Harry Partch - BBC Documentary - Part 4 of 6

After seeing this I'm convinced the famous duel between Kirk and Spock on the original Star Trek series was influenced by Partch.

the sounds from his instruments sound almost oriental, like japanese or chinese, or buddhist lol

Harry Partch. A man with a vision! I wish I could have met him.

i had no idea Partch had done stuff on Anger films, that's awesome..

Amelia1965:
Yes, maybe it may sound like shit but that's a lot of work and complex thinking to make a piece of shit...and besides he might think that today's pop music is all shit...music is subjective..

Wrong!!! Music is not subjective. There's good music and there's shit! This unfortunately is, and believe me - I studied music, completely shit!

Modern, complex music (and art) really does take more effort and more thinking and planning than the kind of classic music (or art) that we're used to. I'm actually shocked and disappointed that they DIDN'T teach for example about Partch in music academy. Amelia, don't stay inside the box your education puts you to. There's so many things to learn and to discover - think for yourself, not according to a pattern you learn from school or from society.

to each their own. One man's trash is another man's treasure. I'm sure you would be happy to listen to some manufactured pop garbage, or something else you have been trained to accept as music.
I suggest you dose 500 micrograms and call me in a week.

This was a man who made no compromises...amazing.