From bvasiliev@netcom.com Fri Jun 23 10:20:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!netcom!bvasiliev From: bvasiliev@netcom.com (Brian Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [SPECULATION] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Jun23.102054.5476@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 10:20:54 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Finally picked up a cheap cassette of Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' at a flea market to see what the fuss was about. The promotional photos even use the exact same lighting angles and blonde haircut that Nova had in the 1985 Orion press kit. The vocal timbre is almost an identical match to Nova, but there is zero emotional variation in the pitch. It feels like listening to an artificial clone of someone you loved. -- Brian Vasiliev | bvasiliev@netcom.com PGP Key fingerprint: 80D2 04C2 9EDF 262E "Keep the channels open." From rsouza@kiae.su Fri Jun 23 17:31:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kiae!rsouza From: rsouza@kiae.su (Raj Souza) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Jun23.173154.5446@kiae.su> Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 17:31:54 GMT References: <1995Jun23.102054.5476@netcom.com> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun23.102054.5476@netcom.com>, bvasiliev@netcom.com (Brian Vasiliev) writes: > Finally picked up a cheap cassette of Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' at a flea market to see what the fuss was about. > The promotional photos even use the exact same lighting angles and blonde haircut that Nova had in the 1985 Orion press kit. If Luna Gray was the copy, who was the original? Read the Akasaka Voice Print GEN-3 memo. -- Raj Souza Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From lkowalski@berkeley.edu Sat Jun 24 14:10:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!berkeley!lkowalski From: lkowalski@berkeley.edu (Lisa Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Jun24.141054.8371@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 24 Jun 1995 14:10:54 GMT References: <1995Jun23.102054.5476@netcom.com> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun23.102054.5476@netcom.com>, bvasiliev@netcom.com (Brian Vasiliev) writes: > Finally picked up a cheap cassette of Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' at a flea market to see what the fuss was about. > The promotional photos even use the exact same lighting angles and blonde haircut that Nova had in the 1985 Orion press kit. Pop producers reuse chord progressions and synth patches constantly. Ever heard of Stock Aitken Waterman? -- === Lisa Kowalski === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley Department of EECS "They will send a copy in my place." From jreyes@stanford.edu Sun Jun 25 10:41:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!stanford!jreyes From: jreyes@stanford.edu (Jen Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Jun25.104154.9414@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 10:41:54 GMT References: <1995Jun23.102054.5476@netcom.com> <1995Jun24.141054.8371@berkeley.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun24.141054.8371@berkeley.edu>, lkowalski@berkeley.edu (Lisa Kowalski) writes: > Pop producers reuse chord progressions and synth patches constantly. Ever heard of Stock Aitken Waterman? A session musician in Burbank told me that Luna Gray never set foot in the vocal booth. The tracks were assembled from Marcus's voice model. -- Jen Reyes US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 28,800 bps "They will send a copy in my place."