So I got this toy harmonica, handy to kill some time. Chinese 'Parrot' brand, costs peanuts, doesn't sound too bad. After some experimenting I find it's not too much like a blues harp. It gives a tremolo effect and it's got 16 holes, but each one only produces a sound by either inhaling or exhaling,...

Unsweetened cocoa? The aromatics would be awesome from your mix and "might" allow me to live without the sweet. But I am a sweetaholic. I'm sure it's permitted to add sugar or whatever you fancy. However the true hot & bitter kick is in a niche of its own. It's still a little sweet ac...

Some free ones I've tried: Maestro Rock Kit Hard Rocker's Drumkit The Maestro one sounds better but is less extensive. Neither is wonderful but they ain't bad. Just had a look at this: G&S Custom Work Drum kit Sample Library 1.0 . Seems very good. But it's big (350Megs or so) and comes as a set ...

In my relative ignorance I'd call what is commonly known as classical music, "elite music" (which sounds unintentionally value-laden, and also it refers to an economical and political elite, not the swimming or thievery elite, say); but Wikipedia gives a classification that seems okayish t...

Yeah well I said "recording technology didn't affect the evolution of popular music in a similar fashion at all", not that it didn't affect it generally! I am going to assume for the sake of this discussion that when you say "pop music," you mean the pop music of the 1950s and la...

BTW Frankie, interesting theory. Recording technology didn't affect the evolution of popular music in a similar fashion at all. I assume this is sarcasm :) Nope, just a juxtaposition. Not sure Frankie's theory is correct, but it could be. Then the question is why didn't the same thing happen in pop...

A great serious non-sweetly yet non-alcoholic and non-cafeinated drink is pseudo-precolumbian-style hot cocoa:

Hot water + unsweetened cocoa powder + chili powder (essential)
+ vanilla + grated cinnamon (flavour).

No milk, no sugar.


Add red wine to get drunk!

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Good ideas folks. No. Every exciting form of music has been created already. I've seen the master list. Notice the question that came right after: Like what? Tell us? The question was half-rhetorical; but half-serious. There's human creativity. But could we rapidly have explored a large part of the ...

This question pops into my head on occasions, such as breakfast this morning: What will music be like in 25 years time, in 50, in 100? Anything beyond that (if not those intervals already) seems too speculative; what will the world look like by then in the first place... Note the thread title: this ...

Thanks all for your interesting opinions! Here's the accurate valley-o-meter measurements: Adam Adamant - This does indeed seem to be a song about not so very much at all (though not quite), which I find a little disappointing. However it's fun and pleasant to listen to. It's like you're from the fu...

[ In The Valley à la Plain Songs for Doves & Tigers ] That night we slept in the valley not a five star spot to sleep But the peaks were lost in rainclouds and the slopes were soggy and steep. The bottle of vodka went largely untouched we were weary of its warmth and the baked beans were barely ...

I decided to vote and then might as well review a bit. See if you get fruit. Beuhiss - This grooves, nice. Sounds clean, except for the vocals of course, they're ok though, but without the effect I might have understood a bit more. Good ending. Apples. The Chadderandom Abyss - I thought this was goi...

Thanks for the ideas. The 'picture higher notes farther away' in particular rings true but I reckon it varies from person to person. Sticking to the same ol' key was my old strategy, but you're screwed when you want to sing along in a jam or to the radio, and sometimes it forces you to play wicked c...

Anyone got tips on singing up and down the gap between chest and head voice? I've been reading up on it and practicing: - humming, 'lip-rolling', and ah-ing short scales up and down - singing songs that bridge the (for me) problem zone - concentrating on breathing from diaphragm, relaxing neck muscl...

Ross wrote:

PlainSongs wrote:Ross Durand you get that terrier what sits next to the bar and knows all the patrons.

Woo hoo!! I'm Spuds Mackenzie!! Sounds like my song was a success.

:P

... figured for a bit that Spud has a bar and a (subbreed of) terrier called 'Mackenzie'. Google suggests no.

Plain Songs for Doves & Tiggers: [...] The drums however sound retarded, completely lacking in rhythm. Pah to that phrasing but point taken, roughly, ta. A good part of it is +- as intended, so may be a taste thing too. But re-listening to the solo drum track - I did butcher the flamenco variat...

Okay! Reviews, written while listening. You all get an animal totem for your efforts, they do not represent any fixed aspect of the tune, just whatever seemed to resonate with some aspect(s). A lot of good material in this fight so it's a handsome zoo. BLT feat. Paco - Nice intro. Crisp sounding dru...

! Yeah. The way the robot stays on foot, that's such a complex bunch of motions :shock:. Wonder how much of the controller for that is 'evolved' versus hand-designed. I also wonder how reliable it is - these may be its finest moments... Still, impressive. And scary? Perhaps not more so than a live m...

Did the SongFight! logo on the earlier board header not take you back to the songfight.org main page? Which is handy to switch beteen the forum and, say, the music archive.

(And yeah the previous board looked far better, and matched the main page. Oh well, all in good time.)

This is just a thing of beauty

This too...

Not a very good fight this week. Probably in part due to the title. I thought it was a pretty cool title. The image made me wonder: well what about that tongue? whose is it? why is it purple? Which can go all ways (as the fight shows). For e.g. 'Radio Ready' the theme seemed more restricted. But ma...

The Capitalist Youth * Love the "It came to an edge... and jumped" line, lyrically and musically. And the banjo! Not so much the percussive cymbal-like thing that goes for most of the song; sounds a bit canned. Good vocals and lyrics, even if the latter get a bit hermetic (which doesn't h...