Episode 7: “Pro Music: Music for Music’s Sake.” (Show Intro)
Each episode of "Alloy" features a short spoken segment where I share my thoughts about the week's musical theme or focus. Here is the script from this week's spoken segment:
Each episode of "Alloy" features a short spoken segment where I share my thoughts about the week's musical theme or focus. Here is the script from this week's spoken segment:
This week’s show was, hopefully, less about labels, definitions and firm musical boundaries, and more about witnessing the blurring of musical boundaries in an effort to be, simply, "pro music," for music for music’s sake—in all its challenging forms, boundaries, and styles.
Song | Artist | Album | Amazon | iTunes| Other |
JJ Leaves LA | Daniel Lanois | Shine | Amazon | iTunes |
Gave Proof | Matt Ulery | In the Ivory | Amazon | iTunes |
Write on the Wall | Matt Ulery | In the Ivory | Amazon | iTunes |
Ghost in the Machine | Now Hear Ensemble, Dan VanHassel (composer) | Made in California | Amazon | iTunes |
First Flight | Myriad3 | The Where | Amazon | iTunes |
white cylinder (a) | the cellar and point | ambit | Amazon | iTunes |
Rhetoric Machine | Nathan Parker Smith | Not Dark Yet | Amazon | iTunes |
Of the Sea | The Vale | From Another Room | Other | iTunes |
Nimbus | Jonathan Badger | Verse | Amazon | iTunes |
Until It Blazes | Giacomo Fiore (guitar), Eve Beglarian (composer) | iv: american electric guitars | Amazon | iTunes |
Palo Colorado Dream | Anthony Pirog | Palo Colorado Dream | Amazon | iTunes |
Leaving the Woods | Janel and Anthony | Where Is Home | Amazon | iTunes |
Several of today's tracks were recently featured on this excellent compilation: Fall 2014 Mixtape
A number of new artists were featured on this week's show. Checkout their sites for more info:
This week’s show is, hopefully, less about labels, definitions and firm musical boundaries, and more about witnessing the blurring of musical boundaries in an effort to be, simply, "pro music," *for* music for music’s sake—in all its challenging forms, boundaries, and styles.