Random... Music edition - Page 4

verklingen · 07-17-2009, 12:59 PM

man people sure like to bitch

here're some words:

ska is the best. as such i often wonder how a horn section might be successfuly implemented into a heavy metal project. the only trial i know of is mephiskapheles. there's also voodoo glow skulls -- though if you ask me they're more accurately ska/core -- and hell, fishbone could be argued to a certain extent also but i'll focus on these other two since the influence is unmistakable throughout much of their work.

both are pretty good bands imo, if somewhat idealized in nostalgia from having been a mainstay of my middle/highschool soundtrack. still, i think this prospect can be more thoroughly explored. we got a whole decade of ska/punk, where's the love for the harder stuff?

here's a couple selections from mephiskapheles i was able to find on youtube, chosen more for representation of their work than as songs of theirs i like the best:

"mephiskapheles"

"calloused boy"

and now the voodoo glow skulls:

"band geek mafia"

"symptomatic"

i think it's a promising combo!

Willie D · 07-17-2009, 01:09 PM

Originally Posted by my_scatterheart

way to be dulldumblazy.
the hooka sucks real bad lately. Why don't you take the time to type out a few sentences relating to the shit you're posting instead of just posting shit videos, and then maybe there might be a conversation! Holy shit

Chris Garneau - (compared to the sound of Sufjan) 's first album Music for Tourists was amazing. Undeniably sad. Great wet weather soundtrack for a mopey day inside.
His newly released album El Radio is amazing except in a new way. It's the fancy free moments of Garneau that were rarely seen before, except amplified. His whimsy is like an old time music box or a vaudeville carnival straight out of a movie. It's fun, and I like it.
What annoys me is that he never opens his throat up and just lets it rip. He does it live, but never seems to in the studio. A lot a lot a lot of potential

because i was fucked up on xanax and didnt feel like it. probably wouldn't have made much sense anyhow.

calm the fuck down with your attitude, pls. sorry didnt mean to offend you.

ask myxo i am usually the type to offer opinions with the vids i post. but xanax makes a lazy devil out of men.

edit- Verk i love VGS, revenge of the neeeerrrrrds

higherthanamile · 07-17-2009, 01:21 PM

Right. I get it.

And, I'd like to add a question...

Originally Posted by ©antSEEme

if video definitively killed the radio star, what has the internet done to the video star?

has it prostituted the video star?

has it made the video star nameless?

has it made the video star a has-been like the radio star?

Is MTV not what it used to be?

does anyone really give a flying fig?

vickyyy? · 07-17-2009, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Chris Garneau - (compared to the sound of Sufjan) 's first album Music for Tourists was amazing. Undeniably sad. Great wet weather soundtrack for a mopey day inside.

Very very true.

myxomatosis · 07-17-2009, 02:02 PM

Originally Posted by Grieves

Autumn beds has been out for 3 weeks,

Perpetual Motion Machine comes out on the 21st

they decided to scrap the 4th one because I got it all(most) and king rat were both released on 7" separately already, and due to the release of satellite skin being pushed back because the test press was on the wrong shade of orange...

No shit? Thanks for the heads up. Yeah Autumn Beds is the one I missed. PMM is the one meant that was on it's way. Didn't hear #4 wasn't coming though, thanks for that. I didn't know that's why SS got pushed back, the orange is real pretty though on my copy so I'm glad they got it sorted.

Originally Posted by verklingen

man people sure like to bitch

here're some words:

Thank you kindly.

Originally Posted by Man in Black

because i was fucked up on xanax and didnt feel like it. probably wouldn't have made much sense anyhow.

calm the fuck down with your attitude, pls. sorry didnt mean to offend you.

ask myxo i am usually the type to offer opinions with the vids i post. but xanax makes a lazy devil out of men.

edit- Verk i love VGS, revenge of the neeeerrrrrds

Settle, my friend. She just wanted some random music discussion instead of mindless video posting, as did I.

Hooka has been slow with the summer months if not otherwise, and the music forum (one of my favorites) is always kinda slow and lacking so it's nice to get some actual discussion going even if it is random or about skametal (don't worry verk, we're still buddies).

I'm pretty sure it was a general observation and not directed at you, or at least that's what mine was. Though I thought for a second you were being a smart ass after I made that post.

Glad I know it was the xanax. Haha. Good call on that Dino Jr. by the way.

my_scatterheart · 07-17-2009, 02:16 PM

I'm kind of surprised they scrapped the press because of the wrong shade of orange, Grieves. If it were me I'd be bound to be like "FUCK IT! Good 'nuff!"

Call it bitching, cool, I don't care. As said above this shit is just slow and I think we could benefit from some fuckin discourse.

@vicky - if you have not had the chance, see Garneau the next time he comes around. Very very very amazing live.

Grieves · 07-17-2009, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by my_scatterheart

I'm kind of surprised they scrapped the press because of the wrong shade of orange, Grieves. If it were me I'd be bound to be like "FUCK IT! Good 'nuff!"

Call it bitching, cool, I don't care. As said above this shit is just slow and I think we could benefit from some fuckin discourse.

@vicky - if you have not had the chance, see Garneau the next time he comes around. Very very very amazing live.

It wasn't up to Sir Isaac's standards, plus you have to have superior product when it is limited to 4,000 copies...It was a better move in the long term, to show that they made those for the real fans and not just rushed em out for profit...

my_scatterheart · 07-17-2009, 02:28 PM

oh nah def better business but I'd be like...shit. Ah well!

myxomatosis · 07-17-2009, 02:35 PM

Depends how ugly the orange was. I can't believe that's what held it back from landing on record store day, but I'm kinda glad because I may not have come across it when I did a bit later, plus like I said, shit's real pretty.

©antSEEme · 07-17-2009, 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by higherthanamile

Right. I get it.

And, I'd like to add a question...

heh heh. word.

but, if you're saying that the internet had something to do w/ mtv's downfall, i'm going to have to disagree with you. they committed suicide.

Willie D · 07-17-2009, 03:19 PM

Originally Posted by myxomatosis

Settle, my friend. She just wanted some random music discussion instead of mindless video posting, as did I.

I'm pretty sure it was a general observation and not directed at you, or at least that's what mine was. Though I thought for a second you were being a smart ass after I made that post.

Glad I know it was the xanax. Haha. Good call on that Dino Jr. by the way.

nah it's all good, no beef with scatter. and I understand the point and agree with it completely. but the tone and the attitude was a little bitchy.

yeah and i hate to blame it on a drug either but if you have done xanax you know how it is.

and i did over react and was a little defensive but again like I said I didn't like the tone.

tell you what, I'll post some more later with a little bit of a foreward to them

edit- my first two videos did have comments with them

Mafoo · 07-17-2009, 03:24 PM

if anyones interested, i uploaded the most recent track ive been working on. i feel like im getting the hang of mixing/ mastering.

any comments are welcome, input is helpful for me, thanks.

here

©antSEEme · 07-17-2009, 03:36 PM

i like it. turned out very well. maybe it could use a little more percussive instruments, maybe switch up the kick/snare with a couple of different samples in the mid of the song when it breaks down @ around the 3 min. mark, and maybe add in some buzzy/bright synth lines to go with the mellowness of the background and the piano. just my opinon but it's good, tho.

my_scatterheart · 07-17-2009, 03:40 PM

^^I dig that. The beginning beat bit bothers me a little since the tones are so different. Just sounds disjointed, once it pulls together with the rest though it sounds great. The 6:30 mark is quite nice.

-sorry you mistook my tone as bitchy. It was a joke coupled with an explanation. shrugs.

©antSEEme · 07-17-2009, 03:48 PM

the beginning of it sort of made me think of a horror movie score, like the psycho killer is right behind you waiting to cut your head off with a chainsaw.

Mafoo · 07-17-2009, 04:32 PM

thanks for the comments guys!

did the transition sounds sound out of place? i used some samples and tried to get them to "blend" in with the rest of the synthesized sounds, but, to me, they kinda stand out too much...

al-Mu'akhkhir · 07-19-2009, 01:52 AM

omgomgomogmgomgomgom g i want one i want one!

bonus points for anyone who gets the reference...

@mafoo: v nice, I am digging this one. its pretty catchy.

my_scatterheart · 07-19-2009, 06:52 AM

isn't that some MF shit
ps buy that shirt, its noice.
unless of course it's one of those shirts you can't get...

al-Mu'akhkhir · 07-19-2009, 01:32 PM

word it is mfdoom you gotta get the madvillain2 box set to get it

myxomatosis · 07-19-2009, 01:41 PM

I can't tell if I dig on Doom much or not. I got some of his stuff and really dig and and then there are other times I try and listen and just have to turn that shit off. Been that way for a while.