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So I've been doing some stuff. I decided to start learning Javascript, mainly because it's useful and it's also pretty fun to code. I'm not very advanced yet, but the concepts seem easy enough, and I've found that the more I practice, the more fluid I become. I've built up a knowledge of the syntax fairly quickly, in my opinion, but there's still a lot of code that I have to learn. All in all, I can make simple programs that take a set of variables (usually applicable to real life), manipulate them in some relevant way, and spit out a coherent answer. And it actually makes me pretty proud. The other thing I've been doing is recording music. After finally getting a cord that connects my MIDI keyboard to Garageband on my desktop last November, I've really started to get into the swing of composition. My most recent escapades have been for the current Homestuck Music Contest, the theme of which is to record a song for a certain character. It ends on February the 13th. Gosh I really hope I make the deadline in time.... Anyway, I've been recording two songs: one for John, titled "Do the Windy Thing" and one for Eridan, titled "Sepulchre for a Prince". John's song is a mix of retro music and more modern techno, while Eridan's song resembles a funeral dirge, hence the title. I have virtually no input on these songs, so I'm kind of in the dark as to what I should do composition-wise. But I'll just keep stumbling along and hopefully end up entering them in the contest before the deadline's up. tl;dr: I'm learning Javascript and composing music for a Homestuck contest. -CM
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Me and my good friend Takal decided to do a music swap - our two favourite bands. So he got all of Dream Theater's studio albums, ad I got all of Thin Lizzy's studio albums, and we're listening through eachother's favourite band. I've currently listened to the following in full: Thunder And Lightning Black Rose: A Rock Legend Vagabonds Of The Western World Nightlife Johnny The Fox Bad Reputation Jailbreak So far I've liked all four albums, but the first is my favourite. it's on the cusp of being metal, and the songs have a cool triple-vocal effect in many choruses.
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This topic is exactly what it says on the tin. I taught myself to compose music over the past two years, and now I'd like to go ahead and have a chat with other people here on BZP with an interest in making original music.To get the ball rolling, what's your compositional style, if you could really be said to have one? I tend not to stick with any specific pattern for too long, but instead I try different combinations of ideas to see what works. In the grand scheme of things, I'm a fairly inexperienced composer with no formal training (though I get by with a little help from my more experienced friends), so experimentalism is really the only thing I could possibly get away with doing.On another note, what's your most ambitious compositional endeavor to date? Mine's a fairly timpani-heavy piece (unfinished, alas) that features several brass instruments, three string instruments, and a fairly healthy supply of non-timp percussion. It's my most ambitious project yet for two reasons - one, it's got the longest instrument list, and two, it's the longest piece I've written that isn't largely fluff and pointless repetition of the same phrases. I've kind of lost interest in writing that piece as of late, but it will come back to me when I figure out what I want to do with the flute-and-violin-based interlude.Well, I've held up my end of the bargain. Don't let this one go belly-up like the last time I tried to get you lot to talk about music!
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"There's a time to live, and a time to die. There's a time to meet your maker. There's a time to live, but isn't it strange, that as soon as you're born you're dyin'?" Iron Maiden, The Clairvoyant
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"Octave: Step after step We try controlling our fate When we finally start living It's become too late." -Dream Theater, Octavarium This is ending up more like Lyrical Phrase Of The Month
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Luna's Priest Iron Mareden Canterlot Neightwish Triptykolt Shadowbolt Gallery The Whooves Sonata Windigo X Gallop Heavenstrot Lunaspell Scorponies The Eeyup! Team Teneighcious D
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As some of you know, I got Nightwish's new album Imaginaerum and have been listeneing to it fervently. However, while listening, I stumbled across some interesting things... 1. Take the song "I Want My Tears Back" - My favourite track, by the way, but skip to after the second chorus where the solo-y bit starts. Now open up Iron Maiden's "Dance of Death", and skip 'till there's roughly a minute or two left in the song where they sing "When you're lying in your sleep... 'till you're dancing with the dead". They might as well be the same song. In fact, there is a [red video site] video that illustrates my point. You can find it in the suggestions of the aforementioned Nightwish song. 2. Take the third track from the album, "Ghost River". Listen to the intro. Then open up Dream Theater's song "Breaking All Illusions" from their brand new album A Dramatic Turn Of Events. Listen to its intro. The DT one is a bit longer and the Nightwish one a bit heavier, but again, might aswell be one song. Both the Dream Theater and Iron Maiden albums came out well before. Now, I can't bring myself to think Nightish did this on purpose, because they don't seem like the kind of band to take things - they have enough talent of their own. But the similarities are uncanny. That's all, carry on.
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Firstly you all know I got my diver's license, so I've been driving around and enjoying myself thoroughly, blasting Queensryche, Styx, and Bruc Dickinson. B) Aside from that, I finally got my volunteer hours for grad done today, working at an NFP secondhand store, testing the electronics (VCRs, tape players, etc.) and pricing them with a friend. Also went for a drive just now to walmart for fun, bought some reese's and Nightwish's "Imaginaerum". Listening to it, it's good, but I'll have to wait and see how it compares with Dark Passion Play. Also also haven't seen the new MLP yet - excited. =D also also also update on my blender Tahu. I've gotten slightly farther than this pic shows, but oh well. Also the gallery has all the progress pics in oder, if anyone's interested.
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Has anyone else heard "Somebody That I Used to Know", by Gotye? It is such a fantastic song, currently listening to various remixes of it.
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Yeah I just love the things... they're so retro and awesome... like vinyl, but cheaper! I just bought No Exit by Fates Warning and Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son by Iron Maiden off amazon, both for under $.25. A few of my friends think I'm crazy, but my car only plays cassettes and I want to have some great tunes to drive along to when I get my license on Thursday. On a somewhat unrelated note (again), I've bought a ton of stuff this week with christmas money: *Toa Norik *Tahnok Va *Kohrak Va *Krana Kanohi (green and black Kaukaus, green Akaku, tan Huna, and red Pakari) Dream Theater CDs (When Dream And Day Unite, Awake, A Change Of Seasons, Falling Into Infinity) Aforementioned cassettes And I still have $45 to blow on Breakout sets!
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Watched it before bed last night, and it was okay. I found Granny Smith to be annoying though. Her personality was funny but her voice... ugh. >.< Liked the CMC being back again, however. They're so cute. Also the history of Ponyville was pretty sweet. *** On a completely unrelated note, I've just been getting into two new Progressive Metal bands called Fates Warning and Symphony X. It seems most have only heard of the latter, but from what I've heard Fates Warning owns their butts. Both are pretty great though. Had to delete so much stuff from my iPod just to fit three albums from each.
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I have always appreciated the art of music, the joy of listening to those sweet melodies. My love of music also extends to listening to music from video games. Some people have called me weird for that quirky trait of mine, but I can't help it. Music found in video games can be a joy to listen to (especially in most Nintendo titles). So I'm wondering if anyone else has the same appreciation as I do for video game music. Discuss your favorite track from video games, your favorite video game music composer, etc. Just remember to have fun!
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So in yesterday's entry I said I probably wasn't going to finish up my entry for COTSSC2. I am glad to prove myself wrong! You can check it out here if you're so inclined - it's ostensibly a mystery, though I have to admit I wasn't pushing it particularly hard. There are some pieces here and there that I feel could be improved, but there's always pieces that could be improved. (If you want to take the long view of things, of course, everything could be improved.) In other good news, Sherlock is getting an OST release at the end of this month. Definitely adding that to my collection!
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Wondering if anyone out there had Original Sound Tracks that they highly recommend and constantly listen to. Any Sound Tracks you just recall, want, and which ones do you own?Off the top of my head, I own the OSTs of:PortalPortal 2World of GooThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight PrincessTron LegacyMultiple Metroid SoundtracksLOST Season 4UpSuper 8 (I'm a Michael Giacchino fan :3)Saturday Night FeverAnd I can't remember any more, but I know I have them.
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It may or may not be a well-known fact that I despise rather a lot of Christmas music. Songs about Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Commie-Faced Reindeer, and all the rest never really did much for me. Maybe it's because I've heard the same batch of songs performed by either dead people or dead careers for my entire life, but the whole thing seems tired, unartistic, and, oh my I finally get to use this word, hackneyed. This is not to say that I hate all Christmas music - not by a long shot. No, it's just that there are three ways to do good Christmas music. The first is an old, truly traditional piece, faithfully played by an orchestra, string quartet, whatever - tunes like the Carol of the Bells, Greensleeves, We Three Kings, all good choices. If you want to put an orchestra in, knock yourself out - better an orchestra than whatever pop "star" thinks we don't look at them often enough lately - but I'm quite happy with instrumental versions, because a good composer can convey any intended feeling through instruments. Way number two is to take a traditional Christmas song - and I mean real traditional, not baby-boomers-grew-up-with-it-so-that-makes-it-a-tradtion - and interpret it in your own way to make a piece of music that's still good and doesn't sound like exactly the same thing but with a different voice doing it. Look up Jethro Tull's version of Greensleeves if you need an example. The third, final, and perhaps best, is to just write something new. Now, to do this, you have to be a good composer already, so don't all of you tweeny-boppers and dead-beat crooners go running off to hack something into the corpse of your genre. It's got to be two things. The first is a good song. It has to be something someone could justify listening to any time of the year. The second is, and if you didn't predict this go jump in a lake, a Christmas song. It has to have some undeniable relation to whatever you think Christmas is. Two very different examples have been done by Jethro Tull (Christmas Song and Another Christmas Song), but if you want examples that have not a bloody thing to do with Ian Anderson, try John Lennon's shot at a Christmas song (Happy X-Mas War Is Over). There's my little rant for the night over and done with. Back to inexplicably pumpkin-flavored egg nog (seriously? pumpkin? who thought of that and are they still alive enough for me to hug them?) and avoiding "Christmas traditions" like Frosty the Red Snowman.
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This is a topic for choir discussion in general. I wanted to make a topic for a specific favorite choir, but I realized that there was a whole lot more to talk about than just one and it would be ridiculous to post another topic specifically to talk about them if they're so closely related.Anyway, I'm in a choir but don't particularly enjoy it, so I've made it a one semester deal. I like singing, but I avoided joining choirs for a long time because I don't enjoy getting lost in a sea of voices while trying to sing my bit in the harmony. I came to that conclusion back in fifth grade. So don't ask me why all these years later I'm in a choir again. The only reason was because last year's choir president told me that if I didn't go out I was a fool.I don't know. There are things about choir I like, but other things that I don't like. I think that what gets to me is that around 80% of my choir is female. I've moved past the stage where I feel inherently awkward by this situation, but it's still not the right atmosphere for me, because I don't feel the chemistry. I think I would definitely prefer an all male choir.Speaking of which, I would like to say that hands down the most awesome choir I have ever listened to is The Vocal Majority. Unfortunately, their 8-disk long 20th Century Collection is a collectible and only has 3000 copies in circulation. I personally would have loved to have that. Well, though a little inconvenient, I still get to hear them from time to time on Pandora Radio, the only place online where I can find any of their music. Though I have yet to find anything comparable to the 20th Century Collection, I have managed to find individual albums by them on Amazon, and am highly considering buying several over Christmas break. I would suggest you look at their stuff. You won't regret it.- I'm Tron Paul and I approve this post.
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\m/ Wacken : Open : Air : 2012 Band List \m/
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They are my favorite band of all time and I'm very impressed with how many of their songs were more than just good. My particular favorites are "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "These Are the Days", with "Under Pressure" being another. I have both the albums "Queen's Greatest Hits" and "Classic Queen", along with a several other songs that appear in neither, and out of all those the only one that I don't absolutely love is "Body Language".It's too bad Freddy died, otherwise they would still be big and creating masterpieces even today.Your Honor,Emperor Kraggh
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R. S. O. T. M. #3: Mud - Lonely This Christmas
Angel Beat posted a blog entry in Star Blogging across the universe
Well, looks like it's time for another Resurrected Song of the Moment. This time I chose Mud's Lonely This Christmas, because it's one of my favorite Christmas songs. That, and it's a great song all around. Try to imagine A house that's not a home Try to imagine A Christmas all alone That's where I'll be Since you left me My tears could melt the snow What can I do without you? I got no place, no place to go It'll be lonely this Christmas Without you to hold It'll be lonely this Christmas Lonely and cold It'll be cold, so cold Without you to hold This Christmas Each time I remember The day you went away and how I would listen to the things you had to say I just break down as I look around and the only things I see are loneliness and emptyness and an unlit Christmas tree It'll be lonely this Christmas Without you to hold It'll be lonely this Christmas Lonely and cold It'll be cold, so cold Without you to hold This Christmas (spoken verse) Do you remember last year When you and I were together We never thought there'd be an end and I rember looking at you then and I remember thinking That Chrismas must have been made for us Cause darling this is the time of year That you really, you really need love When it means so very, very much (Spoken over Chorus) So it'll be so lonely this Christmas Without you to hold It'll be so very lonely Lonely and cold It'll be lonely this Christmas Without you to hold It'll be lonely this Christmas Lonely and cold It'll be cold, so cold Without you to hold This Christmas It'll be cold, so cold Without you to hold This Christmas Merry Chrismas, Darling Wherever you are *manly tears* -
Well I finished up my Christmas shopping today, and bought myself Rush's "Test For Echo". On track 5 right now, and it's good. Not in the same league as most of their other albums, but still very enjoyable. On a completely unrelated note, I was so close to buying a Rainbow Dash today. Like I picked it up and walked halfway to the cash registers, but then I looked at it again... and it just doesn't look like Rainbow. I couldn't make myself buy it.
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I have Iron Maiden's entire discography, but I've only really listened to four albums so far (Number Of The Beast, Powerslave, Seventh Son, and The Final Frontier). So today I figured I'd give another one a shot, and picked Piece Of Mind, their fourth album. I think it is now one of my favourite albums ever.
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"Mother fears the door Baby's off at war Just like dad before Left soulless Promised there's an end Just around the bend Lost another friend Left soulless" -Death Angel, "Soulless"
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And it's sold out!
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The final 5000 tickets are being sold, I recently ordered mine. Woohoo! B)
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I saw this on a Roadrunner Records article, that they were doing a thing with bands about the 5 albums that had the biggest impact on their existence. I think it's cool, so I'm gonna' do it too. #1: Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV - Volume One: From Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness - Coheed & Cambria This album is first on my list because without it, I would not be the metalhead I am today. I went from liking Avril Lavigne and The All-American Rejects (both of whom I do still like) to this, all thanks to "Welcome Home" being on Rock Band. This is what kickstarted my transformation, bought as a gift for my 13th birthday. #2: Astro Lounge - Smash Mouth Astro Lounge was the first rock CD I ever bought, when I was around 7 or 8 I believe. It had many different styles of songs on it, and I still enjoy most of the tracks nowadays. I went from old 50s vinyls to this. #3: Master Of Puppets - Metallica When I first heard Metallica, I was unimpressed. I liked "Enter Sandman" and a song or two off of Death Magnetic, but otherwise eh. Then I was told to get MOP, and after a few listens I loved it. The title track was also the first song I learned in my early days of learning guitar. This was my introduction to Thrash Metal, before I even knew what that was. #4: Octavarium - Dream Theater What's this? Dream Theater being so low on the list? Well, that's because I've only been a fan for about two years, and Coheed and Metallica came way before. However, that doesn't change how much good this album did me. I first heard "Panic Attack" when my best friend phoned me and told me to look it up. Then I got the whole album and listened to it in full on the perfect day at a sunny beach with food and stuff. I have nothing but fond memories while listening to this. And the moment I heard the title track, I knew I'd found an all-time favourite song. #5: Move Along - The All-American Rejects This was probably the least influential of the five, but it was still definitely an important stage in my musical developement. Kickstarted by the thing they did with BIONICLE in '06, I got kinda' hooked on them for about two years, and still enjoy listening to them quite a bit. This was another rung on the ladder to the music I love now. So there you have it, the top five albums that have shaped me as a person over the years. I put alot of thought into this, and was going to add in Megadeth's Risk, but all it really did for me was let me discover Megadeth. While I love them, that's not quite life-changing.
