Forum: Media
11-24-2016, 07:37 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 957
YT - DVD converter ?
Hope this is the right forum, apologies if it isn't.
Having recently left the cyber stone age (dial up), I find myself able to watch YT videos and am looking for a free downloadable converter.
Any...
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Forum: General Music
04-07-2016, 04:35 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 691
Movies with a (Rock) music theme
I'm currently on a watching spree of music videos, rockumentaries and rock-related movies, 80's type stuff preferred, looking for more.
The videos and concert footage are not a problem, just found a...
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Forum: General Music
09-02-2015, 07:45 AM
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Replies: 81
Views: 5,267
There's a German science fiction pulp series...
There's a German science fiction pulp series called Perry Rhodan, published continuously since the early 1960's and still going. The number of novels, spin-offs and background material is in the tens...
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Forum: General Music
09-01-2015, 06:45 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 629
Observations:
A lot of 'popular' music is...
Observations:
A lot of 'popular' music is indeed very formulaic, seems like every new style produces maybe a handful of artists/bands that are actually any good/innovative, the rest are clones....
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Forum: General Music
08-29-2015, 07:18 AM
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Replies: 151
Views: 9,705
Ah yes, the clan......
No one in my family was...
Ah yes, the clan......
No one in my family was musically inclined, can't remember anyone ever buying any albums or tapes.
My mom and my aunt would absentmindedly listen to a radio station that...
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Forum: General Music
08-22-2015, 06:50 AM
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Replies: 151
Views: 9,705
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Forum: General Music
08-20-2015, 08:01 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 678
Do they proof-read music books?
I'm referring to the notes, not the text.
I do wonder sometimes, I have now come across several song books - various genres, artists, bands - in which the notation simply does not match any...
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Forum: General Music
08-20-2015, 07:56 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,658
Much of American music that could be termed...
Much of American music that could be termed 'subversive' or 'anti-establishment' tends to be in the smash-scream-destroyeverything type vein, you might find a lot more thoughtful stuff in French and...
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Forum: General Music
08-20-2015, 07:49 AM
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Replies: 151
Views: 9,705
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Forum: Country, Folk & World Music
01-01-2015, 07:33 PM
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Replies: 170
Views: 30,989
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Forum: Media
01-01-2015, 07:15 PM
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Replies: 292
Views: 16,243
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Forum: Pop
12-26-2014, 07:26 PM
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Replies: 139
Views: 26,695
She's cute - I'd like to go to the high school...
She's cute - I'd like to go to the high school where the Plain Janes look like Taylor Swift - she writes some catchy albeit simple tunes, and she's EXTREMELY successful.
Plays guitar probably about...
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Forum: General Music
12-26-2014, 06:57 PM
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Replies: 545
Views: 29,763
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Forum: Talk Instruments
09-05-2014, 07:53 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,687
For a beginner, I'd say the best guitar is a...
For a beginner, I'd say the best guitar is a Classical acoustic cheapie.
Classical means nylon strings, which will be MUCH easier on your fingers for the 6-8 months or so it'll take to develop the...
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Forum: Pop
09-03-2014, 06:39 PM
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Replies: 168
Views: 18,362
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Forum: Country, Folk & World Music
09-01-2014, 07:27 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,121
Thanks, I'll check Juanes out!
I have Grandes...
Thanks, I'll check Juanes out!
I have Grandes Exitos, the Live & Off the Record Rotterdam concert DVD/CD, the Fijacion Oral 2CD/DVD set, the MTV Unplugged DVD, En Vivo desde Paris DVD and the Oral...
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Forum: Country, Folk & World Music
08-31-2014, 08:52 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,121
Artists like Shakira?
Having collected several Shakira CDs and DVDs, I find myself wondering if there's anyone similar among current artists, Latin or otherwise.
Since she appears to write her own lyrics and at least...
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Forum: Sport & Recreation
06-17-2013, 07:22 AM
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Replies: 73
Views: 6,067
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Forum: Country, Folk & World Music
06-17-2013, 07:18 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,894
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Forum: Pop
06-17-2013, 07:01 AM
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Replies: 327
Views: 30,792
Pop music is, by definition, bland, repetitive,...
Pop music is, by definition, bland, repetitive, very basic lyrics set to a catchy dance beat. "Oooohh, babee.....' etc.
I'd say the main difference between Pop (or any other genre, for that matter)...
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Forum: The Lounge
06-14-2013, 07:34 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 414
Busking stories
Anyone know of any books - novels or real life experiences - revolving around busking, street musicians, traveling bards,etc.?
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Forum: The Lounge
05-13-2013, 06:25 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 2,784
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Forum: Indie & Alternative
05-03-2013, 06:15 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 847
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Forum: General Music
05-03-2013, 06:07 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 12,717
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Forum: Indie & Alternative
05-02-2013, 06:59 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 847
Hard to find Cds
I'm having some trouble finding a couple of albums by small indie bands from 1991 and 2012. Searches on some of the major shopping sites (Amazon, Second Spin, etc.) turn up nothing, search enginges...
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