Originality and Authenticity is a debate that has been argued over the decades for years from Barker and Taylor to , taking concepts heard in today’s songs right back to classical routes and drawing question into how far one can go before something is no longer authentic or original and some even ridiculing the idea of the debate being discussed at all after we have come so far in centuries of music – even to the point where our rendition of silence is up for debate if John Cage or R. Murray Schafer have anything to say about it.
Thankfully for this series, we’re not going that far and for the basics will be taking modern popular music and examining parts that have been borrowed, inspired or are a pastiche of another piece of music and working the steps back until we land at an accepted origin and discover the ‘nth Interval’ of the piece in question to it’s origin (FYI: I know the terminology doesn’t quite fit the mathematical rule, but since when did music ever follow rules to the letter? 😉 ). That said, where further discussion is owed, I will do my best to dig deeper and let us explore back as far as possible (without stepping too much on scholar’s toes).
This is an idea I have wanted to explore ever since exploring these ideas a University and with previous renditions planned both on my two-generations-ago blog and as a possible 2nd show in the BassMent! Radio revival project (complete with a shamelessly home brewed promo during a summer break):
Here’s hoping nHarmonic will be the one! In between other posts I hope to get a post out every 4-6 weeks where possible, but this may change depending on popularity and indeed research levels.
Either way I hope you find it enjoyable and insightful and as always feedback will be appreciated.
Mike
