Re: Looking for answers to questions that bothered him so.
 

Is this thing on?

Re: Who's the prez? That's easy, man. He used to be on Death Valley Days, John Wayne
 

Well it sounds like ya could be but ya aren't.

Re: Looking for answers to questions that bothered him so.
 

Re: Looking for answers to questions that bothered him so.
 

Wait. Is this serious?

If so, does a turntable* qualify as an "actual instrument" in your mind? How about beat boxing?+ A TR-808?^ A computer?~

TM

*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEKRAn-ZleM

+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mtop6MCENsY

^http://www.rollingstone.com/music/vi...w-doc-20141015

~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aayZ9ybDTBw

Re: Who's the prez? That's easy, man. He used to be on Death Valley Days, John Wayne
 

There's a difference. You can be freaky and non-burnt freaky. But if you're making trips to Tijuana to see just how dirty it gets, you're definitely getting burnt.

TM

Re: Looking for answers to questions that bothered him so.
 

There's a turntable class at Berklee: https://www.berklee.edu/courses/ilen-333

'course, they also teach electronic music composition and production, so they're probably not a real music school: https://online.berklee.edu/courses/i...sic-production

Re: Looking for answers to questions that bothered him so.
 

OH MY FUCKING GOD, this displays such an incredible fucking ignorance of the artistry and creativity that goes into making hip hop music (and also writes off pretty much ALL electronica and most pop music today as non-music), it makes my fucking head explode. Go watch Hip Hop Evolution and The Get Down and Scratch and . . . actually, don't bother. You clearly have so little concept about how most "music" has been made in the last 30 years that you are completely beyond hope. You probably listen to the little top 40 songs and imagine real live musicians playing horns and strings and other "legitimate instruments" because you lack any fucking clue about music today. But let me say with absolute certainty that so many of the DJs and producers who created the music behind the rappers were far greater musicians and musical visionaries than so many of the technically gifted but musically pedestrian session musicians that created the background for the singing that you enjoy.

Re: Looking for answers to questions that bothered him so.
 

Exactly.

Re: Looking for answers to questions that bothered him so.
 

Everyone I know who graduated Berklee is excellent at telling when the burger is medium well.

Re: Looking for answers to questions that bothered him so.
 

Re: Looking for answers to questions that bothered him so.
 

You're supposed to be an old white dude who gets drunk and spouts his philosophy.

"No! You little shits... Get your history straight! He's wasn't in fucking REM! But he should have been in Sublime... But that's another story. Get that frisbee off my lawn or I'll keep it!"

This should never leave anyone's permanent playlist.

If you mix up NWA, Motorhead, Dead Kennedys, and the first three PE records, you get a running mix that inclines you to amazing levels of aggression - some pointless, but most validated.

Re: Looking for answers to questions that bothered him so.
 

That is, demographically speaking, political suicide.

Re: Looking for answers to questions that bothered him so.
 

That's all well and good but I've moved on. My musical life right now revolves around how the Pipa and Urhu can work with a full orchestra and electric violin.

Re: Looking for answers to questions that bothered him so.
 

Yes.

No.

There may be some exceptions, but we're in crotchety old white dude territory here so they can be ignored.

ETA: Okay, so I'll give beat boxing a maybe and grant Ty the choral exception, although I'm not a big fan of choral music in general.

Re: Looking for answers to questions that bothered him so.
 

I know you're trying to be cutesy, but this is so fucking stupid that I wouldn't expect it from you.

TM