A Music Thread

[C0ckney]

i only listened to it a few times, but here are my thoughts.

1) the repetition of 'rhymes' and 'find' in the first stanza sounds a bit lazy and like you couldn't think of something else to say the second time you used those words.

2) the rapping sounds a little bit too slow for the beat, or maybe the beat is a little too fast for your rapping. if you slowed the beat down a couple of BPM i think it would sound better.

other than that, it's not too bad.

[Al B. Sure!]

I'm kind of proud of what I did with my facebook page (okay, it wasn't my original idea but it's still cool and took a bit of work to get the aspect ratio right [still wasn't perfect though]).

I took a screen capture of it so yall can see.



Just a cool promotional thing. Like a commercial.

My flow there is a little lazy but it seemed to fit with the temperament of the beat. Was going for a very impromptu raw sort of freestyle sound to accompany "That Real... Coming Soon". Figured the awkward break after I stop rapping added to the effect.

Any thoughts?

I'm trying to find clever ways to promote myself and my affiliates. This setup could also be a potential scene in a music video. That would be cool.


I did discover a snag though. So many people access facebook through mobile devices now and this doesn't show up properly on phones

[C0ckney]

the shamen - destination eschaton (hardfloor vocal mix)

[Al B. Sure!]

Blu from a few years back. Don't understand how people can diminish the validity of rap as an art form when rappers are spitting verses like this:

[Al B. Sure!]

cool video and the rhyme scheme in Kweli's 3rd verse is bananas.

[C0ckney]

well that's your opinion and i take it from where it comes.

anyway, here's sheffield band the violet may, with a somewhat unsafe for work video.



the violet may - bright or better

i'm waiting for someone to put up some decent versions of their other songs.

[Al B. Sure!]

no it's chuck berry speeded up and with more shouting. if you don't believe me, you need to listen to more punk music, and probably more 50s rock 'n' roll as well.

although having said that, punk can describe a fairly wide variety of music, it's hard to define and if you ask 20 people to define punk, you'll get 20 different answers.

with more shouting? It's called screaming. And yes, Chuck Berry speeded up with screaming (and throw in some intrusive distorted guitars and some stupid anti-social, anti-establishment, rebel with no cause dumb ****) is pretty ****ing bad.

[C0ckney]

no it's chuck berry speeded up and with more shouting. if you don't believe me, you need to listen to more punk music, and probably more 50s rock 'n' roll as well.

although having said that, punk can describe a fairly wide variety of music, it's hard to define and if you ask 20 people to define punk, you'll get 20 different answers.

[Al B. Sure!]

dude, most early punk harks back to early days of rock 'n' roll. 3 chords, played fast and furious and a bit of singing/shouting over the top.

and the nipple erectors is a great name

I've heard the punk rock that you and thoth post. It's not Chuck Berry or Jerry Lee Lewis. It's obnoxious loud dumb screaming **** that hurts my ears.

[C0ckney]

dude, most early punk harks back to early days of rock 'n' roll. 3 chords, played fast and furious and a bit of singing/shouting over the top.

and the nipple erectors is a great name

[Al B. Sure!]

Nipple Erectors? What a ****ty name.

Though the first song isn't half bad. How is that punk rock? Sounds like some 1950's rock n roll. The second one sounds like in between that and obnoxious screaming punk rock.

[C0ckney]

some classic punk. these guys were famous for being shane mcgowan's first band and also featured shanne bradley who later co-founded men they couldn't hang.



the nipple erectors - king of the bop



the nipple erectors - all the time in the world

[C0ckney]

those with long memories may recall that i posted a couple of tracks by this guy in the last thread, from his low culture album, including a fascinating number which combined, a kora, a melodeon and a violin with some wonky dubstep. i've recently been exploring his earlier stuff, some great english folks music with an electronic twist. check it out



jim moray - early one morning



jim moray - sweet england



jim moray - the week before easter



jim moray - poverty knock

[Asher]

Cold War Kids - Royal Blue
(off the brand new LP!)

[C0ckney]

and a little something from damian donato



damian donato - life support system