Re: . . .

[". e t h e r . {lung}" <etherlung@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

thank you tara!

----- Original Message -----
From: "robert vanportfleet" <lyciummusic@support-cause.earthlink.net>
To: "The Lycium" <lycia@support-cause.lists.darkspire.net>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: . . .

> thanks so much for your insights! to answer some of your questions:
>
> YES! mike did do the programming! :) and he used/uses: in the early days
> (pre Ionia) Alesis HR16, ionia/stark - era: Kawai PH50 presets, everything
> since: Alesis SR16. synths: Kawai PH50, Kawai K11, ASR10 (dave galas)
>
> mike and i wrote Estrella (caterpillar butterly - which will appear on
Comp.
> II) on acoustic guitar. it happened quite naturally and it still sorta
> puzzles me how the lyrics fell out of my head without any effort. they
> seriously just came from somewhere beyond my brain.
>
> thanks again for your insights! it's always interesting to hear other
> people's perceptions!!
>
> thanks!
>
> xox tara xox
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> > From: ". e t h e r . {lung}" <etherlung@support-cause.hotmail.com>
> > Organization: liontraks studio
> > Reply-To: The Lycium <lycia@support-cause.lists.darkspire.net>
> > Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 23:03:04 -0400
> > To: "The Lycium" <lycia@support-cause.lists.darkspire.net>
> > Subject: . . .
> >
> > when this list hits . . . it hits!
> > it comes and goes like a roller coaster . . . and this was one of the
'big
> > drops'!
> >
> > i've been listening to compilations 1 a lot lately . . . 'down' is a
great
> > song!
> > i love all the songs, but of the ones i haven't heard on any other lyca
> > album . . . 'down' has really stuck.
> >
> > . . . other lycia songs that have affected me the most are . . .
> > 'sleepless' {i think 'sleepless' is sung so beautifully}, 'nine hours
later'
> > {great beat . . . the most original beats i've heard are in lycia songs}
. .
> > .
> >>>>>> what drum machine or synth does/did lycia use?  mike, did you do
the
> > programming in the early wake days?  that album has really cool beats
too! .
> > . .
> >
> > . . . 'boiler room' {boiler room is great!} . . . i've been living in
> > somewhat of a boiler room for a while . . . it's a great release of
> > frustration listening to bleak! . . .
> >
> > . . . 'grey clouds', 'granada' {the beginning of that song is so
> > powerful!}, 'drifting', 'polaris' {i remember reading an interview about
> > that album and it was mentioned that lycia had moved to colder climate,
and
> > thus became the theme of the 'cold' album} . . .
> >
> > . . . 'time', 'wide open spaces' {that song is so amazing, i fall into
such
> > a state of 'thinking'} . . . it's interesting the way it's kind of a
> > continuation of 'desert' {desert is great too, very moving, another
great
> > 'thinking' song} . . .
> >
> > . . . 'pray', 'resigned' {'resigned' is beautiful in kind of the same
way
> > that 'wide open spaces' is . . . and it's also interesting how
'surrender'
> > is also a kind of continuation of 'resigned'}
> >>>>>> i read things about people turning their backs on lycia because
'the
> > burning circle' didn't resemble earlier lycia music . . . i thought the
> > burning cirlcle was a great collection of music, both of those discs
have so
> > much going on, oh . . . and not to mention tara's singing debut! . . .
> >
> > . . . 'clouds in the southern sky' {i traveled to italy 2 summers ago,
and
> > everytime i would travel between countries or cities, i would listen to
that
> > song, so now everytime i listen to it it reminds me of the tuscany
mountains
> > passing across the passenger car's window} and 'estrella' {'estrella'
kills
> > me . . . i can't listen to that song too much because it's so emotional,
i
> > can't believe that song} . . .
> >>>>>> tara, mike . . . if you wouldn't mind me asking {i'm very curious},
how
> > did that song 'happen'?  how does music like that 'happen'?-------
> >
> > really beautiful music!
> >
> > . . . this feedback is the least i could do for all the great music that
> > i've received from lycia!
> >
> > ok . . . thanks again . . .