Music review
Review of CURATION [asylumpeace]
by CURVEBALL
A remarkable collection of Curveball’s music over a few years and albums this. Hard to choose a favourite. It’s music good for the soul - can be both contemplative and bring a smile to your face. Unique kind of style he has. Favorite track: Li'l L.
wbhopkins - Isle Of Harris, UK
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CURVEBALL music
CURVEBALL music sits somewhere in the middle of electronic, classical, progressive and alternative music. The denomination 'Curveball' originated with my wife. She realised that the music I was composing was a reaction to a serious life trauma that we had experienced as a family.
In my early teens, the epiphany of 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' led to a plummet in any interest in pop music and to the purchase of a guitar. Years later, a need for solace and catharsis started a journey into composition and an album recorded in a local studio in Essex.
It wasn't very good. My musicianship was amateur, but the compositions were promising. It certainly helped me to establish my niche in music by being honest with myself - my abilities in composition, score writing and production were marginally better than performance.
Some time ago, on releasing music to BandCamp I tried to provide a genre or definition of the works, as above, but listed some notable influences in alphabetic order to help the potential listener know what to expect:
Abba America Aphex Twin Bach Barber John Barry Beatles Bjork Dave Brubeck David Bowie Can Cinematic Orchestra Elgar Genesis Goldfrapp Gorecki Handel PJ Harvey Kraftwerk Lamb LCD Soundsystem Leftfield Massive Attack Mogwai John Murphy Gary Numan Pearl Jam Pink Floyd Radiohead Rodrigo Rush Saint-Saens Stereolab TalkTalk Underworld Who Vaughan Williams Yes Neil Young