Wakacast?
Shit off p2p?
OMG LEGIT?
Currently: Speakerboxxx - Bow Tie
Frank Zappa - Second Movement of Sinister Footwear
Super Mario Brothers 3 music from World 5 map screen.
黒鳥 - STAY HERE，NOT ALONE
In this twilight - nine inch nails
Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson. :(
Major Tom by Peter Shilling
>>815
where can one acquire this cute album? :D
12 Rounds - Come on in out of the rain
Imogen Heap - Loose Ends
i've always wondered if i have the strangest musical tastes because i like listening to industrial metal/rock, JPOP, JROCK, Old School Hip, Hip hop,Rap,Metal,some electronica, and german rap. anyone have a reason to why i would listen to these genres?
In any area, no matter how pop or normalfag it can be, there are certain songs that are just that good to be listened, even if you don't really love the genre.
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Do you listen to Japanese or Western music more?
Which one do you like more?
Those who listen to Japanese music, who would you say is more known in the West?
If you've been to any Japanese concerts, how are they different from concerts of Western musicians?
>>61
You are obviously more a fan of Japanese culture than you are of electronic music. Safari Duo and DJ Sharpnel are about as commercial and as shitty as electronic music gets, you should dig A LOT deeper before you can make any serious comparisons.
>>30, yes anything mainstrem is suxish, an when undergroudn stuff GOES mainstreem it soon becomes suckish too!
But, I listen to both J-rock an Western. Persoanlly I think Japanese scremo is kinda neat!
But i like a little bit of both and oh! Buck-Tick is pretty nice[though it's old] and Peral Jam as well
ALSO if u want good music listen to olderstuff, liek System of a Down has alot of good stuff in thier older albums alot of there new stuff isn't so great, it's usally liek that with alot of bands! Metallica is the same way, everythign after the Black Album isn's all the awesome, I liek the band better before one of thiere members died, also alot of stuff composed by Cliff was good[I think he was the guy who died btw] but he composed songs liek Master of Puppets, Orion!
I listen to American, European, and Japanese music. I can't pick a favorite.
European: Rammstein, Megaherz, Stahlhammer, t.A.T.u., Queensryche.
American: Disturbed, Slipknot, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Linkin Park, NickelBack, Avenged Sevenfold, stuff like that.
Japanese: BeForU, Kokia, Maximum the Hormone, Misato Aki, Mizuki Nana, T.M. Revolution, and insturmental like Hirano Yoshihisa, Hironosuke Satou, Iwashaki Taku.
I love Japanese heavy metal and sometimes i listen to Kanon wakeshima. she has an awesome voice
I love both. But I don't listen to alot of j-music, just themes from animes and a few albums from re-occuring artists. When >>26 mentioned that he felt that english lyrics don't 'fit' I definitely knew what he meant, english doesn't have the same flowing feel to it.
>>65
Queensrÿche belongs in the American category.
Also, you enjoy Nickelback... SERIOUSLY!?!
>>49
i think japanese music beat the west because american music is to repetivite epsecial rap now i used to love and still do listen to rap i used to listen to wu tang clan alot but the west turned rap into crap. so i listen to alot of jpop especial morning musume strange cuz i was born from listen to rap but i love to listen to them. i also love industrial metal and rock (NIN, Rammstein, Ministry, hanzel and gretel)
does anyone know how to find japanese pop acts that DON'T do songs for anime? I have found a few awesome bands, like Sleep Warp, and Pop Chocolat, but its hard to get more.
Heard he died.
Discuss.
Its tru bro.
He had cardiac arrest, died in home.
R.I.P.
Ok, I hope some one out there can help me out.
I"ve been looking for the translated lyrics for this song Stars*** by Terra for a long time.
The song helps me with my story writing and i have six different versions. I want to know what I've been listening to for the last three years.
here's the youtube link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtakT-jMblo&NR=1
I know a few right now like Wu-Tang Clan, NWA, A tribe called quest, Jurassic 5, and yea.
Anyone know any real rap music. The rappers flow good and the beats are pretty good. I'm looking for other rappers similar to Jurassic 5 or Wu-Tang Clan
Today's rap is.....bad.
Underground rap would be great too.
what do you mean by "real"? I didn't realize that there were "fake" rap
Immortal Technqiue
Technique*
>>2
Ehhh, today's rap is kinda....pop rap now. I haven't heard anyone having the flow except Eminem's new album Relapse. At least he still got that flow but he's kinda drifting away from it. Hoepfully Relapse 2 will improve him.
Check out Busdriver, if you're looking for great flow. It's not gangsta rap, though. I think if you're searching for "interesting" rap music nowadays you have to turn to experimental/abstract hip-hop, that's where the good musicians/producers/MCs are hiding. With the added bonus of having interesting lyrics and universes, so it's all good.
I'll check their music out, thanks.
I listened to Digable Planets the other day and I liked it.
Coldcut, Buck 65, Sage Francis.
Also, if you care mostly about the lyrics, some other types of music you should look into are reggae or ragga. Barrington Levy, Buju Banton and the like. Very melodic and relaxing with a strong message.
If you speak any French, you may consider French hip-hop. There are many French artists who criticize the outspoken mainstream contrast to the American hiphop scene. The lyrics have much more meaning since many of the rappers care more about message than money and as a result, remain in the banlieus of France.
Should I start by playing guitar or bass?
OK, so I'm going to put my birthday money toward a guitar. I'm not very musically talented, but I am taking a year off and want to learn the basics of music.
I know I would want to play the guitar much more than the piano. I never could work up the discipline to practice/play keyboard when I tried as a kid.
I'm going to try to teach myself some music theory by using Garage Band or something like it (recommend anything?)
So I want to know whether I should choose guitar or bass.
I am very new to music entirely.
Should I just stick to fucking around on software?
Personally I prefer the bass. It's more consistent musically than the guitar, common in more genres, and it's great to learn the mechanics of intervals and the role the bass has. With the guitar you have that stupid smaller interval between G and B...which does make doing chords easier, but it screws with your intuition. Basically, if you want to make music more easily and go to open mic night and screw around, the guitar is great. If you think you're ready to really dig into the meaty theory, you want to play with other musicians, and you don't mind not being able to just strum your troubles away, go for the bass.
If you can swing it, I also recommend getting one of those RadioShack keyboards that has the automatic chord thing on it and it displays what chord is being played (and more than just the basic M, m, 7, m7 chords, see if you can get one that shows augmented, sus4, and inverted chords). Mess around with it as much as you can. Listen to what happens when you use different chords. The hands-and-ears-on approach will teach you way more effectively than any book can.
I must disagree with >>2's thoughtful comment. The bass is a rhythm section instrument and almost always played as such. If you want to learn about how different Intervals interact to form chords go with a the guitar.
Although they are very similar, they are played very differently; the guitar plays a similar role as a keyboard, while the bass in practice is more similar to the drums than the guitar.
Really, I suggest that you play around with a guitar, and also play around with a bass, and see which you prefer. I have a guitar and a (short scale neck) bass.
As the time has gone by, I've found that I prefer to play with the bass.
I agree with >>2's post, and disagree with 4's post. I'm not keen on the irregular interval of the guitar, because it feels out of order to me. But I suppose it is useful for some things.
And yes, in most music the bass is used as a rhythm instrument, but it doesn't have to be. You can play on it whatever you want - you can even play chords (although of course, you cannot play chords with more than four notes, and most of chords I find myself playing only use three strings at once time) but you can definitely play a lot of different chords.
If you use it properly, the bass can be a lead instrument. Different amplifier settings and sound effects can help with that.
hey can you recommend me good bands with good thrash riffs? i only know arch enemy right now.........
metal safari -japanese band
Bind Guardian
Iced Earth
(Demons and Wizards is a side project of Blind Guardian and Iced Earth)
Rhapsody of Fire (formerly just Rhapsody)
Edguy
(Avantasia is Edguy's side project, metal opera)
Judas Priest
Hammerfall
Manowar
Epica
Nightwish
Kamelot
Grendel
Celtic Frost
Venom
Sodom
Therion
Tristania
Opeth
This, and throw in Demolition Hammer, Coroner, and Vio-lence in there for extra thrash flavour.
>>33
I kinda love this list, by the way.
Annihilator
39 Post and no one has mentioned municipal waste?
children of bodom
trivium
deathstars and of course metallica :p
I love dragonforce in fact im listening to it right now! Lets talk about all things dragonforce! My favorite dragonforce song is Valley of the Damned. Herman Li is the best guitarist i have ever seen. so what are your thoughts on this?
I enjoyed their song for what it was but I tired of it. They should make a second song.
They are okay, but yeah, so many bands outclass them. Iced Earth, Blind Guardian, Rhapsody, amongst others. They're a bit overhyped, mostly thanks to Guitar Hero, I guess. Li is good, I'll give you that (though the best, probably not).
And no, threatening me of not being my friend won't change that.
This man speaks the truth. Though I still I listen to them every so often, there are better fish in the sea.
Heard one of their albums back in 2005, think it were the newest one. The shredding is amazing, but waiting for the solos to come on could get boring since the songs themselves were so naff and tacked on. The best power metal is when the songs and solos are equally good the whole way through.
The new one on Guitar Hero seems same, cept the song is actually naffer and the soloing is even more brilliant. Chuck the songs, keep the shred guys!
dragonforce made some nice songs, but most of their live performances are a fail... sigh*
well when your playing that fast, your bound to mess up eventually, or as in the case of their live performances quite frequently. -_-
>>11
When the concept of your band is entirely based on fast playing machismo, you can't afford to write material you can't actually perform outside of a studio.
And you don't show up drunk on stage, either.
Dragonforce fails for the whole money you pay for albums or tickets. That's all you can get out of it. They manually speed up their records and fail songs live. lol what a buch of true losers
I really see nothing wrong with a lot of studio trickery to make an interesting song. Just don't attempt to play it live.
I now know that DragonForce kind of sucks, but I must admit that they were what got me into metal.