MUSIC

[Caribou]

I think Radiohead are probably the best example of a hugely famous and successful band who are Doing It Right. Whether you like their music or not, it's hard to fault their integrity.

[ADePALMA1251]

[Caribou]

The Bends is the one to get, particularly if like me you prefer their guitar-based stuff to their more ambient/weird side. Every song on that album is great, and several are true masterpieces. OK Computer is great too but not the essential classic that so many people make it out to be. The rest of their stuff can be quite polarising but those two are a good starting point.

[ADePALMA1251]

I've been listening to The Bends, and it's great. I'm really diggin' Black Star, Just, The Bends, and Planet Tenex. I'm going to try out OK Computer later tonight...

[bellaXraven]

Hey guys!
Remember I told you all I was in a band?
Remember I said we were going to re-record the three songs that were on our Facebook page???
Well, it's done and you can all listen to our mastered EP!

Here's the link!!!
http://www.facebook.com/#!/BendingOverB ... 2405167945

What our producer did was edit and mix our songs with Pro-Tools, and then sent it to analog tape to give the songs that warm, crisp, vintage sound. =]
I really hope you all like it.

The song "Pictures" is the one where I'm doing lead vocals so you can take a listen if you all want! =]

[Till]

very cool, really. Of course "pictures " is the best one

[bellaXraven]

Thank you, Till. That really means a lot to me.
I really owe it to my friends who work in a recording studio...
Sending the recordings to analog tape was the best idea we had.

[Caribou]

@bellaXraven: It's a big improvement over the last stuff I heard, well done. Your lead singer sounds like he's getting more confident too (although you're still by far the better of the two of you). My only real criticism is that you should try to tighten up the arrangements a little: the first song is far too long, which is a shame because it's pretty catchy, but the instrumental breaks between verses could be half as long as they are now, or even shorter, and the song would sound a lot punchier. When you're doing Ramones-style punk you want your songs to be between a minute-and-a-half to three minutes as a general rule; if they're going to be longer then they need more parts than just verses and choruses, or more instrumental texture.

Similarly, an idea I had for "Pictures": rather than starting with the band playing as it does now, why not try singing the first couple of lines with no instrumental backing at all, and then BAM! straight into the rest of the song with no messing about. Little touches like that can make a huge difference to the energy of the performance, and also make your songs stand out from the crowd. Not that I'm telling you you should use that exact idea, of course, but it works as an illustration of what I'm getting at.

But overall, yeah,

[bellaXraven]

Caribou,
Thank you for your honesty. It's greatly, GREATLY appreciated in every way.
I was a little dissapointed with the first song...you're right. It is a bit longer than we intended to.
We may re-do it in the future when we eventually get an album going. Right now, we're taking it one step at a time.
I'm glad you like my voice. =]
For the song Pictures, we may try that during one of our shows. I'll see what they think.
Thank you so much for constructive critcism and ideas!!!

[ADePALMA1251]

MUSE's The 2nd Law is a damn fine record.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JSD0hl9 ... re=related
I'm diggin' it more than The Resistance.
Also, Adam Green and Binki Shaprio from Little Joy made a record together and they released their first track.

It's one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.

@BellaxRaven:
It isn't the kind of music I use to hear, but it doesn't sound bad. Good luck!

[Till]

Inspired by ADePALMA's post i just watched MUSE's HAARP concert in the wembly stadium which my dad has on dvd. Just an awesome concert, really.

[bellaXraven]

Any Deftones fans here?
If you are, I'm sure you've heard by now that their bass player, Chi Cheng, died last night.
He was only 42...it's such a shame.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/ ... dead-at-42

[Caribou]

I've always liked Deftones, they were one of the first bands I ever saw live (on the Adrenaline tour) and one of only two or three notable bands from the "nu metal" scene to have made consistently good, interesting music throughout their career. It's a real shame about Chi, but it all stems from the car accident he had about five years ago, and he's been pretty much comatose since then, so it's probably for the best. That wasn't really much of a way to go on living.

[bellaXraven]

[Caribou]

Ha, my first band used to cover that! Really fucking badly, but still.

[bellaXraven]

So yeah, my band played a show about a month ago...and someone videotaped our cover of "Bad Reputation" by Joan Jett and The Blackhearts!!! =]

Here's the link!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5TSMlXx2Og&noredirect=1

[Jareen2]

[Caribou]

I was just wondering, what do people think of this song? I personally love it and it's a top contender for my favourite summer tune

I personally really like a rapper who I'm not sure a lot people know about on YouTube if you look up watsky he is a rapper and a poet and he's totally different he has some really fun to deep songs that I listen to every single day (Listening to him while I type this LOL) I hope you give him a try he does stuff I love check it out http://www.youtube.com/user/gwatsky

[Jareen2]

Jareen what songs did u listen 2 just curious

[Jareen2]

[Eggyslav]

Yeah he was that was where I found him an I've been hooked since, Also Jareen if you liked Sloppy Seconds check out

Tiny glowing screens part 1
Wounded Healer
Cardboard Castles

Let me know what you think

I've been listening to three songs a lot recently-
Kim Cesarion - Undressed (i know he's a bit of a douchebag, but oh well)
Avicii - Wake Me Up (Ft. Aloe Blacc)
ASTR - Operate
Have a listen and tell me what you think!

Christ, this year's been pretty good in terms of music.

New Bowie
New Daft Punk
New MGMT
New Frank Turner
New KT Tunstall
New Tom Milsom
Neutral Milk Hotel reunion tour

I'm sure I'm missing a bunch, but god damn.

Also this is my song of the year, I've listened to it nearly every day since it came out:

[Till]

new MGMT? didn't know so far, i'll check it out
(God, I LOVE Spotify!)

I do listen a lot lostprophets and zebrahead recently. And I cant believe how many absolute awesome german bands I found this Year.

oh, and to continue your list: NEW Black Sabbath