hazarrd
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Post by hazarrd on Jun 24, 2019 6:51:34 GMT -5
Does anyone have any specific music you listen to when writing? (if you listen to music while writing) I'm having some mad troubles deciding on what to listen too, My music taste switches so drastically, it goes from Vaporwave to Tech N9ne to Slipknot to Linear (aussie band), its absolutely bonkers I usually just stick my main playlist ( - there's a lot of guilt pleasures and nostalgia on there that I refuse to apologise for) on shuffle. A lyric or song title will usually end up as my RP title too. Would be interested what sort of things others listen to while writing. God if i sent through my personal playlist, I feel like i would be disowned real quick
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Post by CM Poor on Jun 24, 2019 6:56:34 GMT -5
Does anyone have any specific music you listen to when writing? (if you listen to music while writing) I'm having some mad troubles deciding on what to listen too, My music taste switches so drastically, it goes from Vaporwave to Tech N9ne to Slipknot to Linear (aussie band), its absolutely bonkers Does anyone have any specific music you listen to when writing? (if you listen to music while writing) I'm having some mad troubles deciding on what to listen too, My music taste switches so drastically, it goes from Vaporwave to Tech N9ne to Slipknot to Linear (aussie band), its absolutely bonkers I usually just stick my main playlist ( - there's a lot of guilt pleasures and nostalgia on there that I refuse to apologise for) on shuffle. A lyric or song title will usually end up as my RP title too. Would be interested what sort of things others listen to while writing. Same, except I'm old and don't use Spotify, so it's usually one of the eight dozen or so playlists I've made in iTunes. My enduring favorite RP of my own doing, These Two Boots of Mine, is basically a narrative study in the music I most heavily keep in rotation. It's framed in various snippets of what I would have been listening to at the time. I'm fairly certain all the acts are from Boston, which would lend themselves to the character at the time. The title and opening verse are These Two Boots of Mine by The Bruisers. Elsewhere, I see Break Me by The Ducky Boys, The Times We Had by Sinners & Saints, then it goes back to the title track, and then ends on Whiskey Will by Darkbuster, which was Brennan's entrance theme at the time. EDIT: Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick - that RP is going to be seven years old next month.
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Post by King Richius on Jun 24, 2019 9:37:53 GMT -5
Love 'em or hate 'em, there's no denying punk rock ain't punk rock without Iggy and the Ramones just like classic rock ain't classic rock without Led Zeppelin and the Beatles. It makes no sense for my alma mater to censor based on FaceBook likes. I'm disgusted by the new policy.
As far as the bands I listed, the Ramones are the punk equivalent of AC/DC (without the skills of a lead guitarist like Angus) - they made the absolute most out of three chords and catchy lyrics. For my money, I can take them in small doses but you listen to too much at once you will quickly realize how much every Ramones song sounds the same.
I'll take Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd (the Syd Barrett stuff), or Cream over the Beatles (just to stick to other British acts - yes Hendrix is American but he got his big break after he moved to London). The Beatles did some good stuff in the late 60s but a lot of the early 60s Beatles is pop drivel, the 60s equivalent of Justin Bieber.
All of which is my extremely subjective opinion of music, coming from someone who considers the Butthole Surfers the best band ever so take it with a grain of salt. As long as someone has actually listened to a band before making their own decision, I have zero problems with their likes or dislikes.
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Post by King Richius on Jun 24, 2019 9:49:28 GMT -5
Does anyone have any specific music you listen to when writing? (if you listen to music while writing) I'm having some mad troubles deciding on what to listen too, My music taste switches so drastically, it goes from Vaporwave to Tech N9ne to Slipknot to Linear (aussie band), its absolutely bonkers I usually just stick my main playlist ( - there's a lot of guilt pleasures and nostalgia on there that I refuse to apologise for) on shuffle. A lyric or song title will usually end up as my RP title too. Would be interested what sort of things others listen to while writing. Depends on my mood and Frank's mood in the RP. If he's angry then it's stoner rock (Monster Magnet, Nebula); if he's reflective it's classical music (particularly Jaz Coleman's classical arrangements of Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd); if he's happy it's trippy psychedelic jams (Abunai!, SubArachnoid Space, Acid Mothers Temple); and so on. When I wrote the Daphne RP a while back, I listened to exclusively female artists ranging from Joan Jett to Liz Phair.
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Post by CM Poor on Jun 24, 2019 9:56:47 GMT -5
Love 'em or hate 'em, there's no denying punk rock ain't punk rock without Iggy and the Ramones just like classic rock ain't classic rock without Led Zeppelin and the Beatles. It makes no sense for my alma mater to censor based on FaceBook likes. I'm disgusted by the new policy. As far as the bands I listed, the Ramones are the punk equivalent of AC/DC (without the skills of a lead guitarist like Angus) - they made the absolute most out of three chords and catchy lyrics. For my money, I can take them in small doses but you listen to too much at once you will quickly realize how much every Ramones song sounds the same. I'll take Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd (the Syd Barrett stuff), or Cream over the Beatles (just to stick to other British acts - yes Hendrix is American but he got his big break after he moved to London). The Beatles did some good stuff in the late 60s but a lot of the early 60s Beatles is pop drivel, the 60s equivalent of Justin Bieber. All of which is my extremely subjective opinion of music, coming from someone who considers the Butthole Surfers the best band ever so take it with a grain of salt. As long as someone has actually listened to a band before making their own decision, I have zero problems with their likes or dislikes. The Ramones took me forever to get into when I started going down the whole punk rock rabbit hole. I think that, for a while, I just didn't get it. I don't know if I do any more now than I did then, but I dig them enough. One of the strangest shows I ever went to was Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg about five years ago. For a while he'd been touring with Michale Graves on vocals, but I happened to swing through right after he tapped Andrew W.K. to take over. The place was empty, but it was fun.
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Post by King Richius on Jun 24, 2019 11:26:00 GMT -5
The Ramones took me forever to get into when I started going down the whole punk rock rabbit hole. I think that, for a while, I just didn't get it. I don't know if I do any more now than I did then, but I dig them enough. One of the strangest shows I ever went to was Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg about five years ago. For a while he'd been touring with Michale Graves on vocals, but I happened to swing through right after he tapped Andrew W.K. to take over. The place was empty, but it was fun. My first exposure to the full range of punk rock was after I joined the radio station my first year in college. And the first punk band I saw live was GBH. I don't even know if that name will ring any bells with anybody here. They were... hmmm... how do I put it nicely... not very good. The Ramones were a huge step up when I started to explore their full discography. But it was Iggy & the Stooges and the Sex Pistols who really sold me on punk music and started me on my journey beyond mainstream heavy metal like Ozzy, AC/DC, and Judas Priest. I give full credit to the expansion of my musical interests to the music director: a wonderful woman named Jackie who always maintained an open mind and used the power of friendly suggestions to get people to listen to new stuff that they might not otherwise listen to. Thanks in large part to her I now enjoy so many different musical genres. Pretty much the only genres I don't enjoy are EDM and rap/hip hop.
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Post by CM Poor on Jun 24, 2019 12:28:45 GMT -5
The Ramones took me forever to get into when I started going down the whole punk rock rabbit hole. I think that, for a while, I just didn't get it. I don't know if I do any more now than I did then, but I dig them enough. One of the strangest shows I ever went to was Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg about five years ago. For a while he'd been touring with Michale Graves on vocals, but I happened to swing through right after he tapped Andrew W.K. to take over. The place was empty, but it was fun. My first exposure to the full range of punk rock was after I joined the radio station my first year in college. And the first punk band I saw live was GBH. I don't even know if that name will ring any bells with anybody here. They were... hmmm... how do I put it nicely... not very good. The Ramones were a huge step up when I started to explore their full discography. But it was Iggy & the Stooges and the Sex Pistols who really sold me on punk music and started me on my journey beyond mainstream heavy metal like Ozzy, AC/DC, and Judas Priest. I give full credit to the expansion of my musical interests to the music director: a wonderful woman named Jackie who always maintained an open mind and used the power of friendly suggestions to get people to listen to new stuff that they might not otherwise listen to. Thanks in large part to her I now enjoy so many different musical genres. Pretty much the only genres I don't enjoy are EDM and rap/hip hop. Ew. It's a miracle you didn't walk out and adopt Kyzer's stance on punk rock right then and there.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2019 16:45:53 GMT -5
The Ramones took me forever to get into when I started going down the whole punk rock rabbit hole. I think that, for a while, I just didn't get it. I don't know if I do any more now than I did then, but I dig them enough. One of the strangest shows I ever went to was Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg about five years ago. For a while he'd been touring with Michale Graves on vocals, but I happened to swing through right after he tapped Andrew W.K. to take over. The place was empty, but it was fun. My first exposure to the full range of punk rock was after I joined the radio station my first year in college. And the first punk band I saw live was GBH. I don't even know if that name will ring any bells with anybody here. They were... hmmm... how do I put it nicely... not very good. The Ramones were a huge step up when I started to explore their full discography. But it was Iggy & the Stooges and the Sex Pistols who really sold me on punk music and started me on my journey beyond mainstream heavy metal like Ozzy, AC/DC, and Judas Priest. I give full credit to the expansion of my musical interests to the music director: a wonderful woman named Jackie who always maintained an open mind and used the power of friendly suggestions to get people to listen to new stuff that they might not otherwise listen to. Thanks in large part to her I now enjoy so many different musical genres. Pretty much the only genres I don't enjoy are EDM and rap/hip hop. Leather, Bristles, Studs and Acne is the s**t! What's your beef with EDM and hip-hop? I grew up listening to both genres. hazarrd - don't worry about your playlist. I have a feeling it's similar to mine. It goes from Static-X to Britney Spears and literally EVERYTHING in between. Yes, I'm a Britney Spears fan. I once traveled to Vegas for the first time ever just to see her at her residency.
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Post by CM Poor on Jun 24, 2019 16:52:04 GMT -5
Pretty sure I've said elsewhere here that I'm a complete Kesha fanboy. IDGAF
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2019 16:56:06 GMT -5
Pretty sure I've said elsewhere here that I'm a complete Kesha fanboy. IDGAF I like Timber, Grow a Pear, Take it Off and Die Young. She's 'ight.
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Post by King Richius on Jun 24, 2019 17:00:37 GMT -5
What's your beef with EDM and hip-hop? I grew up listening to both genres. No beef. They don't do anything for me. Different strokes for different folks.
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Post by CM Poor on Jun 25, 2019 8:34:02 GMT -5
What's your beef with EDM and hip-hop? I grew up listening to both genres. No beef. They don't do anything for me. Different strokes for different folks. Hip-hop took me forever to embrace. I've always liked it, but I think that there are weird social constraints that keep people from exploring genres that are contrary to what they're "supposed" to like, if that makes sense. Like, even as a high school "punk" kid, I remember the biggest music snob I know, who purported to like "everything", discovering Sage Francis, who at the time was a new signing for Epitaph, and being so much more willing to embrace him as an artist because of his tangible ties to what we most often listened to. Music has been so much less frustrating since I've learned to set aside whatever barriers I used to place for myself in terms of what I'll give a fair shake to and just enjoy whatever sonically pleases my eardrums.
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Post by Kyzer on Jun 25, 2019 9:04:54 GMT -5
What's your beef with EDM and hip-hop? I grew up listening to both genres. No beef. They don't do anything for me. Different strokes for different folks. I love hip hop, always have. Though I will say, hip hop is going downhill. Some of these new rappers are straight awful. And don't get me started on this country-rap fad that "Old Town Road" started. Tupac would be disappointed. I didn't really get into classic rock until I got to college. Then when I had my music store, I tried to embrace most types of music some like punk just weren't going to happen. Nowadays it is pretty much rap, classic rock or 80's rock.
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Post by King Richius on Jun 25, 2019 11:21:44 GMT -5
No beef. They don't do anything for me. Different strokes for different folks. Hip-hop took me forever to embrace. I've always liked it, but I think that there are weird social constraints that keep people from exploring genres that are contrary to what they're "supposed" to like, if that makes sense. Like, even as a high school "punk" kid, I remember the biggest music snob I know, who purported to like "everything", discovering Sage Francis, who at the time was a new signing for Epitaph, and being so much more willing to embrace him as an artist because of his tangible ties to what we most often listened to. Music has been so much less frustrating since I've learned to set aside whatever barriers I used to place for myself in terms of what I'll give a fair shake to and just enjoy whatever sonically pleases my eardrums. Makes perfect sense as I know many people who won't even listen to genres outside their supposed wheelhouse and love to trash talk artists and genres they've never even been exposed to. That's not me though. You'll never hear me say a genre is bad. Just because I don't enjoy it doesn't mean it sucks. All it means is that there is no connection between me and the genre. I think that comes from having recorded my own music knowing full well it wouldn't be for everyone and having to listen to self important critics going above and beyond in an attempt to impose their musical tastes on others. My self released CD was both a "top ten CD of the year" for some and "the worst piece of sh*t I've ever heard" to others. I, like every artist who has ever released any music, put a lot of effort into producing the CD and for someone to take a giant sh*t on it is hurtful. Would it have been so hard to simply say "I didn't like it" and move on to next release in your queue? I've made my choices based on what gets my feet tapping. That ain't EDM or hip hop. I find EDM boring. As for hip hop, it comes down to me not being particularly fond of vocals, which is quite obviously the heart and soul of hip hop. I want to hear the instruments and enjoy the virtuosity of the people playing them, which is why a list of my top ten all time tracks would be almost exclusively instrumentals. Really doesn't give much hope to me and hip hop ever coming together in a happy place. I do enjoy a few tracks, mainly the Beastie Boys (due to the punk roots and influence that still comes through in their music), some genre benders like the Run DMC/Aerosmith version of "Walk this Way", and some songs that make me laugh (in a good way) like the "Humpty Dance" or "I Like Big Butts". That's about it for me and rap.
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Post by CM Poor on Jun 25, 2019 11:26:49 GMT -5
Hip-hop took me forever to embrace. I've always liked it, but I think that there are weird social constraints that keep people from exploring genres that are contrary to what they're "supposed" to like, if that makes sense. Like, even as a high school "punk" kid, I remember the biggest music snob I know, who purported to like "everything", discovering Sage Francis, who at the time was a new signing for Epitaph, and being so much more willing to embrace him as an artist because of his tangible ties to what we most often listened to. Music has been so much less frustrating since I've learned to set aside whatever barriers I used to place for myself in terms of what I'll give a fair shake to and just enjoy whatever sonically pleases my eardrums. Makes perfect sense as I know many people who won't even listen to genres outside their supposed wheelhouse and love to trash talk artists and genres they've never even been exposed to. That's not me though. You'll never hear me say a genre is bad. Just because I don't enjoy it doesn't mean it sucks. All it means is that there is no connection between me and the genre. I think that comes from having recorded my own music knowing full well it wouldn't be for everyone and having to listen to self important critics going above and beyond in an attempt to impose their musical tastes on others. My self released CD was both a "top ten CD of the year" for some and "the worst piece of sh*t I've ever heard" to others. I, like every artist who has ever released any music, put a lot of effort into producing the CD and for someone to take a giant sh*t on it is hurtful. Would it have been so hard to simply say "I didn't like it" and move on to next release in your queue? I've made my choices based on what gets my feet tapping. That ain't EDM or hip hop. I find EDM boring. As for hip hop, it comes down to me not being particularly fond of vocals, which is quite obviously the heart and soul of hip hop. I want to hear the instruments and enjoy the virtuosity of the people playing them, which is why a list of my top ten all time tracks would be almost exclusively instrumentals. Really doesn't give much hope to me and hip hop ever coming together in a happy place. I do enjoy a few tracks, mainly the Beastie Boys (due to the punk roots and influence that still comes through in their music), some genre benders like the Run DMC/Aerosmith version of "Walk this Way", and some songs that make me laugh (in a good way) like the "Humpty Dance" or "I Like Big Butts". That's about it for me and rap. I promise you, I've put minimal effort into every release I've been involved with.
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Post by King Richius on Jun 25, 2019 11:37:25 GMT -5
Makes perfect sense as I know many people who won't even listen to genres outside their supposed wheelhouse and love to trash talk artists and genres they've never even been exposed to. That's not me though. You'll never hear me say a genre is bad. Just because I don't enjoy it doesn't mean it sucks. All it means is that there is no connection between me and the genre. I think that comes from having recorded my own music knowing full well it wouldn't be for everyone and having to listen to self important critics going above and beyond in an attempt to impose their musical tastes on others. My self released CD was both a "top ten CD of the year" for some and "the worst piece of sh*t I've ever heard" to others. I, like every artist who has ever released any music, put a lot of effort into producing the CD and for someone to take a giant sh*t on it is hurtful. Would it have been so hard to simply say "I didn't like it" and move on to next release in your queue? I've made my choices based on what gets my feet tapping. That ain't EDM or hip hop. I find EDM boring. As for hip hop, it comes down to me not being particularly fond of vocals, which is quite obviously the heart and soul of hip hop. I want to hear the instruments and enjoy the virtuosity of the people playing them, which is why a list of my top ten all time tracks would be almost exclusively instrumentals. Really doesn't give much hope to me and hip hop ever coming together in a happy place. I do enjoy a few tracks, mainly the Beastie Boys (due to the punk roots and influence that still comes through in their music), some genre benders like the Run DMC/Aerosmith version of "Walk this Way", and some songs that make me laugh (in a good way) like the "Humpty Dance" or "I Like Big Butts". That's about it for me and rap. I promise you, I've put minimal effort into every release I've been involved with.
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Post by CM Poor on Jun 25, 2019 11:56:44 GMT -5
I promise you, I've put minimal effort into every release I've been involved with. My most recent release was a single track on a charity compilation a friend puts together for the holidays each year. I sat down, wrote the song in the window of about forty five minutes, and two tracked it on my phone using GarageBand. Before that, my efforts for the last full length I was involved with were little more than "arrive, cut 9 songs in one take, leave". Possibly the most effort I've ever exerted was a series of 3 song EPs I recorded with another band I was in. Those were two tracked as well - one for the full band, the other for vocals. Each was cut and ready for pressing in a window of about 3 hours.
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Post by King Richius on Jun 25, 2019 12:03:47 GMT -5
My most recent release was a single track on a charity compilation a friend puts together for the holidays each year. I sat down, wrote the song in the window of about forty five minutes, and two tracked it on my phone using GarageBand. Before that, my efforts for the last full length I was involved with were little more than "arrive, cut 9 songs in one take, leave". Possibly the most effort I've ever exerted was a series of 3 song EPs I recorded with another band I was in. Those were two tracked as well - one for the full band, the other for vocals. Each was cut and ready for pressing in a window of about 3 hours. I would always record whenever I picked up my guitar because some of my best stuff came out of me practicing scales or bar chords and going off on a tangent. I'm self taught (which is why I'm not very good) and I kid you not, I discovered major and minor chords completely by accident while practicing bar chords. The result was one of my favorite tracks. You can say you put in minimal effort but over the years I'm sure there's been a lot of training and practice that went into you being able to record a 3 song EP in 3 hours.
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Post by CM Poor on Jun 25, 2019 13:09:47 GMT -5
My most recent release was a single track on a charity compilation a friend puts together for the holidays each year. I sat down, wrote the song in the window of about forty five minutes, and two tracked it on my phone using GarageBand. Before that, my efforts for the last full length I was involved with were little more than "arrive, cut 9 songs in one take, leave". Possibly the most effort I've ever exerted was a series of 3 song EPs I recorded with another band I was in. Those were two tracked as well - one for the full band, the other for vocals. Each was cut and ready for pressing in a window of about 3 hours. I would always record whenever I picked up my guitar because some of my best stuff came out of me practicing scales or bar chords and going off on a tangent. I'm self taught (which is why I'm not very good) and I kid you not, I discovered major and minor chords completely by accident while practicing bar chords. The result was one of my favorite tracks. You can say you put in minimal effort but over the years I'm sure there's been a lot of training and practice that went into you being able to record a 3 song EP in 3 hours. I'm 90% self taught on 5 to 7 instruments. Everything I'm doing is done wrong, and I'm okay with that.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2019 20:12:36 GMT -5
No beef. They don't do anything for me. Different strokes for different folks. I love hip hop, always have. Though I will say, hip hop is going downhill. Some of these new rappers are straight awful. And don't get me started on this country-rap fad that "Old Town Road" started. Tupac would be disappointed. Also - "WFWF General Discussion 2019: SYE Appreciation Edition" xD
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