#im still just new to a lot of music terminology lol

[trislosherfan25]

Radiohead Fun Facts <3

Fun fact about Radiohead: I know none of the names of the guys and i only know what the one singer guy’s face looks like bc i saw it once somewhere

Fun fact 2: I should probably learn about the individual guys but I don’t because I dont really care that much

Fun fact 3: i should learn abt the bassist tho bc im a bassist and he’s a pretty good bassist so maybe i could learn a thing or two (like this guy is a REALLY good bassist)

OKAY NOW IM GONNA TALK ABT THE ALBUMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER BUT ONLY THE ONES IVE LISTNED TO

Pablo Honey (1993) - this one is Radiohead's first album and tbh it’s not very good. even if you don’t listen to this band or care about them you probably know the song Creep which is on there. tbh that’s probably the best song on the album and the Radiohead guys themselves don’t even like it that much. They were like “Creep? more like Crap!” (tbh the song isn’t *that* bad, just nowhere near as good as their later music) I’ve tried to get through this album a couple times but i could never do it bc it’s just not that good!!! It seems like it was riding off the grunge wave that was really popular at the time. This means not only did the album not have that much of an original sound but also there were tons of other bands doing this sort of thing and doing it better. Creep is probably the song that has the most unique sound compared to the rest of that album. Also grunge (while more of an era than a genre) is mostly known for who it was sparked by, Nirvana, and Nirvana is punk rock through and through. The Radiohead guys are way to big of nerds to do punk rock. The Bends (1995) - this is Radiohead’s second album and I like this one a lot. It bares some similarities to Pablo Honey in terms of keeping with a little bit more of a rock sound but it doesn’t feel like it’s trying to copy anybody. The lyrics on this album are WAYYYYY better. Like a vast vast improvement. The guitar solos are much better too. The most popular songs on this album I’d say are High and Dry as well as Fake Plastic Trees, these also are probably my least favorite songs on the album because they’re slower and I don’t like the vocals in them as much as other songs. My favorite songs from this album are Just, My Iron Lung, and (Nice Dream), these ones all have more of a rock element than the ones I mentioned previously and the instrumental parts are So Good! Even though I think this album is a vast improvement from the first it still doesn’t completely have it’s own unique sound just yet. I don’t see that as much as a hinderance on this album, just something that puts it below some of the later albums.  OK Computer (1997) - THIS ALBUM! This is the album where Radiohead really comes into their own sound, it still has that rock element but it feels different. All the little details and textures in their sound come together in this great album and puts Radiohead on a clear track for where the rest of their sound ends up in later albums. This album seems to be *The* Radiohead album that most people would know them for beyond knowing them for the song Creep. This album also is pretty special/nostalgic to me because it was the first Radiohead album I listened to. Deadass I spent most of my middle school years listening to that album on and old hand-me-down mp3 player my dad gave me that just had his old music saved to it. I don’t know if i have a least favorite song on the album, all the songs on this album are really good if I’m being honest. If I had to pick a few favorites I’d say they would be Exit Music (For A Film) and Paranoid Android, I like these songs because they feel like they’ve got a lot of story to them just shown through the instrumentals and everything. Also fun fact! I know the bass part to Paranoid Android, it’s still difficult at some parts for me to play but I still love it.  Kid A (2000) - Okay ngl I still haven’t given this one a good listen just yet. I’ve listened to the thing in full maybe once or twice but I don’t remember it well. I have listened to the songs Everything In Its Right Place and How to Disappear Completely quite a few times tho and these songs are amazing. From what I’ve heard from this album/remember from it it seems like a pretty logical next step sound wise from the last album going into the next one. It’s not completely different from OK Computer but it’s definitely it’s own unique thing. The songs on this album are a bit more depressing and more of them seem to be slower and more experimental. You also see a stronger ambient element enter Radiohead’s music here. Amnesiac (2001) - DREAD!! DEVESTATION!!!! This album is really good, I wouldn’t say it’s my favorite album but by god it is a good fuckin album. I’ve listened to this one in full quite a few times in full but it’s been a while since I’ve done that (I’ve just been listening to a song or two from it every so often) because when I first gave this album a full listen I was at a pretty low place. This album has the strongest ambient element Radiohead’s music has had so far, the sound is slower, darker, and heavier. It feels like you’re sitting in the cold rain just soaking wet and not moving at all. The songs are even more depressing too tbh. Once again I don’t have a least favorite song on this album, at least not one that I can remember. My favorite songs would probably be Knives Out, I Might Be Wrong, and You And Whose Army? Top 10 bangers to listen to while absolutely falling apart imo 10/10

Hail To the Thief (2003) - This album is also really good, I actually own this one on vinyl. This album sees that distorted rock element come back a little but this album does have some of the ambient vibe to it as well. It feels a bit more experimental and emotions wise it feels angrier than other albums, not in a punk rock kind of way but just in feeling. I think this album starts to have some crazier rhythms, I’m not sure how to describe it. It feels more advanced than some of their previous music. Some of the songs on this album I’m not the biggest fan of but they’re still good songs it’s just some of the other songs on this album really outshine some others. My favorites from this album are 2 + 2 = 5, Backdrifts, There, There, and Myxomatosis. If I’m being honest while I do like this album a lot I don’t have too many strong feelings about it.

In Rainbows (2007) - OH MY GOD!!! THIS ALBUM!! OH MY GOD!! I love it so much it’s so beautiful. It really encompasses everything I love about Radiohead it’s almost hard to describe. The rhythms are hypnotic, the lyrics are great, the vocals are stellar, the instrumentals- just oh my god I love it to death. I own this one of vinyl and it puts me in a trance whenever I listen to it. There are different emotions in each song on this album but it never falters. It reminds me of something my dad said once where we were listening to a song and he said “just ride the wave” - this is that type of music, the kind of music where you just sit back and ride the wave. I love every single song on this album but Weird Fishes/Arpeggi and Jigsaw Falling Into Place are my top picks for this album. I’ve been working on learning the bass part to Jigsaw Falling Into Place and while I’m not musically literate enough to express exactly what’s happening in this song because I’m not a fucking nerd but I can say that playing this song is like riding the wave, it’s not exact or repetitive but it moves and flows perfectly with the song. Learning music like this as a bassist has taught me to think differently about my own playing. It’s hard for me to pick a favorite Radiohead album for many reasons but if you put a gun to my head and made me choose one I’d say this one is it. 

A Moon Shaped Pool (2016) - There’s a big time skip here because I haven’t listened to The King of Limbs which came out in 2011 but the sound of this album is definitely something that seems like a more evolved version of what Radiohead did on In Rainbows. Holy shit though, this album. THIS ALBUM. This album fucking knocks it out of the park it’s one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever listened to. A lot of people like to say this is Radiohead’s most depressing album, they’re wrong, I can’t speak to albums I haven’t listened to but I can say that Amnesiac is much more depressing than this album. I would call this Radiohead’s saddest album, it has that feeling to it but it’s not draining to listen to in the way that depressing music can be. While the album is sad it also brings me a feeling of peace when I listen to it (though this could be in part because of the associations I have with this album from the first time I listened to it). While In Rainbows is like riding the wave I’d say this album is like floating in dark water, its got that sense of flow while being more gentle about it. The first song on the album, Burn the Witch, doesn’t seem to fit in perfectly with the rest of the music but it’s not a completely jarring difference from the rest of the songs either so I don’t see it as any sort of hindrance on the quality of the album. Once again I love every song on this album, they’re all beautiful and ethereal, but my top picks would have to be Decks Dark and Present Tense. One of my most favorite things about this album is how every song seems to flow into the next, it really is the sort of album that’s meant to be listened to in order and as an entire piece of art. I really appreciate albums that do that sort of thing.

Alright those are my Radiohead thoughts for the time being. I haven’t listened to In Rainbows (Disk 2) or The King of Limbs in full, I haven’t really listened to Kid A much either but I figured it was important to mention anyway bc people talk about that one so much. I also didn’t mention any singles or EPs just bc I haven’t listened to all of them and didn’t feel like talking abt the ones I have listened to. 

IF YOU READ THIS FAR WE CAN MAKEOUT!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU THANK YOU FOR READING!!!

[aeolianchemistry]

hi, i hope this is ok to ask? a couple of years ago you responded to a post about singing voice on t, and i was just wondering how your range is now?

hey! i have no clue how long this has sat in my asks bc frankly i never check them, but in case you’re still around, here goes! i’m not sure what sort of details you are interested in, so i’ll give a general overview of my vocal situation. i apologise in advance for the length of it.

i believe last time i spoke about my voice was while it was in a very awkward spot. it has developed a lot since then, and additionally i have two other choir friends who have since started T, to compare notes with! i haven���t done a proper range assessment for a while, but iirc correctly my range now runs from about F2 up to upwards of C5 (possibly up to E5 on a good day?). within that there’s a lot of kinda baffling tone and strangely placed breaks. i don’t seem to have a normal falsetto; instead, it very much feels and sounds like i’m an alto when i sing above my break. that break does not sit in the same place most tenors/baritones have a break! mine is around A4 for some reason, and for quite a while it was a big problem to sing in that area - which is ofc where a lot of tenor parts are written in choral music lol. i still occasionally have to swap to another voice part if a song spends too much time around G4-B4 bc my voice gets very stressed and tired (this used to mean dropping down to baritone, but now it usually means hopping up to alto!)

below my break i do sound like a more typical low tenor/baritone, and it is in many ways easier than my high range. i can get pretty decent volume without too much work, and it’s comfortable! what i really love, tho, is the return of my high range.

idr what i’ve discussed in the past, but my higher range was a source of a lot of stress for a long time. about three months into T i was losing high range, and it wasn’t too long before everything above C4 just disappeared, and the few notes above what is now my break were extremely weak. i had a very narrow range for a while and sung a lot of baritone/low tenor. i spent about a year like this, i think, and towards the end of it (this would’ve been spring 2019, so around my one year anniversary of T) my voice sloooowly crept back upwards and reinstalled those higher notes, and now i have a lot of my prior alto back!! aside from that,

the next biggest challenge i faced was projection. for the first probly year of T, my singing voice was extremely weak. it was prone to cracking, it got very thin in the few higher notes i had, and i could not project at all. i could barely be heard by people singing next to me in choir. i worried. i was stressed. i wondered if i’d made a horrible mistake. i missed some very meaningful solo opportunities. i went from being one of the strongest voices in choir to one of the weakest. it was frustrating on a very personal level. i couldn’t even really laugh properly! it honestly wasn’t until last fall (almost a year and a half on T) that i noticed any significant change on this front. i suppose it had been gradually stabilising since earlier that year, but last fall was when i felt i could really be heard again. this coinciding with the return of my high range and also joining a new choir (whom i’d idolised for my entire choir career!!) with and extremely enthusiastic and supportive conductor meant that, after a year of fending off despair and burying how upset i was about losing my voice for so long, i could finally open up again and really sing. and be heard!

which brings us to now. i’m a lil over 2years on T now, and i am typically placed as Tenor 1 in choir, with stints upwards into Alto. after sitting down w fellow trans singers, and also once or twice w my conductor, we have discovered that my voice is very unique (even for a trans voice)! most prominently bc of my strangely placed break and the alto quality of my higher range (which i still hesitate to call falsetto: i more often use the term head voice, which is typically used by treble voices, bc it feels like my old head voice used to, just a bit lower), which differ from other trans singers i’ve spoken to. it makes it a bit tough to find parts that work for my voice, and tracking down solo audition pieces from typical repertoire is a challenge. but overall i am extremely happy with how it has settled!

as a final note, for anyone who is considering transitioning, or perhaps in the midst of it, and to whom singing is important? it is going to be difficult and disheartening at times, and it will feel like you are going backwards. but the best thing you can do is keep singing through it all. obv take care of you and your voice, don’t push it harder than it is able to go, but don’t give up on singing even when it is a challenge and it doesn’t sound like you want. it’s important to get to know it as it changes! i was in and out of multiple choirs throughout all this, and that was invaluable to the development of my voice.

if this is a topic that is meaningful to many people, i could ask my other trans choir friends if they’d like to write about their experiences? they’re not quite as far along as i, but their experiences are already quite different from mine.

(also, if people want clarification on any terminology i used, pls ask! i have been a musician surrounded by musicians for most of my life so, while i think i avoided anything too technical, im not sure what terminology people are and are not familiar with!)

[kyunsies]

Hi mädch!!! I'm sending this after you said goodnight haha, but I'm glad you got to sleep early today :) you deserve a good night's rest!!!

I will definitely send you pictures of our plants soon so be on the look out for that 👀👀

About being a musician, I do have a degree in music and I studied for four and a half difficult terrible years to get it 🥲 but it was good, truthfully. It was difficult simply because college is hard. Listening to musical elements in mx or Mozart or soundtracks or t swift or literally any song isn't any harder or easier than another. Just different! Different layerings, sections, sounds, timbres, etc. It's very satisfying to be able to pick out sounds and point them out to my sister and maybe explain them a little bit! And I'll check out those shinee react video suggestions, I already know don't call me, so it'll be fun to watch that one!

I think it's really interesting that I've heard mx refer to All About Luv as a "US album" rather than an "English album". It might not mean anything, but more countries than just the US speak English, y'know? So it feels.. intentional? Anyway I will spare you from the extensive (and I mean super extensive) length of thoughts I'm having about their English songs vs Korean and just say a little bit skdjsh

From a musical stand point, Secrets (English song on a Korean album) is objectively just as or more simple than Middle of the Night (English song on the English album) or Sorry I'm Not Sorry (Korean song on a Korean album). Middle of the Night has lovely vocal harmonies and is very active rhythmically and has a lot of different textures. Secrets is just three chords, with a simple melody (a wonderful lovely simple melody), and a decent amount of clear layers with an acoustic feel with drums/guitar/bass/synths/sax/backing vocal ad libs, all of which are pretty active voices. Whereas Sorry I'm Not Sorry is so smooth and has such a chill vibe, with significantly less layers than Secrets (though just as clear) - it's just guitar and vocals at the beginning, and then some very simple drums and bass layer in, and a little bit of keys too (with some sweeet vocal harmonies in the second half that will melt my heart every time!!), but it's all very gentle. And then BEASTMODE (to stay on Fatal Love) has a much heavier feel (ALSO with some sweet harmonies in the opening "ohs" which are so so strong, and won't melt hearts in the same way the harmonies in Sorry I'm Not Sorry do), as well as stylistically different sections with a lot of different musical elements! Sorry I'm Not Sorry is just like.. one style the whole time, which they do beautifully!!! So like, there's already so much variety within albums, and within their entire discography! It makes being a monbebe so... rewarding and satisfying. Like, it feels like there's something here for everyone.

If you got through all that you deserve an award, it's a lot hsksjslsk I could go on and on and on about music, but I'll stop here for now haha. I'm considering doing a series of posts on my blog where I talk about music, but I'm a little nervous to go through with it 😅😅 my sister thinks it'd be awesome, but I'm not super confident to put myself out there like that hehe... we'll see...

Anyway long message!!!!!!!!!! I feel like I haven't told you lately, but talking to you is so so so nice 💖💖 I don't feel any pressure to say things or not say things, I can just.. chat freely! I feel so warm and loved when I read your replies 🥰🥰🥰 thank you for being such a wonderful sweet lovely amazing nice friendly superstar of a person 💖💖💖💖 dkbtho

HI PLS APOLOGIZE I TOOK SO LONG TO ANSWER THIS LKFDSJ but i'm finally getting to it, thank u for being patent with me <3 i've been getting good sleep ever since finishing those exams and getting back a good grade on that massive assignment yesterday so THANK U for checking in :)

about your education !!!! it just seems so hard ;____; like obviously when u are in a specific field for so long, the terminology makes sense bc you use it all the time (like how now one really knows what i'm talking about when i use medical terms lol) so i guess just from and outside perspective it looks hard !!! plus we were taught how to learn the basics of music reading in high school bc i was in choir for 1 semester and i was sooooo bad at it, it never really clicked for me ;_____; but i really look up to you for dedicating your livelihood for something you love !!! you seem to be very knowledgeable <3

and i know what you mean about them referring to all of their english stuff to 'US' stuff and i can understand how frustrating that might be bc there are many countries that speak english as well, not just the US ,,,,,,,,, to me it might just be bc their whole "english team" is from the US and everyone who works on their stuff is from the US, also i think the record label is from the US ? so maybe they're just so used to referring it that way bc those are the ppl they work with ya know? but i totally understand how isolating that must feel for a lot of other ppl, i can't really talk that much on it since i'm from the US myself lol but i totally get it and i think it's very valid if it irks some ppl !!!!

and ldskfjslkdjf i loved reading all of this <3 and i really agree with everything you say !!! and i'm glad u are able to pick apart the different styles for each song, for example i also think secrets is one of the more "simpler" songs on the album (not as simple as BEBE) but like, it works for me bc the sax has a nice improv at the end, and the song is pretty synth-y(?) which are elements that i like to a song lol ; you should really dig into mx's older discography tho!!!!! and although i love love love mx's new music (i think fatal love is one of their best albums) there is something that can be said about the timelessness of mx's older discography too <3 i know i've said this to you before, but one of my fav mx songs of all time is blue moon (composed by joo hehe) and like, ,,,,,,,,, i just still cannot believe that was on a DEBUT album ?????? the way it's layered and just the lofi vibes sound so sophisticated and honestly ahead of its time, and i'm not sure how much you've dove into mx already, but i would love to hear your thoughts on their previous music too <3 !!!!!!!

also you should def make that series on ur blog!!!!! i think it'll be nice for u to reflect on but also be a resource for ppl too <3 i think it's a great idea !!!!!! also , thank u so much for taking the time out of YOUR busy day to talk to me <3 it's been so lovely just chatting and im SUPER glad u feel comfortable enough to come here and spend some time with me bc it really means a lot <3 thank you !!!! and i hope u have had a great day today okay?? take care <3

[gamergaybapey]

i got tagged by @shzuku ty.... ilu!! 💝

Nickname: Dan (I've really grown attached to this name honestly) Height: its been a good while since i last measured myself but i think it was either 5' 3 or 4, but definitely under 5'5 (thats how tall my slightly taller brother is) but idk. its been awhile :/ Sleep: basically, fresh prince of bel airs life. and i always wake up sore so i need a new mattress or SOMETHIN Last movie I saw: i really wanted to watch the last few recent movies that came out but havent gotten a chance!! i think the last movie i saw was the last sw movie which is an extreme travesty Last thing I googled: what WAS the last thing i googled?? OH RIGHT lol i was disscusing dress terminology and types with my sister so its "evening dress vs cocktail dress". and before that, to answer my little sister while we watched planet earth 2  "can komodo dragons poison each other" Favorite Musician: *leans really close to the mic* Sam Cooke. as per usual Song stuck in my head: if remix 10 does not count, then definitely mama mia Do I get asks?: nope! unless im askin around but its been like that forever so its just *shrugs* peaceful anyway Blogs following: 125! which is very close to my follower number since a lot are mutuals  (which i love u all also!! 💞💟💞) What I’m wearing: my classic white/blue striped tank top cus roomy and cute lace bit at top. and my black and white winter pj pants (they're comfy AND have pockets 😏) Dream trip: i was  always obsessed w going to Venice bc of a book i read as a kid so maybe that, or a tour trip of asia would be endlessly cool too Dream job: MAN IDK. idk. biologist? artist? ballet dancer?? anthropologist? game designer? kid me and current me are desperately trying to find a similar page Favorite food: i will never love anything more or as long as i have loved shell soup. also could go for a good burger tbh Languages: just english, i used to know some chinese and asl but its been awhile since i learned either so :( i wanna relearn someday.. spanish is a fucking nightmare for me sadly Play any instruments: flute!! havent played since middle school but sometimes my sister lets me play hers (she was in our marching band so she still has her flute lmao) i would say guitar if i had ACTUALLY learned how to when we (3 kids) got one to share but like.... lol Favorite songs: guh I'm really bad at listing them bc its just really broad music types like, garage punk, ska, or electronic and oldies like thats.. thats all i can manage hfbhfkksk it changes too often even within those and i will tag uhhh anyone reading since im too tired to pick hbkfhnbfb SRY..