Music mavericks

[imomus]

Music Mavericks is a series of thirteen public-radio programs hosted by Suzanne Vega, produced by Tom Voegeli, broadcast by Minnesota Public Radio, and archived online. The script manages to be, at times, smug and glib (a mere ten minutes into Episode 11, From Moog to Mark II to MIDI to Max, Vega is citing herself and Celine Dion as users of electronic orchestration) but this series covers a lot of interesting territory, with a good balance of narrative to illustration. Here are the shows, ready to be loaded up in RealPlayer:

Program 1: The Meaning of Maverick (59:00)

Program 2: What's American about American music (59:00)

Program 3: Oh, to be popular (59:00)

Program 4: It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing (59:00)

Program 5: If You Build It, They Will Come (59:00)

Program 6: West meets East (59:00)

Program 7: If Jackson Pollock Wrote Music (59:00)

Program 8: To Repeat or Not Repeat, That is the Question (59:00)

Program 9: The Do-It-Yourself Composer (59:00)

Program 10: What's So Great About the Orchestra? (59:00)

Program 11: From Moog to Mark II to MIDI to Max (59:00)

Program 12: Is It Music If Nobody Hears It? (59:00)

Program 13: Between a Rock and a Hard Place (59:00)

Also worth investigating are the standalone interviews down the page, and the additional material from the archives. I'm listening to an excellent Lamonte Young interview right now.

Comments

[sonjaaa.livejournal.com]

OMG, that's awesome, Nick. I love documentaries! Thanks for sharing.

From Sonja in Canada
(a fan of your music)

Short circuited

[xyzedd.livejournal.com]

Thanks a lot, Momus. Now I'll never finish my Tolstoy.

Denizens of the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center and the BBC Radiophonics Workshop better get their due!

Re: Short circuited

[xyzedd.livejournal.com]

I just had to report back right away and testify how really wonderful (at first glance) this site is. Not only have I finally been able to play a virtual rhythmicon and Partchian boo, but I've also mixed my favorite symphony of all eternity, Ives's "Unanswered Question." Such adult playgrounds should be severely restricted if I am to get any work done today.

[sakuraamplifier.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the links--these should be interesting!

[klasensjo.livejournal.com]

Listening to LaMonte Young interviews is probably all we're going to be able to do. He's just not releasing anything on cd, is he? This legal/lawyer controversy a few years (vs. Conrad/Cale) ago just gave another strange dimension to this enigma of a character...
Now I'm in for hours of listening here...and I haven't gone through all of ubuweb yet..:)

[klasensjo.livejournal.com]

Wrong. Apparently "The well tuned piano" 5-cd set is still available.
http://melafoundation.org/main.htm

!

[(Anonymous)]

I really appreciate you making this post--thanks for the trouble.

rts