Music Discovery

I had a really good meeting with a friend last night who went "under the hood" of my website with me and offered some great ideas.  One was to add a new entry under "Categories" -

* * * MUSIC DISCOVERY * * * 

I think what he intended by Music Discovery was for me to feature and write about music that mattered a lot to me and/or music I stumbled upon recently and wanted to highlight.  I think a new section of www.EMichaelMusic.com might spring from it.  But for now, I am treating this "Music Discovery" in another way.  I want this more interesting and lesser known music to be a more easily searchable item.After we hung out, I created the category, "Music Discovery," traipsed through all of my posts to see which contained links or references to music that I thought might be unfamiliar to some of my friends, and linked them to "Music Discovery."__________________________________________________________________________To begin with my oldest Music Discovery-categorized post, I'll highlight this song by Caetano Veloso.

Caetano Veloso - Canto Do Povo De Um Lugar

This is a beautiful song recorded by Caetano Veloso, one of my favorite musician/composer/songwriter/singers, and an extremely important Brazilian musical/cultural icon.  In future posts I will elaborate on some of the music and creative output of Caetano Veloso as I have hundreds of his songs and have seen him live in concert several times in the United States.In music, it is often important to be simple rather than complicated - to not reveal everything you know in one short space.  There are times to fill a space with a large amount of data, but more often it is important to sacrifice virtuosity and excess for clarity and memorability.  Caetano Veloso does this throughout Canto Do Povo De Um Lugar.A few things to notice within the song -

the crescendo beginning at 0.44 as a second guitar, and then bass, enter the songthe beautiful switch to falsetto singing at 1.38the sudden QUIET and shift of vocal register at 2.09 (pop recordings rarely/never get suddenly quiet!)more guitar melodies in the instrumental section beginning at 2.21 - 3.28.  Within the instrumental comes the abandonment of the chord progression in favor of a single chord and more solitude, enhanced by the added prominence of the organ.the introduction of a jarring, out of place, diminished chord  at 3.29 - 3.44, followed by a return to normal, then solace and fade out

__________________________________________________________________________This song was selected for inclusion in my October 12, 2012 post for two reasons:1.  The melodic cell, 1-2-3-5, is the first four notes that Caetano sings. These four notes did not originate with this song.  They can be heard in many other musical compositions before this - they should be free to be sung and/or performed without the threat of a lawsuit.  They are, in other words, in the public domain.  I included Caetano's recording in my October 12, 2012 post as supportive musical evidence in a hypothetical music copyright infringement case.  In this hypothetical case, Five For Fighting's song, "Superman (It's Not Easy)," is alleged to infringe the copyright of Angie Aparo's "Seed."  I was asked to opine about this, from my vantage point as one who actually works in music copyright infringement actions, by a reader.  I proceeded to analyze both songs, make the decision as to where I stood (in this particular matter, with the hypothetical defendant) and then  explain some of the reasoning and evidence I would use to prove that the defendant had not infringed the plaintiff's copyright.  (The first four notes Caetano sings - 1-2-3-5 - are the same four notes at the center of the hypothetical Aparo/Five For Fighting matter.)The October 12 post was the third and final post about this hypothetical case.  (The first was from October 10, 2012;  the second from October 11, 2012.)2.  Caetano Veloso's Canto Do Povo De Um Lugar is a beautiful song.  Given an excuse to promote Caetano Veloso or his music, I will!  In my perfect world, everyone in the U. S. would be fascinated by the music and musicians of Brazil.So, I think I will treat "Music Discovery" as music which I know - maybe learned a few minutes or a few decades ago - that I find intriguing, inspiring, innovative, beautiful, novel or just cool, and for which I want to advocate.As always I look forward to your input.__________________________________________________________________________