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On free Jazz and Ornette Coleman
Why is Ornette Coleman considered one of the best musicians on the Jazz world? I have had the chance to listen to one of his albums, "The Shape of the Jazz to Come," and to be honest, I don't find it easy to follow. One friend, who loves Jazz, by…
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Trying to understand the different styles of blues
Usually, I hear the terms Chicago blues and electric blues being used to identify the same style of blues. Is this correct? Or, is there an actual difference between these two sub genres? If so, how to differentiate between them?
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What genre is Futurecop! and Cinnamon Chasers?
There is this growing subgenre of EDM characterised by 80's nostalgic themes and lots of oldschool synths. The most prominent artists I'm aware of are: Futurecop!, Cinnamon Chasers, Anoraak.
How do you even call that? It's not synth-pop per se,…
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Is there a choreography for Mingus' "The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady"?
One of Mingus' best known works is The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, which is written as a ballet.
The four tracks are even named as a choreography (of some sort):
"Track A – Solo Dancer"
"Track B – Duet Solo Dancers"
"Track C – Group…
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Who are Darryl, Jacki, Paul, and Diane?
First, some background from Wikipedia:
Silicon Teens were a British virtual electronic new wave pop group.
The project was the creation of Mute Records founder Daniel Miller,
with Frank Tovey acting as the band's fictional frontman.
The "group"…
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Amateur's History of Rock and Roll
I'm looking to learn more about the history of rock and roll music, and I'm interested in all of it, from Fats Domino to today. I'm mostly familiar with classic rock (Beatles, Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, etc.), 80's pop (Duran Duran, Adam Ant) and "rock…
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What Jazz style is this song?
Here is Lester Young's "Gigantic blues":
http://youtu.be/hLHi-Ls45hw
Question: what is the style of this song? Is it swing or bebop?
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What caused Oxnard to have such an amazing punk scene?
Why and how did bands like RKL, Ill Repute, Agression, Stalag 13, and Dr. Know come up and be so freaking awesome?
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What does the line "listening to blackstreet" mean in the song *Downtown* by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis?
Here is a link to the song.
I was wondering what the phrase "listening to blackstreet" means.
The whole sentence before it says
...I Like a Big Girl, I like 'Em Sassy
Going down the Backstreet listening to Blackstreet
Running around the whole…
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Splitting a single FLAC file into songs with a Cue sheet?
I've got a complete CD which is one large FLAC file. I also have a Cue sheet, which could be used with certain CD burning software (such as ImgBurn) to allow the CD to be split into tracks.
What I want to do is split the FLAC into song files based…
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What's the meaning of "Reel" in the name of the band Reel Big Fish?
According to the dictionary "Reel" means:
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
a rotatory device attached to a fishing rod at the butt, for winding up or letting out the…
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What does "Fortune fame mirror vain" mean in Metallica's The Memory Remains?
I was wondering what does chrous of The Memory Remains mean?
"Fortune Fame, Mirror Vain, Gone Insane, But The Memory Remains"
I asked this because it doesn't mean what it looks.
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Identify this "answer waiting" bossa nova song in Russia
I can't find a full version of this bossa nova song that features in a Russian comedy show (only the small piece starting from 1:17).
It looks like Brazilian Portuguese, I hear words (but not sure).
"você fala para uma americana eu para má o meu…
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Is there a term for Saving Abel's style of rock music?
I was wondering if there is a specific term for rhythmic rock music like Stupid Girl or The Sex is good by Saving Abel.
The rhythm is not really complex, but very appealing (for me). Yet I have trouble to find similar songs from other artists…
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Synaesthesia or not?
I've always wondered about it. I never see sounds out there, but I can't help but imagining colors with certain sounds. Metallic drum sounds look either silver or golden (colors that drums like cymbals have), some synth sounds are like purple or…
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