grettings from Ciudad de Los Angeles Caidos
My name's Peter Max (my real names because I'm Russian-American, not because my parents were hippies who dug the famous 60s artist) - Actually I'm the hippie, or used to be, was a flower CHILD, because my parents died '64 and I was raised partly by hippies who spent a lot of time on a commune in Topanga Canyon, CA - and of course I dug the art of Peter Max (not because he shares my name, because the art is good)
I was hipped to Burning Man by Johnette Napolitano, who is Concrete Blonde: alternative music. Johnette and me went to elem sch and jnr high together. She remembers singing Ave Maria in choir when the teacher cried while Steve Porcaro (Toto) smacked the bottoms of the girls in front of them. I on the other hand, remember singing Traces of Love in choir, which to this day makes me cry and there's no logical explanation for this emotional reaction, which is really bitchin (re: 60s slang for "cool")
I like emotional reaction to music.
I like it when the hair stands up on my arms and my neck tingles as reaction to specific chordal progressions and melody.
I like to laugh at intellectual responses to music.
My original music here (unlike my original orchestral music) tends to sound like Brahmsian lullabies morphed to goth eclected to 'other' -- or maybe what Brahms or Chopin (two depressed Romantics) might have composed if alive today and attempting to write pop songs (persish the thought)
If you like, go here to listen to a couple of shitty demos of it:
http://www.soundclick.com/orphanus
Explaining 'shitty' comment above: I hate recording music, meaning I always love to play music, but enjoy recording only if someone else is pushing the buttons and crap. But I'm also reclusive (massive understatement) so have this portable recorder-burner and was messing with it by myself to create the above rough-songwriter-demo recordings. The result is shitty because I'm too lazy to get into editing, which is vital because the nature of my music is rich harmonically etc. and therefore a good producer and engineer would be helpful in making these songs sound better, for example, helping me select good takes, re-taking crappy takes (especially out of tune vox), panning, eq-ing, fx etc. etc. all the stuff that people do who care more about recording music than actually playing it. Give me a live gig any day over the studio.
If you do visit my mp3 site, please email me & tell me what you think of my songs... thanks. --
[email protected]
<><><> <><><> <><><> <><><>
May all the So Cal fallen angels gather and rejoice in the coming of nobody and the resurrection only of lonely human spirits who wish to commune in spiritual harmony,
Peter Max, prince of the fallen angels
Ciudad de Los Angeles Caidos, 4/06
)'(
