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thee-horny-thicky · 1 year

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The 141’s Music Taste

A/N: The genres and artists I’ve selected were chosen through the lenses of a Black American, and I have no clue how popular they are in the U.K. However, given that these men have traveled the world, I doubt that really matters. Anyway, enjoy :)

Captain John Price:

Now, I know he’s canonically only in his late 30s, but I imagine him loving oldies. And when I say oldies, I mean songs older than him. Blues, jazz, and classic rock have his heart. After a mission, he loves nothing more than to kick back with a cigar and whiskey, with some Ray Charles or Louis Armstrong playing in the background.

The only modern genre he really likes is R&B, largely due to how much the aforementioned genres influenced it. And by modern, I mean the stuff around during the early 2000s.

Also, despite his love for old music, he cannot stand classical. It gives him a headache and irritates him to high-heaven.

Simon ‘Ghost’ Riley:

I see a lot of people headcanon that Ghost is a metalhead. It’s an obvious choice and honestly makes sense. However, given his past, I believe that he’d have an aversion to metal. He might not be opposed to the classic rock ‘n roll sound, but metal? That’s a no-go.

I imagine him loving music that centers around self-expression and conveying what the artist has gone through. It grounds him and helps him feel a little more human. Thus, I think that he’d love blues and rap above all genres.

He especially loves 2Pac because of how often he talked about the social issues around him, even if Ghost himself can’t relate to the bulk of them. He just likes that 2Pac used his fame to talk about what his community was going through, and he loves his versatility.

R&B is another genre he regularly listens to, and I can even see him dabbling in pop. And by pop, I mean Lana Del Rey esc music. Also, as odd as it may seem, I can see him really liking Melanie Martinez.

Johnny ‘Soap’ McTavish:

Soap’s the metalhead of the bunch. He can give you an in-depth critique of all the famous bands and has a list of underground metal artists he adores. Due to being a part of an elite task force, he rarely gets a chance to see his favorites, so when he does, he buys a ludicrous amount of merchandise to commemorate the show.

However, though he’s a metalhead first and foremost, he can vibe with any music he can dance to. Beyonce’s Renaissance? He had it on repeat, playing it so much, that his bunkmates were too annoyed to even tease him. And after a particularly rough mission, I imagine he’d turn to a softer-sounding genre like R&B.

But don’t play anything too slow around him, because he will complain. And opera? It makes him murderous.

Kyle ‘Gaz’ Garrick:

Gaz was the only one to willingly listen to Renaissance with poor Johnny. I don’t know why, but I can picture him being a big Bey fan, his love for her going all the way back to her Destiny Child days when she was his celebrity crush. Play any Beyonce song, and he’ll be able to tell you the name of it within 2.3 seconds. And since he grew up during their domination, he’s also partial to the Spice Girls.

Prince and Michael Jackson are two more of his favorites, and he even managed to get Sosp hooked on them.

Now, he does also enjoy more ‘masculine’ music, the primary example being ‘90s gangsta rap. However, I imagine him preferring genres like R&B, pop, melodic rap, and neo-soul. And unlike Ghost, his pop music doesn’t need to have a sad girl or sad-core lilt. No, he’ll be fine jamming to Britney Spears, Dojo Cat, and Dua Lipa.

If you can’t tell by now, R&B is basically the only genre the 141 can agree on. Rhythm and Blues is a very versatile genre, allowing every member to enjoy it despite their varied music tastes. And honestly, I’m kinda obsessed with them blasting it during missions.

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randomvarious · 3 months

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German Trip Hop Playlist (YouTube)

Alright, folks, for the past couple Sundays I've been posting playlists comprised of German music from electronic genres that the country tends to be naturally associated with—trance and techno—but this week, to end this little Deutsch-centric foray I've been on, we're getting into some sweet cuts from a genre that Germany's not so typically known for: trip hop.

Now, maybe when you think of German music, you naturally assume some things. And probably because of Kraftwerk and krautrock and techno, you imagine stuff that sounds cold, mechanical, repetitious, and robotic. But this little playlist here, which really isn't even beginning to scratch the surface of Germany's trip hop landscape, should start to disabuse you of your very own wrongly held preconceived notions. All of these tracks here are a blend of smooth, blissful, and relaxing. Clearly and obviously, there’s far, far, far more to German music than sounding like an automaton, but maybe you never really thought about it all that much 🤷‍♂️.

So let's highlight some of these nuggets here, and start with a track that really seems to call back to trip hop's own Bristol, UK origins, when it was basically fusing Jamaican dub and hip hop in order to form sonic syrup in the late 80s and early 90s. The Frankfurt-based duo of Soul Patrol, who only ever released a pair of 12-inches, bring forth "Slow Groove," a sedative that served as their debut track when it appeared on a pair of compilations back in '95. This gem uses a sample that should sound *very* familiar to hip hop heads: Isaac Hayes' "Walk On By," a part of which was famously used in The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Warning," as well as another mid-90s trip hop tune, Belgian group Hooverphonic's "2 Wicky," which got a lot of burn on Pandora back when Pandora was still a big fucking deal. "Slow Groove" basically sounds like it was made by Portishead, but replacing Beth Gibbons on vocals is an American woman named Francesca Harper, who is actually now a world-renowned dancer. And it has a little over 43,000 plays across a few different uploads on YouTube.

Next up, from Berlin, we have a guy named Jiri.Ceiver, who in 1997 released a song called "Ycool" on a 10-inch single as well as his second and final album, Jig, Amble & Lisp, which were both put out on the legendary Frankfurt-based and Sven Väth co-owned Harthouse label. Harthouse had originally started out as a pioneering outlet for hard trance, trance, and techno in the early 90s, but by the latter part of that decade, and before they wound up closing their doors, they had expanded their palette with a bunch more electronic genres. And “Ycool,” a terrific piece of reconstructed trip hop-blues, serves as a sweet example of just how broad that expansion was getting. And it only has 169 plays!

And lastly, we have something beautifully dubby from another Berliner named Christian Kleine, whose 2000 tune, "Bitter Things," first exclusively appeared on a lovely double-disc compilation called Putting the Morr Back in Morrissey, which really had nothing to do with The Smiths' own frontman, other than the fact that a bunch of its songs had a reflective melancholy to them. However, despite "Bitter Things"' own title, this is a song that was really made to sync up with a sunrise. An organic, crunchy, and happy, boom-bappy bop, with cool, dubby effects employed all throughout. Over 36,000 plays across a few different YouTube uploads.

This playlist is ordered as chronologically as possible:

Nonplace Urban Field - "Universe" Jazz Con Bazz - "Wayz of Life" Knowtoryus - "The Revenge of the Bomberclad Joint (Kruder & Dorfmeister session, Part II)" Fon:Kin - "Montininja (Fauna Flash remix)" Hacienda - "Nightmare of Max" Soul Patrol - "Slow Groove (Soul Patrol original vocal)" Beanfield - "Charles (remix)" Jiri.Ceiver - "Ycool" Christian Kleine - "Bitter Things" Lali Puna - "Fast Forward (Flowchart Rmx)"

And this playlist is also on YouTube Music.

So with this start, we have ten personal German trip hop favorites of mine that appear on a handful of compilations that I've collected over the years. Totals at 53 minutes.

And next week we'll be staying in this chilly mode, but we'll be zooming out from Germany ⛄.

Enjoy!

More to come, eventually. Stay tuned!

Like what you hear? Follow me on Spotify and YouTube for more cool playlists and uploads!

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blossyossyossy · 1 year

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A few final things I would change about the cartoon. I would have Jazz narrate the show. I feel like even before Jazz knew I would have her narrate. Than on the episodes she fines out I'd have Danny narrate. Especially for the Ultimate Enemy episode. Also would have that brought back because man was that so huge. I love when the worst villians are always like a evil version of the main hero. Also Danny will have ptsd, especially about that. Because this boy should have it.

How I would slowly make Sam a villian: it's like a slow build up that slowly gets worse as the show progresses. Slow strain of the friendship, Tucker beign first that notices and is just done with Sams shit. Sam making the wrong choices. Have a creepy episode that foreshadows Sam turning a villian. Sam not letting things go being her fatal flaw. Mixed with unrequited love to add to it. Being possessed by Overgrowth gives her a taste of it. The point of no return is when she purposely makes a deal with Vlad that ends up with Jazz or Tucker almost badly hurt. And Danny makes the choice to cut her out his life. That's when she goes off the deep end ( Danny and Paulina starting to date also doesn't help things either). Who would you ship with Tucker? I personally just want to give so much more money his character. Especially considering he's like a genius in the show. I would makes his ties to Egyptian ghost more important and plot relevant to the show.

Sorry for the super late response, I got busy during my last few days before break and then got caught up in getting my hair done but now I have time to fully answer this!!

"I love when the worst villians are always like a evil version of the main hero." BIG SAME! I also just love seeing canon, alternate versions of reestablished characters but I especially love when they're an evil counterpart like the Rowdyruff Boys and the Powerpunk Girls to the Powerpuff Girls!!

Danny most definitely has PTSD after everything that's happened to him, probably from even before the portal accident tbh. I love when fanfics touch on this untapped potential. But then again is it really untapped potential if most 2000's shows never really touched on this? Yes.

Going out of order and back to the Jazz narrating thing now, how would that work? Would it her side of the story start when the accident happened or would it start a bit later like the show does? Once she finds out, would the perspective alternate between her and Danny occasionally or would it just stick to Danny most of the time/the entire time?

Honestly, I could see Tucker pulling away from Sam first considering their tendency to butt heads, especially in the first half of the show. Or maybe they did it more in the second half and I got used to it LMAO. OOH do you think spending time with Gregor- or Elliot I guess- could've been one of the things to push Sam to become a villain or would that just fall under "making the wrong choices"?

Hmm I think Tucker and Danny are a cute ship but other than that I don't really ship him with anyone that much. No offense to those who ship Tucker and Val but it lowkey seems like SOME of the people who ship them only do it because they're both black. Keyword is SOME, not all!! "I would make his ties to Egyptian ghost more important and plot-relevant to the show" that would be interesting and could give him more layers so I'd totally be down for that :o

#asks #Danny Phantom

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independentartistbuzz · 1 month

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Discover Tranquility in Peter Calandra's New Album "Spirit"

Peter Calandra's latest album release, "Spirit," is a captivating exploration into the depths of emotive piano compositions and ambient soundscapes.

The album comprises 13 tracks, featuring 10 original pieces and 3 arrangements of early 1970’s songs that he performed as a teenager in bands.

Amidst a time of chaos and much change in modern life, this collection of original pieces and re-imagined classics serve as a sanctuary, inviting listeners to pause and delve into greater moments of introspection:

“We live in turbulent times where success is measured in clicks and quite a bit of online content is limited to 60 seconds or less. All of this comes together to create a reality that flies by at an alarming rate where you can get swept up in all this and feel like you are on an out of control roller coaster ride. There has to be a place for music and art that moves people and tells a story and develops over time to help slow down the pace of life. That is the essence of what my goals are for the music I create. Telling stories in sound that touch people's hearts.”

With each track, Calandra blends gentle melodies and ethereal textures which create an atmosphere of tranquility and serenity. From the opening notes of the title track “Spirit”, Calandra’s virtuosity on the piano is immediately apparent. Each composition unfolds almost like a painting, with layers of sound meticulously crafted to evoke a range of different emotions.

Tracks like “Joyful Light", "Fading Memories" and "Night Sky" demonstrate an ability to convey profound feelings through delicate piano solos and real ambient beauty.

A highlight of the album is “Layla” which is an improvised piano solo based on the coda of the song by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon. Calandra re-imagines it with serene and calm notes which become more animated with touches of gospel, giving it a fresh new take.

Whether seeking moments of quiet reflection or simply longing to be swept away by beautiful music, “Spirit” delivers on all fronts, leaving a lasting impression long after the final notes fade away.

About Peter Calandra

Peter Calandra, a virtuoso pianist, composer, and educator, began his musical journey at age 5, later graduating with a Masters in Music Composition from Queens College, CUNY.

His illustrious career spans playing keyboard in iconic Broadway productions like "Little Shop Of Horrors" and "Phantom Of The Opera," transitioning into film scoring, composing for prestigious events, and releasing original instrumental albums while teaching at the Aaron Copland School of Music.

Three of his albums of original ambient music -- First Light (2015), The Road Home (2017) and Carpe Noctem (2018) were nominated for ZMR Awards. As a Film & TV composer, Calandra scored over 100 films and wrote over 2000 compositions for television. He has composed music for every major television network including the FIFA World Cup Theme for FOX Sports, the Special Olympics World Games and Invictus Games Theme for ESPN, as well as writing music for the Kennedy Center Honors on CBS from 2015 thru 2020.

Known for his diverse solo albums spanning world music, jazz, contemporary jazz, new age, pop, and neo-classical genres, his compositions are marked by emotive expressiveness and impeccable musicianship. He is a Yamaha endorsed artist.

Keep up to date with Peter Calandra on his Website.

Listen to music on Spotify and YouTube.

#music #spotify #indie #youtube #new music #indie music #indie artist #Spotify

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drunktayloratthevmas · 3 months

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Im llike so bored so I will just Talks bout how much I love certain Movies

1.- Whiplash

That movie... THAT MOVIE WAS LIFE CHANGING when I saw it like two years ago I love it SM, I love Movies when they have Long scenes like following a characther through halls or idk in a high point of view camera, also the colors and how the black and green or yellow or blue or even red All go together so well, also melissa benoist she looked so cute, and the soundtrack OH MY GODDDD I love jazz music and that like I LOVEEEEE THAT SHIT, anddd I love every single scene music was involved, and the final scene that was like 10 minutes or more that was my jammmm I ate it up, the outfits were there like.. There you get it? It was simple But it goes so well with the movie, and i love explaining why I love this movie to film bros who tell me I probably like a marvel movie (I hate superheroes Movies expect for Batman and Spiderman) and like they get 🕴️

2.- Saltburn

People say it was traumatising idk cause I have to get spoilers or else I am not gonna watch a movie like I wanna watch a good movie not a bad one Babe, and the grave, blood or bathtub scene was not disturbing it was normal a little meh, but the lightning in the movie was amazing, like a great example would be some of Jacob elordi's scenes when the light and the camera positivo makes him look like a worship or something wow cause Oliver looked at him like that, or the house tour that looked like a vogue video when its a pov of Oliver and that why its only focused on him, the outfits Are Sooo good, like they HAVE THE Money and they used it cause the pieces looked fancy and something people on the 2000s would use and people forget that it was set on the 2000s, the movie was not slow or fast it go a normal speed like... Some scenes could be deleted But its fun at least for me seeing scenes that Are like super random, the soundtrack was good like.. Yeah I liked it a lot, the Metaphors where really good like the angel wings or the doopleganger thing and the wine on Venecia 's glass and the way she died or the rocks REALLLYYYY GOOD

3.- The virgin suicides

My favorite movie of all times and i am not mad about the movie being from the male gaze cause it shows how little they cares about them or how they only showed thing that it matter for the Boys even when the girls were literally killing themselfes, the outfits were really cute and it shows HOE each one of the lisbon sisters Are, the prom Dresses were almost the same But they were different on the sleeves and flowers, the uniforms were also different one messy other complete other simple the other even more messy, the way they dressed at home or the colors they would were more, the Cinematography I feel it was pretty and simple like the movie But they show you the movie like a fantasy and them always smiling or smirking or just the way guys probably looked at the But the scenes were usually lux was sad she was like in a realll depression moment, I love Sofía sm I love her Movies <3

I got more bored so I will do this again probably in like a couple hours when I get bored again But not too much to stress myself

#Movies #im bored #im boreeed #the virgin suicides #whiplash #saltburn #jacob elordi #cinematography #movie review #my favorite movies

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middleoftheroadmusic · 4 months

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Artiste of the day: Captain & Tennille

If there was a love story that gradually became a heartbreak in old age, it was that of Captain & Tennille, one of the biggest middle-of-the-road music acts ever. They were most active in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Toni Tennille and her husband Daryl Dragon were one of the few musical acts of the time that were also a married couple (the only other examples of the period being the two couples in ABBA). They first began their careers in the 1960s performing as keyboardists and backup singers for Brian Wilson and his band. After famously donning a naval officer's cap during one concert, Daryl Dragon got his nickname "Captain" from Brian's brother Dennis. Tennille and Dragon married in 1975, the same year they released their breakthrough single, a cover of the Neil Sedaka song "Love will keep us together":

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Tennille was the more vivacious, outspoken, and creative half of the couple. She loved performing and being an entertainer. For starters, she was a classically-trained keyboardist and mezzo-soprano singer. She hosted her own syndicated talkshow on television, The Toni Tennille Show, where she interviewed such guests as Ginger Rogers and Marie Osmond. And she also wrote and sang most of Captain & Tennille's original material, including the 1980 Billboard Hot 100 Number 1 smash, "Do that to me one more time":

Dragon, on the other hand, was a man of very few words, rarely saying anything apart from the occasional backup vocal when on television or performing live, preferring to let his wife do the talking. He did, however, speak more when encouraged to do so, such as in this interview on his wife's talkshow:

Before he met Tennille, Dragon had been in a band with his brothers; along with his brother Doug, he sang co-lead vocal on one of their singles, "Mercy call" (featuring Tennille on backing vocals). This seems to have been the only time ever where the Captain did a lead vocal.

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After 39 years of marriage, Captain & Tennille divorced in 2014. Dragon died in 2019 at the age of 77.

Captain & Tennille were essentially one of the best examples of specialists in the middle-of-the-road style of music - so named because it does not fit anywhere, yet fits anywhere.

Middle-of-the-road music is usually keyboard- or piano-based. Most songs are slow ballads, though there are some that are upbeat, and some slow songs have a bit of electric guitars playing "power" chords; but all have a toned-down nature. The lyrics tend to focus on love-related themes, often anguish or angst-based issues. Some middle-of-the-road songs are instrumental. Many artistes coming from all genres and backgrounds have done middle-of-the-road music; some, like Captain & Tennille as above, were specialists in the style, meaning they did it exclusively. The style was biggest in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s, and the majority of middle-of-the-road music and artistes come from these periods.

Middle-of-the-road music has often been given wrong names, largely due to the competitive music marketing industry attempting to "classify" their artistes. Among other wrong monikers, it has been called things like "soft rock" - but it isn't because it doesn't have the rebellious nature of rock; "smooth jazz" (especially for instrumentals) - but it lacks the improvisational nature of jazz; or even "lite pop" - but the artistes don't possess the glamor of such pop artistes as Michael Jackson or Madonna.

We will be posting a lot about middle-of-the-road music on this Tumblr blog. About artistes that have done such music as well as about the joy such music has given us in our youth, and how it would be so useful to the world if it could see a proper revival in the present day and age, especially without all the misnomering that all these record labels have given them.

#toni tennille #daryl dragon #captain and tennille #middle-of-the-road music #Youtube

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smileysuh · 2 years

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hi! i've liked your work for a long time now and i admire your writing skills :)) do u have any tips or routines of some sort? your summarys r so good and the teaser for the frat kun story has been stuck in my mind hahshahha, i hope u're doing well, stay safe and take care !! :))

aw thank you!!! not gonna lie- i low key forgot about frat kun omg-

↳Synopsis: Kun is simply busy. He’s in a frat, a lead philanthropist at his uni who runs blood drives and he’s in premed. There’s no way he can add a girlfriend to his to do list, no matter how badly he wants to, besides, when he graduates, who knows where he’ll end up? And does he really want a death date on any relationship he starts, knowing he’ll be leaving it for further schooling? While all of this may be true, he can’t help the raw sexual energy that exudes from you both the moment you’re alone in a lab or pass each other between classes. Uni closets really weren’t built for this.

(because you focused on the synopsis portion, i’ll give you details about that :)

kakjlskjaklsjdlk ‘Uni Closets really weren’t built for this’

low key- it’s a tag line aksjkajksajksajk I used to take film writing courses, and i’m a film fanatic- so I sometimes use taglines in my summaries, there’s a whole article of examples here, but this is a screenshot of some of the important info about taglines:

I’ll give you a few more analytic examples of tagline usage and similar such ways to jazz up a summary below the cut :)

🍬 ask 🍬 ask m.list ✨ Masterpost ✨

Some of my best Synopsis...es :)

Main tip for when you’re writing a series/au summary: a cohesive aesthetic to fit the au/chaptered series is always nice :)

when i started the Frat au, i had no idea it would be a whole au- it was just supposed to be Johnny kasjkajkasjk, and from the start, i was playing with this kind of early 2000′s comedy movie vibe movie tagline aesthetic, with his summary ending like this: (...) Lucas has a secret, your friends try to play match maker, and you get sabotaged on multiple occasions, but it’s just another week at the frat

it really set the tone for the whole series i think- and you can see it continue in Baby Face and Team Captain:

Baby Face : Frat!Haechan ��14.4k, smut, reader insert ↳frat au, enemies to lovers, slow burn ↳Synopsis: You and Haechan have been enemies ever since highschool, when debates between you in class would get heated. Now, you’re in a sorority and he’s in your brother frat, NCT House. Trivia nights are supposed to be fun at the campus bar but you and Haechan always take it personally, and your friends see the the sexual tension, even if you and Haechan don’t. Johnny and Jaehyun concoct plans to force you and Haechan interact, frat boys lie, and even if Haechan gets you on your back, you’re never going to stop calling him the nickname he hates so much: “baby face”.

Team Captain : Frat!Jaehyun ↳14.2k, smut, reader insert ↳frat au, enemies to friends to lovers, slow burn ↳Synopsis: Jaehyun is a notorious lady killer. He’s captain of the soccer team and everyone on campus wants him… except for you, Yuta’s best friend. A camping trip featuring some of the rowdiest members of the frat includes drinks and a game of truth or dare. There’s laughs, horny men, and way too much pining to be healthy, just another day with NCT House.

it’s a nice pattern of:

1/2 sentences about past

1/2 sentences about present

1/2 sentences/hooks about what to expect in fic, with a general thread connecting the fics that connects to the au as a whole (theme is semi important, it’s crack fic frat au, so the 2000′s comedy vibe fits, it wouldn’t fit an angst fic).

another example to show different aesthetics would be Cam Baby- which didn’t get a nice vibe going until recent fics because i’ve learned these tips over time kajskasjkas

HeyChannie : Haechan ↳5.k, smut, reader insert ↳cam baby au, fuck buddy au, one sided pining ↳Synopsis: Haechan finally convinces you to go on a weekend getaway with him, where he makes sure to make your first time count… for all the camroom to see.

NiceGuyJohnny & TheJinyoung: Johnny & Jinyoung (got7) ↳7.5k, smut, reader insert ↳Cam Baby au, fuck buddy au, one sided pining, rough sex ↳Synopsis: A little romantic trip with Haechan leaves two of your primary doms feeling a little… jealous? possessive? downright insane? And they’re going to make sure you know it.

so, these are fun because ‘for all the camroom to see’ & ‘(they’re feeling jealous and) they’re going to make sure you know it’ fit the vibe for the whole series: the ‘one sided pining’- it’s what all these guys give cam baby, so it’s fun :) because the fics are semi short/ pwp (porn with plot), neither need a long summary. but the common thread of theme connects series- if you have the patience to plan these out aksjakjasksaj

one offs:

The V Week Spy: Jaehyun (ft. Haechan, Jungwoo, Johnny, Jeno, YangYang) ↳frat au, Valentine’s Day theme, shenanigans ↳Synopsis: Every year, seven days before Valentines day, sororities and frats are paired together, and eligible himbos, hoes, bimbos and fuckboys alike volunteer to be raffled for a chance to become the year’s V Week Spy. V Week is open season, with outings and parties tailored to be the perfect excuse for sexscapades, with the knowledge than 1 boy and 1 girl are undercover, grading sexual performances. Once the week is over, at the annual Valentines Day Party, the evaluations are presented- It’s a bad time to be unsure about someone’s feelings towards you, and an even worse time to fall in love.

About Time : Johnny & Haechan ↳idol au, oops i’m into my roommate’s girlfriend. ↳Synopsis: He knows he’s being A: bad friend, B: perverse, and C: self destructive, but Haechan can’t shake the feelings he has for his roommate’s girlfriend. And he takes absolutely no responsibility for his actions.

(this whole summary is low key a meme- which is Haechan ksjdskjaskjaksajk) honestly- 1/2 word per item lists, and things that come in 3 are good rules for summaries, examples: (past present and future = 3) (horny men, pining, nct house = list of 3)

Birthday Boy : Johnny & Jaehyun & Doyoung & Taeyong ↳Synopsis: there’s only one thing Jaehyun wants from his friends for his birthday, and that’s a taste of their girlfriend. She’s already dating three idols, what’s one more?

i hope these examples helped- but if not, let me show you the use of my 123 pattern

1/2 sentences about past

1/2 sentences about present

1/2 sentences/hooks about what to expect in fic, with a general thread connecting the fics that connects to the au as a whole

one off fic summary example:

angst racecar driver au : Haechan & Mark

↳synopsis : Haechan has spent years winning, and his most recent win has landed him a place on a professional formula one team, where he joins his friend Mark, whom had been scouted the year before. It’s not the first time Haechan had been looked over in favour of the Canadian born Korean race car driver, who, at 22, is already known for his ability to navigate the curves of even the most difficult tracks in Italy- It’s Haechan’s turn to prove himself now, not only to Mark and the coaches, but to you. You’d passed him over in favour of Mark once before, and Haechan is going to prove to you with his driving, just how wrong of a choice you had made.

Of course, there are SO many ways to write a summary- and as you saw, depending on fic length, summary changes length too- so many variables- it’s very much up to you :) but these are some of the things i personally consider and formula into summary creation :)

like- here, look at this:

SUMMARY ➢ uhhh he likes you and is a fiend for pussy idk bestie

@domjaehyun - pussy fiend

sometimes you’re just THAT good- and this is all you need. 100% respect. 100%- a brilliant description- im in love-

or you could have:

SYNOPSIS. Working as a pediatric nurse in a busy hospital has both its pros and cons. Some of the pros include: working with children, saving lives, and working alongside the extremely charming and surprisingly single Dr. Jeong Jaehyun. Some of the cons include: not having enough time to date, getting baby fever while being undeniably single, developing a crush on a co-worker, and being called into work on the one holiday you were granted off. Your dreams of ringing in the new year at a lavish party with a boy to kiss were ruined by the night shift but at least you had Dr. Jeong to keep you company when the clock strikes twelve.

@sehunniepotwrites - the midnight shift

also freaking bRILLIANT

good luck!

thanks for the question!!!

#i low key love analyzing writing-#and you bet your butt i can analyze my own to give some tips :)#low key-#when i was in uni for creative writing #my profs would talk shit about second person writing #and how there's no use for it #and i wrote a legit essay long comment explaining how wrong they were #and the prof ignored me #but like- 7 people messaged me #and were like... teach us more #sdkjskjdskjdks #i think fanfic writers #and honestly anyone who produces content on tumblr #is kind of like a mini treasure trove of specific info #like we all got into the game somehow #we all have different ways we go about it-#i've legit been writing fanfic since i was 12 #it started with one direction on quotev #where i did horrible ocs and each chapter was the most randomly stupid conflict-#i decided to like- crash a whole plane with all the 1d members #and their 5 respective girlfriends #because i was a kid who was like ' gotta include every member in each fic'#askjakjsakjaskasjsak-#freaking- face claims- miley cyrus as twins but long and short hair versions #gosh- MEMORIES- and the account is still up KASJKAJSKASJKSA #but yeah- like #you learn SO MUCH-#and even if you're a new writer #i'm sure there's something we could learn from every content creator on tumblr #something different/unique-

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dendre · 2 years

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Na, most, hogy kijöttek az első 2021-es év végi albumlisták, itt a tökéletes időpont megosztani a 2020-as félkész (jó, 7/8-ad kész) albumlistámat.

Ex-recorderes barátokkal tettünk egy szolid kísérletet arra, valamikor januárban, hogy megint összedobunk egy közöset, de az rajtam ment el, elnézést, viszont a 2000-es és a 2001-es visszatekintőt megcsináljuk, ígérem!

Ezt valamikor akkoriban, 2021 elején hagytam így, azóta se volt érkezés befejezni, a terv az volt, hogy egy rendes évvégi, rangsoros top 50 mellé odateszek még 200-at, mondvacsinált szétválasztással (mainstream, undergound), abc-ben, ennek a pontosítása akadt el, még várakozik egy rakás 2020-ban hallott, félig hallott lemez, hogy ide bedobáljam őket (a top 50-ben ezek közül talán már semmit nem gondoltam betenni). Persze azóta már hallottam nagyon jó 2020-as lemezt idén is, most nem ugrik be hirtelen mit, de egy ilyen lista amúgy is az adott évet, annak hangulatát, hallását kéne lefedje. A magyarokról írtam egy nagy cikket a Jelenbe, tavaly januárban.

Na mindegy, ennél tuti nem jutok előbbre vele már idén, vagy mostanában, a közeljövőben, szóval, muhahha, azt hiszem itt az ideje elengedni. Az első, Honey Harper egy nagyon jó kozmikus country-lemez, egészen biztosan az tetszett tavaly a legjobban.

Íme 2020 legjobb lemezei. Ja, várj, már a 2021-est kéne? Hát, azt nem látom jönni egyelőre.

2020 évvége

1-10 Honey Harper: Starmaker (alt-country) Charli XCX: How I’m Feeling Now (hyperpop) Annie: Dark Hearts (szintipop) Natalia Lafourcade: Un canto por México vol. 1 (ranchera, mexican folk) Lido Pimienta: Miss Columbia (latin elektronika)

Khruangbin: Mordechai (psych-rock-exotica) DJ Python: Mas amable (house-reggaeton) Maria Schneider Orchestra: Data Lords (big band jazz) Hen Ogledd: Free Humans (progfolk-artpop) Cindy Lee: What’s Tonight To Eternity (avantpop)

11-20 Róisín Murphy: Róisín Machine (discopop) Phoebe Bridgers: Punisher (indie-barokk-folk) Porridge Radio: Every Bad (indierock) Arca: KiCk i (deconstructed club) Rina Sawayama: Sawayama (nu-pop)

Beatrice Dillon: Workaround (elektroakusztikus idm) Jessie Ware: What’s Your Pleasure? (discosoulpop) Dan Deacon: Mystic Familiar (neopsych indietronica) Kali Uchis: Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) ∞ (latin neosoul&b) DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ: Charmed (90s club nostalgia)

21-30 Eartheater: Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin (avant-folktronica Yves Tumor: Heaven To A Tortured Mind (artrock) Against All Logic: 2017-19 (tech house, industri techno) Gil Scott-Heron–Makaya McCraven: We’re New Again - A Reimagining (jazz) AceMoMa: A New Dawn (d’n’b, techno)

Mac Miller: Circles (neosoul) Trance Wax: Trance Wax (trance, progbreaks) 070 Shake: Modus Vivendi (pop rap, alt r&b) Laura Marling: Song For Our Daughter (dalszerző-előadó) Duval Timothy: Help (jazz-hop-idm)

31-40 Elison 404: Pebbledash (uk hiphop, grime) Sparkle Division: To Feel Embraced (lounge-jazz) Moses Sumney: Græ (artpopsoul) Caroline Rose: Superstar (indie electro pop) Katie Gately: Loom (artpop, progelectonic)

Bill Fay: Countless Branches (kamarafolk) Tame Impala: The Slow Rush (szintipop) K-Lone: Cape Cira (tropical house) Kelly Lee Owens: Inner Song (tech housepop) Rafael Anton Irisarri: Peripeteia (ambient, drone)

41-50 Pa Slaieu: Send Them To Coventry (afroswing, uk hiphop) Helena Deland: Someone New (dreampop) E.M.M.A.: Indigo Dream (progresszív elekronika) Julianna Barwick: Healing Is A Miracle (kórusambient) Hey Colossus: Dances/Curses (psychrock)

Gallery S: Gallery S (house, breakbeat) Sega Bodega: Salvador (experi artpop) Aoife Nessa Frances: Land Of No Junction (indiefolk) Lorenzo Senni: Scacco Matto (ambient trance) Omar Apollo: Apolonio (neosoul) Kylie Minogue: DISCO (disco)

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+100 mainstream

420: 420 (deep house) AceMo: Mind Jungle (jungle) Beabadoobee: Fake It Flowers (bedroom indiepop) Charles Webster: Decision Time (deep house/triphop) Chloe x Halle: Ungodly Hour (cont r&bpop) Cornershop: England Is a Garden (indiepoprock) Drakeo the Ruler & JoogSzn: Thank You for Using GTL (jailrap) Drakeo the Ruler: We Know The Truth (gangsta rap) Dua Lipa: Future Nostalgia (pop) Fiona Apple: Fetch The Bolt Cutters (dalszerző-előadó) Fleet Foxes: Shore (indiefolk) Fontaines D.C.: A Hero’s Death (artpunk) Grimes: Miss Anthropocene (artpop) Haim: Women In Music Pt. III (poprock) HMLTD: West Of Eden (artglamsynthpoppunk) Idles: Ultra Mono (artpunk) Jessie Reyez: Before Love Came To Kill Us (r&b-soul) Jessy Lanza: All The Time (alt r&b uk bass) Ka: Descendants Of Cain (abstract hiphop) Kehlani: It Was Good Until It Wasn’t (cont r&b) KeiyaA: Forever, Ya Girl (neosouldreamhop) Machinedrum: A View of U (future/uk bass) MoMa Ready: Deep Technik (deep house) Moses Boyd: Dark Matter (nu-jazz) Nídia: Não Fales Nela Que A Mentes (batida, tarraxinha) nthng: Hypnotherapy (dubtechno) Nubya Garcia: Source (spiritualjazz) Perfume Genius: Set My Heart On Fire Immediately (dalszerző-előadó) Poliça: When We Stay Alive (indiepop) Run The Jewels: RTJ4 (hiphop) Sault: Untitled (Black Is) (neosoul) Sault: Untitled (Rise) (neosoul) Shabaka And The Ancestors: We Were Sent Here By History (afrojazz) The Avalanches: We Will Always Love You (neopsych-elektronika) Working Men’s Club: Working Men’s Club (dancepunk)

+100 underground

A.A. Williams: Forever Blue (kamarafolk, posztrock) Ana Roxanne: Because Of A Flower (ambient pop) Azu Tiwaline: Draw Me A Silence (illbient) Backxwash: God Has Nothing to Do With This Leave Him out of It (horrorcore) Bananagun: True Story Of Bananagun (psychpop) Christian Lee Hutson: Beginners (indiefolk) Dorian Electra: My Agenda (hyperpop) Gia Margaret: Mia Gargaret (ambient) Green-House: Six Songs For Invisible Gardens (fieldrec-ambient) Growing Concerns Poetry Collective: Big Dark Bright Future (spoken w, abstract rap) Ian William Craig: Red Sun Through Smoke (acapellaambient) Irreversible Entanglements: Who Sent You? (jazz poetry) Jasmine Infiniti: Bxtch Slap (industritechno) Jerskin Fendrix: Winterreise (weirdpop) Juniore: Un Deux Trois (french pop) Jyoti: Mama, You Can Bet! (psychsoul nujazz) Kairon; IRSE!: Polysomn (shoegaze) KMRU: Peel (ambient, drone) Lina_ Raül Refree: Lina_ Raül Refree (fado) Luedji Luna: Bom mesmo é estar debaixo d'água (MPB) Lyra Pramuk: Fountain (acapellaambient) Nazar: Guerrilla (kuduro, deconstructed club) Ovrkast.: Try Again (abstract hiphop) Sarah Davachi: Cantus, Descant (kamaradrone) Space Afrika: hybtwibt? (soundcollage) Spillage Village: Spillagion (rap) The Sonic Dawn: Enter the Mirage (psychrock) UKAEA: Energy Is Forever (dub techno) Ulla: Tumbling Towards a Wall (ambient-glitch)

És az eredeti doksiban itt van még nagyjából stílusok szerint egy rakás lemez unsorted, meg egy jegyzet, idebiggyesztem azt is a teljes transzparencia nevében, fogalmam sincs már mire akartam kifuttatni. :DD

Az imitálás kora

mindent elég magas szinten tudunk imitálni. Ismerjük a szabályokat, azok mentén könnyen létre tudunk hozni, imitációkat, megvannak hozzá az eszközeink, sőt azok egyre jobbak. Egyre többen imitálunk, közte egyre több a jó imitáció, természetesen folyamat ez. A létrehozás alapjai azonban változatlanok, a forma már kevéssé tágítható, így az újszerűség élménye ritkább.

#2020 #2020 eoty #best albums 2020 #honey harper

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dirtycccat · 3 years

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making mixtapes for the demon bros + undateables

true love is making playlists for people you care about so what if you did this,,, for the demon bros (and the undateables)

lucifer

classical music first, soft jazz second

lots of angry violin playing followed by soft dreamy piano

shostakovich, ravel, chopin

probably some opera too? anything that screams old boomer of culture

...and then chet baker and nina simone

(i’m sorry lucifer is a chet baker lover forever in my heart i mean have you heard my funny valentine or i’ve never been in love before or it ‘s always you? please that’s lucifer in love 101)

bonus: based on his character song i feel like he’d also enjoy lap dance music like two feet (like mammon and asmo)

anything slow and sensual but with a beat

mammon

basically either party music but horny or romantic / feel good rap

two feet, chet faker, tyler the creator

maybe pop punk???

he gives me angry pop punk dude that mellowed out and now sings abt his gf vibes idk why

also songs you can serenade him with (or the ones he used to serenade you)

lastly, hear me out: disney karaoke (no, i do not accept criticism)

levi

anime openings / endings and movie soundtracks

especially if you watched them together

(because everyone has a playlist with 2000s animes ops and old vocaloid music for nostalgia)

low fi for studying/ no thought head empty just gaming music 9 hours

but instead of studying he’ll listen to it while gaming because listening to a game’s soundtrack while playing another is a power move

satan

jazz lover on a good day metal on a bad day

...or both on a good day because some people listen to metal to calm down so why not

you do you king listen to metallica while sipping tea

also ofc he’d love punk for sure since he’s the forever angry teen boyo

but i feel like he’d prefer punk bands that aren’t made up of only angry white dudes

like against me for example

but he’d also like the classics like green day like how can you not

did he have a secret emo phase he told you about and you put some mcr too? maybe

asmo

lana del rey ugly crying karaoke when drunk

also mitski

and fiona apple

i feel like he’d do a lot of crying while listening to romantic songs and ain’t that a mood so put a lot of that

would probably like a mixtape with side a: sad romantic music only and side b:songs to strip to

bonus: another mixtape with broadway showtunes because we need a theatre kid in this family

he would probably like heathers, legally blonde, mean girls ya know the feel good musicals you can jam to

(can you imagine asmo singing welcome to my candy store? now you can you’re welcome)

beel

workout music

gorillaz and feel good music like abba

is he the type of person that works out to rap or techno music? we don’t know

he probably likes whatever is high energy and keeps up with his workout

but would also jam out to abba

likes soft i wanna sleep piano asmr? ya know music you listen to when you’re feeling soft and calm

which he can listen to w his twin

belphie

whale noises

rain against your window while you’re trying to sleep by the fireplace 9 hours asmr

dancing queen but you’re drunk in a bathroom at a party in the 80s

folk rock and goth country (for our cowboy hhehehehe)

just goth rock (but with him bela lugosi isn’t dead he’s just asleep)

experimental loud rap like death grips

2005 sad emo music to cry your mascara off to like mcr and fob

he doesn’t have any specific taste in music and could listen to anything and he means anything

simeon

canon theatre kid

you can’t stop him he likes all the musicals

probably into the more romantic ones though

rent, falsettos, hedwig and the angry inch

i really want simeon to play hedwig idk can you imagine it i cant but would like to

also hear me out: romantic french music

edith piaf, charles azvnavour, pomme

aka artists you can jam out to but also slow dance with your lover while listening to them

barbatos

classical music on the outside, loud metal on the inside

he’s that mom that drinks vodka and listens to loud metal for his alone time (you know the vine)

hidden theatre kid

but prefers the more dramatic and challenging musicals

les mis, the phantom of the opera, the great comet of 1812

hums the confrontation from les mis while cleaning the castle (both parts)

diavolo

disney enthusiast nr 1 dethrones mammon by a lot

you watched all movies with him and now he loves them and demands more disney karaoke sessions with you

probably used to classical music

but hear me out show him 80s rock and he’ll turn into an american whiskey dad

all the dad bands you could think of? he loves them

led zeppelin, queen, kiss, you name it

solomon

if you thought belphie had diverse tastes

hoo boy

say hello to the king of randomness

you could put angry classical music followed by metal followed by dad rock followed by fleetwood mac followed by david bowie followed by idk random spanish summer songs on the radio followed by edith piaf

and that’d be like his normal playlist

listens to anything which means you can go crazy since nothing makes him happier than being properly surprised by something new

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randomvarious · 7 years

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Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers - “I Want a Little Boy” Market Street: A Live Compilation 2000

This is a phenomenal slow jazz vocal performance from the Cafe du Nord in San Francisco. Probably my favorite song on the entire compilation. Ms. Smith is quite the songstress.

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floof-ghostie · 3 years

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Bnha + music

Okay so first of all, Dabi and Shinsou both listen to Arctic Monkeys.

Ashido, and Camie definitely listen to Megan thee Stallion, Doja Cat, and Nicki Minaj

Miruko also listens to Megan thee Stallion, but also Rico Nasty.

Yaoyorozu is really into Destiny's child, and SZA. She actually likes female RnB in general.

Sero and Satou enjoy Notorious B.I.G and Tupac.

Todoroki listens to a lot of indie bands, mainly due to his mother's influence.

Jirou listens to Joan Jett, as well as the Runaways, and Panic! at the disco girls/girls/boys. Though her taste is pretty refined and widespread.

Kuroiro, Tokoyami, and Kamakiri all listen to MCR. Vlad King has walked in on them screaming "Welcome to the black parade", and walked right out of the room, lmao.

Vlad king enjoys Jazz artists, like Nat King Cole.

Honenuki enjoys 2000's pop music for some reason.

Tokage and Komori love K-pop and J-pop. Often gush about certain bands.

Hatsume's playlist is so insane it's not even funny.

A slow song could finish playing, and then a crazy rock song would start and she doesn't even blink an eye.

Also obligatory mention that "Crazy = genius" by P!atd is her anthem.

Yanagi enjoys lofi music, and recommends playlists to her friends to study.

Tsuburaba's taste fluctuates between meme songs, the entire Avatar soundtrack, or whatever is on the radio.

Aoyama seems like the kind of guy who loves classical music and such, but really, he enjoys Rihanna, and Beyoncé.

Fuyumi likes Alessia Cara, and blasts her songs whenever Endeavor isn't home.

Hawks likes a lot of songs by Gorillaz.

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dustedmagazine · 2 years

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Movietone — Peel Sessions 1994-1997 (Textile)

Photo by Sandrine Champdavoine

MOVIETONE "Peel Sessions 1994 - 1997" by Textile Records

Movietone captured a quiet chaos in three Peel Sessions from the late 1990s, layering narcotic wisps of vocal melody atop a roiling surge of drums, guitars, piano, strings and reeds. This Textile compilation collects live recordings from the band’s very beginnings, shortly after the first single in 1995 to the period just after 1997’s Day and Night, when founders Kate Wright and Rachel Brook were already working out songs for 2000’s The Blossom Filled Streets. Listening to them in sequence, you can hear Movietone evolving from a soft focus, trance-y, quiet core outfit into something wilder, denser and full of jazz-like squalls and flourishes.

Matt Elliott, later of Third Eye Foundation, plays guitar and other instruments for all three sets; in the last one, he had already quit the band, so his piano playing on, for instance, “Hydra” is here but not on the album version. These tracks have never before been released on any physical format, so unless you tuned in at the time, you haven’t heard these particular versions of Movietone’s work.

Movietone captured Peel’s ear early on, because the band came from a Bristol scene he was familiar with, and emerged from a band that launched two other 1990s psychedelic powerhouses: David Pierce’s Flying Saucer Attack and Elliott’s Third Eye Foundation. Without knowing much about Lynda’s Strange Vacation beyond that, it’s worth looking into further. One of the loudest, most dissonant and striking tracks from the first session, “Stone,” is, in fact, a Lynda’s Strange Vacation tune; it sounds like early Sonic Youth but a little more somnolent.

This first session also picks up the 1995 single “Mono Valley.” It’s calm on the surface, with its slow, shimmering guitars and murmured verse, but it rolls with a subdural violence, the clang of sudden, loud piano chords and, at one point, the sound of breaking glass. (According to the album notes, they did that live in the studio, smashing a glass in bass player Matt Jones’ instrument case.) It’s lulling but full of threat, like the roof caving in while you sleep.

The second session, from early 1996, previews songs from the second Movietone album, Day and Night. “The Voice Came Out of the Box and Dropped Into the Sea” was an early version of “Useless Landscape.” It is noticeably more lyrical and melodic than anything from the first session, constructed out of acoustic guitar, a trebly electronic keyboard sound and swishing, swaying drumbeats. A clarinet floats by at one point. Still even in this pastoral cut, a sinewy electric guitar saws up from the depths; it’s a bright bauble sucked down into an undertow of noise and distortion. “Chocolate Grinder” follows a low-toned riff through bomb-whistling effects and squiggly scratch sound, syncopated, but gently, so that you hear a modified funkiness as through a thick wash of codeine. Elliott intersperses samples from the band’s first single into this live version, a sound that was notably absent from the album cut, which was re-titled “Night of the Acacias.”

The final three tracks come from August 1997, oddly enough, the same day Princess Diana died. There are only three tracks, rather than four, but they are all good. “Hydra” follows a sinuous, jazz-like groove, bristling with off-beat drums and swelling with thickets of saxophone. You notice immediately how warm and full bodied it is compared to the 1995 session’s ghostly tones. “The Blossom Filled Streets” is more whispery, but it moves with a subtle, in-the-pocket sophistication—the bass is lovely—and again, fills out the corners with warm sax and twinkling piano. “Facing West from California” likewise slants towards jazz without losing the subterranean tensions of Movietone’s earliest work.

The three sessions give you a good sense of how Movietone developed over time, from the pure chaotic rock energy of “Stone,” to the trip-hoppy lull of the first session, to the more elaborately arranged and instrumented jazz-leaning grooves of the final recording. If you’re a long-time fan, of course you’ll want it. It’ll let you trace the way Movietone’s songs developed and how key players like Elliott shaped (or later didn’t shape) the sound. But if you’re new to Movietone, it’s also well worth hearing, a relic of the “quiet is the new loud” age that is so much more than that.

Jennifer Kelly

#dusted magazine #album review #jennifer kelly #movietone #peel sessions 1994-1997 #textile #john peel #third eye foundation #bristol

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Joseph Maurice Ravel was born on March 7, 1875. He was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In the 1920s and 1930s Ravel was internationally regarded as France's greatest living composer.

Born to a music-loving family, Ravel attended France's premier music college, the Paris Conservatoire; he was not well regarded by its conservative establishment, whose biased treatment of him caused a scandal. After leaving the conservatoire, Ravel found his own way as a composer, developing a style of great clarity and incorporating elements of modernism, baroque, neoclassicism and, in his later works, jazz. He liked to experiment with musical form, as in his best-known work, Boléro (1928), in which repetition takes the place of development. Renowned for his abilities in orchestration, Ravel made some orchestral arrangements of other composers' piano music, of which his 1922 version of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition is the best known.

A slow and painstaking worker, Ravel composed fewer pieces than many of his contemporaries. Among his works to enter the repertoire are pieces for piano, chamber music, two piano concertos, ballet music, two operas and eight song cycles; he wrote no symphonies or church music. Many of his works exist in two versions: first, a piano score and later an orchestration. Some of his piano music, such as Gaspard de la nuit (1908), is exceptionally difficult to play, and his complex orchestral works such as Daphnis et Chloé (1912) require skilful balance in performance.

Ravel was among the first composers to recognise the potential of recording to bring their music to a wider public. From the 1920s, despite limited technique as a pianist or conductor, he took part in recordings of several of his works; others were made under his supervision.

Ravel declined not only the Légion d'honneur, but all state honours from France, refusing to let his name go forward for election to the Institut de France. He accepted foreign awards, including honorary membership of the Royal Philharmonic Society in 1921, the Belgian Ordre de Léopold in 1926, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Oxford in 1928.

After Ravel's death, his brother and legatee, Edouard, turned the composer's house at Montfort-l'Amaury into a museum, leaving it substantially as Ravel had known it. As of 2018 the maison-musée de Maurice Ravel remains open for guided tours.

In his later years, Edouard Ravel declared his intention to leave the bulk of the composer's estate to the city of Paris for the endowment of a Nobel Prize in music, but evidently changed his mind. After his death in 1960, the estate passed through several hands. Despite the substantial royalties paid for performing Ravel's music, the news magazine Le Point reported in 2000 that it was unclear who the beneficiaries were. The British newspaper The Guardian reported in 2001 that no money from royalties had been forthcoming for the maintenance of the Ravel museum at Montfort-l'Amaury, which was in a poor state of repair.

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kingstylesdaily · 4 years

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Why Harry Styles Just Scored His First No. 1 Song

Like any boy band alumnus, he first had to overcome radio’s bias against teen heartthrobs.

Late summer is a great time for sleeper hits: songs that have been hanging around the charts for months and finally hit their stride. Four years ago, in August 2016, Sia’s “Cheap Thrills” reached No. 1 after knocking around the charts since the prior winter, getting its final boost from a Sean Paul remix. In September 2018, Maroon 5’s year-old “Girls Like You” slipped into the top slot after wafting around the Top 10 for more than four months, with a Cardi B verse putting it over the edge. Last year around Labor Day, Lizzo finally topped the Hot 100 with “Truth Hurts,” a song that was two years old and had been rising gradually on the chart since the spring.

This year’s sleeper hit is “Watermelon Sugar,” a wisp of a song by boy bander–turned–self-styled rock star Harry Styles. With a name inspired by Richard Brautigan’s hippie-era, post-apocalyptic novella In Watermelon Sugar, Styles’ lackadaisical tune is not only a sleeper but a grower, the sort of hit that sneaks up on you—I wasn’t sure it even had a fully written chorus the first time I heard it, and I’m pretty sure I’m not alone. Indeed, the whole nation took its time deciding that this quirky ditty would give the starriest, most eccentric member of One Direction his first-ever U.S. chart-topper.

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“Watermelon Sugar” is the third single promoted from Styles’ second solo album Fine Line, which was released last December. That alone is remarkable, given the challenge in the digital age of generating chart interest in anything other than an album’s first couple of singles. Generally, in an era when all of an album’s songs are available to be consumed the day the album drops, you need a remix or a special guest of some kind to gin up chart action months after the song first hits streaming. “Sugar” has none of those. To be sure, there was some gimmickry fueling the song’s leap to the top, albeit of an old-fashioned kind: The song had its best week of sales ever thanks to an assortment of limited-edition vinyl and cassette singles that came bundled with a digital download. Those sales got “Sugar” the last mile on the charts, but Columbia Records wouldn’t have put the physical goods on sale if the song wasn’t already a radio smash—“Sugar” currently has the second-biggest U.S. airplay audience—and they knew they had an opening between current hits by Taylor Swift and a pair of lascivious female rappers I’ll almost certainly be writing about in this space next week. So, fair play to Team Harry: They took advantage of an open chart window, a tactic as old as the Hot 100 itself.

As “Sugar” leaps from No. 7 to No. 1 on the Hot 100 this week—essentially switching places with his ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift’s “Cardigan,” which falls to No. 8—Styles scores only the second-ever chart-topper by a member of One Direction. That includes all of the hits by 1D itself. In its five years of recording, from 2011 through 2015, the band never scored a Hot 100 No. 1. This despite topping the Billboard 200 album chart with its first four studio albums, the only group in history to launch a career with that haul. So … what was that other 1D-affiliated Hot 100–topper I mentioned? It was by ex-member Zayn Malik, the only member to break from the crew while it was still active. Zayn’s smoldering, Weeknd-esque boudoir jam “Pillowtalk” debuted at No. 1—and spent a solitary week there—in the winter of 2016, fueled by blockbuster streams and downloads ginned up by 1D superfans still mourning his departure the prior year and the group’s resulting, presumably permanent hiatus.

Explaining how the top-selling boy band of the 2010s could shift so many CDs and downloads but generate only two No. 1 singles means briefly recapping the fraught history of boy bands and the charts. Selling albums has never been hard for pinup pop groups, since the days of Meet the Beatles! and More of the Monkees. And in the ’70s and ’80s, such precision sing-and-dance troupes as the Jackson 5, the Osmonds, and New Edition managed to generate both gold albums and chart-conquering singles. In 1989, New Kids on the Block had the year’s second-biggest album and four of the year’s top singles, including a pair of No. 1s. But starting in the ’90s, as U.S. radio networks consolidated (fueled by the 1996 Telecommunications Act) and programmers more narrowly targeted specific demographics, radio stations shied away from maximalist teen-pop that appealed primarily to under-18 audiences. By the end of that decade, even as boy bands were enjoying a new wave of TRL-fueled popularity, radio became a chart handicap for them. The Backstreet Boys and ’N Sync had the top-selling albums of 1999 and 2000, respectively—the diamond-selling Millennium and No Strings Attached—but only scored a solitary Hot 100 topper between them, ’N Sync’s “It’s Gonna Be Me.” (Backstreet never hit No. 1: The deathless “I Want It That Way” peaked at No. 6.)

This radio bias against boy bands has persisted into the 21st century. And ever since the Hot 100 went digital about a decade and a half ago, teen-pop’s chart placements have been the result of a battle between rabid downloaders and radio gatekeepers—massive digital sales compensating for modest radio play. For example, radio was what kept the Jonas Brothers from scoring any chart-topping hits during their original wave of teen idoldom; their biggest hit of the ’00s, the No. 5 hit “Burnin’ Up,” sold 2 million downloads but only ranked 55th at U.S. radio. By the ’10s, the same fate befell one-man boy band Justin Bieber. In this long-running Slate series, I have chronicled the blow-by-blow between Justin Bieber and radio programmers that swung from Justin as hit-starved teen idol in the early ’10s to dominant young-adult chart-dominator in the late ’10s. In the early ’10s period, Bieber was a YouTube and iTunes demigod with not a single radio smash to his name. He could sell a half-million downloads of “Boyfriend” in a week and still fall short of the No. 1 spot, thanks (no thanks) to radio.

For One Direction, the chart patterns were the same. A Frankenstein’s monster that Simon Cowell famously threw together in 2010 on his televised competition The X Factor from five solo competitors—Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson—1D continually found its singles dragged down on the Hot 100 by radio, even as the band sold truckloads of albums. The pattern was set in fall 2012 when “Live While We’re Young” debuted with a staggering 341,000 downloads but could only get to No. 3 on the Hot 100, thanks to its 50th-ranked radio airplay. In the summer of 2013, the slyly Who-interpolating “Best Song Ever” became 1D’s highest-charting hit ever, debuting at No. 2 with record video views and near-record downloads, but at radio it never got past No. 53. “Story of My Life” (No. 6, 2014), “Drag Me Down” (No. 3, 2015)—no matter how many downloads sold or videos viewed, 1D could never top the Hot 100 so long as its radio spins remained limited.

The reason I’m running down all of this granular chart data is it reveals the hurdles both 1D and its post-breakup soloists had to overcome to top the Hot 100. Like Justin Bieber, they had to become credible radio fodder with adults as well as kids. With his early break from the group, Zayn was the first to pull this off. Though “Pillowtalk” debuted at No. 1 largely due to massive sales and streams, the carnal song did eventually become a No. 4–ranked airplay hit. Cleverly, Zayn had chosen a then-current EDM-inflected R&B mode and dropped his debut while the Weeknd was between albums. Other former 1D-ers have had their share of solid radio hits, including Liam Payne’s hip-hop–inflected “Strip That Down” featuring Quavo of Migos (No. 10 on the Hot 100, No. 4 on Radio Songs) and Niall Horan’s softly bopping pop jam “Slow Hands” (No. 11 Hot 100, No. 2 Radio Songs).

And Harry Styles? He decided to make things harder on himself. His 2017 debut album was chockablock with old-school classic rock. This would be like launching a career in 1964 with big-band jazz. While Styles’ fame ensured a big launch for his Bowie-esque single “Sign of the Times”—it opened, and peaked, at No. 4 on the Hot 100, fueled by strong downloads—radio showed only moderate interest. It eventually reached a modest No. 21 on the airplay chart. Later Harry singles like the twangy “Two Ghosts” and the thrashy “Kiwi” missed the Hot 100 and had little radio profile beyond a handful of pure-pop stations that were loyal to Styles from his 1D days. One admired Harry for following his artistic muse—more Joni Mitchell than Justin Bieber—but as a pop star, he arguably squandered his momentum coming out of One Direction.

What has made Fine Line, Styles’ sophomore album, such a clever left turn is he retained the rock flavor he naturally gravitates toward but converted it into mellow California-style surf-pop, and he let his production team—Tyler Johnson and Thomas “Kid Harpoon” Hull—fashion the songs into percolating radio jams. Each single has opened the door a bit wider: “Lights Up,” a No. 17 last October, is lightly strummed beach music with ethereal backing vocals. And “Adore You,” a No. 6 hit in April (for my money, still Styles’ best single), is thumping electropop. “Adore” in particular served as Styles’ entrée onto radio’s A-list—it reached No. 1 on mainstream Top 40 stations and No. 2 on Radio Songs by early summer.

With this beachhead established, Harry was finally free to let his freak flag fly with “Watermelon Sugar,” which is simultaneously his oddest single and his most infectious. The chorus consists of nothing more than the line “Watermelon sugar high” repeated a half-dozen or more times, with emphasis on the “HIGH.” (TikTok users have keyed into this idiosyncrasy, sharing videos in which the “high” gets its own video edit of the user playacting her best stoner face.) Last November, when Styles did double-duty hosting and singing on Saturday Night Live, “Sugar” was one of the songs he performed, and in that indoor setting, it came off as willfully quirky and seasonally incongruous; the song’s first verse line is “Tastes like strawberries on a summer evenin’.” Now, timed for 2020’s beach season—complete with a video filled with beautiful people on the shore, shot just before the pandemic and, according to a title card, “dedicated to touching”—it’s sitting atop the hit parade.

In short, Harry Styles finally has a profile on the radio and on the Hot 100 that matches his profile on magazine covers, and he achieved it on his own schedule and something like his own terms. Like John Lennon in the ’70s—the founder and nominal leader of the Beatles but the last former Fab to reach the toppermost of the poppermost as a solo artist—Styles just had to find his own way. As that onetime teen heartthrob sang, “Whatever gets you to the light, it’s all right.”

source: Slate

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I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it / The 1975

I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it is The 1975’s second studio album. This iconic alternative album was released in 2016 and continuously has over a million streams combined. In addition, the English rock album has received variety of awards from being on the 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s to reaching the Gold platform in the United States. The 1975 incorporates all sorts of new sounds into this album such as synth-pop, disco, electronic house, and R&B to deliver the overall mood of all 17 songs.

The introduction to the album, “The 1975”, is incredibly beautiful. It sounds like the beginning of a coming of age trailer that captures all the overwhelming emotions of the film and story.

Love Me is quite a legendary song in terms of how catchy the lyrics are and the musical layers of the band. I’m not sure how to properly describe it but it reminds me of a new age of 80s music with the electric guitar, synths, and drums. I do love the use of trumpets too to emphasize certain notes. The guitar solo is the perfect session to have a full jam out in your room. I really love that piano sound in the beginning and end of the song that sounds futuristic.

The beginning of UGH! sounds like an intro to a 2000s coming of age movie. It reminded me a lot of Clueless and Mean Girls. Again super catchy lyrics and melody.

The instrumentals of A Change Of Heart make me think of that slow dancing part of a junior high prom/dance. The way I visualize it is the main couple slow dancing underneath the bright light around their classmates after they just won prom king and queen. I love the electronic vocals and the piano synth used in this song. Again it still has that 80s feel to it that is perfect for this album and band.

I’m not sure why but the guitar rift in She’s American gives me Michael Jackson vibes. This song feels very American for some reason LOL. Again, it makes me visualize a scene in a coming of age movie where the main character is running and feels lost on what to do with her life. Catchy lyrics and melody. Personally don’t think this is their strongest song as it just feels similar to the others above but still a good song.

If I Believe You is very different from the songs we have listened to so far. I love Matty Healy’s vocals in this song so much and the production is literally beautiful. It is a very R&B inspired song with the slower pace tempo, back up vocals, piano, and drums. The 1975 still incorporate their own unique style in the song with the usage of electronic elements with the high hats, reverbs, and futuristic sounds. The middle of this song with the trumpet (3:30) is very jazz inspired. It is a beautiful intermission of the song. It is musically layered filled with so much emotion and sensation. The pizzicato from perhaps violins and harps really up lift this song. It adds an angelic layer to it as Healy continues on with the lyrics “If I am lost / how will i find myself?”. For me, the addition of these instruments makes me feel as I am ascending towards heaven or a higher awakening. One of The 1975’s most underrated songs in their whole career.

Please Be Naked is a perfect transition from If I Believe You because it sounds like the ending of a chapter and an opening to a new one. When looking at it through a coming of age lens, it appears as if the main character has said goodbye to their old past, old version of themselves, and everything that does not serve them. They are coming to terms with the reality of life and looking forwards for a new and higher purpose. Although there are no lyrics to this song, it is keep to pay attention to the instrumentals and the dynamics of each note. You can also hear the sounds of someone walking, closing the door, opening paper, etc that adds layers and meaning to the song. It is not another simple lofi or instrumental piece but rather it is an important one for the album and the 1975’s message. It tells a beautiful story over 4 minutes if you choose to really listen to the main character’s journey.

Once again, the introduction of Lostmyhead sounds like the continuation of the story from If I Believe You and Please Be Naked. The beginning is heavily rock inspired with the overwhelming guitar, piano synth, electric guitar solo, and much other sounds. I believe this is the point in the character’s journey where they are probably overlooking a building or a crowd and thinking to themselves that this is a start of something new. They are going onto this journey and not looking back anymore. I also love the use of string instruments here and how at the end of this song, everything finally drops. It is like we have finally bursted this bubble and allowed everything (emotions, purpose, life, etc) to hit us. You can hear this with the aggressive drum kick, the crescendos of the violins, and how dynamic everything else is. Then the song slowly crescendos and all we are left to hear is the futuristic sounds.

The Ballad of Me and My Brain has a very interesting introduction with the background vocals being manipulated with their dynamic and pitch. This song is heavily influenced by rock and synth pop as Healy’s vocals are more aggressive.

Somebody Else. The most iconic songs in our generation, the 1975’s career, in alternative pop music. Everything about this song is perfect from the lyrics to the musical production to simply everything. This song can put you into two moods: dance or sadness. You can visualize yourself dancing to this at a party/club or blasting this in your car at 2am as you sob. The versatile of this song is something that I believe many over look. Like you cannot just ignore the most help advice ever “Get someone you love / get someone you need / fuck that get money”.

Loving Someone is another LEGENDARY song from the 1975. I love everything about it from the lyrics, melody, musical production, and the execution of it. The introduction of the song is unlike anything you have heard of. It sounds like Matty Healy is rapping (perhaps) but it sure does have the influence electronic and indie pop. The flow of Matty Healy’s verses is very different from all the rest of the songs on this album. It shows how musical diverse the 1975 is and how they executed this new style perfectly. The ending is cute with the piano (sounds like ones we used to play as a child) and the monologue softly being played.

The self titled album song sounds like another intermission in the band’s album. This instrumental sounds to focus more on futuristic electronic sounds. It could be another story that Healy and the band is explaining to us through a coming of age lens. It sure is more optimistic than the other instrumental songs we have heard from the band in this album. I love how more towards the end, the overall pace and tone of the song is changed up as it has more of a dance feel to. Listening to it more, it sounds more of a song where everything is at a peak and peace. Where you can just jam the fuck out and not care about anything at all.

The Sound sounds like new beginnings. This could be why it is put in towards the end of the album. With the optimistic beat and melody, it could be referring to a new perspective on life. It does sound similar to a few of the 1975’s songs at the start of the album and that is due to the synth pop style the band is famous for. Overall, it is quite a catchy song and a nice one to jump around to.

This Must Be My Dream has a really unique intro. It really gives the song a 80s/90s feel to it. I believe the band uses a dream like bell sound for the melody. This song feels dreamy hence the title of the song. Towards the end of the song where the breakdown begins, it feels like the part where the dream starts to slowly warp and then the main character is reflecting on what just happened.

I believe everyone holds the song, Paris, in a special place in their heart. It is such a cute song with the melody, instrumentals, lyrics, and vocals. I would definitely listen to this song in my own room and sway alone under the flashing lights pretending I’m at a dance with my lover. The chorus after Healy says “How I would love to go to Paris again” is very dreamy with the echo background vocals and the synths. It is quite a slow song though so for me, I feel like 4 minutes and 53 seconds is drag for the song (that is just me because my attention span is short …)

Personally, I find Nana to be boring. Perhaps because of how slow it is but other than that, it seems like a nice song.

She Lays Down is another soft slow song but this time it is just Healy’s vocals with an acoustic guitar. I think it is a nice and beautiful way to end the album. It is a huge contrast to how the 1975 began this 2nd studio album. They began with their intro (The 1975) and Love Me, that immediately set the overall mood and tone of the album. It was very electric and energetic, while She Lays Down is a more mellow and reflectional piece. Overall, this album is a memorable work of art as many associate these songs with their teenage years. Some songs to mention are If I Believe You, Please Be Naked, Somebody Else, and Loving Someone. The 1975 is a powerful band with Healy’s vocals, lyrics, and style. Hopefully they will be able to create more music as similar to the ones in “I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it”.

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