Gingerbread Man on 2/5/2007 at 01:17

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I'm gonna go ahead an Merge Thrades because a "Hay guise plz hear my choons" megathread is a great idea.

And if fuckin' noid hadn't gone AWOL plus probably deleted the only known copies of certain mp3s, I might have had something to contribute. GRRRRR NOID.

Random_Taffer on 2/5/2007 at 01:36

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I don't know much about R&B, but from what I heard it sounds alright Beauty-Man. I also listened to The Debt Offensive and I must say that I really like the beginning of "Jason".

Here's the link to my band's myspace.

(http://www.myspace.com/sanguinarymetaldawn) http://www.myspace.com/sanguinarymetaldawn

We pretty much just got started and only have a vocalist (me), guitarist, and drummer.

The song "Felicity" was written by me and needs more lyrics rather than lamely repeating the first verse again. This particular recording was recorded with a very old recording device (now broken) which had several of our other songs on it as well. They all needed to be recorded again anyway so this was possibly a blessing in disguise?
We haven't played any shows yet. We need more instruments. (At least a bass)

We had our first song on there (statues) but the quality was not good so we need to record it again. (We raised the key so it better matched my voice. I was having a tough time singing it.)

Any suggestions on a cheap way to record our tracks with decent quality?

It's poor season for me...

User123abc on 2/5/2007 at 02:39

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Well, I like music! I haven't actually listened to everything here, but I'm sure it's super fly :thumb:

Initially, I wanted to ask Beauty-Man if he was some sort of bot belonging to a viral advertising campaign. A search set me right.

Now, I want to say how cool it is that the thief community has its resident rapper slash mapper. I want to make some sort of pun involving the phrases "giving new meaning to" and "Comm Chat Crew"

Personally I love anything that I think is inventive and especially moving. Most of that falls into Jazz, Classical music of the early+very late 20th century, and some obscure aspects of Rock that involve memorable combinations of the other elements. I say this because I actually agree with you, and think that some aspects of early rap were really brilliant and that the genre doesn't (fully :) ) deserve the bad reputation it has among snobs like me. Frankly I find rhythm to be a tragically under-explored aspect of music. A genre that bases itself on the rhythm of the spoken word is actually extremely interesting. That's not to mention that I find there to be many (unintentionally) genius minimalistic touches that give early rap a certain drone-like, obsessive quality that I happen to like. Or at least gave, before production standards went over the top. I should say that modern RB of any sort is not my thing, so I can't help you there.

Fingernail, I'm sure you'll have success on the indie circuit (though you might say that's a poor man's success). You're very idiosyncratic. I'd say that you were punks in the original sense of the term, although I don't know too much in that realm of music. I think you're brave but still immature, (at least in regards to the kind of composition I personally favor, which is not to say that this conflicts with the "raw" sound). Anyway, I'm sure I'm not making any sense, so I'll say I thought the rain song was great.

Also, I really like your singer. He sounded very 70's bohemian British, but I couldn't figure out exactly who he reminded me of. Now, I'm of the belief that he represents what it would sound like if Peter Hammill (in the lower register) and John Lennon had a baby. A+ pipes :))

Denton, I think that, for curiosity's sake, you might want to search for a song called Kohntarkosz by a group called Magma. I say because I was extremely surprised (and giddy) to hear a very familiar rhythmic feel in your song. In fact, Magma explored that rhythm for a good 30 min, so maybe there's something to be learned...

EDIT: Shoshin!!! When your singer started out on that first phrase, I thought for a second that he was about to say "did you know that I'm a fag?" Good shit though.

Ok, I guess I misunderstood what you actually do, Beauty-Man, but there's no denying that it's more fun to make believe you're a hardcore rapper.

3763, I was apprehensive because of the dubious quality of your poetry, but, I like it a lot. On thing though: did you intentionally or unintentionally rip off Phillip Glass' trademarked lively 2-note piano bassline in your skate rap?

theBlackman on 2/5/2007 at 07:03

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No R&B but a collection of old, new, and inbetween. :D

denton1985 on 2/5/2007 at 09:15

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ok sorry for making a new thread.:)

But let's hear some comments on the music!:D:D
:)