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How should I store The Raveonettes' Pe'ahi limited edition vinyl with gel-filled sleeve?
The limited edition of The Raveonettes 2014's Pe'ahi album comes with a gel-filled sleeve.
Stored in vertical position, all the gel that fills the sleeve goes down, with the risk of pressing too much the vinyl on the bottom side, damaging it.
Stored…
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What does a music producer do at a concert?
It's a doubt I have since when I started listening to electronic music. In my head, electronic music is created like this, i.e. sitting at a computer in a comfortable room. There is no real time performing, just a lot of time to spend composing and…
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Need some exciting, semi-dark intro music for a game
I'm creating a game, and I'm looking for a source of free, royalty-free music for the soundtrack. Can you recommend sites?
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Has Justin Bieber written the 'melody' of any of his songs?
In the album "My World 2.0", Justin Bieber has sung some of the biggest hits such as 'Baby', 'Somebody to Love'.
---Has he written the lyrics of these two songs by himself (without others' help) ?
---Has he written the 'melody' of these two songs?
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Music similar to "Please love me once more" (Akira Yamaoka)?
Please Love Me Once More by Akira Yamaoka, from the video game Silent Hill 3.
I’ve already checked all other soundtracks by Akira Yamaoka, but couldn’t find anything similar to this.
And how can you identify genre/style of this soundtrack?
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Why is the seventh verse often sung in place of the fourth in "Amazing Grace"?
In "Amazing Grace", the fourth verse:
The Lord has promised good to me
His word my hope secures
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures
Is often replaced with the seventh*:
When we've been there ten thousand years
Bright…
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Is there really a rapper named Prix-Mo?
Supposedly, as Prog-Metal masters Dream Theater were recording their album Awake (1994), a rapper named Prix-Mo was laying down tracks in an adjacent studio. As the story goes, Dream Theater's drummer Mike Portnoy wandered over and asked Prix-Mo if…
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Piano arrangement identification from one measure of sheet music
On Music.SE, someone posted a question about how to play a particular piano piece. The piece appears to be in 12/8 time and E-flat major, and looks extremely awkward to play. The author of the question mentions "the arranger", so I suspect the piece…
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What's the meaning of the snippet of dialogue at the beginning of "All the Pretty Girls?"
The song "All the Pretty Girls" by fun. starts with a short snippet of dialogue that sounds like
[indecipherable talking]
(So it's?) gonna have to be two passes.
The pretty... [actual song begins]
This part isn't on the official music video's…
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id3tags v2.4 and advanced schema for music metadata (v.2)
Due to my lack of time and to the fact that I am not sure whether this the right place to ask such a question I will post my question & my research efforts into parts, and continue expanding it depending on the kind of feedback I will get.
Part #1…
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What genre is the music of Fetty Wap?
I know Fetty Wap is a rapper, but I also heard that there is some influence of trap in his music (there is a song called Trap Queen). What kind of genre is his music? Is there an official genre for this mix of rap and trap?
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Why are backing vocalists almost always older than the leads?
Why is it that 9 times out of 10 the backing vocalists in songs are older than the lead vocalists? E.g. Niki Harris (born 1962) as backing vocalist for LeAnn Rimes (born 1982) in Can't Fight the Moonlight?
It just seems somewhat weird that backing…
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Cover art of Karma to Burn's Almost Heathen
Please have a look at the cover art of Karma to Burn's album Almost Heathen:
There is a second version of it, with some subtle changes:
In the background, you can see three men standing together, each holding his right hand up, with the number…
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Why do some artist have "live" listed with their name in concert line-ups?
I have noticed for some concerts/festivals that some bands (apparently, mostly EDM/DJs) will have "live" listed with their name on a line-up. For example:
Check out Matador on this line-up for the Sun City Music Festival (2nd line form the bottom,…
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Flute melody from classical symphony
I have tried midomi, SoundHound, and Kooplet to no avail. My search on Kooplet contains the part I remember and can be listened to on this page.
I know that this part is performed by the flute. What is the name of the symphony?
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