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What is the jazz music used in the OptiCorner commercial on YouTube?
can somebody recognize this song?
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What is the genre of the Ievan Polkka?
Ievan Polkka is a popular Finnish song and I really love it. I was wondering :
To what genre does it belong? I would like to find some other
similar songs.
What are the key characteristics of this type of music (rhythm, chord progressions, etc.)…
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Was Bruce Bruce in So Fresh, So Clean?
tl;dr: Was Bruce Bruce in So Fresh, So Clean?
Having said that, I feel I have to put some backstory in this question.
As a teenager I was a huge fan of Bruce Bruce from BET Comic View. I ended up running into Bruce Bruce at the ATL airport a few…
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Musicals with ragtime songs?
I need to play a song from a musical for my music assessment, I am wondering if there are any ragtime songs in a musical that can be played on piano. Oh, and not too easy please, something fun and difficult.
user2462
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What are the factors responsible for the rise of rap?
I have noted an increase in the production and distribution of songs in the genres of Rap, Trap and its derivatives.
One possible explanation is the genre has been on the rise due to the quality and diversity of material. On the other hand, it…
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Genre or similar songs to this proprietary track
I recently stumbled upon a video from which I extracted a proprietary song whose artist/name were kept secret. However, I really want to know where I can find more of this genre, that I would classify as some kind of vintage blues rock, because of…
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Why are female singers criticised when singing live more than male singers?
I mean, there are a lot of talks, youtube videos, criticism, ect about female singers when they perform live (she can't sing live, she can't hit that high note like records, she doesn't sound like record, etc.). It seems, people are more interesting…
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Can you identify this reggae song: "et ma lutte et ma chute et ma oueri"
The first reggae song I heard had a line that sounded like the following in French, "et ma lutte et ma chute et ma oueri". It might have been 1967 or 1973. I'd love to know what it was and who it was by.
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What is "Stereotomy" by Alan Parsons Project about?
So I read the lyrics, and it's extremely ambiguous. Is he talking to a love interest? Is he talking about mental torment? Who knows?
Here are the non-repeating stanzas for you convenience:
Diamond eyes
That burn me and turn me to…
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Why did not I see black people in Rodriguez concert in South Africa?
I just watched the documentary Searching for Sugar Man, a movie about Rodriguez. In this documentary they said that his music was a big influencer in fighting with music against the apartheid.
But when he did his first six concerts in South Africa,…
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Beethoven's "four chords"
Take the following passage in an English translation of Solzhenitsyn's novel Cancer Ward:
Beethoven's four muffled chords of fate were thundering above
Kostoglotov's head. Nobody heard them in the ward, perhaps they never
would.
Which work of…
user4361
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Where is the one count? How can I identify it? [Ella Fitzgerald: In A Mellow Tone]
I'm attending a swing dancing class. We are counting from one to eight and start our dance on the one count. I'm struggling a bit to find the one count for the jazz tunes we dance to. Please, take for example the song Ella Fitzgerald - In A Mellow…
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What is that change in tune called?
I was listening to this song here.
At 3:49 I find there is something change in tune or tempo,
What is that transformation called? Is there any english term for this?
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How do they prevent music leaking due to a music video shoot
The new DJ Khaled / Rihanna video came out today -- "Wild Thoughts".
It was also the first time the audio was heard by the public. It has the catchy Carlos Santana - Maria Maria sample.
What all steps do you think were taken during the video shoot…
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Upbeat classical music for kids 6 - 8
I'm looking for some upbeat "catchy" classical music for an upcoming road trip. My daughters are 6 and 8 and the music would be for the quieter moments of the trip.
Beethoven's Rage Over a Lost Penny is my template here. Full orchestral music…
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