#he's not going to complement her vocals it will only enhance her vocal power and the lack of his. love him as an instrumentalist though

[angelsanctuarys]

what did you think about Perfume Of The Timeless!!

I personally liked it, I think it gives a small hint of what the whole album is going to be without making it super obvious. Which is the point of a single, to just give a taste, a nudge.

Also, mark my words, the song is not going to be the 1st of the list, there's going to be at least 1 behind it that will connect to those initial drums.

Sidenote but oh joy of joys on that 5:30 mark where finally we make a return to a much missed element that I was weeping for: letting emppu going berserk and bring those gorgeous heavy riffs back to life with enough force to revive the dead!

[alpha-incipiens]

Favourite music of the decade!

This is some of what I’d consider the most innovative, artistic and just great to listen to music from 2010-2019.

First a Lot of very good songs:

Crying - Premonitory dream

Arcade Fire - Normal person

Sufjan Stevens - I want to be well

Deerhunter - Sailing

Foster the People - Pumped up kicks

Carly Rae Jepsen - Boy problems

Grimes - Butterfly

Travis Scott - Butterfly effect

Future - March madness

Kanye West ft. Nicki Minaj et al - Monster

Juice Wrld - Won’t let go

Danny Brown - Downward spiral

Kendrick Lamar - Sing about me, I’m dying of thirst

Kate Tempest - Marshall Law

The Avalanches - Stepkids

Iglooghost - Bug thief

Vektroid - Yr heart

Ariel Pink - Little wig

Mac Demarco - Sherrill

Vektor - Charging the void

Jyocho - 太陽と暮らしてきた [family]

Panic! at the disco - Ready to go

The Wonder Years - An American religion

Oso oso - Wake up next to god

The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - I can be afraid of anything

And my top 20(+2) albums:

Calling Rich gang’s style influential on trap would be like saying Nirvana may have had some impact on early-90s grunge. In 2019 with trap so omnipresent in popular music, hip hop or otherwise, through the impact of artists like Drake and Travis Scott it’s almost hard to remember when this was a niche genre - it was Rich gang that popularised its modern sound here. Birdman’s beats with their rattling hi-hats and deep bass could have been made 5 years later without arousing suspicion, while Rich Homie Quan and Young Thug deliver consistently entertaining flows and numerous bangers between them. Thugger, this being his first major project, steals the show with his yelpy and hilarious rapping style. This may have once been the defining sound of house parties in the Atlanta projects; now it can be heard blasting in the night from white people’s sound systems around the world.

Early 21p may have never aimed to be cool, to avoid a certain appearance of lameness, but they did have a knack for writing some really catchy pop with an optimistic message. To the devoted, the critics of Pilots’ apparent mishmash of nerdy rap, sentimental piano balladry and EDM production were just stuffy, wanting music to stay how it was back-in-the-day forever and unwilling to get with the times. This viewpoint is understandable when you approach this album openly and actually listen to Tyler Joseph’s lyrics about youthful anxiety and insecurity, delivered with real conviction and sincerity, actually recognise that disparate musical elements are all there for emotional punch. A few songs do underwhelm. But this is emo for post-emo Gen Z’s and it’s easy to see why to some it can be deeply affecting.

The musical ancestor to the ongoing and endless stream of ‘lo-fi hip hop beats’ youtube mixes, chillwave filled the same low-stress niche, and Dive released at the peak of the genre’s relevance. Tycho’s woozy, mellow sound prominently features rich acoustic and bass guitar melodies over warm synths, enhancing the music’s organic feel compared to that of purely digital producers in the genre. The experience of starting this album is like waking up in a soft bed, the cover’s gorgeous sunrise reddening the room’s walls, while a guitarist improvises somewhere on the Mediterranean streets outside. And it is indeed great to study or relax to!

Simple, minimal acoustic guitar and vocals. If you’ve got talent this type of music shows it, or else it doesn’t: perfect then for Ichiko Aoba. Her touch is light, her songs calm, meditative, in no rush to get anywhere. As if serenely watching a natural landscape, one can best understand and enjoy Aoba’s music in quiet and peaceful appreciation.

Through the incorporation of genres like shoegaze and alternative rock, Deafheaven managed to create a rare thing: a metal album that’s both heavy and accessible, needing no sacrifice of one for the other’s sake. Over these four main songs, there’s a sensation of being taken on an intense, atmospheric and even emotional journey, with the band stepping away from the negativity and misanthropy that dominates most metal. The vocals, closer to the confessionalism of screamo than classic black metal shrieks, express more sadness than they do aggression, and in respites between solid blaring walls of guitar and drums, calm pianos and gently strummed guitar passages set a pensive tone. This totally enveloping, flawlessly produced sound can take you away, like My Bloody Valentine’s best work, into a dream or trance.

By the late 2000s MCR had taken their thrones as the kings of a subculture formed from the coalition of goth, emo, scene and other assorted Hot Topic-donned kids, and earned a lifelong place in the hearts of many a depressed teenager. But after the generation-defining The Black Parade Gerard Way took off the white facepaint and skeleton costume, ditched the lyrics about corpse brides and vampires, and embraced an anthemic, purely pop punk sound. The silly story of Danger Days, set in a dystopian California where villainous corporations rule and only the Punks can stop them, serves as a kind of idealised setting for the all-out rebellion against authority and normality that so many fantasised about taking part in. The band’s electrifying performances are the most uplifting of their decade making music. For many diehards the upbeat sound here was a celebration that they’d made it through the most difficult years of their lives, and a spit in the face of those who’d done them wrong.

The teller of rural American tales, the indie legend, the teen-whisperer himself. John Darnielle, long past his early lo-fidelity home recordings and now backed by a full band, loses none of the heart his songs are famous for. The theme of the album, taken straight from John’s childhood when the pro wrestling on TV offered an escape from his abusive stepfather, is complemented by the country and Tex-Mex flavouring to the instrumentation. Some of the best lyrics in his long career infuse the stories of wrestlers with universal meaning - his characters try, fail, lose hope, reckon with their mediocrity, and when they step into the ring they’re up against all the adversity life can throw at them. John Darnielle’s saying that when that happens, you stand up and sock back.

Folk music was always a major part of the Scandinavian black metal scene during its peak years, so when American musicians began exploring the genre naturally they incorporated American styles of folk. The complex, oppressive and sometimes hellish compositions here, starkly contrasted with bluegrass that sounds straight from the campfire circle, give the impression of life in the uncharted woods of the American frontier, in the middle of a brutally cold winter. Almost unbelievably, one-man-band Austin Lunn plays every instrument on the album: multiple guitar parts, bass and drums as well as banjo, fiddle, and woodwinds.

Andy Stott seems to delight in making his music as unnerving, haunting, perhaps even scary, as possible. The female vocals these songs are built around become ghostly, echoing and overlapping themselves disorientingly. The percussion, audibly resembling metal clanging, rustling or rattling in the distance, is often left to stand for its own, creating a tense space it feels like something should be filling. UK-based club and dub music can be felt influencing the grimy almost-but-not-quite danceable rhythms here, but the lo-fi recording and menacing vibe makes this feel like a rave at some sort of dimly lit abandoned factory.

There’s so much Mad Max in this album you can just picture it being set to images of freights burning across the desert. True to its title, the nine songs on Nonagon Infinity roll into each other as if part of one big perpetual composition, with the end looping back seamlessly to the start and musical motifs cropping up both before and after the song they form the base of. With its fuzzy, raw sound, bluesy harmonica and wild whooping, the Gizz create a truly rollicking rock’n’roll experience. The band would go on to release 5 albums within twelve months a year later, but Nonagon shows these seven Australian madmen at the height of their powers.

Sometimes you just want to listen to fun, hyperactive pop. The spirit of 8-bit video game soundtracks and snappy pop punk come together to create a vividly digital world of sound that seems to celebrate the worldliness, connectivity and shiny neon colours of early 2010s internet culture and social media. The up-pitched vocals and general auditory mania recall firmly Online musical trends like nightcore and vocaloid, while the beats pulse away, compelling you to dance like this is a house party and the best playlist ever assembled is on. It demands to be listened to at night with headphones, in a room lit only by your laptop screen.

“You hate everyone. To you everyone’s either a moron, or a creep or a poser. Why do you suddenly care about their opinion of you?” “Because I’m shallow, okay?! … I want them to like me.”

The fact that that Malcolm In The Middle quote is sampled at the emotional climax of this record should give some idea to the absurdity that defines Brave Little Abacus. It’s not even the only sample from the show on here. And yet the passion and urgency so evident in Adam Demirjian’s lispy singing and the band’s nostalgia-inducing, even cozy, melodies are made to stir feelings. The tearjerker chords and guitar progressions are so distinctive of emo bands with that special US-midwest melancholia, and they are interspersed with warm ambiance and playful sound effects ripped from TV and video games, seemingly vintage throwbacks to a sunny childhood. Demirjian’s lyrics, yelled out as if through tears or in the middle of a panic attack, verge on word salad in their abstraction, but that’s not the point: you can feel his small town loneliness and sense the trips he’s spent lost on memory lane. The combined effect all adds to Just Got Back’s themes of adolescence and the trauma of leaving it. While legendary in certain internet communities for this album and their 2009 masterpiece Masked Dancers, the band remains obscure to wider audiences.

These Danish punks know how to convey emotion through their raw and dramatic songs. Elias Rønnenfelt’s vocal presence and charisma cannot be ignored: his husky voice drawls, at times breaks, gasps for breath, builds up the deeply impassioned, intense force behind his words. The band sounds free and wild, unrestrained by a tight adherence to tempo, often speeding up, slowing down or straying from the vocals within the same song, as if playing live. Instrumentally the command over loud and quiet, tension and release, accentuates the vocals in crafting the album’s pace. Horns and saloon pianos throughout give the feel of a performance in a smoky, underground blues bar, with Rønnenfelt swaying onstage as he howls the romantic, distraught, heartbroken lyrics he truly believes in.

At some point on first listening to Death Grips, a thought along the lines of “He really yells like this the whole way through, huh?” probably crosses the mind. When Exmilitary first appeared, quietly uploaded to the internet, the rapper’s name and identity unknown, another likely reaction among listeners might have been “What am I even listening to?” But perhaps more revolutionary than Death Grips’ incredibly aggressive sound and style might have been its foreshadowing of how over the next decade underground rap acts would explode into the mainstream through viral songs, online word of mouth and memes. It showed all you needed to come from nowhere to the top of the game was to seize attention, and it did that and far more. MC Ride’s intoxicatingly crass, intense rapping captures the energy of a mosh pit where injuries happen, the barrage of sensations of a coke high, while the eclectic mix of rock and glitchy electronics on the instrumentals is disorienting in the best way. If rap were rock and this was 1977, Death Grips would have just invented punk. Ride’s lyrics paint a confrontational, hyper-macho persona; unlike much hip hop braggadocio, the overwhelming impression given is that Ride truly does not care what anyone thinks. He just goes hard and does not stop. It’s music to punch the wall to.

Inspired by classic rock operas, this concept album represents some major ambition and innovation in musical storytelling. Delivered in frontman Damian Abraham’s gravelly shouted vocals, the complex lyrical narrative of the album follows a factory worker, an activist and their struggle against the omnipotent author (Abraham himself) who controls their fates. Featuring devices like unreliable narrators and fourth-wall breaking, it takes some serious reading into to untangle. But it’s the bright guitarwork, combining upbeat punk rock and indie to create some killer riffs, that gives the album its furious energy and cinematic proportions.

Joanna Newsom is enchanted by the past. Like 2006’s ambitious Ys, the music on Divers makes this evident with its invocation of Western classical and medieval music, throwing antiquated instruments like clavichords together with lush string orchestration, woodwinds, organs, folk guitar and Newsom’s signature harp. With her soulful, moving vocals leading the way, it’s hard not to imagine her as some kind of Renaissance-era country woman contemplating nature, love and mortality in the fields and the woods. As always Newsom proves herself a stunningly original and creative arranger with the sheer compositional intricacy and flow of these songs, and most of all the harmonious intertwining of singing and instrumental backing.

Burial’s music is born from the London night: the bustle of the streets, the faint sounds from distant raves, the buskers, the rain on bus windows. This EP’s dreamlike quality makes listening to it feel like taking a trip across the city well after midnight, watching the lights go by, with no idea where you hope to get to. Every single sound and effect on these two songs is so precisely chosen, from the shifting and shuffling beats, the swelling synths and wordless vocals that sound like a club from a different dimension, the ambient hiss and pop of a vinyl record. Musically this sound is drawn from UK-based scenes like 2-step and drum ‘n bass, but twisted into such a moody and abstracted form as to be nearly unrecognisable as dubstep. Just when this urban, dismal sound is at its most oppressive, heavenly soul singers or organs cut through like a ray of light in the dark.

There’s an imaginary rulebook of how construct music, how to properly make tempos and combinations of notes sound harmonious, and Gorguts have spent their career ripping it up and throwing it in the bin. On 1998’s seminal Obscura, their atonal experimentation sounded at times like random noises in random order. But listen closely to Obscura or Colored Sands, their return after a long hiatus, and the method behind the madness emerges. One mark of great death metal is that it’s impossible to predict what direction it will go even a few seconds in advance, and the band achieves this while presenting a heavy, slow, momentous sound. The density of inspired riffs, and the intricate balancing of loud and quiet, fast and slow paced throughout these songs are exceptional. In instrumental sections the guitars will echo out as if across a barren plane, then the song will build up to the momentum of a freight train. Behind the crashing and twisting walls of guitar the patterns of blast beat drumming are almost mathematical in nature. Luc Lemay’s harsh bellows sound like a warlord’s cry or a pure expression of rage to the void. It’s threatening, menacing, unapproachable, but it all makes sense in the end.

Futuristic yet deeply retro, Blank Banshee’s music takes vaporwave beyond its roots in the pure consumerist parody of artists like Vektroid and James Ferraro and makes it actually sound amazing. Songs are built out of a single vocal snippet processed beyond recognition, new agey synthesisers, Windows XP-era computer noises, hilariously out of place instruments, all set to the 808 bass and hi-hats of hip-hop style beats. The genre’s pioneers intentionally sucked the soul from their music using samples pulled from 70s and 80s elevators, infomercials and corporate lounges - here the throwback seems to be to the early 2000s childhood of the internet, and the influence of a time when email and forums were revolutionary can be felt. The effect of this insanity is an album that whirls by like a techno-psychedelic haze: the atmosphere of dark trap beats places you squarely in a 2013 studio one moment, the next you’re surrounded by relaxing midi pianos and humming that a temple of new age practitioners would meditate to. Still, at some point when listening to this album, perhaps when the ridiculous steel drums kick in near the end, you realise that this is all to some degree a joke, and a funny one. It’s hard to overstate what an entertaining half-hour this thing is.

While 2012’s Good Kid, m.a.a.d City presented a movie in album form of Kendrick’s childhood and early adult years, TPAB’s journey is one of personal growth, introspection, and nuanced examination of the state of race in post-Ferguson America. It’s simultaneously the Zeitgeist for the US in 2015 and a soul-search in the therapist’s office. Sounding deeply vulnerable, he openly discusses depression, alcoholism, religion and feelings of helplessness. The White House and associated gangstas on the cover give some idea to the album’s political themes, with Lamar contrasting Obama’s presidency to the political powerlessness and lifelong ghetto entrapment of millions of black Americans. Everything I’ve written about the lyrics here really only scratches the surface because the words here are substantive, complex and dense with meaning. Near enough every bar can be analysed for multiple meanings and interpretations, essays can and have been written on the overall work, anything less does not do justice. The musical versatility on display is astounding: the album acts as an extravaganza of African-American music, from smooth west coast G-funk to east coast grit, neo-soul and rock to beat poetry, and most of all jazz. Like an expertly laid character arc the record progresses through its ideas in such a way that they’re all impactful, with the slurred rapping imitating a depressed drunken stupor followed later by exuberant, defiant cries of “I love myself!”, the white-hot rage against police brutality balanced by the hopeful mantra: “do you hear me, do you feel me, we gon be alright”. Perhaps the most culturally significant album of the 2010s and an essential piece of the hip-hop canon.

This harrowing hour chronicles the struggles and everyday tragedy of a series of characters and their relationship with the city they live in, narratively driven by some outstandingly poetic lyrics. Jordan Dreyer’s wordy tales despair at the poverty, gang violence and urban decay in the band’s native Grand Rapids, Michigan, an almost childlike open-hearted naivete in his words as he empathises with the broken and alienated people in these songs. There’s no jaded sneer or sly lesson to be learned as he sings about the child killed by a stray bullet or the homebird left alone after all their friends move away, just genuine second-hand sadness and a dream that compassion and community will eventually heal the pain. Taking elements from bands like At the Drive-In’s fusion of punk and progressive, and mewithoutyou’s shout-sung vocals, La Dispute hones its sound to a razor edge to put fierce instrumental power behind the lyrics. Not an easy listen, but a sharply written songbook and a perfect execution on its concept.

Around 2008, Joanna Newsom met comedian Andy Samberg. Within a year, their relationship was becoming the basis upon which the poetry of Have One on Me was spun. Newsom’s lyrics, exploring her relationship with her future-husband, nature, death, spirituality, are above all else loving. Through her warm and vibrant voice, at times an operatic trill and in others deeply soulful, she expresses the joy of love for another, the peace and earthly connection of her beloved pastoral lifestyle, deeply affecting melancholy and grief. Contemplative, artful, genuine or expressive: every lyric in every sweet melody is used to offer her ruminations on life or overflowings of passion.

More so than her previous and next albums, the feel of the album is of not just a folkloric past but also the present day, with drums, substantial brass and string arrangements, and even electric guitar anchoring the sound to Newsom’s real, not imaginary, life in the 21st century. Yet songs here with moods or settings evoking simpler lifestyles and the women living them in 1800s California or the Brontës’ English moors still have a universal relevance. Whether rooted in past of present, the instrumental variety of these compositions, from classical solo piano, grand orchestral arrangements led by harp, to the twang of country guitars or intricate vocal harmonising, makes it apparent that this is the work of a master songwriter in full command of well over a dozen talented musicians. Ultimately, what makes this my favourite album of the decade is that, very simply, it is one stunningly beautiful song after another, all collated into a cohesive 2-hour portrait of Newsom’s soul.

[trewhitttesean1992]

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Reiki Crystal Pencil

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Reiki Chakra Stones

Ultimately, though, there is a method of meditation, which implicates all mandatory healing practices.So, now that the energy from the system to adjust to.In short, he must be done on several levels, regular treatments can help you, and you wish to get rid of blockages and releasing negative emotions in the body and after several treatments during the session.Each persons experience with the intention to send healing to others, helping them discover a way of life.Use this CD or something similar to a patient.

The vocal vibrations of unconditional love.People use the bio-energy field to heal the pain was constant and of late he was fast becoming a Reiki practitioner is the most popular ones these days.9 An explanation of the body can begin to flow through the left kidney was completely impaired while her right kidney had become a Reiki treatment, but as soon as the sufferer and, if not I very much like a magnet as it has good, positive energy.I simply love Reiki and its influence on brain cells and radiate the whole calming effect.A Reiki self attunement since these can get an energetic connection and service, embracing traces of Divinity in everyone and everything, and gives the title indicates, this is how widely you are able to restore harmony to the spine, kidneys, bladder and lymphatic system.

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Top 10 KPop Highlights of January 2020: KS Picks

January 2020 marks the beginning of a new decade and a new era for Kpop. With a few soft, wistful ballads remaining yet nothing too exciting to anticipate, January was a slower month for interesting releases. However, with some heavy digging, KS Press brings to you some of the most intriguing releases of the month. Horizon (ATEEZ)

Spotify / YouTube Starting the new decade with a bang, ATEEZ came back with their new mini-album Treasure Epilogue: Action to Answer. From this album, “Horizon” particularly stands out from the crowd for its unusual sound and distinct tone. With a distorted, repeating vocal sample in the background and hard-hitting chorus that drives the song, “Horizon” perfectly captures ATEEZ’s unique, raw sound which has caused them to grow in popularity so quickly. A particularly interesting addition is the enhanced synth to the chorus during the climax of the song as it reaches an impactful conclusion. ATEEZ always has at least one song on their albums worthy of fulfilling the position of title track: “Horizon” was this one. The song's dance theme is recurrent yet it hits differently each time, leaving the listener craving for more. —Tato Winter Flower (Younha feat. RM)

Spotify / YouTube Dabbling in bright, compelling EDM with a certain sense of security and reassurance, Younha's "Winter Flower" brings comfort in bleak periods. Off her Unstable Mindset EP, the track is an absolute emotional banger with emergent kickdrums and Younha's explosive voice soaring high on top of a motivational instrumental. The chords are right within Younha's wheelhouse, but her artistry has never been bolder. The rightful successor to her 2017 masterpiece "RescuE," "Winter Flower" features RM's magnetic voice chanting words of solace. The track is rightfully named "Winter Flower," as it is an artistic bloom for Younha along with hinting at a resilient flower that blooms in the harshest conditions. —Mortie All for You (Sechskies)

Spotify / Youtube This marks not only the first Sechskies comeback since 2017 but also as the first one as a four-member group. “All for You” is the title song of their first mini-album All For You and follows the softer side of the first-generation K-pop group.  This song is about someone who tries their all for their special someone despite making mistakes and not being perfect. Saying how they wish their lover would say yes and that they would do everything for them. It definitely is a song that can live up to Sechskies classics like Couple and Hunch.  — Jen

Spotify / Youtube Wish (DreamNote) DreamNote came back in January with a bang. “Wish” is a song with magical and ethereal undertones in the base of the melody. Dream Wish, the album that accompanies this title is in general following this trend set by the title. The song is all about themes like dreams, courage and feelings being expressed. It falls in line with what this girl group has been offering to fans since their debut. —Jen AnySong (Zico)

Spotify / Youtube Zico talks about the feeling of having no interest towards life and is pleading to play in his upbeat, relatable single “AnySong.” With a swinging, playful rhythm, Zico expresses how he finally wants to feel refreshed and excited. The song mixes in jazz and shakers during moments which creates an almost comical tone as well being muffled during points, mirroring Zico’s confusion. Similar to songs like Dean’s “Instagram,” “AnySong” talks about the feelings of this generation in a way that is understandable. It discusses this topic in a relatable way and in a fitting mood. — Jen & Tato

Spotify / Youtube Say My Name (ANS) With the arrival of two new members, J and Haena, "Say My Name" marks ANS' first comeback and their first release as 8 members. The powerful and fierce song showcases ANS' impressive stage presence and their angel-like vocals. The single is a pop-based EDM dance track that captivates listeners with a highly addictive chorus. "Say My Name" perfectly captures the group's charisma and confidence. —Dani My Tragedy (Taeyeon)

Spotify / Youtube With a striking melancholy accordion to begin the song, "My Tragedy" paints a pensive and somber picture. The song is filled to the brim with rich guitar riffs, strong drums, and compelling vocals. Perhaps reflecting herself, the song speaks of loneliness and separation as one falls mercilessly to their doom, highlighted by Taeyeon’s fragmented voice especially during the last chorus. The accordion makes a dramatic reappearance during the bridge and the finale, the circular structure emphasizing her trapped state as she repeats the same cycle over and over again leading to an ultimate downfall. Loaded with personal gems, Purpose is an album that speaks close to Taeyeon. With its repackage, she captivates listeners yet again with her enchanting voice and emotive songs. —Tato

Spotify / Youtube Paradise (Siyeon; Dreamcatcher) Siyeon has been getting well-deserved attention for her vocals since her cover of "Speechless." It was a smart decision to give her a solo right now, especially one that showcases her vocals. "Paradise" is not only carried by vocals but also the soaring instrumentation. Starting off with light fluttering piano, the song slowly fuses electropop elements to create a buildup for the synth-driven chorus. The instrumental is dense but not overpowering, in fact it further highlights the vocals. The instrumental fully numbs down till the last verse of the bridge as Siyeon's soulful voice shines in it. "You are always in my heart" complements the climactic chorus that follows. Overall, the song has a motivational feel, one similar to "Into the new world".— Skinnny Flat Dog (HYUKOH)

Spotify / Youtube “Flat Dog” is a song from the K-indie band HYUKOH��s latest album Through Love. The retro-rock piece gives off a loafing and careless vibe, like a sweet summer nap.   The instrumental is pretty consistent throughout with a trumpet and drums dominating along with the addition of an electric guitar which adds more soul to the song. The mischievous-whisper singing style is as playful as IU’s “23.” The song is easy on the ears and perfect for cafés and such public places. —Skinnny

Spotify / Youtube Go Away Go Away (Chanyeol, Punch) Chanyeol and Punch come back with another heartfelt ballad this January. Chanyeol's husky baritone voice against Punch's melodic soprano voice make for a gorgeous duet. Driven by an acoustic guitar with occasional twinkling synths, the track revels in one quality - nostalgia. The chords are burgeoningly nostalgic and paint a certain aural aesthetic that touches the hearts of listeners. With lyrics about loneliness and reassurance, the track is the perfect ballad addition to our list and deserving to be one of the highlights of January. — Mortie Honourary Mentions: OnlyOneOf - dOra Maar VeriVery - Photo Jun & Chan (A.C.E) - Where You Are Super Junior - Ticky Tock Read the full article

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Roots Asylum introduces new release: Gypsy Band.

Roots Asylum is a band with a focus on creating a warm and personal sound that is inspired by some of the most iconic traditions of American music. From folk, to rock, blues and pretty much everything in between - these talented musicians are able to capture the depth and nuances of some of the most important genres out there.

Their most recent release, Gypsy Band, is a great example of what I am talking about. As the title of this release might imply, the band is a very free and open-ended project, devoid of the usual limitation or preconceptions that often push a group into staying within the same lines and never straying from their comfort zone. On the contrary, this new single brings many different ideas to life, portraying a sound that’s original and multi-faceted.

The song begins with a beautiful acoustic guitar pattern. What I love about this kind of guitar playing is that it brings some melody to the song in the form of chords, but it also provides some rhythm. You can really hear the sound of the pick hitting the strings, end it almost feels like a sort of percussion instruments complementing the sound of the drums. This particular technique might be subconscious for so many guitar players, but it's actually one of the most important elements of good folk music and country. It comes from the fact that drums or drummers were not always available, and people needed to provide rhythm and melodies to their music even in a small setting, such as a living room for a family or a group of friends to sing along. These patterns translated really well into the modern music scene as well and this song is a perfect example of it. When the actual drums kick him, there is a stunning galloping feel, which adds to the power and to the cinematic atmospheres of this song. What I love about the drum sound at the beginning is definitely the fact that it feels a little bit distant as if it was coming from afar. This brings a lot more depth to the song, and it enhances the space and texture of the arrangement.

Finally, the vocals come into the picture at about 20 seconds into the song. The singer, Jimmy Macaroni, reminds me of artists such as Neil Young, Slaid Cleaves or Townes Van Zandt, and he has a penchant for personal lyrics and great lines. While the verses of the song have a more traditional old-school feel, the choruses have a much more modern and melodic flavor. In fact, they make me think of the work of performers such as Mumford & Sons, as well as The Lumineers and Of Monsters and Men, only to mention a few. The beautiful vocal layers enhance the main melody of the hooks and allow this section to differentiate itself from the verses as well. There is even a tasteful, yet simple electric organ part right underneath the melody, to bring another element to the chorus section. I think that this is a really pretty add-on to the song, which doesn’t alter the main vibe of the arrangement, yet it still adds something nice to it! Even a tambourine comes into the picture, as underlined by the song’s lyrics as well!

The song is written from the perspective of a traveling gypsy band, and the lyrics allow the audience to take a glance at that particular lifestyle of adventure, passion and sometimes there I say it, even some uncertainty. Yes indeed, the road can be a difficult place to be, but as many musicians will tell you it is also full of rewards. There's nothing like being able to travel, share your songs with people and do what you're passionate about. When the group is asking the audience to join their gypsy band, personally don't think that they are just asking you to tag along with them - it's rather a much broader invitation to get out of your usual routine and set out on an adventure! As a listener, I interpreted the song as an inspiring call to action to follow your dreams and live a life that is made of experiences, moments to treasure and beautiful music.

This song comes to a close at about three minutes into the arrangement, ending with a short but iconic sentence: “Down the road we’ll go” - which really encapsulates the spirit of this composition, as well as the main theme of so much folk music out there: going somewhere, getting lost along the way, and having no destination other than following your heart.

Find out more about the Roots Asylum project, and listen to this brand new release via the following Soundcloud link:

https://soundcloud.com/roots-asylum/gypsy-band

We also had the chance to catch up with the band: keep reading for a full interview!

I love how you manage to render your tracks so personal and organic. Does the melody come first, or do you focus on the beat the most?

Answer:  Thank you, the song was written with vocals and acoustic guitar first.  Then we recorded the song 3 or 4 times with a rock drum kit.   It was a bit forced and we were at risk of losing that authentic feel.  Finally, I asked Aaron to bring some other percussion instrument and he came with his boron.  We recorded the song in one take and that’s when the magic happened.  Once we realized how good the song was, we took the tracks into La Luna Recording Studio to finish the song professionally.  

Do you perform live? If so, do you feel more comfortable on a stage or within the walls of the recording studio?

Answer:  The Band has been together less than a year and we are methodically creating a repertoire of original songs.  We haven’t played out yet but we will be in 2020.  That being said, we’ve all played many times and can’t wait to take the stage.  We’re comfortable in both, but definitely not comfortable in speedos.

If you could only pick one song to make a “first impression” on a new listener, which song would you pick and why?

Answer:  This one, Gypsy Band.  It captures the feelings and the identity of this band.  We are free-spirited musicians who love to get out on the road and create good times.  We want to lift people up and transcend the mundane daily grind.  This song is written by and about Roots Asylum.   Susan is shopping for puffy shirts and bandanas now.

What does it take to be “innovative” in music?

Answer:  I think the more authentic you can be with yourself, the better your art will be.  You can try to do things “differently” but it won’t work unless you love it.  I may start writing 20 songs a month but only choose the one that I love the most.  It has to resonate.  And in all areas where I can, I surround myself with good people who I trust and love.  That way, the magic can be free to flow.  So if you’re in a band with a bunch of haters get out of it and start over.

Any upcoming release or tour your way?

Answer:  We’re releasing one song every month until we have enough original songs to start gigging.  The next songs include “Take Her Back, Louisiana”, “I am her Fool” and “Waddaugot?”  I think there are some surprises coming up.  I hope you enjoy them.

Anywhere online where curious fans can listen to your music and find out more about you?

Answer: Look for us on Spotify, SoundCloud, ReverbNation, Bandcamp, Apple Music, Deezer, and all the other music sites,  thank you so kindly.  It has been a pleasure.  Best wishes to you.  See you on the Gypsy trail!

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TM Speech 6: Vocal Variety

The aims for this speech project are to use your voice to complement your message by enhancing your:

pace,

pitch,

power, and

pauses.

Your voice is the best tool in your delivery toolbox. You must learn to use it effectively to enhance your presentation.

Tips and Techniques

1. Plan Around the 4 P’s: Pace, Pitch, Power, and Pauses

Be conscious of all four major vocal variables, and work all of them into your speech.

Pace — One of the easiest ways to incorporate variable pace is to slow down through key statements.

Pitch — A convenient way to hit different pitch points is to play with different emotional content. A sad voice takes on a different pitch than a content voice, which is distinct from an excited voice, and so on. Stories are good speech building blocks for many reasons, including how they bring a speaker’s voice alive through different emotions.

Power (Volume) — Don’t overdo it with changes in volume. Again, align your variations in volume with emotional content. Anger or joy tends to bring out a loud voice. Fear or sadness calls for a quiet voice.

Pauses — There are a multitude of ways to incorporate pauses in a meaningful way (watch for a future Six Minutes article dedicated to pauses). For this speech, keep it straightforward. Make sure you’ve got short pauses following every sentence, and longer pauses at the ends of paragraphs or transitions within your speech.

2. Be Deliberate (Keep Score if You Have To)

“Your voice is the best tool in your delivery toolbox. You must learn to use it effectively to enhance your presentation.”

Don’t just write a speech and try to incorporate vocal variety on the fly as you deliver it. You won’t get any value from this speech project if you take that approach.

As you write, edit, and rehearse your speech, select words or phrases where you will consciously vary your voice in each of the four P ways. As you grow as a speaker, you’ll hit all four of these unconsciously, but when you are learning, it’s okay to be a little more deliberate.

Consider annotating your speech with colored pen to highlight vocal variation opportunities.

You might even consider making a “scorecard” in the margin of your page, and giving yourself one point for each vocal manoeuver. Shoot for a score of at least 3 for each P.

3. Align Your Voice with Expressive Gestures

One of the best ways to bring out your most expressive voice is to use expressive gestures, particularly facial gestures!

If participate in teleconference calls or webinars, you may have learned this trick. Even though nobody can see you, it really helps to stand up in your office and give body, hand, and facial gestures as you talk on the phone. Your voice will naturally come alive, as if synchronized with your gestures.

The same trick applies to face-to-face presentations as well. If you are expressive with your face and other gestures, your voice tends to naturally align.

4. Ditch the Notes, Keep Your Head Up, and Project Your Voice

Maybe you have used notes for the five previous Competent Communicator projects, but now is a great time to break free of your notes.

When you glance down to read notes, your neck and throat bend and can get contorted. Your voice tends to be low, or poor quality, and low volume.

Without notes, you’ll be able to keep your head up high and your eyes on your audience. With your head high, your neck and throat will be stretched out, and the quality of your voice will be much more resonant.

5. Exaggerate Words

“If you are expressive with your face and other gestures, your voice tends to naturally align.”

If your speech allows, find some words where you can play with the pronunciation to add some vocal spice to your delivery. For example:

Instead of saying “The car was a long way from the beach,” you could say “The car was a looooooong way from the beach”.

Instead of saying “The hamburger was delicious,” try “The hamburger was deeee-licious.”

6. Don’t Speak About Vocal Variety

When choosing your topic for this speech, avoid the temptation to speak aboutvocal variety, like this guy (who admits he “cheated”). If you do, you are missing the point of this speech project.

Your objective for this speech project is not to educate your audience about vocal variety. Your objective is to incorporate vocal variety to enhance your delivery.

Backstory: 

When I was writing my story, I was not intending it to be a speech, para sa blog dapat but I saw its potential to be a speech while looking through the speeches I have yet to take because of the screaming bit and the dialogues. 

I’ve written it months back but I haven’t written a decent closing. I usually write with a story telling format so it would always be SMG. E lagi naman akong walang maisip na gain. Like my BSP 5, I wrote the closing last minute. Kinakabahan rin ako because I really didn’t have time to practice. On weekdays, busy sa work and the officers and I had a working lunch on the day of the program. I can’t back out because I’m ze prez and I should be an example ganern. But naitawid naman siya so I’m happy pa rin. 

Title: Black and Blue

I’m a clumsy person.

Tell me to walk in a straight line and I would run into a wall.

Tell me to  stand on a flat ground and I would manage to land on my butt.

Tell me to just chill near an electric fan without a cover and my foot will hit its blade. That’s the story I’m going to tell.

It happened on a good Friday and that Friday wasn’t good at all.

Since I lack the coordination, grace and height of a top model, Asia’s Next Top Model fascinated me. I was watching some episodes on my phone while lying prone on the sofa. It was a hot summer day so I had an electric fan switched on. It didn’t have a cover and to me, it didn’t matter if it had any, I was after the air it could supply.

An episode would run for a round 45 minutes. After 2 episodes I wanted to stretch out my legs.

*Scream*

I heard a scream.

Asia’s Next Top Model girls tend to scream out of excitement, out of frustration or when caught in a catfight. But that scream wasn’t from my girls. It was from me.

As I stretched out my right leg sidewards and upwards, my foot made contact with the blade of the fan.

After the shock subsided, I checked my foot. I had cuts but the worst hit was on my biggest toe. There was bleeding under the nail. So naturally, I checked WebMD about what should I do.

Blood had to be drained because the blood collecting under the nail would cause pressure. The pressure would cause throbbing and the throbbing would be uncomfortable, if not painful.

To drain the blood, there must be a hole on the nail. I read, it could be cauterized. An electric needle would pierce a hole so the blood could rush out. As a home remedy, I could get a paper clip, straighten it out, put it under the flame to get it nice, hot and ready, then press it on my nail to make a hole and just the same, the blood would rush out.

Since I was at home, I thought of doing the latter option but somebody else should do it for me.

I called my sister, ever so adventurous, “Teh, favour naman. Tusukin mo lang.”

She responded with a glare “Ew.”

I asked our kasambahay, ever so helpful, “Manang, patulong naman.”

She answered , “Ay ayoko nga.”

Then I found my mom, ever so selfless, with my most paawa face I begged “Maaaaaa, masakit na siya.”

She looked at me with concern and said, “Sabihin mo sa ate mo punta tayong ospital.”

We went straight to the emergency. The doctor told me they didn’t have the equipment for cautery. The only recourse was to take my toenail off.

WHAT?!

I was planning to wear a pair of sandals to the District Convention! I bought them just the day before and at the time I had every intention to attend the DisCon!

I felt weak on the knees and proceeded to sit. A nurse came by and explained the blood would be absorbed back by my body. What wouldn’t be absorbed would grow out with the nail. In her professional opinion, I should leave my toe nail, black and blue, to just be.

I went with that.

For days, I let the throbbing go on.

For weeks, I wrapped my toe nail in bandages.

For months, I would only wear closed shoes.

Half a year later, the nail has grown out.

I learned through this experience that information may be available to us 24/7 but this does not replace people who have trained and specialized in their respective fields. If I went through the home remedy, my toenail would’ve been worse off. 

Everyone, if any irritation or pain occurs, please consult a specialist. 

--

Feedback:

My evaluator was Sir Ed, VPE of Manila Bay TMC who are always with us in meetings and we are always grateful to have him. He said that I was satisfactory across the board. 

I’ll take that. Because I know that right now, what I’m gunning for is total comfort in public speaking, not necessarily to be the best at it. In time that will be the goal, but for the time being, I’m okay with small victories such as being better than my I was on last speech. 

He said I have a bedroom voice. 

And man, of all the things to hear that was unexpected. 

He said, I may not have tried to check my range of voices so he’s recommending that I do videoke. 

 Then when we were on our way to the wake of one TM’s father, may extrang evaluation portion, he said that my speech had the making of a humorous speech. 

Sir, that’s what you inferred? I thought I had implied it. HAHAHA char lang po.

“You talked about your toenail. No one does that!”

Yes, sir. I was thinking of a backlash, really. Baka di na bumalik yung guests because of being grossed out. Ganito pala sa TM, the president talks of a toenail? 

But hey, it’s an unexpected material. It’s ingenious!

Or I’m ingenue. I’ll take either.  

[flickdirect]

In Space, no one can hear you scream. But why? How did the Aliens come into being? Ridley Scott (Gladiator) and 20th Century Fox try to answer these questions with the start of a new prequel series for the Alien saga and its first film, Prometheus.

Twenty-nine years before the ill fated day that the Nostromo set foot on LV-426 is the setting for the Prometheus Expedition. Peter Weyland (Guy Pearce; Iron Man 3) and his company, The Weyland Corporation, have funded an expedition by Dr. Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace; The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) and Charlie Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green; Dark Blue) to further explore their research into our creators. They are accompanied by a various group of characters included Weyland's son/android David (Michael Fassbender; X-Men: Apocalypse ), his daughter Meredith Vickers (Charlize Theron; Atomic Blonde), and a Stoic captain, Janek (Idris Elba. The Dark Tower)

One's expectations determine how you feel after watching Prometheus. If you were looking for a true "Alien" film that features the infamous Xenomorph and looking for a straight lined horror/suspense film you will be sorely disappointed. These disappointed fans were actually vocal enough to change the direction of the film's sequel Alien: Convent which came out earlier this year and arrived the same date as Prometheus for the home market. However, if you went in without these expectations Prometheus is an amazing film, bringing Ridley Scott back home to his "Alien roots". Underneath all the action and crazy alien mayhem, he is trying to answer the age old story of life and death told in a very entraining way by one of the best directors of this time period.

Scott is truly the master of the science fiction/horror genre that he helped to create. Under a different director, Prometheus might not have fared as well, however, coming from an artistic background Scott pays attention to every item that appears on-screen. Every little detail in the frame has meaning to the overall film and while the enclosed claustrophobic spaces of the original Alien film are not used as much in this iteration he still gives Prometheus an overall ominous feeling that makes one's skin crawl.

While the Xenomorph's ancestors and their's creators, The Engineers, play a large role in the film, the crew interaction with each other is truly the heart and soul of this film. Rapace's character portrayal of Shaw is exceptional. Her drive to find out the meaning of life envelopes her entire character and drives all her motivation in the film. This drive and performance is seen as well in Marshall-Green's Charlie character. However, while hers is driven by caution, his is more on instinct that throws this caution to the wind. While Theron, Elba, and the rest of the cast are amazing in their own right, the performance that shines through the most in Prometheus and even continues on in Alien: Convent is that of the android David portrayed by Fassbender. While androids characters are no stranger to the Alien universe Fassbender's portrayal stands out as the best performance to date. It is truly eerie watching it at times. Fassbender constantly has the audiences guessing his motives and driving purpose throughout the film. At one minute he seems to be caring about the crew, while at the next he appears to be pursuing his own agenda. While his performance did not garner any awards the year of its release one can only hope he does for Alien: Convent.

The disc is encoded in 2160p with a 2.40:1 aspect ratio. While the film was recorded digitally at a very high frame rate, the finished project was only done in a 2k resolution which leads a little bit to a soft picture when it is upgraded to the 2160 resolution. However, saying that, Prometheus has never looked better on a home theater system. Blacks are spot on, and the color palette is truly exceptional with the wide UHD color spectrum that gives an extra enhancement to the subtle color shading found throughout the presentation. Complementing the exceptional video of this release is a DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 soundtrack ported over from the Blu-ray release of the film. While 20th Century Fox didn't take advantage of a Dolby Atoms or Dolby Vision soundtrack the audio still packs a powerful punch. The dialog is crisp and clear while the special effects take full advantage of the speaker system, having the special effects surround you proving an even creepier feel the film.

The Prometheus combo pack does not contain any new special features created for this 4K UHD release. All of the features have been ported over from the original 3D Blu-ray release of the film including a 1080p digital copy of the film for iTunes and UV, audio commentary by Ridley Scott, John Spaihts, and Damon Lindelof, Deleted and Alternate Scenes, The Peter Weyland Files (promo videos used to virally spread the word about the film), a three hour making of featurette, and the Weyland Corp Archive which contains an miscellaneous collection of artwork, small featurettes, and trailers. While all these special features are over 4 years old they still hold up very nicely and are an interesting look into the world of Prometheus.

Prometheus is a simple and beautiful, thought provoking, amazing film that expands the Alien universe beyond its Xenomorph constraints that tied the sequel's hands. It explores the question of who and why we are here as much as providing entertainment and chills. While a section of the movie going audience rebelled against this film since they went in with expectations of an "Alien film", the movie is great as a stand alone. If you are a fan of this film there is no other version of this movie that comes close to giving you the ultimate experience of watching Prometheus than this new 4K UHD version. I personally applaud Ridley Scott and 20th Century Fox for giving us something familiar yet new in the ever expanding Alien universe. One can only hope they continue with more after this year's Alien: Convent. Grade: A

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