The Song Fight Bulletin Board

jute gyte wrote:The only thing I really dislike is the mediocre.

Then what the hell are you doing on Songfight?

Medio-core rocks

sdurand wrote:None of selections provided represent the worst music on earth. I have a neighbor who plays some type of middle eastern music all of the time that is far, far worse than any of the genres that you listed.

Blasphemy!

Middle eastern pop, and the music videos that go along with them rock my freakin' socks off.

That said, "lite" jazz a la Kenny G and his ilk make me want to puke. On their mouthpieces. Before a sold-out show at the 'Garden.

Rabid Garfunkel wrote:

sdurand wrote:None of selections provided represent the worst music on earth. I have a neighbor who plays some type of middle eastern music all of the time that is far, far worse than any of the genres that you listed.

Blasphemy!

Middle eastern pop, and the music videos that go along with them rock my freakin' socks off.

I wasn't talking about all middle eastern music. Only the stuff my neighbor plays. It sounds to me like atonal wailing with kazoos in the background.

Steve

Rabid Garfunkel wrote:That said, "lite" jazz a la Kenny G and his ilk make me want to puke.

Here's my beef with lite jazz. It's almost like it's a type of music created mainly for the ease with which can ignore it, you know what I mean? It's the equivalent of white noise, something you just put on in the background so that there's something in the background.

kill_me_sarah wrote:

Rabid Garfunkel wrote:That said, "lite" jazz a la Kenny G and his ilk make me want to puke.

Here's my beef with lite jazz. It's almost like it's a type of music created mainly for the ease with which can ignore it, you know what I mean? It's the equivalent of white noise, something you just put on in the background so that there's something in the background.

My goal as a musician is to make the best damn background music possible. I'm well on my way.

moral of the story: if you song is boring, just call it jazz.

Rabid Garfunkel wrote: Middle eastern pop, and the music videos that go along with them rock my freakin' socks off.

Listening now, this is great. Thanks for the link!
-bill

Rone Rivendale wrote:If you want to be technical I'm a sell out because one of the songs I made was used as background music in a local commercial and I got paid 300 bucks for it.

Did you contravene your moral and musical integrity to make that $300? If so, your soul sells cheap; if not, you didn't sell out.

My favourite quote on this subject, pertinent-ish too -

"It's hard to sell out when no-one's buying" (Mike Gunderloy)


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Puce wrote:

Rone Rivendale wrote:If you want to be technical I'm a sell out because one of the songs I made was used as background music in a local commercial and I got paid 300 bucks for it.

Did you contravene your moral and musical integrity to make that $300? If so, your soul sells cheap; if not, you didn't sell out.

Well the song in question was made a year before it was used for the commerical. The director guy found it on mp3.com (back when it used to be a site for unsigned and underground artists) and used it, and then sent me the check. The truth is, I didn't have a choice in the matter. He could have used it and I never would have known, I was just lucky he was an honorable guy.

quite simply: receiving money is "selling". "selling" and "selling out" are definitely not synonymous.

tviyh wrote:"selling" and "selling out" are definitely not synonymous.

A lot of people seem to think they are ... also - when people start to sell, from what I can tell, they tend to sell out a bit just to please the public or rile them up just so they keep selling ... that's just my opinion though.

top 40 is all like 'these are the only 40 songs that you should ever have to listen to at any given time' which is such complete and utter shit.