OFF: Help Wanted

Tom Byrne thelastdruids at HOTMAIL.COM
Mon Mar 8 13:19:32 EST 2004


John's points prompted me to put up my most structured piece to date, 'The
Dragons of Dinas Emrys'. Do drop by and have a listen.

http://www.soundclick.com/pro/default.cfm?BandID=121360&content=music

Regards

Tom


>Part of this is that Hawkwind, like countless bands before and after, use
>the good old sonata form:

>2. development: develop the themes and mix them up a bit
>3. recapitulation: restate the original themes

>OK it's cliched, Beethoven did it, but it gives a track structure and this
>makes the track a lot better to listen to. Great composers bend the rules
>with the sonata form, Beethoven did, and while Hawkwind aren't that great
>they bend the rules too and mostly make their tracks even better as a
>result.

>JR

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