I'm mostly known in the ad music community as a person who does rock or electronic music for TV commercials. In other words, most folks hire me because of the type of music I use my PRS guitars and amps on.
But there's been something else that's grown all out of proportion during the last few years: I write orchestral music (the kind some people refer to as Classical Music, though strictly speaking, Classical was an era, not a music style).
I'm literally addicted to writing music for orchestra. I listen to orchestral music on XM or PBS radio nearly all the time. I'm sure few people here do that. I hardly listen to rock music any more. I certainly don't write it, unless a purchase order for an ad track is involved!
I have to force myself to practice my beloved guitars and amps. That's just SO wrong!!! But it's also real.
This puts me in one of those...style-warps! That'd be kind of like a time warp, only it's about musical style instead of time.
"Les, you need to see an accredited Rock Counselor. I've heard they can really help."
"I sure hope so, because right now my favorite lead player is Jascha Heifetz, not Clapton. And there's no electric guitar or amp involved in his stuff."
"How about Eric Johnson's Violin Tone?"
"Great, but it's ersatz violin."
"You, sir, are in serious trouble with the Tone Gods."
"Is there a way to repent and be cured?"
"No. It's hopeless. The best you can do at this point is play your synths and be like Wendy Carlos."
"Do I have to change my sexual identity like she did? That might be hard for me."
"No one knows. But perhaps I can interest you in a G-string."
But there's been something else that's grown all out of proportion during the last few years: I write orchestral music (the kind some people refer to as Classical Music, though strictly speaking, Classical was an era, not a music style).
I'm literally addicted to writing music for orchestra. I listen to orchestral music on XM or PBS radio nearly all the time. I'm sure few people here do that. I hardly listen to rock music any more. I certainly don't write it, unless a purchase order for an ad track is involved!
I have to force myself to practice my beloved guitars and amps. That's just SO wrong!!! But it's also real.
This puts me in one of those...style-warps! That'd be kind of like a time warp, only it's about musical style instead of time.
"Les, you need to see an accredited Rock Counselor. I've heard they can really help."
"I sure hope so, because right now my favorite lead player is Jascha Heifetz, not Clapton. And there's no electric guitar or amp involved in his stuff."
"How about Eric Johnson's Violin Tone?"
"Great, but it's ersatz violin."
"You, sir, are in serious trouble with the Tone Gods."
"Is there a way to repent and be cured?"
"No. It's hopeless. The best you can do at this point is play your synths and be like Wendy Carlos."
"Do I have to change my sexual identity like she did? That might be hard for me."
"No one knows. But perhaps I can interest you in a G-string."
