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Why did Goose House do so many home recordings of their song "Sing"? Does that song have special significance to them?
The Goose House music group typically only does one house recording of an original or cover song (at least- after around 2012), but for one particular original song, "Sing", they've done many. I'm not too surprised about the number of recordings…
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In music, what does it mean to "funkify"?
I have heard the term used as "I funkified their album". I assume that funkifying means making something more funky, but I was wondering if there is a more technical or at least genre-specific description. Listening to Deodato as I write this.
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How did a part of the song "Tomorrow is My Turn" by Nina Simone have essentially the same notes as the James Bond theme?
I was listening to Nina Simone's song "Tomorrow is My Turn," released in 1965, and came across a section that sounded virtually identical to the iconic James Bond theme from the 1962 movie, which you can hear in Shirley Bassey's version of…
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Why does all Christian rock music sound the same?
I understand that it's a music genre so somewhat by definition there's a similar sound, but I'd like to know why so much Christian music converged into this similar sounding "Christian rock". It's not like old Christian gospels always fell under…
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Do musicians benefit from dynamic pricing on Ticketmaster?
Ticketmaster has a pricing system, which alters the price of tickets based on demand. What is the purpose of this pricing system? Does this benefit the musician financially? Or are there other purposes for this type of pricing model?
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Meaning of "Don't Dream It's Over" ("Hey Now")
Finally paying attention to this song because of The Rescues' fantastic cover (featured in Pantheon), I noticed
(a) The current Wikipedia article is awful and could deeply benefit from better treatment but
(b) The previous version that included a…
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What is the role of an A&R credit in an album?
I was reading the credits for one of my favorite albums and saw an A&R credit. What does A&R stand for and what purpose does this position serve in the creation of an album?
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What is a raga in Indian Classical music?
Both the Indian Hindustani Classical music and the Indian Carnatic Classical music have a set of ragas which are taught by various gurus, who in turn have learnt from their gurus. Does Western classical music have anything similar to Ragas?
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Why the persistent clicking sound on Kraftwerk's 'The Man-Machine' album?
On Kraftwerk's original 1978 album 'The Man-Machine' there is a persistent clicking sound thru most of the album. You can hear it by first minute of the first song, "The Robots".
Was this intentional? Or was this a side effect of the technology…
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Does Justin Bieber - Love Yourself have sexual meaing?
I have a simple question.
When Justin sings "go and love yourself" does this have sexual meaning?
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Black metal - why the enthusiasm for genrefication among fans?
In the lead up to this year's Inferno Festival I immersed myself in the numerous interviews with the bands. After about 10 or so I noticed a common thread that interviewers and fan questions tend to bring up semantics quite a bit more than the acts…
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Is the vinyl records production process going green?
I wonder if there is some kind of attention in going green in the entire record production process (or part of it). By "going green" I mean if there are emerging approaches in everything related to pressing plant (energy used, waste produced, ...)…
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Who is Eminem talking about in his song Lose Yourself?
Who is Eminem talking about? About himself when he was young?
He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out
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In 'Two Tribes' of Frankie goes to Hollywood, is it a 'point' or 'money' that you can score? Do they actually say 'let's go to war'?
The anti-war song 'Two Tribes' from Frankie goes to Hollywood, with their striking music-video (released in 1984), got my attention again.
Although the video was banned by the BBC at the time, the clip can now be found on YouTube.
But now being able…
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How many songs will Harry's House have?
As a follow-up from this question, do we know how many songs Harry's House will contain?
Harry Styles - 10 Songs
Fine Line - 12 Songs
Harry's House - ??? Songs
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