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Is there a specific term for when an artist covers a song in a different musical style?
Lately I've had a lot of fun listening to instrumental covers of modern songs created with medieval music instruments (example:
). This also lead me down the rabbit hole of artists who do the same but with a variety of musical styles and national…
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What is the genre of Jazz that is brass ensemble based, but has more contemporary drums and bass than Big Band and Duke Ellington material?
What is the name of the subgenre of Jazz that is fully brass ensemble driven - just like Big Band/Duke Ellington stuff - but has electric bass instead of standup, and more driving drums and percussion, with beats and bass lines closer to rock and…
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Can anyone please help me Identify the piece at the beginning of this video?
It sounds like a cello duet. Please help me!
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What type is that piece from Kent movieclip?
I am very interested in the video clip released by the Swedish band Kent 4 years ago, introducing their last album and tour.
Då Som Nu För Alltid
The whole piece is (or sounds like it is) centered around the drummer girl and its basic rythm (though…
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Unreleased Kanye West Chain Heavy album
8 years ago, I downloaded a Kanye West album called Chain Heavy.
I've always wondered about the history behind this album: maybe half of the songs are available on YouTube; nothing on other streaming services. The album does not appear in Kanye…
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What does it mean that Gary Giggles knows 7 steps of cha-cha-cha?
From here and here from Spy Kids 2:
Gary Giggles is asked his knowledge of cha-cha-cha to which he replies 'Seven steps.' How many steps are there in cha-cha-cha, and what does it mean that he knows seven steps?
From Wiki:
In the American School of…
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Does the Don Carlo in the two Verdi operas--Ernani and Don Carlos--pertain to the same historical character?
In the Verdi opera, "Ernani", there is the role of Don Carlo, later Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, while in the Verdi opera, "Don Carlos", there is the role of Don Carlo, Infante of Spain, son and heir to the King.
Do these two roles pertain to the…
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removing music from amazon music playlists - is it really this hard?
I use Amazon music and have multiple playlists created. You can quickly find an album or even a playlist and dump it into your "music library" into one of your playlists. However if you want to remove large numbers of songs from a playlist it is…
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Can Anyone Identify This Japanese Rock Song in the Background of this Mika Nakashima Video?
Link to Mika Nakashima video here
This is a personal video of Mika Nakajima (中島 美嘉) towards the beginning of her fabulous career (2002). The song in question starts here at 5:53. I'm pretty sure the song is not hers as it's not her style - it's…
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Is Cobalt's "Eater of Birds" considered experimental within the realm of extreme metal?
Cobalt's Eater of Birds seems to be considered their defining album. I am asking specifically about the titular song, which is also the final track of the album, but any thoughts on the album itself are appreciated as well.
There seems to be a fair…
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Hit song with misheard chorus
Here's a music trivia puzzle for you all:
What big international hit song had a chorus that was a garbled, misheard rendition of a much older hit song. The original song was in English, the newer song was in a mixture of languages.
I do have an…
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What does "mad fish" mean in Bring The Pain by Method Man?
In the song "Bring The Pain" by Method Man, he says:
Check it, just how deep can shit get/
Deep as the abyss/
and brothers is mad fish accept it
What does "mad fish" mean in this context?
This appears in the uncensored version of the song.
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Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder lyrics meaning
In the song "Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder,
one of the line goes "you can tell right away at the letter A, when people start to move",
what does "at the letter A" mean? In the context of the lyrics,
Does it mean "from the get-go? from the jump?"
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Lead artist and featured artist of a song - how are they determined?
I just wanted to know for a collaborative song, what are the factors affecting which artists to be credited as the lead artists and which artists to be credited as the featured artist.
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Construction of a Musical Theatre song
In musical theatre, we have lyrics. Would you say, therefore, that you have to make sure you had the tune for this first before you added the brace for the grand staff for the melody and bass line? See, I’m wondering if you could construct a tune…
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