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Ben Rogers (b. cont. music) is a popular guitar teacher in the Byron Bay area (Australia)and his musical projects include original jazz-funk groups "Cod Squad," 'Surfside Sonic Laboratory' and a more straight-ahead jazz group 'Archtop Madness." Ben is the regular contributor of a music column to "The Richmond River Sun", an independent local newspaper.

Entertainment > Musicians & Bands Music that takes its lessons from space

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The Solar System and Outer Space have been the inspiration for a surprising diversity of musicians. There is music that is written about space and space exploration, makes you feel like you are in space, is played in space, or can actually be from space. Gustav Holst's "The Planets" is the most-performed classical composition by an English composer. Written between 1914 and 1917, it was actually inspired more by his love of astrology and classical mythology than any astronomical interest. Holst, a very shy person, never wrote anything like it again, seemingly overwhelmed by the attention t...

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