ITT: Post your musical weaknesses:
>Drums that are unusually recorded, especially by Steve Albini
>"Bad" metal production
>A good string section, especially cellos
>Androgynous male vocals
>Angular, dissonant guitar playing
>funk/R&B elements in genres that aren't funk/R&B
>sampling in genres that aren't rap
>>54715206
>funk/R&B elements in genres that aren't funk/R&B
Can you give an example of this? I'd really like to hear something like that.
808 cowbell. any song that has that i instantly love.
Hoarse voice, especially in female singers.
>>54715234
Talking Heads, maybe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilcD1fHcGB0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW1IqW6kNdU
Remain in Light is GOAT, you should download it
>>54715243
>808 cowbell
now i know how that sound is called
I posted this in another thread but it still applies now
>14 - 15 tracks
>REVERB
>tasteful incorporation of noise
>10+ minute final tracks
>2+ hour albums
>noise/art [genre]
>albums with distinct sides (i.e. thematic/musical difference between sides)
>violins
>non death growl yelling (Pixies-esque)
>prominent drums
>lots of tracks
>voice cracks in depressing tracks (or artist is audibly breaking down)
>heavy emphasis on bass
>atmospheric plunderphonics a la Endtroducing....
>first track is a perfect lead-in to the second
>concept albums
>>54715360
>REVERB
>2+ hour long albums
i hate those, but suit yourself
>>54715314
For a band that wasn't strictly funk they were really influential in the funk scene.
>>54715206
>androgynous male
nigga wut
String sections
Operatic vocals
Electronic elements
Subtle, quiet moments
basically bjork.
>>54715206
Journal for Plague Lovers
>>54715206
>Audible bassline with a nice groove
>Processionals march elements in classical pieces that aren't actually marches
>Horn section in soul/funk
>Passionate, intense vocals
>Long guitar solos in prog
>Concept albums
>A well sampled theatrical monologue in hip-hop
>albums with 10 tracks
>double albums in which the discs are named/have separate themes and sounds
>complex and prominent drums
>tenor singers that make great use of their upper range/falestto
recs?
>"tribal" polyrhythmic percussion
>found object percussion
>noise heavily incorporated into dance music
>long building intensity/crescendos
>long songs/albums
>bassy drones
>music that focuses on a single aspect of music
>spoken word
>vivid or surreal imagery in lyrics that doesn't necessarily have much of a meaning
>>54715830
>double albums in which the discs are named/have separate themes and sounds
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
>tenor singers that make great use of their upper range/falestto
Klaus Nomi
>>54715873
I guess you know which album the first and last lines fit the best
>>54715457
>this is what white people actually believe
nope, it's the other way around tripfriend.
>>54715206
>slide guitar
>blues-country influence in lyrics
>metal with a really full bassy sound
>understated production in hip hop
>>54715982
no actually, I don't know anything that has both of those in it. recs please?
>>54716010
>watch out
>you might get what you're after
>>54716057
>>54715360
i like concept albums too, but most of them suck
>Doom Metal song
>Conan the Barbarian sample
>>54715830
>double albums in which the discs are named/have separate themes and sounds
>>54716153
It also has complex and prominent drums and 10 tracks on the second disc
>"strange" voices
>kinda sad but positive feeling in it
>raw lyrics
>accordions
>harpsichord
>>54716113
>>54716083
thanks bros
>long final tracks
>40-45 album duration
>9-10 song album
>album with lots of short songs
>>54715360
>noise/art [genre]
YES
>>54716317
>9-10 song album
>album with lots of short songs
>>54716317
For #2 and #4
>multiple vocalists singing over each other
>codas
>group chants
>clean singer yelling/shouting/screaming on a track
>concept album that isn't prog rock
>loud drums
>dub bass
>reverb/echo on everything
>the same phrase repeated over and over again with slight changes in the phrasing
>guitar parts that are just one or two notes being played over and over while the changes keep going
>repetition generally
>drums with lots of crash cymbal and hard hitting snares
>arpeggio guitar parts
>vocals that sound like the singer is putting everything they have into the words and sound like they may crack at any moment
>acoustic/folk with intricate guitar playing
>chord progressions that drop half step (i.e. D to C#/D)
>very noisy instrumentation
>soaring choruses
For the first couple, don't smoke on black wooden ceiling opening by mount eerie is a pretty good example
>>54716222
>complex drums
lawl
>>54716153
how do you feel about the speakerboxxx/the love below
>>54716476
>guitar parts that are just one or two notes being played over and over while the changes keep going
Pixies-where is my mind
The Strokes- Is this it
Animal Collective- essplode
>>54716542
Why do you laugh at me anon
>>54716317
>>54716360
>>54716384
nice, ty
>drummer hitting hard
>cool and/or weird synthesizer lines
>Arabic influences in western music
>>54716476
>dub bass
PiL - Metal Box
>has sound
>song/album is enjoyable
>>54716632
No, you moron. Guy should listen to dub for fucks sake.
>>54716393
Do you like skramz?
>>54715360
>voice cracks in depressing tracks (or artist is audibly breaking down)
hnnnnggggg
>>54717147
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHmvSEGYP2k
>Blues-influence
>unclean intense vocals
>angular guitars and dizzying drum grooves
>bass being played like a guitar (playing melodic riffs instead of boring root notes, distortion etc.)
>guitar jangle
>heavy and dark synth pop (Knife's Silent Shout type deal)
>Trip Hop drums
>fucking wild Avant-Jazz (or groove-heavy Fusion Jazz)
>sparse chamber pop (not really big string sections, only few violins or cellos)
>dissonance/noise/tape manipulation/batshit crazy elements in pop songs
>humble female vocals
>dark, moody, pulsating electronic music
>fuzz
>effect-heavy guitar-wankery
>lo-fi approach
>>54717464
You seem like a huge pussy.
>>54716128
I need to know what album
![soilent_green_labs_for_cover_WITHOUT_CUTOUTS[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/X1LKER0.jpg "soilent_green_labs_for_cover_WITHOUT_CUTOUTS[1].jpg")
>>54717464
>Blues-influence
>unclean intense vocals
>angular guitars and dizzying drum grooves
>bass being played like a guitar
>fuzz
>>54717812
Yep, that's me alright.
>>54716317
>album with lots of short songs
>long final tracks
Scaruffi gave this album a 8/10
Most songs are 2-3 min last one is 19min
Give me some recs, please
>Post-punky disco basslines
>New wave cheesiness
>that kick-snare pattern that jesus & mary chain and countless other groups lifted from Be My Baby by the ronettes
>shouted/awkward colloquial lyrics
>dated music that reeks of the controversy of its time (like when i listen to Licensed to Ill i can just hear the angry parents in the 80s)
>>54717812
You seem like that guy at the gym that glares at everyone judgingly but never actually exercises
>>54715206
>liking andgynous male vocals
fucking beta fags
>>54717464
>unclean intense vocals
>heavy and dark synth pop (Knife's Silent Shout type deal)
>Trip Hop drums
>dissonance/noise/tape manipulation/batshit crazy elements in pop songs
>dark, moody, pulsating electronic music
>lo-fi approach
also love all of these
>>54718048
Listening to this right now. I can't really hear any blues, at least yet. And maybe I should've specified the quality of the "unclean intense vocals" better; I'm more into that passionate Post-Hardcore/Skramz/Punk type vocal style, though this is pretty good (Death Metal grunts really don't do anything for me on this particular release, but the gruff yelling is quite powerful).
>>54715206
>Insane drumming
>Noise, harsh noise, walls of noise
>When a song goes slow and quiet then switches to something loud as fuck and back
>Fast rapping
>Collages of sound, especially vocals (something like what DG did on Niggas on the Moon with Bjork)
>Songs with a changing structure
>Strong but clean vocals; when a singer sings loud as fuck but not screams or anything like that. Don't really know how to explain this one, sort of like how opera singers sing.
Any recommendations?
>>54715873
Have you got an example of a piece which typifies quite a few of these traits? Would be curious to hear.
>>54718751
Death Grips
>>54718807
Already listened to them, obviously
>>54718751
Do you like powerviolence?
>>54715259
Seconding hoarse female voice
>>54718751
>insane drumming
>noise, harsh noise, walls of noise
>Collages of sound
This might be up your alley.
>>54718751
>When a song goes slow and quiet then switches to something loud as fuck and back
This seems like a prime example of a song of this structure. How it remains quite calm and quiet until 2:11 when hell breaks loose and then it goes back to the quiet mode. I love this dynamics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36G15OR6jvY
Saxophone in crazy rock music, like Funhouse
>>54715206
cute japanese girls doing cute things in 80s zolo/new wave bands
>>54715578
I think he means the vocals, strictly. Like high end tenors like Jeff Buckley for example.
>>54717891
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
>songs with constant progression
>almost anything experimental with a guitar
>hearing the vocalist's voice cracking/crying
>when a song just sounds like a jam session
>distortion effects on vocals
>>54718751
clipping, bitch
>>54715360
Let me guess
You like the glow pt. 2
>>54718977
I hope you have checked out The Contortions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V58z8foFu7M
Also God's Possession fuses John Zorn's Free Jazz sax with Industrial Rock on some tracks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHh6CjWMkcU (here it's around 1:20 and again at 3:20)
>>54718871
Nope, never tried that. Can you post some examples?
>>54718939
This sounds awesome. I've listened Frost's By The Throat but never got around to this.
>>54718959
Yeah, exactly like that.
Bonus points if it happens more often and if the change is more drastic.
>>54719151
I love clipping.
>>54719431
i'm not a big expert but it's noisy extreme punk that makes use of frequent extreme tempo changes. Look up:
Man is the basted
Infest
>>54715206
>Bootlegs of 60's Bands with this tone that makes you think you're seeing into things that are so deep that its 2deep4u and 2spoopy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF5L9kavT-c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MyDttK9HXM
also
>disorted vocal by old micro esp. in soul music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=368ViA1F8DU
>>54716241
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEXyPSBYbMA
>>54716393
The Blood Brothers
凛として時雨
>>54716010
I got that switched around, for some reason I thought remain in light was released before "Rise Up!" or maybe I just forgot that RIL was released in 1980.
>>54715206
Good scratching, cutting, blending, and sample usage.
I used to listen to so much garbage simply because the DJing was excellent.
>>54719228
a lil bit
>>54715403
well I mean when the 2+ hour album has a lot of variety or the REVERB addws to the song
>synthesizers
>prominent bass
>turntables in genres other than hip-hop
>vocoders, autotune, etc
>strong leftist political lyrics
>drum machines
>reverb
>decay
>phasers
>cheesy midi sounds
>ethnic drums
>less than 10 tracks
>one really long track
>multi-instrumentalists (could be substituted with one talented synthesist)
>>54715243
post one, i've heard the sample but never heard a song that uses it
>>54717891
also The AKs - Bite the Wound
http://theaks.bandcamp.com/track/bite-the-wound
>>54716393
Volcano Choir- Unmap
i like to play in an arythimc fashion. it's just super fun.
also, i love whem instruments sound kinda like human voice
>song changes time signatures
>>54722877
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDlC7oG_2W4
>Weird bass drum patern
>>54715314
Who hasn't heard RIL?
Samples from like old movies or speeches, I eat that shit up
arpeggios
country songs by artists who aren't country artists
Harsh noise weaved into organized pieces. Link was my first time I had an eargasm to this. The contrast in the two blending is unreal, goosebumps every time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvDesFdOdF8
Dreamy reverb female vocals
>Tracks that segue into each other perfectly or where the latter track starts on the beat of the first
>Cellos/string sections
>Catchy/poppy melodies on non-pop music
>Horn solos
>Solid drum or bass-fueled grooves
>Climactic moments with a palpable spike in the overall energy of the song, not just the same thing in a higher octave
>Honest/Plainspoken lyrics
>But also good wordplay
>Raw/Powerful/Dynamic vocal performances whether rapped or sung
>>54715823
>horn section in soul/funk
Aww yeahh
>>54715243
this makes me giggle like a motherfucker everytime I hear it
>>54715873
you'd probably like emptyset
>>54716317
Лeoнид Фёдopoв, Bлaдимиp Boлкoв - Бeзoндepc 1 &3 also more or less 2
>>54717464
Listen to Roland Kirk for blues influenced wild-jazz
>>54718751
midcity for sure, also I'm a fan of the drums on Grandeur of Hair
>>54719125
YYU
https://yyumoo.bandcamp.com/album/milkmilkmilkmilkmilkmilk
>>54724891
Ground Zero
>>54725579
青葉市子
>recorded on a tape player
>southeast european folk
>Trombones in Jazz
>Latin infulences in Jazz
>Tribal drumming
>Walls of sound followed by beautiful soundscapes and back and forth
>the sound of instruments being played is audible and adds to the track (i.e. colin stetson)
>samples activated by a drum pad
>weird samples in poppy music
>guttural vocal noises, but not screaming
This just this entire fucking records my musical fetish. The guitar sound is so cool.
>>54726080
>you'd probably like emptyset
they're one of my favorite bands, yes
I can't really help you with anything but
>Tribal drumming
cut hands
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE3-pGkSY3M
crash worship
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVAFCxduhq0
>>54726552
>they're one of my favorite bands, yes
same
also thanks for those, I liked em both
did you listen to the millie and andrea album? other than that, I don't know anything else.
try
James Plotkin & Paal Nilssen-Love - Death Rattle
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9fOXxdW96o
>>54715206
>sampling in genres that aren't rap
1. we talking that mainstream horse-scat or the underground stuff? Like, is Psyche Origami good for you?
2. So basically all House/Trap/Some dubstep?
>>54727342
>Psyche Origami
damn this shit's sweet man
>>54727419
and highly underappreciated / unknown. Help spread it yo.
Another, pretty decent but more well known one is One Self.
>>54727342
Some examples so anon can know what I mean.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFn2TvhFCOc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Irxp9rcWIjI
>>54715206
mellotrons
>casually dropping the name of the album in a song that isn't just titled whatever the album's name is
fucking love that. makes the album title seem much more meaningful.
trance synths outside of trance
piano solos
prominent bass
>>54726932
>did you listen to the millie and andrea album?
yeah I think so, iirc I liked it
>James Plotkin & Paal Nilssen-Love - Death Rattle
this was cool, thanks
>>54718800
>"tribal" polyrhythmic percussion
see >>54726552
>found object percussion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls5ff7B-JUk
>noise heavily incorporated into dance music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLPaOVgr_V8
>long building intensity/crescendos
GY!BE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWoAMsP3XYI
>long songs/albums
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIw7oeZKpZc
>bassy drones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsFpUJSCpzs
>music that focuses on a single aspect of music
noise focuses on texture to the exclusion of all structure
drone metal focuses on guitar tone in a similar manner
a lot of techno is a nearly pure exploration of rhythm
>spoken word
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8k9rD7lx9c
a lot of early industrial also uses this vocal technique but in a much more venomous way
>vivid or surreal imagery in lyrics that doesn't necessarily have much of a meaning
see above
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9VPil_gqyI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rdm8LItAHs
