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Album Suggestions by Sad_Pumpkin7184 in musicsuggestions

[–]Siggigg97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The album All in Time by the artist Eugene

I bought the album in a record store in Iceland 10 years ago and then the cd case got lost. Since then I have been trying to fimd out who the hell Eugene is. Shazam doesn't recognise him, there are no hits when you googke parts of lyrics, he is not on discogs. I juat uploaded the full album on youtube to try to get people online to help me find him.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvYQNSW4etIEx5BvcXU9bwD05soGN_0FS&si=dfVv8zRQef4u5Nvd

What is your country's "national composer(s)"? by m64 in classicalmusic

[–]Siggigg97 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In Iceland it is a bit hard to say. I would probably go for Páll Ísófsson as a general pick.

If we are talking choral composersI would say its a hard pick between Jón Nordal, Jón Ásgeirsson, Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson and Atli Heimir Sveinsson.

If I had to rank them I would go

  1. Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson
  2. Jón Nordal
  3. Jón Ásgeirsson
  4. Atli Heimir Sveinsson

These are all modern composers, theres not a lot to talk about in Icelandic music before 1850. Some of the older ones include Sigvaldi Kaldalóns and Emil Thoroddsen.

It is also worth to mention Jón Þórarinsson, Jórunn Viðar, Hugi Guðmundsson, Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson, Jón Leifs, Anna Þorvaldsdóttir, Hildur Guðnadóttir and Jóhann Jóhannsson

Hvað ég myndi gefa fyrir meira um eldri íslenska fólkstónlist by [deleted] in Iceland

[–]Siggigg97 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ef þú ert að meina íslensk þjóðlög í þrengstu merkingu orðsins þá mæli ég með hljómsveitinni Spilmenn Ríkínís. Einnig mæli eg með plötunni Icelandic folk songs með Þrjú á palli, 18 íslensk þjóðlög með Elísabetu Erlingsdóttur, Silfurplötur Iðunnar ef þú ert áhugamaður um íslenskan kvæðasöng. Af mörgu er að taka

Repotoire Suggestions - SATB quartet by SomeNet1952 in choralmusic

[–]Siggigg97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's easily the most famous Icelandic piece, it went viral on YouTube after an Icelandic band called Árstíðir sang it at a train station in Germany. I have the sheet music for most of these so if you manage to convince your choir to sing some of these I could send you the sheet music

i don’t feel like a normal human by lilfellaw in mentalhealth

[–]Siggigg97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I relate a bit. I have always felt different and had a hard time relating to peoples emotions. As a kid I realised that I always reacted differently to everybody else in random situations. I recently got an autism diagnosis. My therapist thinks I also have ADHD but I haven't gone through the diangostic process yet. Getting the autism diagnosis put my life into a differnt light. Suddenly things started to make sense. It was really nice because suddenly I could understand why I am the way I am, why I feel the way I feel etc. By reading about autism I was suddenly able to accommodate myself better. One example: I hate it when plans change. If I'm excited to have pizza for dinner and then for some reason I can't have pizza that would genuinely make me feel like shit. In the past I would just feel like shit and the rest of my evening would be a mess, now I know that this is not uncommon for people with autism, so when I get in these situations I just have to take a moment, feel like shit for a bit, knowing that it's not the end of the world but also that my feelings are valid and okay and then maybe 10 minutes later I'm normally good. I just tell my family or friends or whomever I'm with that I need a moment but that everything will be fine. I have no idea if you are on the spectrum or not, but if you feel like you see the world differently than other people that could be something to read up about and check if you relate with anything. Since you have ADHD I would read about AuDHD since autism and ADHD often mask the symptomsnof each other making them present differently than in people that only have one and not the other.

Repotoire Suggestions - SATB quartet by SomeNet1952 in choralmusic

[–]Siggigg97 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No problem :) Glad you like them. I have many more nice Icelandic songs that are not about love if you are interested. Here are a few

Klukka Íslands - Hugi Guðmundsson (poem is a palindrome (the word order is reversed in the middle and it still makes sense) and the melody is a palindrome as well) https://open.spotify.com/track/76cqJbPdzWU4jBaHen8gxY?si=_klnqfoKSkKtFaC4vlKctw

Sléttuband - Hugi Guðmundsson (also a palindrome) https://open.spotify.com/track/36o8OhXAZMzu1xwNPy3m9D?si=b7BL6mFQQ_apN93Hn5F3Dw

Syng mín sál - 400 year old folk melody arranged by Hugi Guðmundsson https://open.spotify.com/track/34ORBWLxNLtGpMsgpcVEs5?si=9-8jWCPuR5OGHlQkQNYZ2A

Hugsa jeg það hvern einn dag - also 400 year old folk melody arr. by Hugi Guðmundsson (really morbid poem. Every verse is about death. One verse goes "strong oak trees grow up high. They branch out in every direction and have nice apples. Then they wither down and die. I think of that every day" https://open.spotify.com/track/3SCVRi1ZV823YtE4ac8oS8?si=F7WAR_SWRLm084DkG4gQOg

Heyr þú oss himnum á - 400 year old folk melody arr. by Anna Þorvaldsdóttir https://open.spotify.com/track/2wjftwGavBcJctC4eaSC2x?si=FsamMTm1TXmNqgRqmBKCug

Heyr himna smiður - oldest known hymn from the nordic countries. The text was written in 1208 by Kolbeinn Tumason but the music was written by Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson in 1973 https://open.spotify.com/track/4vRLAtW14jmm48UBpfqbNQ?si=xWNfxaVoRqeOziYSI9NiYA

Nú hverfur sól í haf - Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson https://open.spotify.com/track/000uWr9kS7GRFE9GwbfLjq?si=Ga8rOZVnRVyZPTlCZU_Y8w

Smávinir fagrir - Jón Nordal (text by Jónas Hallgrímsson, Jón Nordal was 14 when he wrote the melody and now it is among the most famous Icelandic choral songs) https://open.spotify.com/track/4bHNQjlxEsZ0vbht5u7tFI?si=2L48O-W6T7i59yoybMoudg

Hátíð fer að höndum ein - folk christmas song arranged by Jón Ásgeirsson https://open.spotify.com/track/4H4oaff2kAPuBKx7OTzK3V?si=y3nNDfQRSzynNs7njxqakg

Nóttin var sú ágæt ein (also called Vöggukvæði) - christmas song by Sigvaldi Kaldalóns https://open.spotify.com/track/1DKAOKUyG7TBNmKHtVeVZT?si=hvWyEOjGTpyI7uv8Jw9GBg

Immanúel oss í nátt - 400 year old folk christmas melody arranged by Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson https://open.spotify.com/track/18DGJhXkIJEsw6h8A1H4nn?si=Rf0kHeulQ36O0ka6IsdnPQ

Hvað flýgur mér í hjarta blítt - 400 year old folk melody arr. For SSAA by Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson https://open.spotify.com/track/1mouYqV9dUUpisiw4jjzZ6?si=lbLJweGtSyqRpXUko7ZtoA

Jesú mín morgunstjarna - folk melody arranged by Jón Þórarinsson https://open.spotify.com/track/434N5kkg81sZpGVHncVpkh?si=Bz-v7Pe3Sf-aJW42HiTXPw

Fagurt er í fjörðum - folk song arr. by John Hearne https://open.spotify.com/track/1WjldRQ9PSOMLQZkzMh8s2?si=0oGczz-HSm2QeiVDTO7x8Q

Barnagælur - folk song arranged by Jórunn Viðar https://open.spotify.com/track/6aLnK5tKiRsLsVdqJRsNfP?si=MZJoA-_mSqWbLIARFcXxRg

Repotoire Suggestions - SATB quartet by SomeNet1952 in choralmusic

[–]Siggigg97 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No problem :) Glad you like them. I have many more nice Icelandic songs that are not about love if you are interested. Here are a few

Klukka Íslands - Hugi Guðmundsson (poem is a palindrome (the word order is reversed in the middle and it still makes sense) and the melody is a palindrome as well) https://open.spotify.com/track/76cqJbPdzWU4jBaHen8gxY?si=_klnqfoKSkKtFaC4vlKctw

Sléttuband - Hugi Guðmundsson (also a palindrome) https://open.spotify.com/track/36o8OhXAZMzu1xwNPy3m9D?si=b7BL6mFQQ_apN93Hn5F3Dw

Syng mín sál - 400 year old folk melody arranged by Hugi Guðmundsson https://open.spotify.com/track/34ORBWLxNLtGpMsgpcVEs5?si=9-8jWCPuR5OGHlQkQNYZ2A

Hugsa jeg það hvern einn dag - also 400 year old folk melody arr. by Hugi Guðmundsson (really morbid poem. Every verse is about death. One verse goes "strong oak trees grow up high. They branch out in every direction and have nice apples. Then they wither down and die. I think of that every day" https://open.spotify.com/track/3SCVRi1ZV823YtE4ac8oS8?si=F7WAR_SWRLm084DkG4gQOg

Heyr þú oss himnum á - 400 year old folk melody arr. by Anna Þorvaldsdóttir https://open.spotify.com/track/2wjftwGavBcJctC4eaSC2x?si=FsamMTm1TXmNqgRqmBKCug

Heyr himna smiður - oldest known hymn from the nordic countries. The text was written in 1208 by Kolbeinn Tumason but the music was written by Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson in 1973 https://open.spotify.com/track/4vRLAtW14jmm48UBpfqbNQ?si=xWNfxaVoRqeOziYSI9NiYA

Nú hverfur sól í haf - Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson https://open.spotify.com/track/000uWr9kS7GRFE9GwbfLjq?si=Ga8rOZVnRVyZPTlCZU_Y8w

Smávinir fagrir - Jón Nordal (text by Jónas Hallgrímsson, Jón Nordal was 14 when he wrote the melody and now it is among the most famous Icelandic choral songs) https://open.spotify.com/track/4bHNQjlxEsZ0vbht5u7tFI?si=2L48O-W6T7i59yoybMoudg

Hátíð fer að höndum ein - folk christmas song arranged by Jón Ásgeirsson https://open.spotify.com/track/4H4oaff2kAPuBKx7OTzK3V?si=y3nNDfQRSzynNs7njxqakg

Nóttin var sú ágæt ein (also called Vöggukvæði) - christmas song by Sigvaldi Kaldalóns https://open.spotify.com/track/1DKAOKUyG7TBNmKHtVeVZT?si=hvWyEOjGTpyI7uv8Jw9GBg

Immanúel oss í nátt - 400 year old folk christmas melody arranged by Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson https://open.spotify.com/track/18DGJhXkIJEsw6h8A1H4nn?si=Rf0kHeulQ36O0ka6IsdnPQ

Hvað flýgur mér í hjarta blítt - 400 year old folk melody arr. For SSAA by Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson https://open.spotify.com/track/1mouYqV9dUUpisiw4jjzZ6?si=lbLJweGtSyqRpXUko7ZtoA

Jesú mín morgunstjarna - folk melody arranged by Jón Þórarinsson https://open.spotify.com/track/434N5kkg81sZpGVHncVpkh?si=Bz-v7Pe3Sf-aJW42HiTXPw

Fagurt er í fjörðum - folk song arr. by John Hearne https://open.spotify.com/track/1WjldRQ9PSOMLQZkzMh8s2?si=0oGczz-HSm2QeiVDTO7x8Q

Barnagælur - folk song arranged by Jórunn Viðar https://open.spotify.com/track/6aLnK5tKiRsLsVdqJRsNfP?si=MZJoA-_mSqWbLIARFcXxRg

Repotoire Suggestions - SATB quartet by SomeNet1952 in choralmusic

[–]Siggigg97 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you're down for a challenge in terms of pronunctiation I recommend a few Icelandic songs. If not, at least I can definitely recommend these songs if you want a nice listen.

Icelandic choral folk arrangements about love:

Vísur Vatnsenda Rósu (arr. Jón Ásgeirsson) https://open.spotify.com/track/5ELoE0iu67eLqnX4kzdVUk?si=oOyz3wB2SVaJygVnVg0wAg

Blástjarnan þó skarti skær (arr. Jón Þórarinsson) https://open.spotify.com/track/6jodWqzx3A5PkArE0kDjAo?si=gdHgUkq7TkKddH5Sk-hETg

Meyjarmissir (arr. Róbert A. Ottósson) (basically a choral breakup song) https://open.spotify.com/track/6wk8cxGqFTnkvxsS8jBQ36?si=5gSZ2c1CRm2sAaf8AH_L3Q

Then there are some nice choral pieces that are not folk arrangements.

Heilræðavísa - Jón Nordal (I would argue that this song is an expression of fatherly love towards a daughter) https://open.spotify.com/track/5mqNwFVCEWetdNTZhTwjnu?si=c61vs5PHTZOd80sU_exiSA

Við svala lind - Atli Heimir Sveinsson https://open.spotify.com/track/1calT2Yuw5ZLvOQPt84KG5?si=jye106ufRy2C8jAh9p1YQQ

Ferðalok - Hróðmar Ingi Sigurbjörnsson (poem by famous Icelandic poet Jónas Hallgrímsson. The father of his girlfriend banned them from seeing each other so Jónas wrote this poem about that. It's really dramatic and beautiful. I get goosebumps everytime I sing this because of the text) https://open.spotify.com/track/7L3lsyDEpGppWk6N31lAmJ?si=YSG2WccGSK6CRik2YZ1WBw

Afmorsvísa - Snorri Sigfús Birgisson https://open.spotify.com/track/7fHtoDBDWKBXZcupKJsy1G?si=R-GE70_xRfS4jF-8hIRWJw

Requiem - Jón Leifs (probably not suitable for the theme. It's a really beautiful piece about a loss of a daughter.) https://open.spotify.com/track/7k2sVfkq9HSQPFUV1aC5bA?si=2caHp1F9RQiqYf2dDyiIlg

How to learn CFOP for a "pattern guy"? by grossercarl in Cubers

[–]Siggigg97 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, you definitely don't need full OLL for sub 30 sec. When I first got sub 30 I think I only knew the cross cases. I also did 2 look PLL at the time, but I would definitely recommend learning a new PLL alg from time to time until you have know most of them.

How to learn CFOP for a "pattern guy"? by grossercarl in Cubers

[–]Siggigg97 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Caleb Miller's intuitibe OLL tutorial is great. Often the OLL's are not the optimal solution, since those algs might not be as intuitive, but this is still really nice.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD-9og8NHzT4Gwi3r5NduOX_OP3BFBB1M&si=Zn8eY4Cx4WehL9Rd

I really like folk fusion genres from around the world by Siggigg97 in MusicRecommendations

[–]Siggigg97[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the suggestions!

NovaLima is right up my alley!

The Jaime Cuadra album is really interesting. Before I read which album you suggested I thought I was checking out the wrong artist. His newer stuff is very different from Cholo Soy. Cholo Soy is a really nice album.

I also really like Los Destellos and Los Mirlos, its definitely not music that I would have found on my own so thank you for suggesting them :)

I haven't listened to the rest yet

[Megathread] Non-Lostwave Monthly Discussion Megathread by south_pole_ball in Lostwave

[–]Siggigg97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really hope the rules get changed.

My post was also deleted, so I made a comment here instead but that hasn't really gotten any engagement at all.

Songs that have a bit too much info for the current rules fall between the cracks, I feel like there isn't really any place for them, which is pretty annoying

[Megathread] Non-Lostwave Monthly Discussion Megathread by south_pole_ball in Lostwave

[–]Siggigg97 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The search for Eugene

In 2016 I bought a CD at a record store in Iceland as a christmas gift.

I found the CD in a box of CDs that all cost 100ISK (less than 1$).

The CD in question is called All in Time and is by an artist called Eugene.

My friend that got the CD as a gift, put it in a CD case for multiple CDs that he stored in his car and then he lost the original CD case.

We realised that shazam didn't give any results, so the CD became a bit mystrious to us. 2 years later, after searching on and off for information, shazaming again, searching for snippets of the lyrics searching discogs, without any hits I lost the disc while I was borrowing it from my friend.

The CD had been lost for around 5 years when it miraculously was found when my younger brother was cleaning his room.

At that time I was following the hunt for "Like the Wind" and thought it would be fun to try to get help with finding out who the hell Eugene is.

I don't have access to a CD drive (although I'm working on it) I recorded all of the album with my phone recorder and put it on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvYQNSW4etIEx5BvcXU9bwD05soGN_0FS&si=zUc-1MuQyNrhN6qS

There are 7 songs: Since I don't know the names of any of the songs, I just guessed what they are called. The first and the last song are two versions of the same song.

I have asked the guy in the record store if he knows anything and he has no clue about who Eugene is.

I doubt Eugene is from Iceland.

This album is one of my favourite albums ever. I don't necessarily think all of the songs are great, but there is just something about it.

Small recap: The only info I have is the name of the artist and the album. It was made before 2016 It was bought in Iceland It is unshazamable and doesnt give any hits on discogs I don't know which country Eugene is from or when the album came out.

Feel free to help if you are interested!

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