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Poster: | dfrank111 | Date: | May 17, 2011 3:11pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | *New* Grateful Dead master class free online with Dave Frank: Exploring Dark Star! |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs_4TQLycQI
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Poster: | dead-head_Monte | Date: | May 18, 2011 3:27pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: *New* Grateful Dead master class free online with Dave Frank: Exploring Dark Star! |
Dark Star is a collective composition/improvisation performed by the Grateful Dead and originally released on the classic LP Live/Dead in 1969. This incredible 23 minute musical tapestry is an excursion to the astral worlds, involving beautiful and powerful melodies, modal harmonies, undulating waves of musical sound, contrapuntal lines, changing rhythms and a unique telepathic musical empathy between the band members. Dark Star was an example of the spirit of the Woodstock generation at its best — creative, explorative, co-operative, boundary pushing musical and communal genius.
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Poster: | WillCo | Date: | May 18, 2011 8:48am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: *New* Grateful Dead master class free online with Dave Frank: Exploring Dark Star! |
Wow. Being no musician myself I usually like to "let the mystery be" as to why and how my favourite popular music sounds so good. But Dark Star is so strong that analysis of this kind is well rewarded.
This is unreservedly recommended to all forumites. Two suggestions: first of all open a secoond browser tab with Dave's notes http://www.davefrankjazz.com/ustream/dead/dead.html
Second suggestion: set up your own copy of Live Dead to play alongside Dave's playback of the whole song at the end.
I look forward to "attending" more of Dave's masterclasses (Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett etc.). And to the ones on "That's It For The Other One", "Alligator", "The Eleven", "Lovelight", "Eyes Of The World" etc.
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Poster: | MindBendah | Date: | May 18, 2011 9:39am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: *New* Grateful Dead master class free online with Dave Frank: Exploring Dark Star! |
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Poster: | wisconsindead | Date: | May 17, 2011 5:27pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: *New* Grateful Dead master class free online with Dave Frank: Exploring Dark Star! |