#114 - minimalist

sure, i've known for awhile that i'm quite a minimalist... well, when it comes to most things at least. like art, and music. i really enjoy music that's very simplistic, well, that's not the right word. i like when you can hear every note of music, not when everything's all mushed together in a big glob (also why i like japanese music so much, the orchestral kind like mononoke hime and stuff, not the pop kind). so david archuleta and brooke white on american idol have absolutely made the right moves in my mind. well, for that david guy, i just think everything he's done so far has been just spot on. phrasing, musical embellishments, song choice, i just think that everything has been right on both in concept and in actually-carrying-it-out.


brooke was one of my initial favorites, but i thought she was pretty bland and straight a couple of weeks ago, but i think i'm getting to like her again. once again, it's all about phrasing and making the right choices. both david and brooke very much remind me of katharine mcphee and melinda doolittle, all of them make all the right choices musically, which notes to sustain, which to change, where to break. like katharine mcphee's "over the rainbow" and melinda's "my funny valentine" and david's "imagine." they just do things right, and that makes a tremendous difference. of course, none of those people that i mentioned WON the darn thing, but that's tv eh? makes it all fun.