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Post by isca on Nov 11, 2007 20:17:58 GMT
With the Official SAB forum turning into a debacle, Isca has moved over here. To post his thoughts... and what not. Anyone care to (re) join me for some serious musical debate? Looking forward to it Chris
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martin
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Post by martin on Nov 11, 2007 22:11:21 GMT
Great idea so I will start off by saying Tiff Rocks !!! and Mandyliegh is fantastic
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Post by isca on Nov 11, 2007 22:51:58 GMT
Yes indeedy, Marty Farty, Tiff and Mandy both rock.
Any other thoughts?
LOL
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Post by theaverageperson on Nov 12, 2007 16:35:04 GMT
Yep I'm sick of all the flaming and baiting going on. 'About the Music' should be living up to the name. I'll be contributing here when I feel it's constructive and necessary.
So ... er ... The retro grade inversion of the 12 twelve note tone row. Over rated? Discuss.
Cool voice: Manuela Lopes. Cool band: The Arrangements.
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Post by isca on Nov 12, 2007 17:07:38 GMT
Hmm its just getting plain old nasty over there. Ah well, here's hoping we can lure a few folk over here for a chat.
Now then... The retro grade what ...?
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Post by WalterM on Nov 12, 2007 20:11:29 GMT
New forum? I wish to go back to the old one. The only one a.f.a.i.k.: this one!
Ow, and Phil Tweed to 5K!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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martin
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Post by martin on Nov 13, 2007 1:04:10 GMT
Question: who do you think will have the biggest success from the current recording/recorded artists ?
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Post by Lucretia on Nov 13, 2007 14:00:50 GMT
Of the 11 already through? That one is easy - Maitreya.
Not sure whether he will make it or not because the US market is hard but they "export" so much music to the rest of Europe that it's pretty obvious once he gets rolling he'll be an unstoppable stone due to the current trend of rap/hip-hop/r'n'b music being thrust upon us from over there.
And yes, you are remembering correct - I don't have any parts in the artist I consider most likely to be successful.
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Post by isca on Nov 13, 2007 17:31:13 GMT
Second Person - I am certain of that. I think FRB could also do well, with Maitreya a very close third.
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Post by wyando on Nov 18, 2007 14:10:16 GMT
Question: who do you think will have the biggest success from the current recording/recorded artists ? Francis And, yeah, Maitreya. There must be a reason, that his first single brought already income to the part owners P.S. Hej Isca ;D
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Post by sergio on Nov 20, 2007 21:47:18 GMT
And yes, you are remembering correct - I don't have any parts in the artist I consider most likely to be successful. And this is one of the things I like more in sab! Thinking that people can listen to songs even if they are not likely to be successful. But knowing that maybe in the future things could change... It is something I tried to talk about in the other forum but I'll try again here: don't you think that trying sab to be an alternative to the classical music market we should try the effort to pull on new sides of music? I mean, the people who recorded/are recording are all really good musicians but they are, IMHO of course, not extremely original. Shouldn't sab put a little accent on trying to bring ears on the things that we generally don't listen to on the radio? I am not saying we should just believe in weird artists who produce music banging a fork on a wall but if one of the revolutions is that the listeners decide what to listen to, shouldn't we begin to try to train our ears to something different to the classical genres here? As always, not trying to be aggressive
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Post by Lucretia on Nov 21, 2007 17:14:35 GMT
Ah, where is our "sheep" when you need him? (Sorry, this is a joke but relevant to the previous post). Are people in general too lazy or too busy to decide what they like and so have to be told what they like? Are people sheep when it comes to music. Should I be training my ears to like the rap/hip-hop/r'n'b I can't stand? In my opinion I don't think "original" is necessary for the question of training ears - I think it can apply to any music style that a person wouldn't normally listen to. And if that music includes banging forks against a wall, so be it. ;D I don't believe it is possible for everyone to like every style of music out there, even though I do believe that even those on the fringes can find someone somewhere eventually to like their music.
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sergio
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Post by sergio on Nov 21, 2007 20:51:22 GMT
Ah, where is our "sheep" when you need him? (Sorry, this is a joke but relevant to the previous post). Are people in general too lazy or too busy to decide what they like and so have to be told what they like? Are people sheep when it comes to music. Should I be training my ears to like the rap/hip-hop/r'n'b I can't stand? In my opinion I don't think "original" is necessary for the question of training ears - I think it can apply to any music style that a person wouldn't normally listen to. And if that music includes banging forks against a wall, so be it. ;D I don't believe it is possible for everyone to like every style of music out there, even though I do believe that even those on the fringes can find someone somewhere eventually to like their music. If you'd really want to try a listen to a song containing forks and walls I can send you an mp3 of one of my earlier recordings... ;D Anyway I don't think that everyone should like every music. what I thought is that this thing of sellaband, the people who listen to the songs and decide which cds should be recorded, could bring to go ahead and forget about genres. I don't want people to listen to some genre but to some songs. Talking about genre is quite absurd because genres don't really exist. You can talk technically about 3 or 4 genres in contemporary music but then there are currents, flows, the single's preferences that are the only thing that really matters. I'd say my genre is rock. But I like many things played by the Spice Girls and I have something I like in Hip Hop. If I search between my cds I find almost every genre and also things I cannot insert in any genre. In my cds I have the music I like and that's all. I can't see how on sab when you get signed as artist you choose your genre and I can't see how people can search artists by genre. In the beginning was the rock. Then came "alternative rock" for the ones who didn't want to get into the mainstream. Then, when "alternative rock" was absorbed in the mainstream and became a mainstream genre, "indie rock" was born for the ones who didn't want to be in the mainstream. It doesn't work! There is a thing I have in mind: not the statistics or the charts. You - the believers (and me, so)-are the record company. We are very much. Why don't we take it seriously and begin to listen and judge the artists sistematically? If you are investing you want to be objective. You have your intuition, it's true, but you want some clear data too. Is the number of people reading a page important to understand if someone can have a chance to sell cds? If you invest, don't you want the people you invest in to have a chance to be popular? You can't just judge on your feeling. Let's say that believers begin a sistematic work and begin to judge the artists. You put in a 3 or 4 indicators and believers, after listening to the songs they must listen to for a superior decision, give their opinion on the songs. It could be useful both for the artists, who could have a feedback, and for the believers who can understand what all the believers (and not only the little percentage who is much active on the community) think about an artist. Anonymous, then if you want to write me a messgae, post it. This would be more similar to a decisional proceeding in your investments and would be more useful for artists. Maybe niches wouldn't exist anymore but we could just have good or bad musicians or, better, good or bad investments. Of course you would always be free to buy parts in the people you prefer for anything but it could put an accent on the music that is now missing
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