Author Archive: Rhythmroo
A Short Return…
Hi everyone! It’s been a while blog followers and twitter buddies, but here I am to disclose on why I have been quiet for such a lengthy span of time. It is because of my classwork at college and personal studies (done during summer/winter breaks) that has kept me away from this blog, as well [poorly] maintaining …
Opening the Music Box in LBP2′s Toy Story DLC
The name “Winifred Phillips” isn’t a stranger around these parts, and there’s a darn good reason for that! Her compositional style is not only fascinating in construction, but varied in mood and genre. Little Big Planet 2′s Toy Story DLC is an example of how varied her arsenal is with genres. In this DLC project …
The Expressive Plane – Part I
“My own belief is that all music has an expressive power, some more and some less, but that all music has a certain meaning behind the notes and the meaning behind the notes constitutes, after all, what the piece is saying, what the piece is about. This whole problem can be stated quite simply, by …
The Sensuous Plane
In the post The Musical Frontier, I note the three planes of listening in which Aaron Copland has broken up for us. 1) The Sensuous Plane 2) The Expressive Plane 3) The Sheerly Musical Plane. Today we explore the first of these planes, The Sensuous Plane. Thankfully, this plane is [perhaps] the easiest of the …
Update May 5th, 2011
After sending my last paper to my professor, classes have [finally] become completed for this semester. Looking over Copland’s “What to Listen For in Music” and Video Game Music is next on the docket. Check you inbox every Friday for a new post. Thanks for your patience, I’ll do my best on writing a semi-interesting …
