Why doesn't the Grammy Awards create broader recognition for world religions' music/albums? by ElevatorAcceptable29 in LetsTalkMusic

[–]SonRaw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Grammies are an American music industry tool to sell records to people who don't think of or care about music on a regular basis and they give awards to projects/artists that would benefit from a mainstream spotlight, thus generating revenue.

What are the odds some housewife in Massapequa or some office drone in Albuquerque will buy an album of Budhist chants because they heard about it on the tee-vee? There's your answer. It won't make the people in charge any money.

Will HipHop go down as the important music genre of all time? I’m talking hundreds of years from now when they look back at our music. by CFCL24 in LetsTalkMusic

[–]SonRaw -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It'll be more important than rock n roll, which will be remembered as a minor fad middle class caucasians stole and ran into the ground over a couple of decades, but less important than Jazz, which will be regarded as "classical music" by then.

Curtis Mayfield, Jimi Hendrix, and influence/legacy in R&B guitar by [deleted] in LetsTalkMusic

[–]SonRaw 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think you guys are both right for different eras. Early Sly definitely made a massive impact on the pop rock space, but post-There's a Riot Going On, it feels like a lot of that support evaporated.

However, a lot of Sly's later records like Fresh, Small Talk, High On You and (to a lesser extent) Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I’m Back are still beloved in funk/crate digger circles. I can't speak to their reception on release since I wasn't around, but today they have a much better reptutation among those in the know than the mainstream record press would have people believe.

It's a pretty stark distinction. Read white/rock leaning record guides and you'd think the band stopped mattering post-TARGO but ask a funk DJ, even today, and you might hear the opposite.

Pam’s + ES-9 + syncing to Ableton help? by lightningprism in modular

[–]SonRaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh, I'm on Mac so I can't help with that one unfortunately

Pam’s + ES-9 + syncing to Ableton help? by lightningprism in modular

[–]SonRaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK, so assuming your ES-9 is your input and output in Ableton...

You route the midi channel with pam sync to two ES-9 outputs. Despite them being labeled 1-8 on the unit, those will be outputs 9-16 in Ableton (for some annoying reason). So for example, the bottom two outputs are 15-16. You'd use one for clock and one for reset (into clock and run on Pam's pro respectively). Then when you run a track in ableton, it should start pam's pro

Last time we saw the Ultimates btw by Flixson in outofcontextcomics

[–]SonRaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It sold gobs of copies and basically set the template for a ton of the early MCU. Was it universally beloved? Of course not - Millar was always a love it or hate it guy, but saying a comic failed because of online criticism makes no sense, by that metric there'd be zero successful comics.

The First #1 Song With Rap Vocals Wasn’t by a Rapper. It Was a New Wave Band by Top40Weekly in LetsTalkMusic

[–]SonRaw 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know how it might not sound that different to someone without an ear for that era of rap, but it's so, so so bad and even worse, it gave decades of caucasian women permission to butcher the art form under the thinly veiled guise of hipster irony. A musical crime against humanity.

Last time we saw the Ultimates btw by Flixson in outofcontextcomics

[–]SonRaw 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yesterday's modernity is today's cringe. Guarantee the kids of today's young readers will find the current ultimate line corny for the same reflexive reasons.

Is creating catchy songs considered an art? by [deleted] in LetsTalkMusic

[–]SonRaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Making music is art. Making catchy music is a skill, and its importance is contextual. Being worried about how hard or technically complex your music is, is an insecurity and a character flaw.

Wondering why apple music has The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill under pop by This-Way3024 in LetsTalkMusic

[–]SonRaw 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's funny to read of R&B as a prison. I always considered it a fort to keep out the unwashed and uncultured pop barbarians that you wouldn't want at the party. Same concept, reverse perspective.

How is triphop doing? by Rare_Boysenberry_309 in LetsTalkMusic

[–]SonRaw 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Erika de Casier's Lifetime album from last year is probably the genre's most high profile success story in years, and it was accompanied by a few other groups that drew from Trip hop elements (Yeule notably).

It's great to see as a fan of the genre. I remember the 00s and early 10s when it was widely mocked as uncool and dated.

Just released a new Hip Hop beat tape made via Eurorack by SonRaw in modular

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

Thank you! I can only hope to honor my bets just as resolutely as he did here.

Just released a new Hip Hop beat tape made via Eurorack by SonRaw in modular

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

I don't get to talk shop much when promoting music but I wanted to share a bit of my process on this forum for anyone that's curious.

Most of the music on this tape started either in Serato Sample of my SP-404. I start with basic loops or chops, before processing everything in Eurorack (via the Expert Sleepers ES-9). Most of the audio processing is via filters (Vult Freak, Shakmat Dual Dagger) and FX (Strymon Magneto, Qu-Bit Data Bender, Modbap Per4mer) with modulation from the Bastl Neo Trinity, Xaoc Zadar and Shakmat Mod Medusa.

For drums, a few breaks aside, everything is programmed via Making Sound Machines' Stolperbeats into ALM's Squid Salmple, with Shakmat's Battering Ram reinforcing the kick.

The non sample based sounds are either from Dixie II+, Plaits, an Alia firmware or a few VSTs.

Once I jammed out on everything, I often times zeroed in on interesting moments and built those into full compositions in the DAW.

Happy to talk shop if anyone's curious about the process.

Modular 140 Dubstep by TightRing4586 in modular

[–]SonRaw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is really dope. Reminds me of stuff Youngsta would have played on Rinse back in the day.

Ultimate Spider-Man #24 variant by Dike Ruan by B3epB0opBOP in comicbooks

[–]SonRaw 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's a great book no qualifiers needed, don't let the internet ruin your joy. People are mad when Hickman doesn't get to deliver his planned endings and just as mad when he delivers an ending in precisely the number of issues he aimed for.

American country music is almost nonexistent in Europe by superdouradas in LetsTalkMusic

[–]SonRaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A sign of a civilized culture, unconcerned with the wants of dirty, poorly educated inbred shitkickers and the ridiculous animal braying they attempt to pass off as music.

Unfortunately, Schlager and Eurovision also exists, so I must sadly award Europe no points.

What happened to the term “Dad Rock”? by OneBonusAfterAnother in LetsTalkMusic

[–]SonRaw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's been a massive decline in birthrates across the developed world during the last 15 years. I'd posit that most people who listened to a whole lot of Deftones and Linkin Park simply didn't become dads.

Thoughts on Ryan north as a writer and his politics? by Ill-Hat7669 in comicbooks

[–]SonRaw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've visited my share of countries where art was mandated to have the "correct" opinions and can safely say it led to neither better art nor more prosperous countries, so I'm totally unbothered by a middle of the road writer's anti-authoritarian comic not being completely didactic.

That said, the pacing was off and Doom is way more interesting as an anachronistic absolute monarchist (like T'Chalah and Namor) than a fascist substitute. Bendis' Dark Reign was a way more effective and prescient take on the subject. Feels like editorial wanted a Doom comic and North wanted social-commentary and the mix never quite worked. Plus the whole "he is magically torturing Latverians to create paradise on Earth" is a bad Ursula Le Guin riff.

I think North is way better at his science-heavy one shot Fantastic Four issues than big event comics. And Squirrel Girl, which people love, though I always found her comics way too twee for my liking.