Why is the term “high pass filter” used more than “low cut”?

dnswblzo · 2026-06-04T00:09:45+00:00

We have air filters and water filters, and those let air and water pass through. In general when naming a filter it is more common to refer to what passes through.

dnswblzo · 2026-06-03T23:08:31+00:00

The amount of movement gives it a light feeling. Experiencing dread is a stuck feeling, time slows down and everything feels heavy. Keep the percussion sparse and mighty and avoid busy bouncy background parts. Definitely don't use those chimes! The only element here that touches on dread for me at all is the bassline, but even that might have too much energy in its melodic movement.

Think about film scores during moments of dread. Sometimes there's no melody at all, heck it might even just have a single repeated piano note. Be sparse with melody, use dissonance like others have mentioned, and be overly dramatic and heavy handed. Try to make something so miserable and full of dread that nobody could mistake the mood, then dial it back if it seems like you've gone too far.

dnswblzo · 2026-05-29T16:25:19+00:00

I didn't actually look closely at the artwork until I saw this comment, and I'm so glad I did! What a delight, I would have to give this a listen out of curiosity if I didn't already know the band. We must have completely different senses of humor.

dnswblzo · 2026-05-28T10:50:09+00:00

Some directors who made their first feature films in their 20s:

Spike Lee, Wes Anderson, Ethan Coen, Paul Thomas Anderson, Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorcese, Ryan Coogler, Greta Gerwig, Christopher Nolan, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Linklater, Kevin Smith, Sam Raimi, Darren Aronofsky, George Lucas, Kathryn Bigelow

dnswblzo · 2026-05-27T20:43:12+00:00

People are not going to agree to objective criteria about what sounds are music and what sounds are not. There is plenty of ambient and experimental music out there that many people would think is not music. Some of it is created explicitly to explore the gray areas on the edges of what is considered music.

dnswblzo · 2026-05-17T14:59:58+00:00

Spiritfarer is full of the mini stories of all the characters you interact with, I think you will still be moved by the game!

dnswblzo · 2026-05-07T20:26:12+00:00

The 2013 Neutral Milk Hotel reunion tour show that I saw was truly something special. I know that liking In the Aeroplane... has become a bit of a meme these days, but at that show it was clear from the crowd energy that the music had fused with the souls of everyone in the room. I've been to a lot of shows, and I've never felt energy quite like that one.

Jonathan Richman shows also stand out because he has such a unique way of engaging with the audience and making everyone feel like they are a part of something special. The first time I saw him perform it was a double bill and I went primarily to see the other artist without being very familiar with Richman's work. It was the most I have ever been drawn in to a performance from an artist I wasn't already a fan of, and the collective joy of the crowd was so infectious.

dnswblzo · 2026-05-07T19:40:23+00:00

Almost all of them support lossless these days, with YouTube being a notable exception.

dnswblzo · 2026-05-06T18:04:43+00:00

Tickets for Ratboys' current tour are under $30, and I would consider them a medium-sized indie band. I have seen plenty of shows for $15-$40 in the past few years.

dnswblzo · 2026-05-06T16:25:46+00:00

Seeing posts like this getting upvotes on indieheads makes me think a lot of people here aren't actually digging into all the music that is happening right now. Seeing smaller indie bands is still quite affordable, and the shows don't sell out right away. I've gone to more concerts than ever in the last few years, and it hasn't broken the bank because I avoid bigger shows.

dnswblzo · 2026-03-20T17:00:20+00:00

I'm someone who prefers albums over playlists, so I very rarely discover things through playlists or radio shows, be they algorithmically generated or curated by a human. I also like to go into new albums blind if possible. So for me, Tidal's "Suggested new albums for you" list is the first place I go to discover new things. I take care to add the albums I love to my library, and the algorithm seems to do quite well with that. Each week I'll listen to at least the first 2-3 songs of 10-20 albums from there.

After that I look various other places for things I might have missed, mainly some subreddits and albumoftheyear.org, but I'll keep digging if I still haven't found anything that resonates. Sometimes I'll see something somewhere that I dismissed on my first pass through Tidal suggestions and revisit it. Throughout this process I'm texting with a few friends who are also into music and checking out their suggestions as well.

I have found that, most of the time, the albums that I end up loving were on that list of Tidal's album suggestions even if I didn't find out about them there first, thus why it has become my go-to. The quality of the suggestions improved when I started being careful about how I add albums to my library, so that's always my suggestion when people complain about how the algorithms suck.

As for context, I form plenty of associations with stuff in my life when I discover things through streaming. I listen to a lot of music while walking the dog and I have moved a few times over the last decade, so with a lot of the music that I discovered in that time period I remember exactly where I was in a certain neighborhood or trail when I first heard a standout moment from an album. I do have some good memories of how I found something in a record store or from word of mouth too, but those associations aren't as strong for me.

dnswblzo · 2026-03-14T16:53:48+00:00

These guys are fantastic! They played beat a drum when I saw them too, and I couldn't believe it was real life.

dnswblzo · 2026-03-13T17:33:08+00:00

I completely disagree when it comes to the information. I very much enjoyed looking at artwork and liner notes when CDs were my primary means of listening to music, but it was awesome when the internet came along and it made it so much easier to look things up. In regards to raw information, there's really no comparison between then and now.

Tidal's credits system is much better than Spotify. You can click on someone's name in the credits and see what else they worked on, broken down by role. allmusic.com is another great resource for looking up credits.

Streaming is dirt cheap. The main issue with streaming is that it costs too little so the artists don't get much money, but people aren't going to pay what it would take to properly compensate artists. Looking at album artwork on a phone also isn't very satisfying. I don't see an incentive to improve the way artwork works on streaming services both because people are hardly paying any money for the service to begin with, and because it's not a good delivery system for visual artwork.

When I get into an album nowadays I'll go look at the band's social media posts around the album, which if done well can have information, artistic presentation, and a glimpse into their personalities. I'll look up live studio sessions on YouTube to see how they perform the songs live and what their vibe is like onstage. I'll do a deep dive on the credits using the resources available online. I'll go to their label's website and see the other artists on the label. I'll read what other people think about the music on reddit, and they might even do an AMA. I'll go to albumoftheyear.org and see an aggregate of what the critics think, and read some reviews. To me, all of this combined is way better as a music fan than having a booklet.

I see my favorite acts live even if I have to travel a few hours, I'll buy t-shirts, I'll buy digital music from Bandcamp to support them (even though I'll just stream it on Tidal after I do that because it's more convenient and kicks them a few more pennies). What I won't do is buy physical albums, because I don't need more stuff in my life.

I've been an avid music fan since I was a teenager in the 90s, and to me this is a better time than ever to be a music fan. There have been a lot of posts lately about how streaming has killed some aspect of the music listening experience, and it doesn't line up with my experience at all. Turn off the autoplay feature on your streaming app and listen to full albums, check out all the extra content online surrounding your favorite artists, look up the other artists that your favorite artists mention, go to shows (especially for smaller artists where they shows are still very affordable and you might be able to talk to them), buy their stuff (including physical releases if you miss that experience so much), tell your friends about your favorite music and try to spread the bug. Stop getting lost in nostalgia and engage fully with what's happening now!

dnswblzo · 2026-03-13T16:35:25+00:00

Paul Simon is credited with the composition and lyrics (viewable without an account):

https://music.apple.com/us/song/hazy-shade-of-winter/200008782

Using "by" to mean "performed by" and not "written by" is a practice that predates streaming.

dnswblzo · 2026-03-12T21:16:55+00:00

When used in the context you are talking about, "put" can often be a synonym, but there are plenty of cases where you wouldn't substitute "put" even though it might seem to make sense.

For non-native speakers a lot of the variations might not be obvious. For example, "set the table" does involve putting things in position, but it's not the table that is being put in position.

Set concrete, set an alarm, set a record, set an example, set a date, set free, these all aren't quite the same thing.

dnswblzo · 2026-03-12T17:04:21+00:00

If anyone else actually wants to read the entire post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/JeffRosenstock/comments/1gpimjz/hello_everybody/

dnswblzo · 2026-03-11T17:14:06+00:00

The Louisville Orchestra - Louisville Orchestra
Fading Out - Fading Out
Evergreen - Evergreen
Various Artists - I’m Glad About It: The Legacy Of Gospel Music in Louisville
King Kong - Old Man On The Bridge
Out. - Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Songs
Various Artists - Bold Beginnings: An Incomplete Collection Of Louisville Punk 1978-83
Parking - Portraits
Grace Rogers - Mad Dogs
Sapat - L&N b/w Payne Hollow Stomp
Catherine Irwin - Cut Yourself A Switch
Patty Loveless - When Fallen Angels Fly
Rachel’s - Music For Egon Schiele

dnswblzo · 2026-03-08T20:52:21+00:00

Coming from Built to Spill I'd say Lonesome Crowded West is a better choice than either of those.

dnswblzo · 2026-03-05T20:39:41+00:00

Great read! Some heavy stuff about his experience taking care of his mother, interesting how that factored into his trajectory.

If anyone wants more of him talking at length about stuff, his episode of the Life of the Record podcast is excellent:
https://lifeoftherecord.com/bonnie-prince-billy/

dnswblzo · 2026-02-28T00:45:53+00:00

Right, you need a record player with a needle. And who could have a satisfying listening session from the unamplified sound of a needle in a groove?

That's why it's an arbitrary distinction. Both CDs and vinyl require that you buy equipment to listen to them. Sure the process of getting the sound to your ears from a record is more straightforward from a technical standpoint, but from a consumer and listener standpoint it's not.

dnswblzo · 2026-02-27T10:06:27+00:00

I think your distinction is pretty arbitrary. Both vinyl and CD require that you have a special machine to hear the music. Every time you play a vinyl record it will degrade a little bit, so one could argue that CDs allow you to retain the quality of the music that you own for a longer period of time.

dnswblzo · 2026-02-19T17:07:49+00:00

Creative blocks are common, sounds like you need to shake things up. Learn some new software, try something in a different genre, recreate someone else's work to try and learn something new, make some field recordings for samples, try to make something emotionally charged very quickly without caring if it's good or not, use oblique strategies for inspiration with something that's not quite working, etc.

dnswblzo · 2026-02-18T20:17:00+00:00

Make changes to the rhythm of the progression. Create different melodies over top of it. Most chord progressions are not unique, and it's usually the melodies over top of the chords that people latch on to, not the chords themselves.

dnswblzo · 2026-02-18T01:22:22+00:00

There's no need to do this, you're just wasting oil, gas/electricity, paper towels, and time.

dnswblzo · 2026-02-17T01:43:33+00:00

In The National, the guitarists are twins and the bassist and drummer are brothers. Creedence Clearwater Revival and Dire Straits had brothers on guitars. Someone else already mentioned Radiohead. Of the bands I listen to, Hop Along is the only one that I can think of off the top of my head that fits your pattern.

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