Forum Week 4

"Collaborations" from the forum were discussed as successes, none were unsuccessful. Which is interesting because, as stated, more can be learnt from the failures than the successes. The first presentation, Metalica and Michael Karmen, is an example of an interesting and diverse collaboration. This being Metal and Classical. Although this is not something new, Deep Purple and many other rock bands using a symphony to enhance their work, it is still interesting to see an adaptation of metal to classical. Although presented as a success, apart from a few songs, i.e. "nothing else matters," i didn't think that this collaboration really works. It just seems that the symphony is trying to be put with the metal, not joined together. But this is only my opinion, it is up to interpretation and appreciation.

I had never heard of Trilok Gurtu, and now I'm beginning to feel embarrassed that i haven't as i am a John McLaughlin, Larry Carlton, Fernando Saunders, Billy Cobham, Stanley Clarke and to a lesser extent Steely Dan/Donald Fagen listener. I really enjoy this style of music. I would love to borrow some of this music. This presentation showed the cultural collaborations, and that to create diverse music, people of different cultures mustn't only work together, but rather fuse together to create one broad musical goal.

Collaborations between sound and music in games are very important to have working efficiently. Especially now that music plays a more important role in games, more than just a catchy signature tune, music now sets mood. As games become more advanced, the similar they are to movies. Music creates this atmosphere. Music in games is now almost as important as music in movies is. These collaborations must be working well.

Once again with music collaborations between cultures. For this to work there must be a total respect of one another and an understanding and, if required, a compassion for one's history and culture.

Overall, collaborations are something that we are going to deal with on a daily basis, so it is important to be tolerant and open minded for them to be most successful.