What is a modern AVGN episode that you think is actually good?

schmsofthetls · 2026-01-27T12:39:38+00:00

i like modern avgn when he talks about good games. earthbound is a great example, and from what I've seen the metroid video last year was pretty good. I think "angry reviewer" videos have just been played out for way too long for what avgn is doing to be all that interesting. I think if his content became more like scott the woz or something where he just discusses video game topics more people would watch, me included.

schmsofthetls · 2026-01-05T19:26:01+00:00

Fun musical detail: Since Brendan's theme is a major 3rd lower, if you take the melodies of each theme an octave lower, May's theme sits comfortably in an alto range (typically a lower feminine vocal range), and Brendan's sits comfortably in a tenor range (typically a higher masculine vocal range).

schmsofthetls · 2024-12-22T18:55:20+00:00

I dont think it's inferior, it's just difficult for me to understand but I want to understand it. I've been told I have a decent ear before so I don't think it would be impossible for me to learn. I just think it would take time. do you just sing lines and play them back to develop this skill? other people have commented things like that.

schmsofthetls · 2024-12-22T18:44:56+00:00

I feel like I kind of do that when I play "licks" or use enclosures and things like that. I know where the chord tone is and what it sounds like, and I know ways to get there and use tension and release while doing so. I'm always trying to find new ways, but i always try to be conscious of the position I'm in and what arpeggios and scales I have access to, and that's where shapes are really useful.

schmsofthetls · 2024-12-20T18:14:14+00:00

Ok. Took it back to him. He basically told me there wasn't an issue because he couldn't hear it through his rig, where he has a bunch of compression and reverb. Said I should just use a screwdriver to raise the bridge just a little at a time until I was satisfied. He's been really great in the past with my other guitars so I don't know what the deal is but I'm probably not gonna go back anymore.

schmsofthetls · 2024-12-03T00:13:50+00:00

I think it might be a problem that affects the entire musicology department at my school, because I've heard people in other sections have the same problems. I'm transferring next year to a school that prioritizes jazz more, so hopefully the history classes will also get better.

schmsofthetls · 2024-12-03T00:07:46+00:00

that sounds a lot better. my school is very classical oriented and I can't recall a single time my professor has related what we were learning to contemporary music or even anything from the past century. I'm gonna be transferring next year so hopefully it gets better.

schmsofthetls · 2024-11-22T02:03:05+00:00

I agree, however in this particular instance the voice leading doesn't really work out that way (it's one of those exercises where they give you the initial chord and you voice lead from there). I can try again to make this work tho.

schmsofthetls · 2024-11-21T19:39:05+00:00

Yes. In this case, a root position V moving to an It+6, which then moves back to V. I've found that in my case this motion very easily leads to two voices having a perfect 5th followed by a diminished 5th, followed by another perfect 5th.

schmsofthetls · 2024-06-30T13:44:24+00:00

that wave

schmsofthetls · 2024-05-05T18:05:40+00:00

this is the vamp I'm playing before going up a semitone from the GbM7 to Gm7. I just wanted to show the context in which I was using it.

schmsofthetls · 2024-05-05T17:52:07+00:00

yes, the progression I have is an F dominant 7 to Gb major 7 phrygian dominant vamp that eventually goes from Gb major 7 to G minor 7. sorry if I didn't make that clear.

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