I can record an example if You want to know what "play not in tempo" meansRobi wrote:Not that little playback part why "i'm worried" about, but i can't get the term he was unable to play in tempo...
Blah Blah Cafe, the Jean-Michel Jarre forum
I can record an example if You want to know what "play not in tempo" meansRobi wrote:Not that little playback part why "i'm worried" about, but i can't get the term he was unable to play in tempo...
You know, the composer Max Reger wrote some of the most fiendishly difficult organ music in the repertoire, but he himself couldn't even play most of it; his interpreter Karl Straube, a virtuoso organist, gave the premier performances in most cases. Franz Joseph Haydn also wrote much fine music for the piano, but by his own admission he was a mediocre pianist.Robi wrote:Not that little playback part why "i'm worried" about, but i can't get the term he was unable to play in tempo...
mathetes1963 wrote:You know, the composer Max Reger wrote some of the most fiendishly difficult organ music in the repertoire, but he himself couldn't even play most of it; his interpreter Karl Straube, a virtuoso organist, gave the premier performances in most cases. Franz Joseph Haydn also wrote much fine music for the piano, but by his own admission he was a mediocre pianist.Robi wrote:Not that little playback part why "i'm worried" about, but i can't get the term he was unable to play in tempo...
My point?
Speaking only for myself, I have always admired JMJ more as a composer and "sound colorist" rather than for his playing ability. So, the fact that maybe he's out of practice or simply isn't that good of a straight "keyboard player" isn't that much of a bummer for me. I appreciate that he's taken the risk personally and professionally to do "Oxygene" live in the manner he's now doing, I think it shows a lot of courage and desire to share his art with the fans...
My two shekels' worth
Well said...100% agree !moviemaker wrote:mathetes1963 wrote:You know, the composer Max Reger wrote some of the most fiendishly difficult organ music in the repertoire, but he himself couldn't even play most of it; his interpreter Karl Straube, a virtuoso organist, gave the premier performances in most cases. Franz Joseph Haydn also wrote much fine music for the piano, but by his own admission he was a mediocre pianist.Robi wrote:Not that little playback part why "i'm worried" about, but i can't get the term he was unable to play in tempo...
My point?
Speaking only for myself, I have always admired JMJ more as a composer and "sound colorist" rather than for his playing ability. So, the fact that maybe he's out of practice or simply isn't that good of a straight "keyboard player" isn't that much of a bummer for me. I appreciate that he's taken the risk personally and professionally to do "Oxygene" live in the manner he's now doing, I think it shows a lot of courage and desire to share his art with the fans...
My two shekels' worth
Indeed, very well said.gb wrote:100% agree !moviemaker wrote:mathetes1963 wrote: You know, the composer Max Reger wrote some of the most fiendishly difficult organ music in the repertoire, but he himself couldn't even play most of it; his interpreter Karl Straube, a virtuoso organist, gave the premier performances in most cases. Franz Joseph Haydn also wrote much fine music for the piano, but by his own admission he was a mediocre pianist.
My point?
Speaking only for myself, I have always admired JMJ more as a composer and "sound colorist" rather than for his playing ability. So, the fact that maybe he's out of practice or simply isn't that good of a straight "keyboard player" isn't that much of a bummer for me. I appreciate that he's taken the risk personally and professionally to do "Oxygene" live in the manner he's now doing, I think it shows a lot of courage and desire to share his art with the fans...
My two shekels' worth
Exactlish!Equinoxe5 wrote:Indeed, very well said.gb wrote:100% agree !moviemaker wrote:
Afterall, Jarre wrote those tracks and at the end of the day now matter what anyone else thinks or says, he plays them how HE wants to, when he wants to and in what manner suits him. So who are we to dictate to him how they should sound/be played.
