Friday, July 22, 2005

That music created by Louis and Bebe Barrin was pretty cool. Looking at it from today's standpoint, the music seems like cliche sci fi music. But back then, it was totally new. That kind of electronic music was groundbreaking and I am sure eery to people who heard it. The music really gets under your skin and has a creepy edge to it. You know music stands out when it can evoke an emotion or feeling either physically or mentally. All the reverb, delays, and synthesized tones gave it that unusual and 'out there' sound. This was a true revolution at the time.

I did not know that Les Paul was the creator of the electric guitar. It's funny how the main purpose of the instrument was only to be louder, while it ended up creating a huge phenomenon of the most widely played instrument in the world. I'm sure Les Paul had no idea that his creation was going to catch on like that. All he wanted was to be heard and through his invention, thousands of excellent compositions have been and continue to be made. The electric guitar is truly a phenomenom and is one of the coolest sounding instruments out there.

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Blogger JJK said...

Yes, it is amazing that Les Paul spawned a unique phenomenon. But once he got his prototype working, he realized that it was quite different than just an amplified, acoustic guitar. It had a timbral character all to itself, and soon distortion and delays added to the sound would be come ubiquitous within so many popular music genres

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