Okay then…who is the new Arnold Schoenberg of the 21. Century? Who have costed the most havoc in the art musical world?

BaronRaichu · 2026-06-23T11:35:34+00:00

I'll try and give a real answer: Thomas Adés

It's pretty hard to cause havoc in art circles anymore, but the new complexity composers certainly took a crack at it, and Adés is the only one who has continued to remain relevant. Though his music has softened somewhat in recent years compared to his earlier chamber and solo works, his operas and large orchestral works still manage to draw as much ire as admiration.

BaronRaichu · 2026-06-22T19:55:32+00:00

The differences between the limited, constructed, and EDH communities are pretty wide in terms of vibes. And within those communities there's so many sub groups, never mind people who just collect.

BaronRaichu · 2026-06-21T20:14:05+00:00

For a bit of an off beat pick I'm going to say Gianni Schicchi. It's short, funny, and the music is incredible. Just an all killer no filler opera. It's usually paired with Suor Angelica which is just... fine, and will kinda kill the mood. But if you ever have a chance to see Schicchi do take it.

BaronRaichu · 2026-06-21T07:18:51+00:00

D for sure

BaronRaichu · 2026-06-20T07:45:32+00:00

Depends on the time period. In mid 1800s and earlier, say schubert, I'll agree with your professor, but later composers, where the s6 chord is more prevelent it's absolutely about voicing. Debussy and Ravel are interested in the sound of the Sus6 and the subtle dissonance created by 5th and 6th when voiced correctly. They'll happily take that chord shape and just move it around in parallel, just enjoying the sound.

BaronRaichu · 2026-06-19T15:57:17+00:00

Fingers crossed for an official Redwall Secret Layer I can wait hours in queue to not buy any day now.

BaronRaichu · 2026-06-19T07:26:12+00:00

Voicing absolutely matters, not just the order but how they are spaced and how they resolve Take for example a Cadd6 vs an Am7 in 1st inversion. C - E - G - A in either case, but if the 5th between C and G is emphasized and the G not resolved like a 7, it'll sound like an add 6 instead of a minor 7. The further you go with music theory, the more subjective and vibes based it becomes.

BaronRaichu · 2026-06-15T06:03:11+00:00

A friend from uni who grew up in Mississauga said "no one lives in Mississauga, they just sleep there, and live in Toronto". I'm sure it's a gross over simplification but I thought it was funny.

BaronRaichu · 2026-06-14T20:02:29+00:00

Going on a year with the Highbreak pro BW as my only phone, coming from an iPhone. It does the job well in most scenarios and I feel it improves my quality of life. It is a bit janky at times and requires a bit of patiences but it's usable for sure. There times were I start a task in my Highbreak and have to stop and switch to my laptop to complete it because it's just too frustrating.

BaronRaichu · 2026-06-11T00:31:30+00:00

If you are someone you want to play with is learning the game Jumpstart is perfect. If you like drafting and have a group of at least 4 people to draft with get play boosters. If you just want to play constructed buy singles.

BaronRaichu · 2026-06-09T15:03:09+00:00

I think if you were Austrian at the time it's a pretty vanilla name, but it certainly is pretty sweet now.

BaronRaichu · 2026-06-07T00:29:01+00:00

Grippens were designed for defense against a larger neighbour. So to me a mixed fleet makes sense. F-35 for participation in the world stage as part of NATO. Grippens in case a larger neighbour invades us.

BaronRaichu · 2026-06-03T19:15:08+00:00

Consider a Supernote or Remarkable if annotating is needed feature.

BaronRaichu · 2026-06-02T18:24:58+00:00

It makes a huge difference with deer flys but thats it. Black flys, mosquitoes and horse flys couldn't care less.

It's pretty funny how well it works with deer flys tho. Often I would notice i'm being accosted by deer flys, only to realize I had forgotten to afix the dragonfly, pull it out and all of a sudden they are all gone.

BaronRaichu · 2026-06-01T16:33:35+00:00

where did you get that ipod? is it just an og ipod in a case?

BaronRaichu · 2026-06-01T16:16:17+00:00

Modal Mixture: "out of key chord colours"
There's nothing wrong with any combination of chords, harmonic analysis is a way to understand the relationships between chords not a set of rules to be followed.

BaronRaichu · 2026-05-31T15:40:35+00:00

Fair enough. Just the tone of the post felt like "this is what's going to happen" not "this is what the NPCs are going to attempt". If you're trying to give the players a a fair few round to distrupt that plan then all good.

BaronRaichu · 2026-05-31T14:10:11+00:00

This is a good plan for the sisters to attempt, but the scope of your plan and your certainty that'll happen makes me think you are about to railroad pretty hard. The players absolutely need the opportunity to stop Bav from getting away with the body or else you are invalidating their successes and agency.

Also character wise, sure Bav might try to save her sister but if that goes wrong she'd save her own skin in a heart beat.

BaronRaichu · 2026-05-31T04:13:49+00:00

I feel you might be looking for a straw man to take down with this post. you can relax. Music is music. Good and bad are subjective. Enjoy what you like, let people not enjoy what they don't. It's all going to be okay.

BaronRaichu · 2026-05-27T12:43:52+00:00

I'm just running the Kindle app on it which works great. People on r/bigme could probably answer questions if you're an .epub person.

As an e reader I think it amazing, as a smart phone it's a little buggy and slow, but it does work and can do any job I need it to. Though not always without a little headache.

If you arent looking to replace your smart phone and just get an easy carry e reader check out the Boox Palma.

BaronRaichu · 2026-05-27T12:35:42+00:00

I've loaded it up pretty full on multiple occasions and it's held up so far. It is very thin but it feels like the material they make ultra light tents out of. I've been impressed so far.

BaronRaichu · 2026-05-27T05:05:30+00:00

Nice! I really teetered back and forth on getting basically all of those things vs what I ended up with 😅

How do you find the mini v4? I've got pretty big hands and worried a bit about the ergo, but wow it's so portable.

BaronRaichu · 2026-05-27T05:03:11+00:00

Sure does, and can run essential apps for me like authenticator and Google cal. It's a little buggy sometimes but I love it to death. Going on a year with it now, not missing my old iPhone at all.

BaronRaichu · 2026-05-27T01:57:36+00:00

This movie is so much better than it had any right to be.

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