Out of doing all that experimentation with sound I decided I wanted to do it with live musicians. To take repetition, take music fragments and make it live. Musicians would be able to play it and create this kind of abstract fabric of sound. Terry Riley abstractcreatedecide share on social
Talking about the all night concerts, I did some of the first all night concerts back in the 60's with this little harmonium, and I also had saxophone taped delays. Terry Riley backconcertdelay Change image and share on social
Well I guess my music came to prominence around one piece called 'In C' which I wrote in 1964 at that time it was called 'The Global Villages for Symphonic Pieces', because it was a piece built out of 53 simple patterns and the structure was new to music at that time. Terry Riley buildcallglobal share on social
I had already done Rainbow in Curved Air and had a big record on CBS. I was launched to have a long career and then I just dropped out and went to India. Terry Riley airbigcareer Change image and share on social
We are either going to dissolve as a human race or we are going to break through into a new understanding of what it is to be a human being. Terry Riley breakdissolvehuman Change image and share on social
Essentially my contribution was to introduce repetition into Western music as the main ingredient without any melody over it, without anything just repeated patterns, musical patterns. Terry Riley contributionessentiallyingredient Change image and share on social
