Comments for Extra...Ordinary...Extras... http://www.tarohattori.com/extra Wed, 12 May 2010 16:22:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on Artillery Magazine by Paige Wery http://www.tarohattori.com/extra/?p=99#comment-11 Paige Wery Wed, 12 May 2010 16:22:19 +0000 http://blog.tarohattori.com/2010/05/11/artillery-magazine/#comment-11 I love your work and was happy to see it included in our SF issue. Are you being represented at the SF art fair? Artillery has a booth. Stop by and say hi. best, Paige (publisher of Artillery) I love your work and was happy to see it included in our SF issue. Are you being represented at the SF art fair? Artillery has a booth. Stop by and say hi. best, Paige (publisher of Artillery)

]]> Comment on Aerial Boundaries by Eric http://www.tarohattori.com/extra/?p=81#comment-10 Eric Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:01:17 +0000 http://blog.tarohattori.com/2010/03/09/aerial-boundaries/#comment-10 His work was definitely innovative and brilliant. We just put his Grammy award winning album "Oralce" back in print last year - http://www.valley-entertainment.com/oracle-1.html His work was definitely innovative and brilliant. We just put his Grammy award winning album “Oralce” back in print last year – http://www.valley-entertainment.com/oracle-1.html

]]> Comment on The 2nd Movements by bulaklak http://www.tarohattori.com/extra/?p=39#comment-5 bulaklak Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:30:37 +0000 http://blog.tarohattori.com/2008/12/18/the-2nd-movements/#comment-5 Another 2nd movement that I have loved since being a teenager is Schubert's Trio in E-flat, Op. 100. Of course, I will have to admit that one of the versions that I love the most is the version that is used in the closing credits of The Hunger. In this version, it seems as if it is played at a slower pace and arranged such that it is stripped of almost all ornamentation. I know that other versions have more 'musical merit' but that dark, romantic version really gets to me. Basically it sounds like exactly what it is - which is the closing credits to an overly-stylish vampire movie in the '80s. I have listened to many versions of that trio, and many are wonderful, but for some reason I always come back to that gothy version from The Hunger. Another 2nd movement that I have loved since being a teenager is Schubert’s Trio in E-flat, Op. 100. Of course, I will have to admit that one of the versions that I love the most is the version that is used in the closing credits of The Hunger. In this version, it seems as if it is played at a slower pace and arranged such that it is stripped of almost all ornamentation. I know that other versions have more ‘musical merit’ but that dark, romantic version really gets to me. Basically it sounds like exactly what it is – which is the closing credits to an overly-stylish vampire movie in the ’80s. I have listened to many versions of that trio, and many are wonderful, but for some reason I always come back to that gothy version from The Hunger.

]]> Comment on The 2nd Movements by admin http://www.tarohattori.com/extra/?p=39#comment-4 admin Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:09:26 +0000 http://blog.tarohattori.com/2008/12/18/the-2nd-movements/#comment-4 I was surprised to have your (or anybody's) comment on my blog. I through nobody would find or pay attention to my blog, Hahaha. I sometimes write some embarrassing things. I was not a big fan of Dvořák but I listened to the one you had mentioned and I really liked it. Especially how it's developed. I thought the idea of "America" that time must be so different from the current one... (it seems Dvorak was interested more in Native American and African American music resources...) More contemporary, but in Czech composers, I like Janáček. for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgvWJHzsYRE I really like his opera work also. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmHoYKjEXCs I went that particular opera "The Makropoulos Case" when I was in NYC. After the overture, in the first song by a baritone singer who climbed up to a very high ladder to reach a drawer of extremely high file cabinets, he suddenly stopped singing and fell down from almost the top of the ladder. Everything stopped. And that was the end of the night. Next morning, I got a news paper and found that he died. The opera has such a mysterious story, and the accident happened that night. I haven't even tried to see the opera since then. Anyway, thanks for checking my blog! I was surprised to have your (or anybody’s) comment on my blog. I through nobody would find or pay attention to my blog, Hahaha. I sometimes write some embarrassing things. I was not a big fan of Dvořák but I listened to the one you had mentioned and I really liked it. Especially how it’s developed. I thought the idea of “America” that time must be so different from the current one… (it seems Dvorak was interested more in Native American and African American music resources…)

More contemporary, but in Czech composers, I like Janáček.
for example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgvWJHzsYRE

I really like his opera work also.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmHoYKjEXCs

I went that particular opera “The Makropoulos Case” when I was in NYC. After the overture, in the first song by a baritone singer who climbed up to a very high ladder to reach a drawer of extremely high file cabinets, he suddenly stopped singing and fell down from almost the top of the ladder. Everything stopped. And that was the end of the night. Next morning, I got a news paper and found that he died. The opera has such a mysterious story, and the accident happened that night. I haven’t even tried to see the opera since then.

Anyway, thanks for checking my blog!

]]> Comment on One of the second movements -again and again by bulaklak http://www.tarohattori.com/extra/?p=43#comment-6 bulaklak Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:27:57 +0000 http://blog.tarohattori.com/2009/01/10/one-of-the-second-movements-again-and-again/#comment-6 I wonder if "arid" is a good word, or a step in the right direction. I wonder if “arid” is a good word, or a step in the right direction.

]]> Comment on The 2nd Movements by bulaklak http://www.tarohattori.com/extra/?p=39#comment-3 bulaklak Sun, 08 Feb 2009 04:59:24 +0000 http://blog.tarohattori.com/2008/12/18/the-2nd-movements/#comment-3 I am also a big fan of 2nd movements. One of my favorites is the 2nd movement of Dvořák's "American Quartet." It's definitely a little on the dramatic side (and maybe also a little sweet, too), but it has such a searing quality. There is a moment where there is a pause and then a note jumps in on a high register that breaks my heart. I am also a big fan of 2nd movements. One of my favorites is the 2nd movement of Dvořák’s “American Quartet.” It’s definitely a little on the dramatic side (and maybe also a little sweet, too), but it has such a searing quality. There is a moment where there is a pause and then a note jumps in on a high register that breaks my heart.

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