Re: [Music] Leviathan

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Hi Steve,
thanks for your feedback.

If you - or anyone else - would like a loslessly compressed version, I co=
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temporarily upload a FLAC version to dropbox or a website.

Best wishes,

Jeanette

Steve Stubbs, May 3 2026:

> 05/03/2026
>
> Hi Jeanette,
>
> I saved Leviathan in WAVe format instead of MP3.  Which goes to show yo=
u
> how much I liked Leviathan.
>
> I am too left-brain centered to get/understand poetry or prose.  I alwa=
ys
> prefer ballads.
>
> The music, however, got me riding along in the wave.  And if you are go=
ing
> to spend a month working on a creation, then it's time to clue you in o=
n
> the Ancient Greeks and their take on music.  (If you haven't already fo=
und
> out about the Ancient Greeks, that is.)
>
> To the Ancient Greeks, music was not art.  Music was science, with spec=
ific
> rules to create and elicit a desired reaction in the listener.  Music w=
as
> 'cook-book' engineering.  Follow the recipe and get the desired result.=
  To
> the Ancient Greeks, a defendant saying 'the music made me do it' was an
> acceptable defense and the performer could be the one in jeopardy.
>
> Take a look at:
>
> On Music in Three Books, by Aristides Quintilianus, ISBN 0-300-02893-8,
> Copyright 1983 by Yale University Press (New Haven and London).
> Translation, with Introduction, Commentary, and Annotations by Thomas J
> Mathiesen
>
> It's a scholarly work and will put insomniacs to sleep.  But stay with =
it.
> I think you will like what you will get from it.
>
>
> I never liked the first Rap music.  After reading Quintilianus, I reali=
zed
> that the first Rap music fit the formula for War Cant:  3 notes or less=
,
> heavily syncopated, and angry lyrics.
>
> Best Regards,
> Steve.
>
> On Sun, May 3, 2026 at 5:56=E2=80=AFAM Jeanette C. <jeanette@freeshell.=
de> wrote:
>
>> Hey hey,
>> here's Leviathan a piece of glam rock/metal with a twist:
>> Peertube: https://makertube.net/w/k8RR6XQZLUc2cHRYHMA7NL
>> Youtube: https://youtu.be/ANRjsGIK4Co
>> (lyrics below)
>>
>>
>

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