#music talk

[cosmictap]

YOU NEVER SHOULD SETTLE FOR THE LIFETIME THAT IS HANDED TO YOU

THERES ALWAYS A LINE TO BE CUT AND SOMEONE TO BARRLE THROUGH

AND IF YOU SHOULD FIND THAT YOU’RE ABOUT TO GET THE SHORT END OF THE STICK

TAKE WHAT YOU WANT RETURN WHAT YOU GET

[stillflight]

''Ohh otherkin music is like Fish in a Birdcage and The Oh Hellos haha!'' Listen to Seeming. NOW.

[spikyegg]

will wood albums

those 1-4 songs in the middle

[finleycannotdraw]

can u recommend some bands? i think i like ur music taste and i am terrible at finding music

ty :)

of COURSE I can <3 you’ve probably heard of some of these, but maybe there’ll be some you haven’t! I don’t know what you already like, so… here we go :)

Hozier. Yeah this was always going to be first on the list I’m currently listening to basically nothing else! He’s an Irish folk/soul/blues/etc idk musician who uses a lot of religious and mythological themes in his lyrics and has a lot of songs that include social justice commentary.

The Amazing Devil is a folk rock band with an incredibly unique sound. Their songs are incredibly emotional and have an awesome fantasy vibe going on—plus there’s two singers, and they often sing independently from each other, which is something you don’t see often!

Good Morning Bedlam is a bluegrass band that I’ve gotten into recently! They’re sort of like… a mix of the amazing devil and the crane wives?

The Crane Wives, while we’re at it, and

The Oh Hellos. they’re fairly similar and I don’t have a ton to say about their stylistic differences, but they’re all definitely worth checking out!

Florence & The Machine. Most people have heard of them but I always like to recommend them anyway

Alec Benjamin, if you’re into softer indie music! He has a lot of different styles of lyrics, but his voice is consistent, so he’s great to listen to if you’re looking for that sort of variety.

Chxrlotte doesn’t have a lot of music out, but I’m a big fan of the music she has released, including the ones about Good Omens! The others are more angsty which I love too.

The Family Crest is an orchestral indie pop rock band, which blows my mind. I can’t believe orchestra isn’t a more utilized tool in popular lyrical music, because they do it so well.

Good Kid is actually my brother’s favorite band, and I love them too. They’re also indie rock, but they have a very distinctive style and are easy to get into! Plus they haven’t released a shit ton of songs like some other artists, so it isn’t overwhelming to explore their discography.

Jonatha Brooke is an artist I only know about because my mom liked her music a lot in the 90s, but she’s got a super nice voice and has some awesomely relatable lyrics. I especially recommend her album Ten Cent Wings!

Midlake is a super melodic folk rock band. I’m obsessed with their album The Courage of Others, which has a melancholy vibe that’s super easy to get lost in.

Palaye Royale is harder rock than anyone else on the list so far, but they’ve got an awesome style. Unique voice and definitely darker themes in their lyrics.

Tears for Fears is a pop rock band that I love because my dad does. (My parents are musicians—I trust their music taste).

Toad the Wet Sprocket got their name from Monty Python, but PLEASE go listen to the Architect of the Ruin EP. You will not regret it. Also the song Something’s Always Wrong is like… entrenched in my very being.

Elbow is a band that I never see in fandom circles, but they’re definitely not obscure. Check out their album Little Fictions! They’re kind of like Midlake.

Will Wood ranges from chaotic and fun (The Normal Album) to absolutely soul-crushing (in case I make it)! Sometimes even both at the same time!

(I would’ve also put Paramore, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, and other rock/pop punk bands I like on there, but I assumed you already know them.) (If you were looking for harder rock or metal, let me know, because this list is not that.)

If you want more genre-specific recs or even album/song recs, don’t hesitate to ask!! Music is the fuel of my soul.

[charlottan]

🎤

Top 5 funk records?

YAY 😁in no particular order-

First I'm going to plug the Fantastic Planet 1973 soundtrack. The whole thing is this very ominous sounding spacey jazz funk and it is So sex

Directstep by Herbie Hancock I actually prefer a little over Headhunters! It's the album I come back to more, anyway. I think it's more consistent, I suppose.

Calm Down Cologne by Garage a Trois is a very obscure jazz funk album I came across recently and I've been obsessed.

Then there's Me chama de gato que eu sou sua by Ana Frango Elétrico! Very nice album by a nonbinary artist which is so wonderful I think^-^

And lastly I simply cannot pass up namedropping the one and only MAGGOT BRAIN. hey what if george clinton was gay and called it fa-

[moraent-keys]

I need to see more Hozier on appleradio playlists immediately- yall are missing such a good opportunity

[deandoesthingstome]

Rules: if you get this, you have to put 5 songs you actually listen to. Then send this ask to ten of your favorite followers.

@itbmojojoejo tagged me and while I have just under 16 days left to put my 2023 Spotify favorites on repeat then drop them before they turn into 2024 faves, I actually came upon a few newbies recently and so here, a preview of what 2024 Wrapped will probably look like:

1. While daydreaming about August Walker...

2. Wondering if I ought to finally watch TMFU and figure out Napoleon for real ('cause no idea if this actually fits the aesthetic or just wishful thinking)...

3. A terrible thought about cheating on Walter...

4. Then waiting for him to forgive me...

5. Maybe he does?

Bonus track: I really dig this

Since Tumblr's ask answers don't allow for edits anymore, I'm just tagging you here for funsies only if you want: @mayloma @geralts-yenn @raccoon-eyed-rebel @solinarimoon @lastcallatrockysbar @thesaucynomad @sillyrabbit81 @littlefreya @martha-oi @hope-to-hell

[6ad6ro]

[idontwanttospoiltheparty]

Double Fantasy (1980) by John Lennon & Yoko Ono

This is an interpretation me and a dear friend from the discord worked out together and I made slides to explain it and I wanted to share them here too :) DISCLAIMER: this is my reading of the album, it's not what I literally think was going on with John and/or Yoko.

[chongoblog]

How does music work and what is an e major

Here's my simple explanation

This is a piano keyboard

If you just hit random notes without rhyme or reason, then odds are it isn't going to sound very good (jazz musicians, bear with me)

So usually when you start playing music, you want to play songs using only a certain subset of these notes. This set of notes are known as "keys". For example: when you first start playing piano, odds are, you'll be using all of the white keys while avoiding black keys. In doing so, you'll be playing in C Major Key:

It's called "C Major" because playing the notes from one C to another (the notes marked in blue) make a major scale (being performed here).

The "Major" part of it comes from where specific notes lie on the scale, since where a note is on a scale can be incredibly important when you're composing music. Think of them kind of like flags that help guide musicians to direct how the music will feel (most notably the 1st note, 3rd note, and 5th note, seen below in green)

Now there are other types of scales that use the exact same notes, but have different notes in different places on the scales, which can greatly affect how it's used in music. For instance, A Minor uses the exact same notes, but the 1st, 3rd, and 5th notes are in different places in the scale, which gives a much different vibe (below we'll see the 1st note marked in blue and the 3rd and 5th note marked in green, along with a video showing how the vibe is different [granted its transposed a little differently, it should still give the right idea])

So all of this to say that when I told the person asking about what key MAD RAT, ALIVE? is in, what I was saying is that it uses these notes on the keyboard (specifically using the notes marked in green/blue the 1st, 3rd, and 5th)

Now it isn't STRICTLY limited to these notes on the keyboard (since accidentals exist), but this information is super useful for mashup artists. This is because if you can pitch shift two songs so that they have the same key, you can make sure that not only are they using the same set of notes. Because like we said at the beginning, just throwing random notes together doesn't sound great, but keeping it contained within the same set of notes sounds far more harmonic. Also they're using the same 1st, 3rd, and 5th notes as their guideposts, which aligns them together much better.

Hope this explanation helped out!! If you've got more questions about it, I'm open to do my best to explain!

[transsexualjoanofarc]

when iris by the goo goo dolls comes on & you have to act like yr not experiencing every human emotion simultaneously

[charlottan]

i wish i could enjoy every music genre ever

[moraent-keys]

There are just.. so so many songs I need to see on more Radioapple playlists

[evergreensnowqueen]

Crying about the new Penelope Scott EP

Specifically Runaway but the whole thing just hits hard

“You wanna hear a joke that isn’t funny? I want you in my life in my twenties […] You wanna hear a joke? It’s kinda dirty. I think that I might live to be thirty.” is just getting me REAL emotional for some reason.