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protectgeorgeweasley · 2 years

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Lumos: Holiday Playlist Instructions

Playlist:

1. “All I Want” by Kodaline (March 28, 12:12 a.m.)

2. “Fix You” by Brooklyn Duo and Dover Quartet/ “Light” by Sleeping at Last (Same scene, directly after)

3. “Dusk Till Dawn” by Lofi Fruits Music (--1:45 a.m.)

4. “Don’t Give Up On Me” by Andy Grammer (Same scene, directly after through 9:10 a.m.)

5. “Someone to Stay” by Vancouver Sleep Clinic (--, 1:50 p.m., when Mr. Weasley speaks)

6. “I’ll Keep You Safe” by Sleeping At Last (Same scene, directly after)

7. “All the Stars” by Ed Sheeran (Same Scene)

8. “Super Trouper” by ABBA (Same Scene, you’ll know)

9. “Annie’s Other Song” by John Denver (--, 8:22 p.m.)

10. “Chasing Cars” by Simply Three/“Take Me Home, Country Roads” by John Denver (Same Scene, in the shed)

11. “Her Joy Was Complete” by Sleeping At Last (Same Scene, directly after)

12. “You Can’t Hurry Love” by Phil Collins/ (--, 8:845 p.m.)

13. “Lovebug” by The Jonas Brothers (same scene, when George unwraps the gift)

14. “Heart” by Sleeping At Last (on flight)

15. “Sweet Child O’ Mine” by Guns N’ Roses or by 2CELLOS (on flight, you’ll know)

16. “The Power of Love” by Celine Dion (on flight, you’ll know)

17. “7 Years” by Lofi Fruits Music (Directly following the prior)

18. “Yellow” by Lofi Fruits Music (April 1)

19. “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” by The Beach Boys (April 2, 8:00--9:38 a.m.)

20. “Heavy is the Head” by Future Royalty (April 2, 10:01 a.m.)

21. A Vivaldi Violin Concerto of Your Choice. (April 2, 6:00 p.m.)

22. “Icarus – Main Theme” by Michael McCann (April 3, 12:27 a.m.)

23. “Chiquitita” by ABBA (Same scene, you’ll know—through start of April 3, 4:00 p.m.)

24. “People Will Say We’re In Love” by Ella Fitzgerald (Same scene, directly after)

25. “Puttin’ on The Ritz” by Ella Fitzgerald (April 5, 6:35 p.m., during dancing)

26. “Saying Goodbye” by Banks, Ames (Same scene, on the terrace)

27. “My Girl” by The Temptations (April 5, you will /know/.)

28. “Here Comes the Sun” by Midnight String Quartet (April 6)

29. “I Don’t Care” by 2CELLOS (Directly after the last song, through the first part of April 8)

30. “Turning Page” by Sleeping at Last (Same scene, when George says, “Time for the best bit.”)

31. “Innocent” by Taylor Swift (April 9, first two scenes)

32. “Orchard House” by Thomas Newman (April 9, in front of the telly)

33. “precious light” by kainbeats and edelwize (April 10, 6:10 a.m.)

34. “Money, Money, Money” by Chill With Lofi, Cidus, and Emil Lonam (April 12, 5:10 p.m.)

35. “Take Me To Church” by Simply Three (Same scene, directly after.)

36. “Take A Chance On Me (arr. Piano)” by Music Lab Collective (April 12, 5:59 p.m.)

37. “Impulse” by Hans Zimmer (April 13, and you can thank Navistar for this one)

38. “Holding Out For A Hero” by Nothing But Thieves (same scene, when you see “thunder”)

39. “Shivering Soldier” by Hans Zimmer (same scene, once George finds the group)

40. “Icarus” by Phildel (Same scene, directly after)

41. “Saturn – Instrumental” by Sleeping at Last (Same day, directly after)

42. “Stand By Me Arr. Z. Reaves for String Quartet)” by Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Zachary Reaves, and Altius Quartet (Same scene, when you see the fence)

43. “Chasing Cars” by Simply Three again (Same scene, when Marcus comes in)

44. “Hallelujah” by Ben Laver (Same scene, directly after)

45. “Honeybee” by The Head and The Heart (May 1)

#Lumos #lumosfic #lumos holiday #Spotify

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stephfm · 5 years

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Does Classical Music Deserve a Reprise?

Classical music itself is a tricky term. To most, it’s an umbrella term used to describe music you associate with grand concert halls, orchestras, and composers such at Beethoven and Mozart. To those with musical literacy, however, it’s a specific period of music that started in the mid 18th century till the early 19th century. But, that is not the point of this article. Today, let’s use the term to refer to what most people think of when thinking about Classical music. It’s old, it may even be boring, but more importantly, it’s dying. Concerts are receiving less government funding and the audience is somewhat depleting.

The Audience Agency’s report on UK’s classical music audiences that covers classical music events from 2014 to 2018 demonstrates that the average age for Classical music is increasing. Like how several countries in the world are battling the problem of an ageing population, Classical music is too. But why is this so? Is it possible that Classical music events are just catered to the older generation? People above their 40s probably have more disposable income, more leisure time to attend concerts and are more interested in investing themselves in cultures that nourishes them beyond having Instagram worthy content. Maybe it’s possible that the lifestyle that comes attached to the Classical music scene is more suited to the older generation, but I’m guessing there’s more to it.

So, is there something about Classical music itself that puts off the younger generation? If we look at the music listening habits of the younger generation, YouGov, in a survey commissioned by the Philharmonic Orchestra, younger people do in fact listen to Classical music. Some listen to it by choice, like when studying, and some when they happen to be at a social event that has it on loop in the background. With Spotify dominating in the music-streaming sector, they too offer a wide range of Classical music. From having artist profiles of composers such as Beethoven, Mozart, Tchaikovsky and more, to creating playlists of Classical music streamers can tune in to. In 2018, streams of Classical music rose by 42% according to an article I came across published by The Guardian. Furthermore, with the rising popularity of film music, the younger generation does in fact engage in some form of Classical music, even if it’s just tracks of Hans Zimmer on repeat.

However, looking at the numbers now on Spotify itself, Classical playlists only have the smallest fraction of listeners compared to other more popular genres of music. Again, I’m asking, why is this so? Maybe it’s the fact that it’s instrumental and the younger generation needs lyrics to relate to the music. But I’m sure if they gave it a chance, they will find how moving Classical music can be. In saying that, I do need to admit that I am a millennial who listens to Classical music, so I may be a tad bit biased. If I think about myself, the reason why I got into Classical music is simple—I grew up singing in choirs and I’m now studying Music in University. This then brings me to the idea that perhaps, Classical music has a sense a exclusivity to it. Do people feel like they need to be part of this imagined musicians-only sphere to appreciate Classical music? Do they feel they need some level of musical literacy to even begin listening to it? Perhaps.

Going back to live concerts, I feel like I can describe the audience pretty easily and this is based on my personal experience as well, both as a performer and an audience member. If I look around a concert hall, it’s filled with people that belong to one of these three main categories. First, they are friends and family of a performer on stage. Second, they are frequent Classical concertgoers, the so called connoisseurs. And if they belong to the second category, they most likely fall in the third and last one too—the older generation. So again with the question, why does the younger generation not want to give Classical concerts a go? I’ve asked a few of my non-music University friends before and most of them shared the same sentiments. They never saw the need to, didn’t know how to and just never thought about it in general, assuming it wasn’t “their thing”. With the misconception that Classical music concerts are for the upper classes, costly, maybe even boring, and not forgetting how some still think they need to show up in black-tie appropriate outfits, I see where they are coming from.

Now, you might be thinking—the younger generation may not attend the concerts, but at least more of them are giving Classical music a shot by simply listening, so what more am I asking for? There’s a difference between streaming a piece of music and watching it live, and I believe most can agree with me when I say that this applies to all types of music. Just walking into a concert hall and seeing a full orchestra in front of you is an experience on its own. This brings me to my final questions. If Classical music was able to survive over a thousand years, why should it die now? If concert-going behaviour is still thriving in the pop music industry, why should Classical music concerts die now? More importantly, how can we help make Classical music and related events appealing to the younger generation to keep it alive?

There are three names that come to mind when I think about that last question. First is Lindsey Stirling, an American violinist, singer and songwriter. She is known for her choreographed violin performances of classical, pop, rock and electronic dance music. 11 million subscribers. Second is 2Cellos, a Croatian-Slovenian classical trained cello duo. They play instrumental arrangements of well-known pop and rock songs, as well as classical and film music. 4 million subscribers. What Lindsey and 2Cellos have in common is that they do use Classical instruments in a pop context or at least one that “spices up” Classical music. Yes, they show what a Classical instrument can do and try to make it more relevant today, but I can’t help but dwell over the fact that their covers of popular music have more views than their Classical performances. Do we really need to forgo centuries of tradition and integrity just to make Classical music relevant again? And if we do re-contextualise Classical music to fit into the modern day taste in music, are we really doing it justice or simply finding ways to force it down people’s throats? Please forgive me for being crass, but I think that’s just the easy way out and dare I say it, sell-out. Don’t get me wrong, they are amazing at what they do and there is no doubt that they have talent, but I think we need other ways to re-introduce Classical music today.

This then brings me to our last case study, TwoSet Violin. Made up of two classical trained violinists, this duo are the faces behind a Youtube channel that has gained over a million subscribers in a few years. Their content revolves around skits, react videos and games incorporating the violin. Some of their most viewed videos are those funny and sometimes painfully accurate ones portraying the life of a Classical musician. You may think, isn’t this still exclusive to people who are musicians themselves? Yes, you are right, but let me tell you about what they achieved in recent years.

Their mission is to make Classical music more accessible to all and with that, continue to inspire the next generation. They did exactly just that with their unique take on a Classical recital. In 2016, TwoSet Violin gave up their respective positions in Sydney and Queensland Symphony Orchestra to host live Classical comedy performances. They created a show which offers an experience, one that integrates humour with actual recital, while still upholding the integrity of Classical music. I never gotten the chance to watch them live, but after scrolling through videos and reviews on various news platforms, I saw how they managed to attract a diverse crowd, one that includes the younger generation and one that includes those who have never been to a classical concert before. From 2017 to 2019, their efforts were channelled into their world tour. With each show, they put in effort in making each one unique, tailoring their show to suit each culture and audience. None of their performances were the same. It is also worth mentioning that it was the first ever crowd funded Classical world tour. Through this, they managed to show that Classical music need not always be dependent on government funding and the typical concert-going demographic, and more importantly, people are willing to give Classical music a shot if you give them a reason to.

We started this article talking about the ageing audience of Classical music concerts and how we may witness the death of Classical music one day. It is safe to say that interest in Classical music is dwindling, be it in terms of concert-going behaviour or listening habits. I, however, have hopes that that day won’t come, or at least not as soon as we think. If we think about how we can “rebrand” Classical music and its related events, without compensating on the quality of it we admire, I believe that a wider audience, including the younger generation, will give it a chance.

Here’s my take—just like every other genre of music, Classical music may not be for everyone, but I urge you to give it shot. Give it try outside of using it as background music when you study. Maybe even attend a concert one day to experience the auditory and visionary spectacle for yourself. I can assure you that you don’t need any level of musical knowledge to listen to and maybe even appreciate Classical music, you just need your ears. You never know where listening to just one piece will take you because in Classical music itself, there’s so much to explore in terms of genres and forms. And if you do give it shot, but still feel like it’s not for you, that’s perfectly fine. I’m just one person and what I do won’t make much of a difference, but I guess this is just my little way of trying to keep a part of history alive.

#music #musicians #classicalmusic

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ryqoshay · 6 years

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I was tagged by @lonelypond : Answer the questions below before tagging a fairly random number followers you want to get to know better.

I’ve never done one of these before, so what the heck, why not. First time for everything, right?

► Nicknames: In real life, mostly childish variations of my name, used by family and long-term friends. Here on the net, I’ve gained “Grandpa Ryqo” on Sukutomo, which I find amusing as all get out, so I’ve just gone with it.

► Gender: Meh…

► Sign: Not sure, honestly. And I’m too lazy to Google it atm. The only time I remember caring about astrological signs was when a friend got me into playing a modded version of Final Fantasy Tactics. Oh, and rolling my eyes at jokes about Nico being a Cancer.

► Height: A bit taller than average here in the U.S… I think? At least that’s been my observation

► Time: 14:07 CST at the time that I began filling this out… as of posting this, 16:55… I may have gotten distracted a few… oh look, another NicoMaki post!

► Birthday: In the third month of the year, probably

► Favorite Band/Artists: µ’s (They have maintained their top position for quite a while and likely will continue to do so for a while yet), Aqours, Hatsune Miku, Pentatonix, The Pillows, Queen, Benny Goodman, IOSYS, The Three Tenors, OK Go, Gorillaz, Peter Hollens, 2Cellos, The Supremes, The Beatles, Weird Al Yankovic, Lindsey Sterling, Johnny Cash, 403 Forbiddena, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Ink Spots, Buddy Holly, … how many pages are you willing to read?

► Song Stuck in My Head: Dancing stars on me (Probably because it was the last song that was playing as I pulled into the garage a while ago)

► Last Movie I Watched: … Is it wrong that I honest don’t remember? My former roommate’s family owned a theater, so I used to keep fairly current. But ever since I moved, I’ve kinda fallen out of the loop. I mean, I watched just the musical numbers of several movies; Love Live (as if that should surprise anyone who might read this), Oliver, Sound of Music, Camelot, The King and I, etc, etc, etc, over the past however long, but I couldn’t even tell you which one of those was most recent. And on writing this, I realize I haven’t seen a movie in the theater since TLJ… Geez, almost halfway through the year and I don’t think I’ve watched a single move from start to finish. I should probably look into fixing that soon.

► Last TV Show I Watched: Shooter (Not sure what episode of the second season, as it was simply where my mom and stepdad had left off. Can’t say I’m entirely sold on the show, but it’s free on Netflix so maybe I’ll watch the first episode someday)

► What Do I Post: NicoMaki (Currently just my own fic and reblogs of pics I like. However, I really should start reblogging some of the other amazing fics out there.), YohaRiko (Again, my own fic and the occasional reblog of pics I like), and more NicoMaki.

I’m not big on getting into politics or religion or the like on the net, so while I may occasionally hit the Like button, I pretty much never reblog; though I might someday make a sideblog for such things. Also, since it seems some people like my writing style, perhaps someday I might start posting some of my other, non-LL stuff.

I actually started this blog posting non-LL stuff (or rather, not-immediately-obvious-LL, or only-LL-if-you-squint stuff) and honestly didn’t expect it to go anywhere. (14 posts with a grand total of 1 Like among them) Heck, even my first two posts for HtHaN didn’t even reach double digits in Notes. But here I am, almost two years later, posting away, and loving it.

Oh, did I mention that I post NicoMaki?

► Do I Get Asks: Yes. Which reminds me, I need to respond to the last few… I have a bad habit of checking my Inbox while I am on break at work and not having time to reply right away, and then forgetting about it when I get home because the notification is gone. (Sorry for delays in responses)

► URL Meaning: Despite my obvious bias towards NicoMaki stuff, and some YohaRiko as well, my screenname, Ryqoshay came from elsewhere. When I first started playing video games, I often named my character (or one of my characters) Ricochet, if they were a ranged character, as a joke referencing a favored sound effect from movies. However, as I entered the world of MMO’s, that name was often already taken, so in the case of City of Heroes, I added -chan to the end and gave her some Japanese ancestry. Also, as part of her bio, it became a nickname granted to an energetic girl who was “always bouncing off the walls.”

Then came City of Villains and once again, Ricochet was taken so I decided to take a different route with the character name by intentionally misspelling it. But, as I fancy myself a writer, I couldn’t leave it at that and had to give her an in-universe reason. And as she was a villain, I was more than happy to take a romp down the well-worn “tragic backstory” road. Thus, her parents finally got names, Yuri and Quentin, and were sacrificed to the deities of drama. After the tragedy, Rico augmented the spelling of her existing nickname to include the first letters of their names. Through my time with CoV, Ryqo gained a mercenary guild as every character I created thereafter became a member, with bios that expanded my new lore.

Things ended up taking a turn for the medieval when what was supposed to be a two paragraph bio for a D&D game turned into dozens of pages and the entire guild being translated over to the new genre. Strangely, it wasn’t even Ryqo that I was going to be playing, rather a member of her guild that had been hired out. This is the story I mentioned earlier that I am still considering posting someday, either here or on AO3, maybe both. Also, more recently, Ryqo found herself translated yet again, into a modern, LL-style world, as an aspiring idol. These are what ended up as the first posts I ever made on this blog, as I had been inspired by an idea that came up on my other digital haunt, Sukutomo.

TL;DR version: Ryqoshay is an intentional misspelling of Ricochet and actually has little to do with my current obsession with NicoMaki and Love Live in general, but I like the name and see little reason to change it now.

► Average Hours of Sleep: You’re going to make me do math…? Hrm… 4 hours there… 6 there… 3 for those nights (days, since I work nights)… I, uhm… dunno. I work nights over the week and shift to a different schedule when I want to spend time with my day-dwelling family or friends. I haven’t had a regular sleep schedule probably since high school.

► Nationality: North American mutt with lineages tracing back to all parts of Europe.

Alright, so I’m supposed to tag a few of my own followers... ... when the heck did I get over 300? Uhm... as this is my first time making one of these, I’m going to take the easy route and stick with names I recognize from the notes on my posts. Let’s go with: @nicoismywaifu, @nocturnal-one8, @sayowo, @kurotheyamineko, @cupcakedesuwa and @thelegend31 for now. I tried tagging spiritpandora and westomaki as I look forward to seeing them show up in the notes of my fics, but Tumblr won’t let me for some reason.

#I guess I ended up doing one of these question list meme things after all #Was kinda fun #Might do another someday

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broken-winged-sparrow · 7 years

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Can I ask about your writing process? Do you write things start to finish? Or each scene separately as they come to you, and then piece them together?

I have a small amount of downtime at job and in or between classes, and I sit and consider a lot. I think and think and examine threads from all angles. I have an overarching idea of where the plot is going - I know the Big Things that happen - but the little ones come to me more slowly. I like to think of it as embroidery with found thread; this shade of blue would work well next to this particular green, that sort of thing. Once in a while, I have a thorny plot issue that I will solve simply by thinking about it hard enough.

Sometimes, individual touchstone scenes come to me long before their time, and I know where they are in the plot generally, but I still have to work my way up to them. There’s one scene coming up involving a masked ball that I have been aching to write for literally years at this point, but we aren’t there yet.

Eventually, I will have thought about things long enough that I have worked out all the major kinks. Then, I like to set aside a period of time where my disturbances will be minimal to none - this tends to be when I am home alone, AFTER all my homework is done - put on instrumental music (I like 2cellos, Piano Guys, Lindsey Stirling, anything with NO words) and I just sit and fucking write.

I feel my best work comes when I am allowed to write without interruption. The “best” chapters of the Lay, such as the skirmish in Carcarron and Jaya’s ascension, were written all in one sitting, or very close to one sitting. Multiple sessions make it difficult to me to feel the material and I don’t think it flows properly, which sometimes ends up in me trashing it and starting over, or reworking endlessly until I do.

By far my favorite part of the process is feeling my way from moment to moment. To borrow a quote, it’s less like writing it and more like unconvering it - true inspiration. My background in wiritng is as a roleplayer, so I love putting myself in the shoes of both sides of an equation and working it out organically, as it might unfold in reality. For example, I didn’t know until almost immediately beforehand that Jareth and Vee were going to harness a wild portal. What I knew was that Jaya was going to seek Jareth for help to get back to Elysea, and that Jareth had the raw ability to hold a portal, but not the skill to do it alone; I then asked myself, how would Jareth - this brilliant, reckless idiot of a mage-prodigy - handle this problem? Why, he would enlist Vee, of course - the only person he knows that he both trusts with his sister’s life, and with his own magic.

Embroidery of detail is also, in my experience, essential to making characters feel three-dimensional and the world feel alive. It’s not always planned, but if it makes sense and feels right, then it is so.

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