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What are you listening to? Part III
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Ha! Not at this current moment. When I do write I prefer to listen to something without lyrics so I can concentrate better.
Right now I'm banging my head on the wall trying to figure out why my SSH key isn't working with my server from the Mac mini while the key pair on the MacBook Air works just fine with the same server. This is now two days in a row trying to figure it out.
Theme From Schindler's List conducted by John Williams (featuring Itzhak Perlman)
On this the 25th anniversary of the release of this landmark film. Amazing, moving performance by Itzhak Perlman conducted by John Williams.
On this the 25th anniversary of the release of this landmark film. Amazing, moving performance by Itzhak Perlman conducted by John Williams.
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Neurotech.. I like their approach to epic sounding "industrial" metal. Nothing crazy about it, I love listening to high tech musicians like Allan Holdsworth, John McLaughlin, Yes and so on, but this stuff has a neat laid back deep atmosphere going on. yay.
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Scandroid - Neo-Tokyo
Scandroid are a great synthpop band, but Dance with the Dead really blew it out of the water with this "remix". Absolutely insane. They are fantastic musicians, mixing super driven synths with extremely well executed guitar solos. I'm not their PR person, I'm just a fan! lol
retrosynthwaveyay!
Scandroid are a great synthpop band, but Dance with the Dead really blew it out of the water with this "remix". Absolutely insane. They are fantastic musicians, mixing super driven synths with extremely well executed guitar solos. I'm not their PR person, I'm just a fan! lol
retrosynthwaveyay!
Just listened to a trio of good songs. One new one from Brantley Gilbert and Lindsay Ell, a new release from Avril Lavigne that was quite good. Kind of a departure from her pop/punk roots. A more mature and soulful sound that I liked. And I just had to throw in a slightly older Brantley Gilbert tune. The guy really rocks a tune and exemplifies the newer Southern rock inspired country.
Listening to Pink Floyd this morning while doing some writing and browsing on the forums. (Yes, Lizkat, there are lyrics in the music and I know what I said the other day. But there is a good amount of no lyrics in "Wish you were here" and "Dark Side of the Moon". 
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Listening to Pink Floyd this morning while doing some writing and browsing on the forums. (Yes, Lizkat, there are lyrics in the music and I know what I said the other day. But there is a good amount of no lyrics in "Wish you were here" and "Dark Side of the Moon".
A superb album.
Currently listening to the soundtrack from the movie Fantastic Mr Fox.
You may know but just in case...
I tend to look for lossless files. First place I go if it isn’t a major label act is Bandcamp.com. It’s more artist-centric and so artists tend to get a larger piece of the pie. Thing is their labeling isn’t always as informative as I’d like. Sometimes a lossless files turns out to be hi-res (24-bit). You can choose FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF, mp3 for your downloads and you can stream any purchases through their app. Kinda win win when they have what you want.
If not there then I start checking out sites like HDtracks, Acoustic Sounds, 7digital and Qobuz. Some of these stores are geofenced, some have different portals for US, UK, etc. If not, where there’s a will there’s a way. I’ve personally only used the first two of those sites. Prices can get a bit steep but HDTracks has frequent sales and different prices for standard lossless, hi res lossless and lossy iterations.
A cursory search of HDtracks turned up nothing but Qobuz has a few possible entries.
https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/search?q=Metropolis&i=boutique&f[gi]=91#results
Since I’m not familiar enough with the tracks I can’t determine if any search results are what you’re looking for but it may be worth a peek.
When lossy is the last resort option, I skip Amazon at all costs. They use mp3 VBR files. They’re more space efficient and I like the format but I’ve found mixed results there with some pretty terrible audio quality. In an age where storage is less of an issue, that’s a compromise I don’t risk. On the other hand, I find Google Play’s 320 mp3s reliably solid quality. On the very rare occasion a file doesn’t live up to expectations (quality, remaster, mix of song, whatever) it’s been simple to get a refund by going into account history. Bonus: with their free service you can back up something like 25,000 song files to their servers (16-bit files only, no 24-bit). They transcode everything to 320 mp3 but a free cloud back up is never a bad thing).
Of course there’s iTunes for lossy files. Unfortunately, since they debuted MUSIC I’ve been leery. That’s just me. I’ve invested a lot of time managing my music and early on there were reports of weird behavior I just won’t risk.
Thanks for the information!
I do buy and search out music on Bandcamp and have found really great stuff there. The others you listed I hadn't heard of before so I'll give them a look; I appreciate it.
I, too, skip Amazon as its not to my liking.
My favorite track from that soundtrack is the Yiddish song Oyf’n Pripetshok:
Not only is its melody burned into my brain as one of the songs that has gone on to influence my taste, but I love its lyrics. Below are Wikipedia’s English translation but the Yiddish is on their site as well.
English translation:
On the hearth, a fire burns,
And in the house it is warm.
And the rabbi is teaching little children,
The alphabet.
Refrain:
See, children, remember, dear ones,
What you learn here;
Repeat and repeat yet again,
"Komets-alef: o!"
Learn, children, with great enthusiasm.
So I instruct you;
He among you who learns Hebrew pronunciation faster -
He will receive a flag.
Learn children, don't be afraid,
Every beginning is hard;
Lucky is the one has learned Torah,
What more does a person need?
When you grow older, children,
You will understand by yourselves,
How many tears lie in these letters,
And how much lament.
When you, children, will bear the Exile,
And will be exhausted,
May you derive strength from these letters,
Look in at them!
I never liked this band, but then they go and release this hilarious ode to Black Sabbath and that 420 plant on 4-20. I was a big fan of Geezer Butler as I waddled into the heavier strains of Black Sabbath, so I knew I had to give this song a listen just because of the title.
I don’t smoke either, but I have to admit if you’re going to play stoner style doom metal, this kind of wasted tongue-in-cheek is pretty much perfect.
I don’t smoke either, but I have to admit if you’re going to play stoner style doom metal, this kind of wasted tongue-in-cheek is pretty much perfect.
