themes - Blog Posts - Yoga Vidya International - Yoga, Meditation and Spirituality2024-03-28T18:28:52Zhttps://my.yoga-vidya.org/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/themesQuestioning Tasteless Creepershttps://my.yoga-vidya.org/profiles/blogs/questioning-tasteless-creepers2010-08-19T16:29:31.000Z2010-08-19T16:29:31.000ZChristopher Stewarthttps://my.yoga-vidya.org/members/ChristopherStewart<div><p style="text-align:center;"><img src="" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size:x-small;">("QTC Recycled" based on "<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plastic-recyc-03.svg">Plastic recycle logo PVC</a>" by <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tomia">Tomia</a>)</span></p><br /><div align="center"><object height="100" width="400" data="http://s3.amazonaws.com/stlth/static/production/swf/audio_controller.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" ></param><param name="allowNetworking" value="internal" ></param><param name="movie" value="http://s3.amazonaws.com/stlth/static/production/swf/audio_controller.swf" ></param><param name="wmode" value="opaque" ></param><param name="flashvars" value="song_label=poligraf.qtc.v13.pt2.mp3&music_track=http://drop.io/download/public/zscsayibpqfcjutoghtg/d4af05a0042de3b5fc7bd2c3772f77662cd16560/Asset/4944546/v3/web_preview&autoplay=false" ></param><embed wmode="opaque" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/stlth/static/production/swf/audio_controller.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="song_label=poligraf.qtc.v13.pt2.mp3&music_track=http://drop.io/download/public/zscsayibpqfcjutoghtg/d4af05a0042de3b5fc7bd2c3772f77662cd16560/Asset/4944546/v3/web_preview&autoplay=false" height="100" width="400" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal"></embed></object></div><br /><p>« Questioning Tasteless Creepers » is one in a series of rehashes which come from reengineered ideas left over from other works. Other pieces of the band's repertoire, such as « Leftoverturned » and « Reinfused, » have also seen the light of day from that recycle/don't-throw-out-anything process.</p><br /><p>At the beginning of 2008, Poligraf was selected to perform in the semi-finals of CONGA 2008, a local band contest, which had some specific rules about duration and repetition that restricted our setlists assembling options. To make a long story short, had we made it to the finals we would have needed an additional short piece for the encore. Thus a first draft entitled « In The Taste Of Countless Creepers » came about as a rehash of « Countless Questions, » «In The Taste Of The Day, » and « Creeper » just in time for the event (although we didn’t make it past the semis). I refined it a little later and finally decided to change its name to « Questioning Tasteless Creepers, » or « QTC » as I like to refer to it.</p><br /><p>The second half of the piece, which is featured in the clip, begins with variations on themes from « In The Taste Of The Day, » including a canon for drums, bass, and electric guitar based on the song’s chorus. Then, a build-up segues into a reprise of the main riff from « Countless Questions » which leads to a reharmonization of the release section from the same track. The composition ends on a reworking of the ending solo of « Creeper » in a more relaxed mood and with an added counter-melody on a backdrop of synthesized mellotron.</p></div>