They're all fixed up now
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*dead

I started off with MJ and the Beach Boys at age 5. Then around 2nd grade it was Vanilla Ice & MC Hammer. Then 3rd it became Ice-T, NWA, Ice Cube. 4th grade it became Morbid Angel, Cannibal Corpse. 5th Grade it was Kyuss, Jesus Lizard, Melvins, Nirvana. 6th grade it was local punk bands, Lookout! Records, Minor Threat, Rancid... 7th grade I delved into the heart of Legendary DIY underground punk music. Ebullition records (Econochrist, Born against, Downcast, Spitboy, Iconoclast, Los Crudos), , Gravity Records (Heroin, Angel Hair, Antioch Arrow, Clikatat Ikatowi), Dischord (Fugazi, Hoover, Rites of Spring). The list goes on and on. The next ten years were all about underground hardcore/punk/noise/power-violence/sludge/grind/doom.

Then I moved to San Francisco. LOL. I'm an Aquarius. AQUARIUS RECORDS!!!!! I still listen to some of that stuff from time to time. A LOT of it was way ahead of it's time. These kids these days can't hold a candle to genuine, innovative, raw DIY music.

Should be good now
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*dead

>> ^ElJardinero:
>> ^JAPR:
>> ^RedSky:
Not bad as much as just horribly generic emo/lame attempt at post hardcore.

Pose Hardcore is in and of itself bad.

Wrong.
Drive Like Jehu, Unwound, Les Savy Fav, Refused, Hot Water Music, Cap'n Jazz, At The drive In, Fugazi, Embrace, Rites of Spring, Nation of Ulysses, Jawbox...


I guess I was just ignorant of what Post Hardcore was. This cover is definitely not Post Hardcore then, but whatever it is, it's terrible, terrible shit.

>> ^JAPR:
>> ^RedSky:
Not bad as much as just horribly generic emo/lame attempt at post hardcore.

Pose Hardcore is in and of itself bad.


Wrong.

Drive Like Jehu, Unwound, Les Savy Fav, Refused, Hot Water Music, Cap'n Jazz, At The drive In, Fugazi, Embrace, Rites of Spring, Nation of Ulysses, Jawbox...

In reply to this comment by Deano:
*promote so that all the parts are sifted...

Cool, it deserved sifting!

In reply to this comment by Fusionaut:
Wow! Two promotes of the same video! You are truly awesome... and it got sifted too! THank you!

In reply to this comment by Deano:
*promote

Wow! Two promotes of the same video! You are truly awesome... and it got sifted too! THank you!

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*promote

wooo! thanks deano!

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*promote

1. Mr. Bungle - California
2. Radiohead - The Bends
3. Beck - Mellow Gold
4. Beatles - White Album
5. Bjork - Homogenic
6. Stereolab - Sound Dust
7. Aphex Twin - Come to Daddy
8. Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Amen
9. Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
10. Stevie Wonder - Greatest Hits
11. EWF - Greatest Hits
12. Steve Reich - Sextet
13. Stravinsky - Rite of Spring
14. Portishead - Portishead
15. The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs
16. Depeche Mode - Violator
17. Rufus Wainwright - Poses
18. Prince - Greatest Hits
19. Secret Chiefs - Book M
20. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
21. Brian Eno - Ambient 1
22. Boards of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children
23. Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
24. Ennio Morricone - Once Upon A Time In The West
25. Arcade Fire - Funeral
26. Autolux - Future Perfect
27. Miles Davis/Gil Evans - Porgy and Bess
28. John Coltrane - Blue Train
29. Bob Marley - Legend
30. Chet Baker - Best of Chet Baker Sings
31. Mose Allison - Allison Wonderland
32. Failure - Fantastic Planet
33. MSI - You'll Rebel To Anything....
34. Faith No More - Angel Dust
35. Fiona Apple - When the Pawn...
36. Fishbone - Truth and Soul
37. Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
38. Foetus - Gash
39. Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
40. Nirvana - Nevermind
40.1. Frank Sinatra - Greatest Hits
40.2. Frank Zappa -
40.3. Jellyfish - Spilt Milk
40.4. M.I.A. - Kala
40.5. Me'Shell Ndegeocello - Cookie
40.6. Michael Brecker - Michael Brecker
40.7. Miles Davis - All Blues
40.8. Patsy Cline - Greatest Hits (token country)
40.9. Philip Glass - Glassworks
40.91. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
40.92. Bernard Herrmann - The Day The Earth Stood Still

I'll second DFT's recommendation on Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. The percussion parts are amazing there.

This is interesting but as mentioned above this may not be a good example of precision timpani playing, not an easy arrangement I'd assume.

>> ^legacy0100:
timpani isn't a very well constructed instrument now that I think about it. 3rd world drums play a much clearer, louder, deeper sounds than these behemoths. These bulbous cauldrons sound way too flat to say the least.
Perhaps because western orchestra's always been about the strings and the winds, and not so much on the percussions.


This isn't an example of a good timpani sound, or a particularly wise orchestration. It looks like a college recital, performed by a student who is still learning, so I wouldn't base your judgment of this instrument on one video.

There are many cool sounding low pitched ethnic drums, but none of them allow you to tune to a particular pitch on the fly. If you look closely, you'll see the performer adjusting a pedal - which tightens or loosens the head - at the base of these drums. A nice set of drums, played by a skilled player will give you a huge, clear awesome sound.

I'd recommend you check out a good recording of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, Orff's Carmina Burana or Holst's Planets for a good idea of how Timpani are supposed to sound. You hear it quite a bit in film music too.

Percussion was underused in Western art music up until the 20th Century, so while most of the classical chestnuts only have a bit of perc here and there, you see quite a bit in music written over the last 100 years.

I arranged Bach's Passacaglia in Cm for Vibes, Marimba and Bass (with low C extention) for my junior recital, and it worked really well. I should dig that out and do it again somewhere.

In reply to this comment by UsesProzac:
I most definitely would like something like this, Fusionaut. Thanks for the link!

Wahahaha! What's wrong with you two? Get a room!

In reply to this comment by dystopianfuturetoday:
So why don't you marry them?

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
I like turtles.

In reply to this comment by dystopianfuturetoday:
Rite of Spring is my favorite piece of all time.

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Because I'm a Democrat. I can't wait for Obama to win the election so that we can promptly surrender to the terrorists.

BTW, I'm currently watching your Stravinsky video. God that's such good music.

In reply to this comment by dystopianfuturetoday:
^ Why do you hate our freedom kp?

Little whores. But that's okay; keep 'em. I've moved on. I hollow out apples and fuck them now. I'm sick of the animal kingdom.

In reply to this comment by dystopianfuturetoday:
The turtles, although I promised them I'd never tell you.

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Who says I didn't?

In reply to this comment by dystopianfuturetoday:
So why don't you marry them?

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
I like turtles.

In reply to this comment by dystopianfuturetoday:
Rite of Spring is my favorite piece of all time.

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Because I'm a Democrat. I can't wait for Obama to win the election so that we can promptly surrender to the terrorists.

BTW, I'm currently watching your Stravinsky video. God that's such good music.

In reply to this comment by dystopianfuturetoday:
^ Why do you hate our freedom kp?