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Post by hannahmizen on Nov 14, 2014 10:50:51 GMT -5
Hello, I am doing a college project on Phil and would like some help. I need fans to complete this interview about him. Thanks if you do it :^)
The questions are:
1. Which album do you enjoy and feel relates to you the most and why?
2. Which piece of music do you think is Phil’s most experimental? And why?
3. What do you think about Phil’s movement in style from The Microphones to Mount Eerie? And which do you prefer?
4. Phil in the past has talked about his music creating pictures of nature (in his lyrics especially), do you feel in your experience of listening to the music that this is also true for you?
5. Has Phil’s music or photos etc inspired anything that you have done or created?
6. Describe his quintessential music style.
7. Do you feel like Phil’s raw, messy and improvised approach to his live shows is selfish and disappointing or do you think that it adds even more to the live experience?
You can answer on here or send you replies to my email which is mizenhannah@gmail.com
Thanks again xx
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Post by sparrows on Dec 9, 2014 23:11:23 GMT -5
Probably a little late now, but 1. Which album do you enjoy and feel relates to you the most and why?
I really like Seven New Songs of Mount Eerie lately. All the stuff in the early 2000s really appeals to me. A great balance between the naturalistic imagery, the personal dramas, the isolation. The sound quality for Seven New Songs is a little lacking, but I love the production itself and there's some styles on there Phil hasn't experimented with since.
2. Which piece of music do you think is Phil’s most experimental? And why?
This is next to impossible to answer. I can't think of an album he's done that's not experimental, from the studio experimentation of Ocean Roar or Tests, to the stylistic experiments of Eleven Old Songs and Pre-Human Ideas, he's always experimenting with something.
3. What do you think about Phil’s movement in style from The Microphones to Mount Eerie? And which do you prefer?
I don't think the name of the band is really significant to the stylistic change, it's more so just his progression as an artist. Like, The Glow pt.2 is the quintessential Microphones album, but I feel like stylistically it has more in common with some of the Mount Eerie stuff than it does with earlier Microphones albums. As for what I prefer, I stated my favorite era earlier, the later albums of The Microphones and the early Mount Eerie stuff. But Phil's albums also appeal more to me with certain moods. I bright sunny day I may want to listen to It Was Hot... but a dark and stormy night might call for Wind's Poem.
4. Phil in the past has talked about his music creating pictures of nature (in his lyrics especially), do you feel in your experience of listening to the music that this is also true for you?
I don't know how much so that was Phil's intention, but yes, I can see pictures of nature in the lyrics (even if they represent something a little deeper perhaps)
5. Has Phil’s music or photos etc inspired anything that you have done or created?
My creative endeavors have certainly taken quite a bit of influence from Phil.
6. Describe his quintessential music style.
It varies. At the core though I think you have a guy who likes dark sounds, lots of layers, experiments with stereo sound and the physical spaces sound occupies, low vocals, and lyrics that use natural images as metaphors for real life.
7. Do you feel like Phil’s raw, messy and improvised approach to his live shows is selfish and disappointing or do you think that it adds even more to the live experience? I think it adds quite a bit, although the only times I've seen him live he was with a well rehearsed band.
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