V. MARRIED TO THE SEA - END.VACUUM COMPOSED BY MICHAEL EINZIGER

[koriksk7]

sounds like some pretty nifty shit. mikey rocks.

[tennisgirl37]

It sounds like... organized chaos... don't know how else to put it. I love it.

[rapley72]

incubus is not nu metal....and this isn't classical...it is a contemporary piece.... as it was composed recently. however i do think it is cool that a popular musician such as mike is helping young america become more familiar with intelligent music and it may hopefully cause a trend of people who actually study and understand music to write good music instead of the garbage that is the majority of the music we hear today.

[carsonwilder]

Incubus released a nu-metal album called S.C.I.E.N.C.E in 1997, when I first heard their style. Though they have shifted away from nu-metal, I was referring to their classification as of then. Classical and contemporary are interchangeable terms. The full term would be contemporary classical music.

[rapley72]

i think when you say classical, you are referring to the fact that it is orchestral. classical music has rules like no parallel thirds, fifths, octaves etc.. certain types of passing tones are also prohibited. there are a load of other stylistic factors that contribute to making a piece classical. If this was in the classical style then technically it would be categorized as a contemporary neoclassical piece.

[rapley72]

contemporary and classical are not interchangeable...in fact they are complete opposites. :)

[rapley72]

though some portions may be reminiscent of classical, other sections of it are more impressionistic. Obviously i do not have the score in front of me, and i only have relative pitch so i can't tell you exactly in which places the rules for classical music are broken. But i have listened to enough of it to know that this isn't it. It is really a culmination of styles. so it is much simpler to just call it contemporary and leave it at that.

[carsonwilder]

Ah I see where our discrepancy lies. You're right about the technical usage of the words in question as far as I can tell. The problem stemmed from my colloquial use of the word classical to describe this orchestral piece.

[rapley72]

indeed sir, indeed. Thanks for the playful debate my friend. It's been fun

[carsonwilder]

Well you're a master debater and I of course, am a cunning linguist.

=)

[staticsarge]

doesnt matter what it is if it makes noise...mike will make awesome sounds come from it

[jordynhuffman]

i like when people use big words in their comments

[carsonwilder]

Indubitably.

[lustandcupcakes]

i think i will listen to this next time my mind is smeared all over the windshield of the universe

[lustandcupcakes]

i realize mike composed this but i imagined hed be involved guitar wise, perhaps sheading some incufx or stylings, well, theres goes my expectations, all the more

[ivinsni]

I was watching rage against the machine whilst mike was doing this.

[carsonwilder]

I find no dilemma at all. Simply quirky observations and pseudo nostalgia of the aural variety.

[marcopolo831]

I concur.

[marcopolo831]

I wouldn't say i have the same problem... because i dont see it as a problem. lol but i seem to be doing the same thing

[carsonwilder]

Who knew that a nu-metal band I liked (and still do) is the sole reason I'm sitting here watching a 45 minute classical piece over and over?