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bzrp is doing a concert tour now, he just played here in buenos aires a couple weeks ago, i have the t-shirt also maybe lindsey stirling counts?
She does, and was the first instrumentalist that came to mind shortly followed by Yo-Yo Ma, and various classical guitarists like Pepe Romero (I'm not sure I have a personal "favorite" per-se).
Otherwise, popular instrumentals are all techno tracks that made it into the charts. Think of Fat Boy Slim, Jus†ice or Daft Punk. I’ve seen Jus†ice live and they perform something similar to a pop/rock concert. Pretty cool.
Of course an obvious exception is classically minded listeners, but they're sadly relatively rare as well.
As a pianist, it's easy for me to rattle off the names of my favorite pianists: Fats Waller, Thelonious Monk, Keith Jarrett, Sviatoslav Richter, etc.
Carbon Based Lifeforms anyone? Solar Fields? Solar Fields did soundtrack for Mirror's Edge for example. So many good composers doing electro/synth instrumentals nowadays but aren't mainstream, which might be good thing
> But if you asked a random person on the street to name a clarinet player, I suspect most people couldn’t come up with one, let alone one known for their good looks. The space of potential sources for inspiration has exploded. How many people had a favourite typographer or open source software contributor or racecar driver or whatever else a hundred years ago? Music is different, sure, as others have commented, but…
Carbon Based Lifeforms anyone? Solar Fields? Solar Fields did soundtrack for Mirror's Edge for example. So many good composers doing electro/synth instrumentals nowadays but aren't mainstream, which might be good thing
Aphex Twin, The Orb, The Irresistible force, Lane 8, Ben Boehmer, Air, Marconi Union, The Free Association, Floating Points, Gas, 2814, Nala Sinephro, Loscil, Max Richter, Banco de Gaia, Skee Mask, The Future Sound of London, Jan Jelinek, Earl Grey, Bonobo, Susumu Yokata, Stars of the Lid, Detroit Escalator Co. Global Communication, Biosphere, Max Cooper.
I recommend them all. What you got?
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True enough. I'd like to be that good at guitar but it seems like he's somewhat of a savant. I can't say I envy his social life.
Between the prolific musicians I admire the most, like Allan Holdsworth, Devin Townsend, Zappa, Pat Metheny or him - he seems to be the most troubled but interesting character. It's like if the only, coherent and 'real' way he speaks is only though the guitar - any other way you'll get some gibberish our simple minds can comprehend. Heard the other day he has health issues and hope he's better now.
It's all just a character though of course. He did some recordings with the LOTR actors, Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd (Merry and Pippin) spoke a little bit about it on their podcast. He had a strict rule about no cameras or cell phones when meeting him, and they were able to hang out with him sans bucket and Herbie.
The article asks two different questions, one about the decline of the instrumental hit and one about the decline of the instrumentalist, and doesn't go far to answer either. I'd be interested to see a breakdown of the instrumental hits throughout the decades. Is the decline simply due to classical and jazz going out of fashion? How many are soundtracks? Surely most modern instrumental hits are EDM, yes? This data-dr…
More so, electronica. I feel kinda bad for a music expert who isn't aware of Four Tet, Nils Frahm, Orbital, Sasha, or Tipper.
Tigran Hamasyan, Animals as Leaders, and Plini are musicians I listen to almost everyday.
If I had to name one it would be the violinist Vanessa Mae, but I think DJ's have replaced bands and musicians in many ways and have certainly added value to the original work, which ironically is a copyright nightmare. I wouldnt listen to this original soundtrack/song, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N_ucgihNzk&ab_channel=fdsvf... But I'd listen to these upgrades. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vmbSXKNJ14&ab_chan…
> If I had to name one it would be the violinist Vanessa Mae Haven't heard any of her work, have skied with her though.