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MDS1138 t1_jdek76m wrote

Reply to comment by audwun in Share whatever song(s) come to mind? by audwun

Awesome, thank you for listening! Not a real band in the sense that I play/program all of the instruments myself. More of a home recording project, I suppose. I am on instagram, handle is on my profile page here. Thanks again!

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MDS1138 t1_jdc8dq7 wrote

Reply to Music Melting Pot [Week of March 20, 2023] by AutoModerator

I'm an upstate NY songwriter and just posted some new tunes online this week. I'm 41 and kind of disconnected from any actual music scene, I just do this for the sheer enjoyment of creating. Still, it feels good to share it with people sometimes.

Kinda dark alt-rock/indie stuff. For fans of.. I dunno, Young Widows, Fugazi, Bob Mould/HD? You tell me. If you're a fan of either Richard Thompson or Swans (really running the gamut here. Haha), some covers await you.

For your listening pleasure.

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MDS1138 t1_jdc724d wrote

Reply to Share whatever song(s) come to mind? by audwun

Well, if we're sharing ANY songs, I'll do a bit of shameless self-promotion as I just put some new ones online. Kinda dark alt-rock/indie stuff. For fans of.. I dunno, Young Widows, Fugazi, Bob Mould/HD? You tell me.

Not a real band, I'm just an older fella who does this for fun.

For your listening pleasure.

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MDS1138 t1_jcvvr1t wrote

Reply to Max Martin is a Swedish producer that has written all the nauseating top of the pop hits for mediocre corporate pop music 'artitsts' .. How are we allowing this? Do we just not care about quality anymore, just money? by TheHeavyMetalCouncil

I don't care for his work but he's very good at what he does. If it puts your mind at ease, pretty soon AI will be a thing and they won't even use humans to craft successful pop music formulas. Then you can just hate programmers.

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MDS1138 t1_ja4e4oj wrote

Reply to I need a new band to get into!! by Ashamed_Ad_8235

Check out Algiers. Kind of a dark, electronic-infused take on the post-punk genre, a singer with a great kind of gritty old-R&B voice. They just put out a new record this week and Zach from RATM guests on a song, so there's the connection to something you're into already.

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MDS1138 t1_j9zg7iw wrote

Reply to Motorhead v Sunn0)) by PirateKerr

Just for a laugh I'll mention, one of the loudest bands I've ever seen live is Extreme, a few years ago (at an oyster festival in CT, no less). Their stage volume was ridiculous for a band whose songs don't really call for it.

I mean, I've seen the Melvins multiple times, a band meant to be experienced loud, and they were, but still not on par with this band. It was ridiculous!

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MDS1138 t1_j96zfah wrote

Reply to Conductors and their functions by TerminationClause

My favorite conductor joke:

What's the difference between an orchestra and a bull?

On a bull, the horns are in front and the asshole's in the back.

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I took a conducting class when I was a music student, and as a kid who played in rock bands, the only frame of reference I had for coordinating an ensemble was maybe 3-5 people playing a song together? So it was easy for me to think, "Well, if everyone knows the music front and back, they're in tune, and they start and end at the same time, what do they need this guy for?" But when you imagine an orchestra of 70-100 players who are meant to sound like one big well-oiled machine, it does become necessary to have a central figure dictating tempo, balance, dynamics and overall feel.

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MDS1138 t1_j63h34u wrote

Reply to Why do you listen to music? by Relative-Tone-4429

For me personally, I think it's a pretty good balance of both, maybe veering a little bit more towards meditating on the current mood. As an example, if I'm feeling depressed I'm likely to put on sad music just to soak it in, but not above switching over to James Brown to snap myself out of it.

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MDS1138 t1_j26i2kz wrote

Reply to Did Rick music stop being commercially viable 10-15 years ago? by youwontfindout223

My take is that early 2000's felt like the last gasp of the monoculture, and now, like so many fanbases, rock/guitar-based music is more of a niche thing that you go out of your way to be a fan of. I graduated in '99, so I don't know if my perspective is skewed because I'm old and wouldn't know what's universally hip these days anyway, but that's how I feel.

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MDS1138 t1_ixk0ga0 wrote

Reply to comment by Gheist009 in I just got kicked out of my band by [deleted]

This is all solid advice for OP. Agree wholeheartedly about the friends thing especially.
You might work with one of them on other projects, or you may network and meet other musicians mutually through them. Keep it classy, and you're the first guy your friends recommend when some other band they know needs a new guitar player.

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