[Fmpro] Soaring

[Christopher Alpiar]

Too bad KPLU is like elevator jazz ;-( Still better than most pop but  
so wishy washy

Once in a while they play something semi progressive, But when I was a  
dot com boomer and loaded living in Bellevue (which was gone faster  
than it arrived unfortunately) I offered to donate 10,000 to their  
station if they changed the playlist to include avant garde, modal and  
hard bop with some representation of Coltrane, Sun Ra, Eric Dolphy,  
and the like. I was respectfully declined and was told by hmmm I  
forget his name, one of the main DJs there, that the programming was  
required in their charter to be "suitable for the work environment".  
So I sent them 100.00 instead with a note that it was to go towards  
news programming only lol

Tho I listened to it at work also, so not bagging you are all Jim just  
bringing up KPLU reminded me of the 5 page letter I wrote them hah

On Mar 18, 2008, at 11:50 PM, Jim Chase wrote:

> Okay, another distraction,
>
>     At work, we listen to Jazz (KPLU) sometimes.  An avid fan of
> club (bump bump)  music asked "Why do they play all those other
> notes?"  I assumed he was referring to the sax around the melody of a
> familiar Howard Arlen tune that was airing.
>
> "Your ear gets bored with the same thing" I explained.
>
> "What's with all the crazy notes?  Why can't they just play the song."
>   This guy is a hard case, but it got me thinking: What is 'SONG'?
>
>   Did he mean 'melody"?  There were no lyrics, but anyone over 40
> could sing them.  "One For My Baby"  C'mon.  "Set 'em up Joe..."
>
>    Crazy notes?  Slur a melody once, it's a mistake.  Slur it twice,
> and it's art.  No lyric?  Then what makes it a "Song"?   Maybe my
> misguided friend was missing a  hook, ala John Fogarty, or Tom
> Petty.  Maybe I think too much.
>
> Jim Chase
>

Christopher Kennedy Alpiar
Cinematic Composer
www.alpiar.com