#and like. I'm no musical professional

[daydreamdoodles]

Tragedy struck, Zolita's new single "Small Town Scandal" is country in every way EXCEPT the music

[leisplayhouse]

okay. hear me out.

jeremy jordan

[revvethasmythh]

The score for Veilguard is actually so cool, because obviously it's a departure from the originating themes that were loosely shared between DAO and DA2, but it really stands against the sweeping orchestrals and pounding drums that drove you in Inquisition (perhaps more than the story itself was driving anything). In comparison, Veilguard leans much more toward synths, electric instruments, and there's even a track with western inspired strings and a harmonica (and it SLAPS). It's varied and reads as more modern, but also carries with it this cacophonous sense of apocalypse as well as, perhaps, presenting an idea that this world is moving on and forward, that I think fits very well thematically and musically

[thelaurenshippen]

in honor of the wicked trailer, I'm dropping this here in case anyone's never seen it before. cynthia erivo, queen

[kindahoping4forever]

my ultimate wish for this next era is they finally let Ryan go like they did Andy. I'm so sick of not getting the content we deserve. All the gatekeeping of tour diaries and now the crumbs of concert footage in that "documentary" yesterday. he was working for months on that? that's why we didn't get tour diaries? all that footage just goes in his vault now? Please.

Hello! I'm sorry to hear you felt disappointed by yesterday's special. However, I feel compelled to comment on a few objective points in your ask.

- "Live & Backstage in Amsterdam" was directed by James Tonkin, the same director (and production team, Hangman) they worked with on "The Feeling of Falling Upwards" (and the unreleased "Live in Brixton" special). Ryan was credited as director of the documentary footage and as a contributing editor (1 of 3) but the live footage and overall final program was not his work.

- Regardless of the particular creatives involved here (or in any given project for that matter), the fact remains that any directors, producers, photographers, etc are all hired hands operating with full input and specific direction from the band. The band chose to make this a hybrid concert film/documentary. The band chose to condense the setlist the way they did. The band chose this format over the traditional tour diaries. What happens to the unused footage will be determined by the band. Ryan is a friend but he is first and foremost an employee and the band owns that footage. (Likewise, the MYT diaries are not sitting on Andy Deluca's hard drive because he's "gatekeeping" or too lazy to edit it. If the band wanted them released, they'd be released.) All this to say, of course you don't have to agree with the decisions but it's important to clarify who your complaint is with.

- This concept of the band or their collaborators "gatekeeping" and fans not getting what we "deserve" is, to be blunt, entitled and immature. Being a fan does not make an artist indebted to you. They make music, if you feel so inclined, you listen. That's it. That's the extent of the contract. Anything beyond that is optional for both parties. Any content an artist chooses to release is not out of obligation or generosity, it's part business strategy, part artistic vision. Artists do not owe you anything. This band does not owe you anything.

[obsessedenderman]

hi guys so I'm basically making a piano version of symphony in E/redstone baby cause yeah!!!! I'm halfaway through.. also I made another vers almost 2 years ago and it was an abomination!! 8 months ago I decided to remake it but when I was halfway through my phone fell into the toilet and I was so stupidly disgusted that I washed it in the sink!! I lost everything :'(

btw here you go I hope you guys like it, maaaaaybe I will post the tutorial on YouTube once I'm done since some people asked!!!! bye bye:3

[indigoraven]

have to say I'm still a bit mixed on the re-released troy saga.

I enjoy most of the songs more than the original but there is some small things that annoy me?

(e.g. the horse and the infant is much more imposing, but I feel kind of weird about the way the voices of zeus and odysseus mix at the end now. It sounds more like a song and less like a conversation.

and I gotta be honest, i'm not the biggest fan of how the lotus eaters sound now. the lotus eaters sound far more gremlin like now (which is fun) but it doesn't quite fit with what they looked like in my imagination. They also seem less dazed. which I feel was, y'know, a big part of them?)

but on the other side I do love that the crew sounds a bit more diverse (if you get what I mean) in their voices now. The same goes for warrior of the mind. I like the changes in athenas performance.

the cyclops saga sounds good. a lot cleaner and stronger although the end of survive doesn't sound quite as goosebump inducing imo

but I'm sure that a lot of my reservations are due to the amount of times I listened to the original ones. The changes will probably grow on me quickly xd they are only small hangups after all

[magentagalaxies]

just finished interviewing bellini for one of my finals in my comedy class and i'm losing my mind over bellini going on a tangent about how if he were grading my comedy over the past year he would give me an A+. like i didn't ask him to say that and it wasn't related to any of the questions i asked but you better believe i'm leaving that in to be like see professor? BELLINI gave me an A+!!!

[politemagic]

hey gang if you're in the market for some new ambient, "naturey" metal music, might i suggest checking out the band til fauna?

they're a small band & they've only got 3 songs out now but they're working on a full album! i'm really digging their music so far and i'm excited to see what else they release!! breathe is my fav right now, but honestly all of the songs are good. (also i followed them on instagram and they messaged me to thank me for listening and gang i went 🥺 i think they're really good please listen to them🖤)

[greenerteacups]

this is very important are you a chasing cars person or the man who can't be moved person. (in other words i absolutely adore your character playlists and your narcissa black one has me frothing at the mouth)

Jesus Christ. This is like the Mortal Kombat of Irish sadrock. Okay.

When you put Gary Lightbody in a contest against someone who's not Gary Lightbody (co-author of "The Last Time" ft. Taylor Swift a.k.a. Movement 1 of the "let's ruin GT's fucking evening" Swift quartet) then there's only so many things I can say. I like the Script. But who's their Gary Lightbody? Gary fucking Lightbody? A songwriter inspired by the poetry of Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney? A professional musician who said THIS about his technical abilities?

TLDR: "Chasing Cars" made me cry when I was a teenager and watching shitty fanvids in bed. And it still hits.

[casiavium]

I don't like the mean girls musical because it's a worse version of Heathers but also. I wish it was a thing when I was in highschool because as the person who was always typecasted as the dumb one I would have KILLED IT as Karen

[lizzydizzyyo]

So fucking sad that David Archuleta put his life on pause for some stupid missionary period taking two years when his career was literally shooting up (eventually killing it until it sizzled out), not to mention doing a whole PR manouver when he was "caught" in a gay bar from a grainy cctv screenshot (which is not a bad thing btw) but he ended up becoming a public queer ex-mormon anyway. All that effort and bullshit. Man. Imagine if he went ahead with his career in 2012-2014 instead, he might even come out earlier because 2013 was literally the gay coming out year. Can you imagine. Can you imagine how spoiled we would have been as an archie if he did that instead. CAN YOU IMAGINE.

[britneyshakespeare]

can you believe there was a time in my life where i wanted to be a professional actress

[aandriskobold]

nothing quite like an amateur performance of a chorus line to remind me how much i love theatre and how much i never want to be an actor

[astramachina]

*holds up a finger* boy do i wish that was me tho ngl

[zerodaryls]

Jeff Porcaro of Toto talks about channeling his nervous energy into something creative. [Full 45-minute Interview on YouTube]

Video Transcript:

[Jeff sits behind a drum set, addressing an unseen audience] It's so funny, but the... the beat of Rosanna? And there's all these little things in between? Well that started off years ago, I don't know who it was I was playing for, but I was so nervous, that my left hand [demonstrates his shaky hand on the drum] was just... was just bouncing! [audience laughter] And I took that and I– [drums] I just let my – I channeled my nervous stuff to a beat or something like that. But, no, the only thing that ever calmed – I swear to God, like, last night, I can't tell you how many times I've played at The Baked Potato, and I'm supposed to be a well-known drummer who should have his shit– I mean his stuff together... But I'm at The Baked Potato and there's a couple of drummers in the audience and stuff and I'm always nervous and it'll take about two songs before my arms get loosened up and then I don't care that they're there listening to me play. But I think that being nervous is a good thing. You know, channeling that energy well. Adrenaline, it's adrenaline. It's a good thing. [jokingly] So stay nervous. [laughs] Nah... [audience laughter as the video fades out]