The focus of this project is Manfred Mann. In these early stages, however, I expect the scope to be somewhat limited. Total, I have only seven albums that fall under this project's banner:
- The Five Faces of Manfred Mann
- Mann Made
- As Is
- Live at the BBC 64-66
- Live at the BBC 66-69
- The Best of Manfred Mann's Earth Band
- Watch [on vinyl]
Four of these I've listened to only once or twice.
Over the course of the next couple months, I'll post the musicological notes I've made so far (many of which are rather low-hanging fruit: things along the lines of "this phrase about going down is sung to a descending melody"). For now, I'm not going to write about the albums that I haven't yet listened to very much; I want to familiarize myself with them first.
I hope eventually to post recordings of the parts I've learned (although my general rule is that I need to know at least two parts to warrant a recording) and possibly even notation, chord progressions, &c.
Inspired by some of the man(n)-based wordplay on Mann Made, the name of my project is derived from the Latin phrase ecce homo (behold the man). Initially, I mis-remembered it as ecco, which is actually the Italian word, but this provided an-other pun. Since this project aims to comment on the Manfreds' music, it is something of an echo.
Over the course of the next couple months, I'll post the musicological notes I've made so far (many of which are rather low-hanging fruit: things along the lines of "this phrase about going down is sung to a descending melody"). For now, I'm not going to write about the albums that I haven't yet listened to very much; I want to familiarize myself with them first.
I hope eventually to post recordings of the parts I've learned (although my general rule is that I need to know at least two parts to warrant a recording) and possibly even notation, chord progressions, &c.
Inspired by some of the man(n)-based wordplay on Mann Made, the name of my project is derived from the Latin phrase ecce homo (behold the man). Initially, I mis-remembered it as ecco, which is actually the Italian word, but this provided an-other pun. Since this project aims to comment on the Manfreds' music, it is something of an echo.
