#alto rhapsody

[cas-sims]

As the triplet sisters are young adults now, it’s a good time for an heir poll! You can read their short descriptions and find the voting link here.

Melody is neurotic and over-emotional, meaning she has quite a hard time dealing with everyday stuff. As a hot-headed sim, she easily gets angry, especially when someone does not respect her authority. Her lifelong ambition is to become a Forensic Specialist and prove to everyone that she is capable of reaching the top of the Law Enforcement career. However, she has a reputation for being a slob, which is definitely not ideal for forensics professionals... She enjoys playing the drums in her spare time and, as an angler sim, wants to learn how to fish.

Alto is the hipster-type artist of the family. As opposed to (most of) his sisters, he has good and nurturing traits - meaning he is a caring sim who excels at taking care of children. He used to babysit his three sisters, after all and would like to start a family of his own one day. He loves painting and guitar playing, and his dream is to master those skills. Alto loves to spend time outside, so he does not enjoy being a vampire very much - he’d like to actually enjoy the sun with other sims in the neighbourhood! He’s also a schmoozer, so he has an easy time making friends with coworkers and bosses.

Ever since Rhapsody was a little kid, she enjoyed tinkering with various appliances. She is the person who repairs everything in the household - she’s a handy and perfectionist sim. She’s also charismatic, meaning everyone likes conversations with her and wants to be her friend - which is good, as Rhapsody’s lifetime wish is to have 20 friends. She is a little hot-headed, but not as much as her sisters, so she is a relatively calm sim. She loves hot dogs, blood, and the colour red.

Lyra is the future Emperor of Evil. She was an evil, daredevil sim since she was a kid, and growing up she always was a bit extreme. She has no sense of humour, so she takes everything pretty seriously. Like her brother, she has the artistic trait and likes to paint a bit in her spare time. She’d also love to travel to faraway places, as she’s an adventurous sim, but it’s not easy when you always get in fights and arguments with others. She hopes one day she finds out how to balance well between chaotic mischief and regular sim life.

Aria is the youngest of the triplets, and possibly the most energetic one. She’s a party animal and loves to spend time on the couch, so don’t expect to see her working much - daytime naps and parties are way better, right? Like Lyra, she is evil and artistic, though she did not focus much on the art part - no time for that, when you are already planning out your Master Thief career. How will Aria become a criminal celebrity, though, when she is a loser sim? She loves makeup, playing chess and big earrings.

YOU CAN VOTE HERE :) The voting will last 24 hours. 

#heir voting #lepacy #legacy #legacy challenge #lepacy challenge #the sims #the sims 3 #sims #melody lovett #alto lovett #rhapsody lovett #lyra lovett #aria lovett

[lordarsonizzzzt]

Aight. So, the usual doctors (Bright, Clef, Glass and Kondraki) with a reader who sleeps with a sleeping mask. However the mask has SCP-096's face printed on it (it's a realist drawing of course)

so i'll make a mash up and put the 3 ideas you sent in one.

SCP DOCTORS WITH A CHAOTIC (BUT SILLY) READER

CHARACTERS: JACK BRIGHT, ALTO CLEF, SIMON GLASS.

DR BRIGHT

✦ He was chilling, today was calm and it was going slow.

✦ A few people gave him odd looks but he didn't say a lot, he always got looks because damn he's a Bright and that's already something.

✦ Until he crossed paths with you, who was wearing a replica of 963, you both looked at each other and he chuckled.

✦ "Hey Dr. Bright! That new body is looking sharp, were did you got it?"

✦ You laughed and gave him a small punch in the shoulder.

✦ "Don't tell a single soul, everyone is falling for it"

✦ He agreed to mantain his lips shut about this and he went to do his paperwork as usual.

✦ Almost ending his shift he got called by Cimmerian who asked him what the fuck was he doing holding a competition of eating hotdogs against 076-2 and why wasn't the person wearing the amulet picking up the phone but him, who was almost leaving the site.

✦ And that's how Bright had to go save your ass because while it was a good replica, it sure didn't gave you inmortality.

DR CLEF

⭐︎ Clef never chills, he's always up to something.

⭐︎ Today that something was making people wish they were deaf while he walked around playing his ukelele, smiling when they would curse at him.

⭐︎ Something made him stop on his tracks and he turned around when he saw you, with a metal bar close to your mouth.

⭐︎ You started to sing Bohemian Rhapsody and it kind of sounded like 049 if he... decided to sing.

⭐︎He took this as a challenge and played his ukelele louder while you were destroying your vocal chords.

⭐︎ Anyone that had to pass through that hallway would end up crying.

⭐︎ And that's how you met your best friend ladies and gentleman

DR GLASS

✣ After a long day of work he was going to take a nap in his In Site room.

✣ He opened the door and saw you sleeping on his bed, a sleeping mask on your face.

✣ When he got closer to wake you up he almost fell on his ass.

✣ Your sleeping mask was a really detailed picture of 096, lucky him it was a drawing.

✣ He shook you awake and started yelling at you because what the fuck is that in your face and why the fuck are you in his room, get the fuck out and burn that shit.

✣ Will not speak to you for a whole ass week.

#scp x reader #scp dr clef #dr clef x reader #dr bright x reader #dr glass x reader #scp dr glass #scp dr bright

[bear-do-well]

Diede was trying to see how love he could go while comfortably singing (remember his contra alto ask) so i wanted to try to find my range

And also tried to push it as high as possible so i seng the Galileo part of bohemian rhapsody

😅😅😅😅😅

mm very nice

#sound is fun #asks

[fictional-musician-competition]

sorry if this sounds mean or anything (that's not my intent) but raine whispers plays viola, not violin, as shown by music that's written in alto clef in the file about them

Okay, I actually have Thoughts and Opinions about this one! (I myself am both a violist and an Owl House fan lmao.) We do see sheet music of theirs in alto clef in Follies. However, Avi Roque (their VA) has called it a violin, and Raine's Rhapsody is almost definitely played by a violin on the soundtrack. It doesn't go lower than about a B3, and there's lots of high notes—idiomatic on the violin, (playable but) problematic on the viola. To me it seems more likely that the sheet music was animated by someone who just wanted to include that. Even in-universe, it makes sense for them to have music for another instrument—their secondary instrument, or something they wrote/arranged. (The unthinkable is that they switched from viola to violin, but I'm not gonna entertain that notion. Bad.)

However, does Raine Whispers deserve to be a violist?

They do. They really, really do and I wish they were. I don't think canon intended them to be, and if the writers said definitively that it's a viola I would be surprised...but, like, pleasantly surprised. Ecstatic surprised. I mean, you know how it is, being a violist. It wouls fit with the show and their character better, and it would be awesome to get a violist character, they're pretty rare. And a violist—the butt of orchestra jokes everywhere—who's the head of the bards? Hell yeah. I absolutely understand why a lot of fans want them to be a violist. I do too, I just don't think they are. And I mean, we never see their instrument in the flashforward...maybe they switched 😏

That was a lot of typing. TLDR: I think they are a violinist, unfortunately. However, I'll probably add viola in addition to violin on the poll. A case can be made, and a lot of people like to see them as a violist. Plus, the only other violists got eliminated in the preliminaries.

#so sorry if THIS comes off as unkind just. i really do have thoughts and opinions lmao #asks #raine whispers

[mrbacf]

Brahms - Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny), Rhapsody for Alto / Remastere...

#youtube #music #classical music #19th century #choral #vocal #aafje heynis #alto #johannes brahms

[queersrus]

Hi, Fukase anon here! Sorry, It never occurred to me that people may have a hard time coming up with things for characters they don't know a lot about. Sorry :( /gen

Anyways, I really love the clown and red theme ideas! Also, since Vocaloid is technically a music software, I was thinking some music-themed names as well! Also, as long as this isn't too specific, could you maybe do some X-themed things since there's a lot of Xs in his design?

I also like the idea of the darker, edgier themes, but I'd rather not have anything explicitly horror/slasher/demon related... as someone who kins Fukase, being associated with that stuff brings back some rough memories :( /nm

I'm sorry if I'm being too specific or picky or anything like that, and I hope everything I've said makes sense! Once again, thank you in advance :)

no worries!!

heres some names and pronouns based of red, clown, dark/edgy themes and the letter x!

Music names:

muse, musa, musica, musette harmony melody, mic, major, minor clef, capelle, capella, cord, chorus note key tone, tempo, timbre bar, beat, bridge, bass, blue, blues sheet, strum, song, singer, sang, string, sonata, soul acoust, adagio, allegro, andante, arpeggio, amp, alto, aria instro, instra, instrumenta rythm/rhythm, ryme/rhyme, rock, rocker orchest, orchestra pitch, pop funk

list here, here

red names:

Altemur, altan, autumn, apple, amaranth, alhambra, alroy danla, desire, desiree parichat, phoenix, pepper, poppy/poppie cher, cherry/cherrie/cherri, crimson, clifford, copper, candy/candie, currant, carmine, carmin, chili, coral, corsen, clancy maroon, merlot, mahogany, mohagan blood, brick, berry/berrie, blush, burgundy, barn, burn, blaze ruby, rust, rusty, rose, raspberry, redd, rede, redde, reder, redi/redie/redy, reddet/redet/reddett/reddette/redett/redette, redeta/reddeta/reddetta/reddeta, redin/redine, redina, redino, roso/rosso, rufus/rufous, rowan, rosa, rosie, roisin, rory, radley, rudyard, radcliff, redmond, redman, rumo, russel/russell, rohan, redford, rufina, reeding/reading, reed, rogan, roone, roth garnet, ginger, gough scarlet, sangria, strawberry, sienna, sorrel/sorrell jam wine, watermelon fire, flame, ferrari, flan/flann, flannel, flanner, flannery, flyn/flynn, flanna vermilion, venetia imperia tart, torch hazel, harkin

clown names:

Joseph, john, joey grock oleg emmett/emet/emmet/emett bozo, barry ronald krusty penny, pogo, pinto charles sunshine weary, willie albert, antonio, arthur daniel, david, demitri/dimitri, Demetrius/demitrius tinsel

actually found a whole wiki here

Dark/Edgy names:

dusk, dagger, draven, drake, draco, damon/daemon, damion/damien/damian grey/gray, gunner/gunnar, greer keir, khaos, knox, kestrel umbra, umbro poison, pain/payne asteroth/astaroth, asher, ammo, astrid chaos, crow, coen, chase, casper, caspian, cassian, carter, cage, colton hades, hemlock, hex, hunter, hawk, harper somber, sombre, sombra, serpent, snake, saber, stone, storm, slade/slayde, sparrow, salem, snow, smoke, slayer necro, natrix, nox, nix, nyx, nero, nash branwen, briar, blackwell, blade/blaid, blair, blase/blaze/blaise raven, reven, requiem, rhapsody/rapsody, rogue, ryder, ryker, raze, razer eris, elysium, ebony jinx, jett/jet, jack, jason lucien, lucius, lock/locke viper, venom, vlad, vane/vain/vein, veil, vee/v wolf/wolfe trix/tryx, trixie, thorn, tyren/tyrin, tirent, torrent, tyranny, toxin, tank, tempest, tanner zeke, zena fox, flask, falkner, falkon/falcon onyx/onix, obsidian xena

X names:

xen/xene, xavier, xena, xeno, xenon, xeon, xero, xerox, xyx, xyr/xyre, xyra, xray, xeny/xenny/xenie, xenia, xander/xzander, xyla, xyler/xylar, xia, xavi, xylia, xylitol, xioa, xu, xan, xanth/xanthe, xanthus, xavia, Xinjiang, xinia, xenophon/xenophone, xayvion/xavion, xochitl, xio, xion, xiona, xiomara, ximena, xanthia

many here

red 3rd p pronouns:

list here and here

clown 3rd p pronouns:

list here and here

edgy/dark 3rd p pronouns:

list here, here

x 3rd p pronouns:

xe/xem, xy/xem, xy/xyr, xe/xyr, xy/lo, xylo/phone xyi/lotl, x/x's, ex/ex's, ex/exes, xay/xem, xay/xyr, xie/xem, xie/xyr xe/no, xeno/xenos, xeno/morph, cross/crossed, cross/crosses, x'ed/out, exed/out, ex/amble

hope these help!

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[prince-simon]

I'm so sorry that people keep asking you! I can't imaging what it is like to find time with all the different things you have to combine.

I feel for you. I'm sorry it keeps happening and also... Maybe to those who keep pestering... BACK OFF! You try juggling writing a masterpiece, working (studying a presume??) AND still finding time for yourself!!

ANOTHER ALSO people do realise that it usually takes a PROFESSIONAL writers (who write full time... stressing on the FULL!!!) more than a year to write a book?? And they have basically written a thick ass book so yeah...

Give the legend some time and peace, they will post whenever they want!!!!

P.s. didn't know you where in a band... if you feel comfortable are you willing to share more about that aspect of your life?

thank you so much!! i've received so many sweet messages today i really appreciate you all so much!

and you're so right it does take professional writers such a long time to write books! i keep forgetting that myself as well tbh, and shouldn't put so much pressure on myself.

and yeah i'm totally comfortable to share! band makes it sound way cooler than it probably is haha and orchestra also sounds kinda fancy but i guess it's the closest word to it in german that i can think of. but it's basically a traditional german orchestra? i've been playing the alto sax for- holy shit twenty years now. started bc both my aunt and cousin are playing it as well. my whole family is pretty musically inclined, my grandpa actually helped found the orchestra and build our rehearsal space!

we got a new conductor last year so this will be our first big concert with him, everyone's very excited and nervous!

i'm gonna share some songs that we're gonna play so you can get an idea of what kind of music we're making haha

my fave (the whole orchestra's tbh):

and this is more the music we play throughout the year just to give you an idea haha:

we were also supposed to play bohemian rhapsody which would have been so amazing but unfortunately we kinda forgot to rehearse it so it was cut lol

#ask #bkfe00 #music #about me i guess

[julietianboy]

- musiden

definition: a xeniden related to music in general, or music in all of its forms.

etymology: music + iden

themes: birds singing, listening to the radio on a long car ride, a box of CDs, taking dust off a vinyl, humming, karaoke nights, lullabies, feeling the rhythm while you listen, making playlists, writing lyrics at the edge of your notebook, concerts, a busy theatre, folk songs, clapping

names: canto, song, lyre, carol, aria, sonata, apollo, pan, vox, lyric, melody, harmony, cadence, rhythm, harper, strummer, singer, tempo, calliope

viola, jazz, indie, rock, piper, alto, fifer, canary, drummer, symphony, adagio, bell, clarion, minuet, cello, radio, allegro, rhapsody, tango, opera, serenade, harp

chanson, serenata, cappella, duet, solo, choir, hymn, vinyl, dj, disco, cd, riff, amphion, siren, blues, ballad, banjo, medley, octave, tom, tune, poet

pronouns: am/amp/amps, son/song/songs, muse/music/musics, music/musics/musicals, lyr/lyre/lyric, hy/hym/hymn, si/sir/siren, note/notes/notes

fashion: headphones, band merch, music note patterns, earbuds, instrument case, music themed accessories, shirts with song lyrics, musical merch, portable music players

hobbies & interests: music, playing instruments, singing, dancing, musical theatre, opera, music theory, poetry

#thed.coins #musiden #xeniden #iden #xeniden coining #long post//

[toss-a-coin-to-your-bard]

orchid, abelia, sage, aloe vera, please and thank you :)

Hi yes hello Poe! See when you asked me these questions, I had to ponder them and now you got a whole lot of words to read through hihi

ily loads

orchid ⇢ what’s a song you consider to be perfect?

Tracy Chapmans Fast Car is a masterpiece of combining storytelling and melody with the instruments. It's timeless in the emotions it evokes and conveys and one of my favorite objective perfect songs atm. Jolene and Bohemian Rhapsody are top tier also.

But personally a song also needs to punch me in the heart, free my emotions in a way they can rearrange themselves anew. AURORA has three songs that gut punch me in the tear-jerker way atm.

There's the Mahogany Session of Boy In The Grass that I cannot listen to often because the background of the song makes it so much more emotional.

The second is a live version of Through The Eyes Of A Child which is the most bittersweet thing. I will tear up every time.

The third one is a live version of Murder Song she sang at 19(?)yo and is hauntingly beautiful

My subjective answer today will be It Happened Quiet by AURORA

And probably those two tomorrow

abelia ⇢ do you have a particular piece of jewelry you always wear or can’t part with?

I have started to wear a plain silver ring on my pinky and a slim silver chain (that once was a necklace to hand trinkets on I reckon?) on my wrist but not always.

My late great grandmother (mother of my late grandmother) gifted me a necklace and matching cuff bracelet she probably got on one her trips to the US (visiting her firstborn daughter in Phoenix, AZ) and my mum thinks it's probably a Native American work because of the art on the necklace. As my great grandma usually gave me money this is the only jewelry I refuse to part with even tho I have never worn it.

sage ⇢ what ‘medium’ of art (poetry, music, fiction, paintings, statues etc.) is the most touching to you? why do you think that is?

Poetry and music play a big part in my life. Of all the music that I adore the most loved is always also poetry, just given a melodious form. Rilke is my absolut favorite poem writer (Hesse a close second). I will get emotional over his poems and only indulge in reading his poems sometimes.

When im emotionally unwell you will see it in my nonexistent music listening habits, when im really excited about something I cannot stop the weirdest songs from getting stuck in my head and when im especially happy I hum happily while doing other things. I played the alto saxophone for half of my childhood/teenage years and even tho it lays dormant atm this is a passion that gives my life zest and has shaped me.

Its a special treat for me to get to see paintings and statues in museums (my mum once gifted me with a trip to the van Gogh museum in Amsterdam for my birthday and it was such a well-thought-out gift! I loved it.) I always get inspired by and filled with the biggest emotions when I can see the world through other people's eyes and their creative lense.

But.

Books are my not-so-secret passion since I learned how to read (and even before). I've learned many a life lesson from books and later fics gave me the language and right pointers on how to think about my own queerness. In some ways, literature saved my life. I will forever be grateful. In ten years this answer could as well lean more toward music but rn? Books.

(tao is not forgotten. I love them. It's kinda scary how much of myself I can see in them. I will definitely come back them)

aloe vera ⇢ what’s something (mundane) you really want to experience in life?

Having someone who I can be my favorite self around/with - possibly even living with them?

Waking up to laughter and soft smiles.

Having a garden, a dog, friends who live nearby so I can make dinner and cakes for them whenever.

My sorrows being outweighed by the daily, small happy memories that make life so precious.

#i talk #asked and answered #hi yes hello #ily poe #poe my beloved #this post was brought to you by #the formatting on my phone #I nearly lost my patience with the mobile app #and yet #it got done lmao #Poe I hope I didn't ramble too much #but i think #that was the point #right? #hi hi hi

[rafiknyclassical]

Rhapsody for Alto, Eric Coates

From 1936, very fresh!

#saxophone #alto saxophone #20th century classical #Youtube #bjarte bartmans

[butcherlarry]

Oooo, this looks like fun! I was tagged by @januariat for the “top 5 no-skip albums” tag game :D

The theme with all of my top 5 no-skip albums is that I have to be able to sing along with them. I was a choir kid when I was in high school, so I really enjoyed singing, and it is something that has stuck with me throughout my life.

1) The Producers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

I've listened to this soundtrack so many times, I have every song memorized. It helps make car rides go by faster for me, and keeps me entertained during tedious work. I also have good memories singing many of the songs st the top of my lungs with friends at the back of the marching band bud. Also, music and lyrics by Mel Brooks! Need I say more!?!

2) A Night at the Opera by Queen

So many good songs to sing along to, and it's the album with "Bohemian Rhapsody" on it. Although, "Prophet's Song" is amazing too. My coworker and I like to listen to this album while we're working in our lab, too 😁

3) In Your Honor by The Foo Fighters

I'm pretty sure this was my first Foo Fighters album that I ever listened to, and I love every song on it. I remember there were two CD in the album, and the second one was all acoustic. I sang alto in choir, and I enjoy singing harmonies. I was able to do that a lot with the acoustic CD (and figure out my own).

4) Thank You, Happy Birthday by Cage the Elephant

Cage the Elephant is so weird, but I love them. Not all of the songs I can sing along to, but the ones I do are my favorite (Always Something, Rubber Ball, Shake Me Down, Right Before My Eyes). Also, this album got me through a lot of all night study sessions in collge when I was studying for my AnSci Animal Anatomy class, especially the midterms (a midterm almost every over week, but if you did well on them, then you didn't have to take the final! I did not have to take the final, AND got an A. Thank you CtE 🫡)

5) Shine On by Jet

Fun fact! For my high school talent show, I sang "Shine On" from this album. Also, I really like how the last song can loop right back into the first song, so it's really easy to listen to it on repeat.

There are a few more albums I could probably add to the list, but the limit is 5, and I need to get to bed 😄

Other people I'm tagging are @halehathnofury @sunny-in-gotham @beachcat0772 and @pinesfamfan

#about me #ask meme #i literally have a playlist on spotify called 'singalong' #full of all the songs i like to sing a long to #a lot of weezer is on there #so i feel bad i left them out #'everything will be alright in the end' is an album i enjoy of their's #along with the 'red' and 'blue' albums

[ramimalekbrasil]

Rami com o seu prêmio, “O Ator”. 🥹 Prêmio concedido pelo @sagaftra Sindicato estadunidense dos atores, que hoje também representa outros profissionais de mídia em todo o mundo. Ser escolhido como o melhor pelos seus pares, é muito significativo. Eles sabem o quão difícil foi de ser feito e o quão perfeito foi Rami, representando Freddie Mercury. Como disse alguém no Twitter: “Rami colocou o sarrafo muito alto com a sua atuação em Bohemian Rhapsody”. 🥰🥰🥰👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 . #ramimalek #lucyboynton #bohemianrhapsody #freddiemercury #mrrobot #joemazzello #borhap #gwilymlee #benhardy #johndeacon #brianmay #rogertaylor #notimetodie #oppenheimer #busterkeaton #theamateur https://www.instagram.com/p/CpMIO79M9tL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#ramimalek #lucyboynton #bohemianrhapsody #freddiemercury #mrrobot #joemazzello #borhap #gwilymlee #benhardy #johndeacon #brianmay #rogertaylor #notimetodie #oppenheimer #busterkeaton #theamateur

[blogoslibertarios]

Tributo ao Queen traz show inédito ao Teatro Riachuelo neste domingo (24)

  Neste domingo (24), às 20h30, o Teatro Riachuelo, receberá a turnê ‘Queen Experience Extreme Coro e Orquestra’ pela primeira vez em Natal. No show, o grupo interpretará grandes sucessos da banda original, como “Love of My Life”, “Bohemian Rhapsody”, “Don’t Stop Me Now”, “Killer Under”, entre outros hits atemporais, trazendo a experiência imersiva de mais alto nível, em um show acompanhado por…

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#Queen #Show #teatro riachuelo

[elefantebu]

A deusa do Storytelling

Por Djenane Arraes

No ano em que Taylor Swift passou a ser a maior artista da atualidade, levando em consideração popularidade, vendas e publicidade, fiquei a pensar porque essa cantora americana chegou ao Olimpo. Afinal, Taylor Swift não é a mais bela entre as mulheres, e muito menos é sexy, atributos vendidos por cantoras como Madonna, Shakira, Ariana Grande, Jenifer Lopez e por aí vai. Ela também é uma cantora okay. Quando eu digo isso, quero dizer que Taylor canta direitinho, mas nem de longe tem voz marcante como Amy Winehouse, Beyoncé, Christina Aguilera (independente de gostar ou não, não se pode negar que ela canta pra caramba), Tina Turner, Whitney Houston... bom, você pegou a ideia. Puxa vida, até mesmo a voz de fumante de 80 anos da Miley Cyrus é mais marcante do que da Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift começou a carreira cantando country, transitou pelo pop country até se estabelecer como um ícone da música pop. Aos 33 anos, pode-se dizer que ela vivencia o auge da carreira. A idade em que ela se encontra não tem nada de extraordinário, pois o final dos 20 anos até meados dos 30 costuma ser o ponto alto de artistas pop. Os Beatles, Bob Dylan, Madonna, Michael Jackson... de um jeito ou de outro, todos esses artistas se estabeleceram no Olimpo mais ou menos nesta janela de idade. Não conheço nenhum hit hiper mega impactante dela. Eu não creio que ela tenha alguma canção que vá ser lembrada daqui a 50 anos, como Yesterday ou Like a Rolling Stone, Billie Jean ou Bohemian Rhapsody. Se ela não é a mais bonita, ou não tem a melhor voz, muito menos tem o hit dos hits, então por que Taylor Swift conseguiu o Olimpo?

Não preciso dizer que um excelente gerenciamento de carreira e produção tem grande responsabilidade nisso. Mas ao ouvir as canções de Taylor Swift, entendi que por trás de uma roupagem pop que não me atrai, existia canções de boa qualidade. Mais do que isso: Taylor Swift é uma compositora muito competente, talentosa e que tem grande domínio da técnica de storytelling. No meu entender, esse é o ponto que a difere de todos os outros artistas que atingiram o Olimpo. Mas o que diabo é storytelling? Trata-se de uma técnica em que articula-se a emoção com as informações, fatos e ações que constituem a estrutura narrativa da história, seja ela real ou ficcional. A técnica do storytelling é usada na publicidade, nos artigos científicos (naqueles que se consegue ler), nos roteiros, nos quadrinhos, e na música.

Se você pegar aquela edição das melhores músicas da língua inglesa segundo a revista Rolling Stone, vai perceber que boa parte das eleitas usam a técnica do storytelling para abordar os mais diversos temas: Heroes (David Bowie), Hotel California (The Eagles), Like a Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan), Sympathy for the Devil (Rolling Stones), In My Life (The Beatles). Taylor Swift usa e abusa do storytelling para criar empatia e fazer com que os ouvintes consigam se relacionar com a mensagem que ela quer transmitir, algumas delas usando experiências pessoais. Dois álbuns são dignos de estudo nesse sentido. O primeiro, 1989, representa o amadurecimento dela como compositora. É um disco todo bom. Não no sentido sonoro, mas nas composições. Em 1989 pode-se achar versos muito bacanas como: “Remember when we couldn’t take the heat? / I walked out, I said “I’m setting you free”/But the monsters turned out to be just trees / When the sun came up you were looking at me (Out of the Woods), e "You understand now why they lost their minds and fought the wars / And why I've spent my whole life trying to put it in words." (You Are in Love).

O album dela que eu mais aprecio é Folklore, por ser o trabalho mais indie e, portanto, o que mais se aproxima do meu gosto musical. Nele encontramos versos como: When you are young, they assume you know nothing/ But I knew you/ Dancin' in your Levi's/ Drunk under a streetlight” (Carddigan), e "I'm still a believer but I don't know why / I've never been a natural / All I do is try, try, try” (Mirrorball). Você pode ser avesso a essa bobagem de esteria a uma celebridade, ou mesmo não gostar da roupagem pop de Taylor, mas eu duvido que você não consiga se relacionar com nenhuma das passagens aqui exemplificadas. Talvez um fã desses mais histéricos não pare para pensar nas palavras porque essa pessoa só se importa realmente com o hype. Por outro lado, o leitor atento vai entender que Taylor sabe mesmo contar uma boa história em forma de música, e este vai ser entretido.

Taylor Swift merece o lugar conquistado no Olimpo. Os grandes sempre demonstram um atributo diferenciado para chegar até lá. Taylor ganhou o seu pedaço na história da música não por fazer uma obra sensacional e um som revolucionário, mas pelo talento para contar histórias e pela coleção delas que ela registrou ao longo dos discos. Em outras palavras: Taylor está no Olimpo pela consistência, e isso é muito raro.

#pops and indies #taylor swift #music

[andreagaibor15]

Mi concierto favorito

Yo nunca he ido a un concierto, sin embargo, en mis redes sociales usualmente me aparece contenido relacionado a los conciertos de mis bandas o cantantes favoritos.

En este blog voy a hablar sobre el concierto que, hasta el momento, más me ha impresionado. Esto no solo se debe a los cantantes o bandas que intervinieron, si no que también se debe al motivo por el que se ha realizado este concierto: rendirle tributo a Freddie Mercury.

En específico, la parte que más me impresionó de este concierto fue la increíble presentación que dieron Elton John, Axl Rose y Queen.

Freddie Mercury

Concierto para rendirle homenaje a Freddie Mercury

Queen es una banda británica de rock formada en 1970 en Londres, integrada por el cantante y pianista Freddie Mercury, el guitarrista Brian May, el baterista Roger Taylor y el bajista John Deacon. Esta banda ha lanzado numerosas canciones que tuvieron un gran éxito y alcance en todo el mundo, tales como: We Will Rock You (1977), We Are The Champions (1977), Another One Bites The Dust (1980).

Esta banda destacó por la espectacularidad y dinamismo de sus actuaciones y la asimilación al rock de tendencias jazzísticas, sinfónicas y operísticas.

Freddie Mercury contaba con un gran talento en el canto, y fue uno de los integrantes más amados de esta banda. Es por esto que su muerte (el 24 de noviembre de 1991) fue algo muy doloroso para todas las personas de aquella época. Su muerte se debió a una bronconeumonía complicada por el sida. El VIH le quitó la vida al legendario cantante de rock, más legendario si cabe después de su muerte.

El 24 de noviembre de 1991, el día de la muerte de Freddie, sus compañeros decidieron que antes de pensar cómo seguir adelante, le harían una despedida a su altura: majestuosa. Y tenía que ser sobre un escenario. Supieron en ese mismo momento que para reemplazarlo debían convocar decenas de grandes cantantes, que nadie podía hacerlo por sí solo

En febrero de 1992, en la entrega de los Brits Awards, los tres miembros sobrevivientes de Queen anunciaron que darían un concierto tributo a su cantante. Lo recaudado se destinaría a la investigación para la lucha contra el Sida.

En aquel concierto participaron las más grandes bandas del momento: Metallica y Guns N’ Roses, Def Leppard, David Bowie, Annie Lennox, George Michael, Elton John, Lisa Stanfield, Extreme, Paul Young, Roger Daltrey y muchos más. También estaría Liz Taylor por su permanente aporte a la causa del Sida.

Una mitad consistía en grandes bandas de rock tocando sus propios éxitos. La otra presentaba un súper espectáculo de Queen y sus amigos, en el que Brian May, Roger Taylor y John Deacon invitarían a toneladas de artistas icónicos para ayudarlos a tocar algunos clásicos de Queen.

El momento más brillantemente demente del concierto fue la unión de Queen con Elton John y el líder de Guns N’ Roses, Axl Rose, para una explosión de alto octanaje a través de Bohemian Rhapsody. Algunos consideraron controvertida la presencia de Rose, debido a que anteriormente él tuvo que enfrentar acusaciones de homofobia, y, tomando esto en cuenta, varios fanáticos de Freddie Mercury no estaban de acuerdo con que Rose se presentara debido a que Freddie Mercury era homosexual. Además, en 1992, Axl se había establecido como uno de los líderes más impredecibles del rock ‘n’ roll, y tocó a máquina el día del show de Freddie.

Elton empezó tocando el piano, y modeló su tono de voz alrededor de las icónicas líneas vocales de Freddie durante el primer minuto más o menos de la canción. Entonces, inesperadamente, está fuera de su asiento (aunque las notas del piano siguen sonando), micrófono en mano, paseando por el escenario y luciendo cariñosamente incómodo mientras se balancea y lidera a la multitud de más de 70,000 personas.

El estruendoso riff de heavy metal de Brian May cayeron, los fuegos artificiales estallaron y apareció Axl. Golpea a tiempo, girando por el escenario mientras 70,000 personas saltan a la vez.

La canción alcanza su crescendo antes de flotar en su desenlace impulsado por el piano, dejando que Elton y Axl canten juntos y se miren con amabilidad. Se funden en un medio abrazo incómodo que generalmente se reserva para los familiares olvidados que solo se ven una vez cada cinco años en una parrillada familiar.

Mi parte favorita de aquel concierto fue la presentación de Elton John y Axl Rose. De hecho, lo que más me gustó fue la entrada de Rose. Esto se debe a que me gustan las canciones que hacen y sus voces, aunque al principio consideré que la voz de Axl no iba acorde a las canciones de Queen.

A continuación, adjunto el link de un vídeo en donde se puede apreciar la presentación de estas figuras musicales tan importantes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNaLax4T-oM

Elton John y Axl Rose

#concierto #queen #guns n roses #elton john #freddie mercury

[hpmoon]

performed by Calefax Reed Quintet arranged for reed quintet by Raaf Hekkema filmed & edited by H. Paul Moon produced by Alban Wesly

in order of appearance: Bart de Kater, clarinet Oliver Boekhoorn, oboe Jelte Althuis, bass clarinet Raaf Hekkema, alto saxophone Alban Wesly, bassoon Kyabell Glass, poet and photographer Nikhil Bartolomeo, NYC Woodwinds Robert Scotto, Moondog biographer

from the Calefax album "An American Rhapsody" (Pentatone, 2023), used with permission from The Estate of Louis Hardin

special thanks to: Alexander Duve NYC Woodwinds Bosqe Flowers & Coffee Louis Masai Michel Terry O'Reilly

the lyrics:

New Amsterdam was her name Before she was New York New Amsterdam is a dame The heart and soul of big apple city No matter what name she goes under I dig her deeply and no wonder For she's been lovely to me And I'm the better for having met her

#reed quintet #moondog #new amsterdam #zen violence #music video #clarinet #bass clarinet #saxophone #alto saxophone #oboe #bassoon #new york city #brooklyn #queens #bronx #louis hardin #Youtube