come from getting old, nor would I consider myself a lover of fluff, but there are some songs that fill your heart with warmth, and can sometimes be a fulfilling emotional experience. This will be an Etude (Fr) on all the music that has touched my heart in one way or another. The times where the hectic pace of life has me worn to the bone, and I need to recharge. The times where I need to fill the emotional void left from the happenstance of life's obstacles. The places of deep subtle meaning.

I can't think of any other fitting place to start than with the man, the legend himself: Jeff Beck.

Jeff Beck - Emotion and Commotion (2010)

While this album does have some of the bravado that Jeff is known for, it is quite the departure from the techno signature he had developed ever since Guitar Shop rolled off the presses. I had read an interview of what went on during the recording process of this album, and one thing that stuck out for me was that he had holed himself up in a hotel room a few blocks away from the studio, and really had no outside connection with the world, other than walking to the studio every day. This seemed to me to be a very ingest-able way to compose this emotion-dripping piece of work. Taking influence from composers such as Puccini, and Harold Arlen, as well as others, this album drips with natural, and quite organic guitar. Jeff even went as far as changing his amplification to some vintage Marshall Plexi reissues, just to get a purer tone.

On the whole, this is an album that I was quite taken with, even during/after first listen. I went out of my way to get some of my band mates to listen to it at times, and there were quite a few moments that the music moved me so much that it brought me to tears. I absolutely love this work, and I actually do idolize the man.

Lilac Wine

Nessum Dorma

02-10-2014, 10:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	Aged and Mellowed Fermented like a fine wine, there are things in life that just get better, using time as the only added ingredient. Although I do enjoy a good Death Metal tune from time to time, it's also nice to sit back and take in something from the softer side of things. This didn't come from getting old, nor would I consider myself a lover of fluff, but there are some songs that fill your heart with warmth, and can sometimes be a fulfilling emotional experience. This will be an Etude (Fr) on all the music that has touched my heart in one way or another. The times where the hectic pace of life has me worn to the bone, and I need to recharge. The times where I need to fill the emotional void left from the happenstance of life's obstacles. The places of deep subtle meaning. I can't think of any other fitting place to start than with the man, the legend himself: Jeff Beck. Jeff Beck - Emotion and Commotion (2010) While this album does have some of the bravado that Jeff is known for, it is quite the departure from the techno signature he had developed ever since Guitar Shop rolled off the presses. I had read an interview of what went on during the recording process of this album, and one thing that stuck out for me was that he had holed himself up in a hotel room a few blocks away from the studio, and really had no outside connection with the world, other than walking to the studio every day. This seemed to me to be a very ingest-able way to compose this emotion-dripping piece of work. Taking influence from composers such as Puccini, and Harold Arlen, as well as others, this album drips with natural, and quite organic guitar. Jeff even went as far as changing his amplification to some vintage Marshall Plexi reissues, just to get a purer tone. On the whole, this is an album that I was quite taken with, even during/after first listen. I went out of my way to get some of my band mates to listen to it at times, and there were quite a few moments that the music moved me so much that it brought me to tears. I absolutely love this work, and I actually do idolize the man. Lilac Wine Nessum Dorma __________________ See location...