- Conductor: None
- Composer: Lawrence Ball
- Audio CD (31 Jan 2012)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Format: Enhanced
- Label: Navona Records
- ASIN: B006CAXQ3U
- Other Editions: MP3 Download
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 91,194 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Meditative yet propulsive. Structured yet sprawling. Gossamer yet muscular. Inspired yet meticulously constructed. METHOD MUSIC by Lawrence Ball is all of these and more, a double album of highly adventurous electronic music by a master innovator of algorithmic composition. But this album possesses a unique and illustrious lineage that, despite the clear difference in style and genre, connects it to one of the most famous works in the rock music repertoire the ideas behind METHOD MUSIC are both the outgrowth and the foundation of the legendary LIFEHOUSE project by Pete Townshend, the conceptualizer and co-producer of the album, and presents a theoretical system of musical portraiture in which a listeners personal data is translated into a unique composition. Utilizing the conceptual underpinning first implemented in The Whos Baba ORiley (a track initially part of the original LIFEHOUSE project, and one mirrored on the opening cut of METHOD) along with Balls own computerized compositional system called Harmonic Maths, Townshend, with Ball and programmer Dave Snowdon, created a website called The Lifehouse Method which turned this theory into reality. While active during 2007-2008, the website offered users the ability to instantaneously create a customized piece of music, and during its run generated over 10,000 unique works based on the users own individual characteristics and personal traits. What you hear on METHOD MUSIC evolved from the tests conducted by Ball and Townshend, which proved the viability of The Lifehouse Method system. Disc One, Imaginary Sitters, features a disparate set of portraits designed to showcase the potential diversity of the Method, while Disc Two, Imaginary Galaxies, expands the forms into larger structures with greater permutations, variables, and variety.
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File WHO. Co-produced w/Pete Townshend, 2CD set of inspired & meticulously constructed electronic music based on Pete's Lifehouse project.
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Lawrence Ball Is A Creative Genius
1 Mar 2012
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I love Method Music so much. I feel, when I listen to it, as if I am plugging into a dimension that allows my creativity to flourish. I highly recommend it to all you Creators here and everywhere!
Lawrence was on my radio show, Kate Loving And The Collective Wisdom, Blog Talk Radio, and something he said about the CD struck me.
He said that we are moving into a time of great change, known as 2012, and that his music reflects the help we are receiving from galactic sources.
I used his music from the CD to help my dog pass over, and I also use it as I create products for my Internet business. As mentioned, it fosters a climate for Divine Innovation.
Thank you, Lawrence!!
Lawrence was on my radio show, Kate Loving And The Collective Wisdom, Blog Talk Radio, and something he said about the CD struck me.
He said that we are moving into a time of great change, known as 2012, and that his music reflects the help we are receiving from galactic sources.
I used his music from the CD to help my dog pass over, and I also use it as I create products for my Internet business. As mentioned, it fosters a climate for Divine Innovation.
Thank you, Lawrence!!
Method Music by Lawrence Ball is magnificent!
12 Mar 2012
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I absolutely LOVE this album. It's so soothing. I've used it while meditating. Well worth the price.
I've been listening to it for close to 3 weeks now.
I've been listening to it for close to 3 weeks now.
Method without Madness
5 Mar 2012
Format:Audio CD
I'm generally suspicious of mathematically-generated music. A lot of what I've heard sounds academic, mechanical, and lifeless. Not so with Lawrence Ball's compositions Imaginary Sitters, and Imaginary Galaxies.
The liner note attempt to explain in part the algorithms (harmonic math) behind the music, but it really doesn't matter. What counts is that Method Music works.
Ball worked with Pete Townsend (of the Who), who produced this two-disc set. Disc one is a set of short, five-minute Imaginary Portraits, created by feeding data about the subject into a computer, which then used the Method Music algorithms to convert them into sound.
The first track, Meher Baba Piece is a morphing variation on the opening to the Who's hit Baba O'Riley. Almost as soon as the listener recognizes it,though, the theme starts to stretch and change.
The remaining portraits (ten out of a much larger set), are similar in structure. All are electronic works, and have a basically tonal structure. Superficially, they sound like the minimalist compositions of Steve Reich, with repeated motives gradually moving out of phase with each other. But there's more to it than that.
Although I couldn't say exactly what Method Music was, I could decidedly hear it at work. These pieces have an underlying logic to them that's different than minimalism. And that logic is apparent throughout the pieces. This is highly organized music that's moving towards a goal - although it's getting there through an unfamiliar path. People who enjoy contemporary classical music as well as progressive and experimental rock should find common aesthetic ground in Imaginary Sitters.
Imaginary Galaxies, which makes up the second disc of the set, might appeal more to the classical rather than the rock listener. Although the compositional organization is the same, these are much larger and complex works. Each of the three pieces runs about twenty minutes. The pacing is slower, and the changes are more subtle. Timbre becomes more important, and if Imaginary Sitters were painted with primary colors, Imaginary Galaxies would be a wider spectrum of pastel and blended colors.
Ball writes, "I hope the listener feels as if held in a sonic cradle, watching an intricate musical mobile." It's an apt description, and I certainly did.
The liner note attempt to explain in part the algorithms (harmonic math) behind the music, but it really doesn't matter. What counts is that Method Music works.
Ball worked with Pete Townsend (of the Who), who produced this two-disc set. Disc one is a set of short, five-minute Imaginary Portraits, created by feeding data about the subject into a computer, which then used the Method Music algorithms to convert them into sound.
The first track, Meher Baba Piece is a morphing variation on the opening to the Who's hit Baba O'Riley. Almost as soon as the listener recognizes it,though, the theme starts to stretch and change.
The remaining portraits (ten out of a much larger set), are similar in structure. All are electronic works, and have a basically tonal structure. Superficially, they sound like the minimalist compositions of Steve Reich, with repeated motives gradually moving out of phase with each other. But there's more to it than that.
Although I couldn't say exactly what Method Music was, I could decidedly hear it at work. These pieces have an underlying logic to them that's different than minimalism. And that logic is apparent throughout the pieces. This is highly organized music that's moving towards a goal - although it's getting there through an unfamiliar path. People who enjoy contemporary classical music as well as progressive and experimental rock should find common aesthetic ground in Imaginary Sitters.
Imaginary Galaxies, which makes up the second disc of the set, might appeal more to the classical rather than the rock listener. Although the compositional organization is the same, these are much larger and complex works. Each of the three pieces runs about twenty minutes. The pacing is slower, and the changes are more subtle. Timbre becomes more important, and if Imaginary Sitters were painted with primary colors, Imaginary Galaxies would be a wider spectrum of pastel and blended colors.
Ball writes, "I hope the listener feels as if held in a sonic cradle, watching an intricate musical mobile." It's an apt description, and I certainly did.
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