Why be clever with your lyrics when you can just say ****, ****, ****, ****, ****, ****, ****, ****, mother****er, ****sucker, ******* and *****?
It's so much easier than thinking.
It's so much easier than thinking.
What the heck is up with "pop" music anymore?
- Thread starter Fred Wright
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Here's my crappy mix I just finished tonight. If you hate this music as much as me, download this, play it during power hour at a middle school dance and never touch the controls for 30 minute. You'll thank me for it....
Its got all the common hip hop crap that gets requested. I threw a couple on the end that I like. No umbrella, and no A Bay Bay....or whateva.....
It was mixed in one take. I used Adobe Audition to adjust levels and fix one glaring problem. The rest is what I can do live..
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Its got all the common hip hop crap that gets requested. I threw a couple on the end that I like. No umbrella, and no A Bay Bay....or whateva.....
It was mixed in one take. I used Adobe Audition to adjust levels and fix one glaring problem. The rest is what I can do live..
RIGHT CLICK HERE
Yeah, really. Like anyone at a teen dance would notice nor care, lol. Take a dinner break or a nap.
Ain't that the truth. The pups will be sure to fill in the edited words, good 'n' loud.
Then they'll throw things at the DJ and repeat that age-old mantra "You suck!!" at the top of their itty, bitty lungs.
They may have the right idea but they've got the wrong DJ company. Wolfie don't do that no more.
Wolfie:
The first type of gig I stopped taking was Bar Mitzvahs.
The second type of gig I stopped taking was school dances.
Ahh.....weddings and anniversaries and birthdays. While they present their own unique set of potential problems, they were so much more preferred than the gigs with teenagers.
The first type of gig I stopped taking was Bar Mitzvahs.
The second type of gig I stopped taking was school dances.
Ahh.....weddings and anniversaries and birthdays. While they present their own unique set of potential problems, they were so much more preferred than the gigs with teenagers.
You know what I find funny in a weird sort of way? I have NEVER been asked to play either that Umbrella song or Babaay or whatever it is at the club. NEVER. And most of our patrons are on top of the music that is popular.
And Fred, my brother......I'm right there with ya'. Maybe the frost on the old punkin' is startin to freeze the innards of the cranium and I'm gettin' old, but I have to agree.....The country tunes that are being released today (most of them) and those of yester-year have that certain "feel" to them.
And Fred, my brother......I'm right there with ya'. Maybe the frost on the old punkin' is startin to freeze the innards of the cranium and I'm gettin' old, but I have to agree.....The country tunes that are being released today (most of them) and those of yester-year have that certain "feel" to them.
What you seem to be missing is that cRap lyrics are simply expressions of the plight of urban kids these days. Everywhere they go they're running into too much recession, man.
(Nah man, you mean they're running into too much repression, man.)
Aw, "repression," "recession," man, it's all the same thing, man...
(Nah man, you mean they're running into too much repression, man.)
Aw, "repression," "recession," man, it's all the same thing, man...
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Guest
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I did a graduation party on Saturday that included karaoke. The graduation boy was on his way to college. I asked him what he liked; and he said Red Hot Chilli Pepers (Higher Ground is on my Classic Rock list) and AC/DC.
Except for Jump Around which I picked as a Kamakzie Karaoke piece (I always do), no rap was played.
I asked the graduation boy how we did and he said, "You guys rock!". He told me that he loved the mix.
He and his friends were in their garage playing ping pong. He asked me if I could put one of the speakers near the door. I did him one better and pulled out the backups, hooked them up to the aux out on the board and set them up in the garage.
He even liked the two songs I played for his grandmother (Fly Me To The Moon and Moon River). Towards the end of the night he asked for something to Jitterbug to and we put on Swing The Mood.
Who needs (C)Rap to make a party?
Except for Jump Around which I picked as a Kamakzie Karaoke piece (I always do), no rap was played.
I asked the graduation boy how we did and he said, "You guys rock!". He told me that he loved the mix.
He and his friends were in their garage playing ping pong. He asked me if I could put one of the speakers near the door. I did him one better and pulled out the backups, hooked them up to the aux out on the board and set them up in the garage.
He even liked the two songs I played for his grandmother (Fly Me To The Moon and Moon River). Towards the end of the night he asked for something to Jitterbug to and we put on Swing The Mood.
Who needs (C)Rap to make a party?
I was thinkin' "hey, that Beautiful Girls is an OK song," then my son pointed out that it was Stand By Me redone!
K
Kirby Ball
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Yes and this reminds me of an interview that I read recently with Sean Kingston and he was bragging that he writes all his own songs.
My response is, "sure you do sonny."
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Oh sure... and I'm gonna be an astronaut one day.Yes and this reminds me of an interview that I read recently with Sean Kingston and he was bragging that he writes all his own songs.
My response is, "sure you do sonny."
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Since I know and work with some of the "alt" bands which you guys are speaking off, let me add some insight into just that side of it.
I will use a band that I personally know well as an example (if you have seen some of my others posts, you will know who it is I speak of, but I am not naming names here).
The guys used to rock, and I do mean rock, the places they played. They would just come out onstage and tear the place apart with great lyrics and tight sets. They toured and toured relentlessly on their own, and sold a good amount of their self produced albums.
Then they got picked up by a label. Their first disc was written by a team the label brought in, and sounded nothing like what got them the deal in the first place. They went through a complete image makeover, and sound makeover. Their debut disc sold solidly, but not huge numbers. Small tour with some larger acts got them more and more play, and suddenly the label wanted a "breakout" disc. The guys had some clout built up and insisted on writing it themselves, the label relented and agreed. But they had to write it while on the road (virtually impossible for a band to do). They wrote and wrote and finally took it to the label, and the suits instantly rejected the first demos. It was not "radio" enough for them. To much of a departure from the first disc. But what the suits did not realize is that what the guys wrote was EXACTLY what had got them there to start with. It was tight, with meaningful lyrics (one of the songs still gives me chills because of the lyrics). The guys fought and fought and won the label over, and the disc became on instant smash.
But, the label was not happy, because production costs on the discs soared, and they wanted to recoup some of it back, hand how do they do that: touring of course. So the guys hit the road again, but as soon as they did, the label wanted another disc. And because the guys had written such a good disc before, they wanted them to write it. Now, if it was impossible for them to do it once, it is downright insane to make them do it again while on the road.
The result: a disc no one liked, plummeting concert sales on the second tour a fan backlash, from both the original group of fans who followed them from the start, and the second group of fans the initial debut disc nabbed.
This story is repeated over and over and over everyday all over the country. And it is what is killing the rock side of pop music. Labels want to put every band in 3 categories: The Killers side, which is all flash and glamour, with little substance behind the music; the Nickleback side, which substitutes rock for horrific lyrics and massive stage productions, and the Simple Plan/New Found Glory side, which nabs the 12-14 year old girl crowd.
The result it nothing lasting, nothing substantial and nothing anyone over 20 wanted to hear.
I will use a band that I personally know well as an example (if you have seen some of my others posts, you will know who it is I speak of, but I am not naming names here).
The guys used to rock, and I do mean rock, the places they played. They would just come out onstage and tear the place apart with great lyrics and tight sets. They toured and toured relentlessly on their own, and sold a good amount of their self produced albums.
Then they got picked up by a label. Their first disc was written by a team the label brought in, and sounded nothing like what got them the deal in the first place. They went through a complete image makeover, and sound makeover. Their debut disc sold solidly, but not huge numbers. Small tour with some larger acts got them more and more play, and suddenly the label wanted a "breakout" disc. The guys had some clout built up and insisted on writing it themselves, the label relented and agreed. But they had to write it while on the road (virtually impossible for a band to do). They wrote and wrote and finally took it to the label, and the suits instantly rejected the first demos. It was not "radio" enough for them. To much of a departure from the first disc. But what the suits did not realize is that what the guys wrote was EXACTLY what had got them there to start with. It was tight, with meaningful lyrics (one of the songs still gives me chills because of the lyrics). The guys fought and fought and won the label over, and the disc became on instant smash.
But, the label was not happy, because production costs on the discs soared, and they wanted to recoup some of it back, hand how do they do that: touring of course. So the guys hit the road again, but as soon as they did, the label wanted another disc. And because the guys had written such a good disc before, they wanted them to write it. Now, if it was impossible for them to do it once, it is downright insane to make them do it again while on the road.
The result: a disc no one liked, plummeting concert sales on the second tour a fan backlash, from both the original group of fans who followed them from the start, and the second group of fans the initial debut disc nabbed.
This story is repeated over and over and over everyday all over the country. And it is what is killing the rock side of pop music. Labels want to put every band in 3 categories: The Killers side, which is all flash and glamour, with little substance behind the music; the Nickleback side, which substitutes rock for horrific lyrics and massive stage productions, and the Simple Plan/New Found Glory side, which nabs the 12-14 year old girl crowd.
The result it nothing lasting, nothing substantial and nothing anyone over 20 wanted to hear.
K
