Re: . . .

[robert vanportfleet <lyciummusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> thank you tara!

no problemo! ;)

xox

> 
> 
> ----- 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 . . .