http://andrymi.com/community/ Andrymi, a collection of music nerds Tag: music en Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:29:09 +0000 http://andrymi.com/community/topic/if-you-could-pick-just-one-album#post-786 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:31:36 +0000 BladeZ 786@http://andrymi.com/community/ </p> http://andrymi.com/community/topic/must-read-article-by-david-byrne#post-764 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:01:53 +0000 vardi 764@http://andrymi.com/community/ <p>about the future of the music insdustry<br /> <a href="http://www.wired.com/print/entertainment/music/magazine/16-01/ff_byrne" rel="nofollow">http://www.wired.com/print/entertainment/music/magazine/16-01/ff_byrne</a><br /> the man is a guru </p> http://andrymi.com/community/topic/the-mkultra#post-761 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:57:15 +0000 vardi 761@http://andrymi.com/community/ <p>yeah, let's pop some in the toilet bowl </p> http://andrymi.com/community/topic/the-mkultra#post-752 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:35:00 +0000 solar 752@http://andrymi.com/community/ <p>Or the other possibilty of having a Bad Burrito..... Everyones on the toilet experiencing a different kind of trip... different kind of trip..... different kind of trip..... different kind of trip....... different kind of trip..... </p> http://andrymi.com/community/topic/the-mkultra#post-751 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:33:29 +0000 solar 751@http://andrymi.com/community/ <p>Perhaps the Poppies have things sidetracked.... I think perhaps..... It's a Crazy Trip that has kept everyone away from the Forum this past week..... Take a little trip.... take a little trip.... take a little trip...... take a little trip...... take a little trip....... take a litllle trip...... </p> http://andrymi.com/community/topic/the-mkultra#post-749 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:36:43 +0000 solar 749@http://andrymi.com/community/ <p>Definitely Music to experience Poppies on...... Reminds me of the Velvet Underground somewhat. Thanks for sharing the.... Trip..... Keep us posted :) </p> http://andrymi.com/community/topic/the-mkultra#post-748 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:57:47 +0000 vardi 748@http://andrymi.com/community/ <p>I have formed a new band, with some of my friends here in Brooklyn. Actually a married couple from maryland, which might be called hippies occationally. Anyway I just created a myspace page for us, which is a film page, 'cause we are very interested in combining music and visual media.<br /> you can find it here:<br /> <a href="http://myspace.com/mkultra68" rel="nofollow">http://myspace.com/mkultra68</a> </p> http://andrymi.com/community/topic/ways-to-avoid-musical-stagnation#post-477 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:09:41 +0000 Steelbones 477@http://andrymi.com/community/ <p>Here's a similar idea to changing the key.<br /> Change the key voicing.<br /> Say you've got a song in E minor, the third note of an E-min scale will be a G. So transpose all your Es to Gs, then transpose all the other chords/notes in the sequence to the third of what they were before.<br /> Technically you're still playing in the same key but you're re-voicing that key to it's own third. And don't do it to the whole song, change the verse but not the chorus, or vice versa. It really works. And then you can try the same idea with 5ths or 4ths, whatever.</p> <p>A very simple idea for power chord based songs also works using thirds.<br /> Standard power chords are just root+5th, so try them as root+3rd, and again don't change all the chords, just change a few, see what you like.</p> <p>Finally there's a little thing I do that I call "unresolving 3rds", (that's my name for it, although I'm sure it has another).<br /> Any given root note has it's corresponding 3rd within the scale, that 3rd will either be natural or flatted. Root plus natural 3rd tends to sound major, and flats tend towards minor.<br /> So ignore what the correct 3rd should be and play the other one.<br /> You might think it'll sound out of key, but as long as you don't have any conflicting notes playing at the same time, it might technically be out of key, but it won't sound out of key.<br /> You can try this idea with other note relationships but the root+3rd relationship is by and large the strongest.</p> <p>And one rhythmic idea you can try is to change the emphasis of the beat.<br /> You can play the same 4-4 beat 4 different ways, ie: one-2-3-4=emphasis is on the one, 1-two-3-4=emphasis is on the two, and so on.<br /> This idea works really clearly when alternating between damped and open picking, ie: open one-damped 2-3-4, or damped 1-open two-damped 3-4, and so on.</p> <p>Anyone else? </p> http://andrymi.com/community/topic/ways-to-avoid-musical-stagnation#post-475 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:21:31 +0000 Breakfastime 475@http://andrymi.com/community/ <p>henry, your birthday post got me to thinking about musically feeling 'stuck'...</p> <p>Good ways to avoid musical stagnation? I mean besides learning new songs?</p> <p>How's about:</p> <p>1) playing songs you know in different keys? This is a GREAT way to tickle your brain and make your fingers 'think' a little harder. Try it! C'mon...pick a key, any key...how about a flat key? I dare you!</p> <p>2) play a song you know with a different rhythm. Just heard a great SKA version of Ellington's "Caravan" and it kicked my ass! Try a different rhythmic feel...go ahead...try that favorite song in waltz time...i dare ya!</p> <p>3)learn to playe the melody of your favorite song! You already know the chords, right? How about the melody? Can you play tyhe melody on guitar? Once you get THAT...then strip the chords down to just the bass notes...and try playing the melody with a simple bassline accompaniment...c'mon! you already know how it SHOULD sound...work with it!</p> <p>Okay, what else? Anybody got any other suggestions? </p> http://andrymi.com/community/topic/if-you-could-pick-just-one-album#post-250 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:47:38 +0000 steinn 250@http://andrymi.com/community/ <p>In terms of choosing an album I'd have to be on the same page as Vardi.. but I wouldn't mind getting a little bit of 1997-ish Liam Howlett sound to it too :-P </p> http://andrymi.com/community/topic/if-you-could-pick-just-one-album#post-243 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 23:17:16 +0000 HonkyTonkSamurai 243@http://andrymi.com/community/ <p>Steely Dan - Aja<br /> Elefante - El Que Busca Encuentra</p> <p>both have great production values, the latter more so.</p> <p>also Thirteenth Step - APC was damn good </p> http://andrymi.com/community/topic/if-you-could-pick-just-one-album#post-238 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:43:54 +0000 vardi 238@http://andrymi.com/community/ <p>I think 'the fragile' would be my pick. As far as the sound goes. I think 'downward spiral' is probably even cooler, but i think you need primitive hardware to get that sound, it's hard to do now, the technology has gotten too good! </p> http://andrymi.com/community/topic/if-you-could-pick-just-one-album#post-231 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:12:17 +0000 Breakfastime 231@http://andrymi.com/community/ <p>It would depend on the project! A metal band would have a different target than something lighter...</p> <p> Plus, sometimes-my favorite albums have really crummy production...Sabbath's "Master of Reality"is chock-full of fat, oozing guitars...but the drums sound like poop. "Volume 4" suffers a similar fate-only the guitar sounds are wildly inconsistent from song to song (and even during the same song sometimes)<br /> Still, these albums are my high water mark for heavy guitar.</p> <p>Black Flag's "Damaged" and The Stooges "Raw Power" are awful sounding records, but they are great records!</p> <p>So, damn...I can't answer this one with just one record. </p> http://andrymi.com/community/topic/if-you-could-pick-just-one-album#post-230 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:59:24 +0000 Steelbones 230@http://andrymi.com/community/ <p>For me it would have to be In The Arms Of God by Corrosion Of Conformity.</p> <p>There's a really broad spectrum of sounds and production styles on that record, and as Henry said about Blonde On Blonde all the songs are conveyed really well. </p> http://andrymi.com/community/topic/if-you-could-pick-just-one-album#post-229 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:55:39 +0000 henry 229@http://andrymi.com/community/ <p>Lets say you're getting your big break, you're about to go record your music in a professional studio with a great producer, and he wants you to pick just one album to define the production style of what you want to achieve?</p> <p>Which do you choose?</p> <p>- Me, I'd probably choose Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde. Not cause it's the most pristine album, but because I like how the recording and production helps convey the songs. </p>