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What is a typical reggaeton beat called?
While listening to this reggaeton song, I was wondering if there is a specific name for such a beat, like western techno songs typical have a 4/4 beat.
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What could you do with the "Daft Club" card on daftcard.com?
My release of Daft Punk’s album Discovery contains a card (in ID-1 format):
DAFT CLUB
51… … … …
MEMBER PERSONAL ACCESS CODE
EXPIRATION 12/… www.daftcard.com
The domain daftcard.com seems to ...
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Was "Interstella 5555" the first film that visually realized an album?
The film Interstella 5555 – The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003) is the visual realization of Daft Punk’s album Discovery:
the film’s soundtrack consists of the album’s songs, i.e., watching ...
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Is there still any potential for a major new popular music genre to appear?
I'm of the generation that had their teenage years in the 90s. At that time, the mid-70s seemed musically very different - who could imagine a world with no techno and no hip-hop?
The mid-90s are now ...
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Origins of the acoustic guitar in Portishead's "The Rip" from the album "Third"
The acoustic guitar in Portishead's The Rip always catches my attention. The guitar take they used is filled with execution mistakes. Beth Gibbons' beautiful voice distracts away from it, but if you ...
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Band(s) in the vein of Dream Theater?
I really like the band Dream Theater, but I'm not very familiar with the Progressive Metal genre of which they're a part.
Can anyone suggest a band (or bands) that have a similar feel but aren't as ...
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Is the old myth of reggae's creation true?
I've heard many times that reggae music what created by slowing down the ska beat by a too hot summer for the sake of dancers. I'm aware of the deep link between carribean musics and dance, so can it ...
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Meaning of *Snow (Hey Oh)*
I'm a big fan of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and particularly the song Snow (Hey Oh) from Stadium Arcadium, however the lyrics just don't make any sense at all to me. A friend said he thought the song ...
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Standard vinyl vs Audiophile/Weighted vinyl - What's the difference?
I remember back in the days of my youth when everything was released on vinyl, you'd sometimes hear about "audiophile" vinyl or vinyl with a specific weight (which I think was 180g).
What's the ...
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What music styles were popular in pre-bossa nova Brazil?
I've been looking into the bossa nova style and from what I've researched, bossa nova seems to have taken Brazil by storm when it was introduced. But I'm not entirely sure what the dominant style in ...
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How did the song "Plush" by Stone Temple Pilots get its name?
I've always wondered how the song "Plush" got its name. The lyrics themselves don't contain the word "Plush" nor do the lyrics and music make me think "Plush" is an appropriate song title. So why is ...
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"Saber Wing"... 3/4 or 6/8?
Saber Wing is a song created by TAG, originating in the game Dance Dance Revolution X. It’s the most notable song in the entire franchise that doesn't use a 4/4 time signature, but is it 3/4 or 6/8? ...
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Why was "Dynamite Rave" remade?
Naoki Maeda originally created the song Dynamite Rave for Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix, but it was later redone in either DDR X or DDR X2 (I can't remember which) for "copyright" reasons, apparently ...
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Who is Sister Irene in "Going Down" by Freddie King?
I'm working on Going Down by Freddie King and I don't understand the reference of this sentence:
I'm going back to Chattanooga and sleep on sister Irene's porch
I can't find any reference from my ...
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Is there a composer who made a fusion between Latin and Bebop Jazz?
I'm lately really into Bebop music, like Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers and also Tecno Brega, really low-profile dance music from Brazil. I was wondering if there is like a fusion of these 2 ...
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Identify these Gregorian Chant samples from Delerium's "Flatlands" and "Metaphor" [closed]
On Delerium’s Semantic Spaces album, there are a few songs that use samples of Gregorian chants.
I'd like to identify the following samples, so that I can find and listen to the full Gregorian chant ...
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Identify a sample in "Summertime" by Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince? [closed]
I'm curious what the origin of main background-persistent sample in the DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (Will Smith) song Summertime is from? It's sort of familiar to me as something reminiscent ...
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How does Skrillex perform live concerts?
I went to a Skrillex concert last year. When Skrillex performs live, what is he doing?
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Are Saint Jimmy and the Jesus of Suburbia two different representations of the same person?
Green day's American Idiot album tells a very interesting story driven by three different characters Saint Jimmy, the Jesus of Suburbia, and Whatshername. I've always heard that Saint Jimmy and the ...
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What does Ed Sheeran say at the beginning of "Gold Rush"?
I was listening to the album, and solely in the right side (for one second) there’s someone saying something before Ed breaks into the actual course.
Here’s the song on YouTube.
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Did "I Got Rhythm" invent or merely popularise rhythm changes?
The "rhythm changes" chord progression, used in compositions as wide ranging as Parker’s Anthropology and the Flintstones Theme, is named after George Gershwin’s 1930 song I Got Rhythm.
Was this ...
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Are the releases from Mastercuts available on vinyl?
I'm a music fan and I collect vinyl records. Lately I've been using discogs.com which is a very good site for buying records. But I want it on vinyl and for instance I want to buy the releases from ...
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Was Pete Townshend the first musician to destroy his instrument as part of a performance?
Pete Townshend of the Who regularly would smash his guitar on stage as part of his performance. Was he the first musician to destroy his instrument as part of a performance?
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Which specific songs are being parodied in this segment from "The Pick Of Destiny"?
I hope this is eligible question for stack. I don't really know where to go with this, and original Stack Overflow was often helping me with programming questions, therefore - here we go:
There is an ...
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What was the first band considered to be punk?
Punk is a very distinctive sub genre of rock with it's own very interesting sound, look, and persona. Which band was the first band that was classified as a punk band and start this trend?
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Multi-channels for audio standard
The audio format commonly found for CD's (and older LP's as well) is the classic stereo (two channels: left & right).
For the video, the standards was stereo in the begining (perhaps mono even) ...
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When music goes "out of print", do the writers/performers still hold their copyright?
I was wondering about out-of-print music and how it comes back in print. Do the writers still retain their copyrights? Who determines when a record/CD will go out of print, and who makes it ...
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How can I find out in which movies/games a musical work was featured?
How can I find out in which movies and video games a specific musical work was featured?
Starting from the movie/game is usually easier, as corresponding websites (like the IMDb) often list the used ...
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Can the "Concept Album" be tracked back to a single release?
Barring anything theater-based (like Classical, Opera and Broadway), can anyone tell me which was the first true "concept album"? Pink Floyd's "Dark Side Of The Moon" held a concept throughout it, ...
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Johnny Dyani's "Musician's Musician": who is the reference?
South African expatriate multi-instrumental jazz musician Johnny Dyani wrote a song called "Musician's Musician." It appears on at least two albums I know of.
The title sounds as though it might be a ...
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Is V in Morse code • • • − because the main theme of Beethoven's V Symphony is short-short-short-long? [closed]
I am reading Craig Wright's Listening to Music. On page 222, he states:
No wonder that during World War II (1939-1945) both sides, Fascists as well as Allied, used the music of [Beethoven's fifth] ...
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Longest known live version of Dazed and Confused?
At worst this is a finite list, but does anyone know how long the longest known live version of Dazed and Confused ran, and from which date? There are a heck of a lot of bootlegs out there to cull ...
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Identify MM or MC pickup
I have an old turntable which I now want to connect to my amp via a phono preamp. It of course has inputs for both MC and MM pickups. Since I didn't buy the turntable or the pickup, I don't know which ...
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What's the best way to connect two iPods to one set of amplified speakers?
I have a unique stereo set up scenario that I am looking to figure out. I share an office with another person and we have a really nice set of speakers that we use to play music on.
The problem is we ...
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Does a band logo define their music?
I'm wondering, every band got logo. Even some bands that I recently see have more than one logo. Do they (the logo) represent/define their styles or character when playing their music? And what're the ...
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Where can I create an online playlist (without necessarily the feature to play them)?
I would like to create a playlist online. Like collecting proposals/ideas of songs & artists.
I don't need to play them right there. The creation of the list is the feature I'm looking for.
Are ...
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What's the difference between Tidal's "High quality" and "High Fidelity"?
I saw Jay-Z's music service launched last night and I found one of their mini-games online asking you to spot the difference between "high quality" music and "high fidelity" music as that's its unique ...
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Vinyl grooves look like scratch
I got here a few records which looked if they are scratched.
The scratches (if they are scratches) look like grooves. (They lay exact in the same direction as the grooves)
But if I listen to this ...
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What is the work rota for a typical musical show?
A long running theater production of a musical in London or New York often has shows most nights and periodic matinees which when added to continuous rehearsals would add up to a staggering working ...
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Who are considered the most important salsa composers/performers?
Like the title says, I would like to know who are the most important salsa composers and/or performers.
If possible I'd like some brief background as to why they are so important.
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In the song "Hotel California" by the Eagles, what are "colitas"?
Hotel California is one of my favorite songs. One mysterious line at the beginning of the song states:
Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
I speak some Spanish, but neither I nor my ...
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First rock song to use the 3/4 time signature? [closed]
The three-four time signature is frequently used in swing music or dance music. But what was the first rock song to use this time signature?
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Was the radio intro in "Protect Ya Neck" real or created for the song?
The probably most famous song of the Wu-Tang Clan "Protect Ya Neck" from the album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) starts with this radio talk:
Caller: "So whassup man?"
DJ: "Coolin' man"
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What is the first use of the 'tapping' method?
The ‘tapping’ method is an advanced guitar technique where both hands are placed on the fretboard, typically reserved for solos. Who was the first guitarist to use this method - live or otherwise?
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Who is songwriter Pick Purnell?
On soul legend Solomon Burke's critically-acclaimed late-career album Don't Give Up On Me (2002), the closing track is credited to "Pick Purnell." According to Solomon himself, Mr. Purnell was an ...
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What defines rock music as a genre?
Which patterns, instruments, characteristics (or whatever) does a song need to have to be considered rock? Can this be objectively analyzed? If not, which subjective dynamics are involved?
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What's the difference between house and techno?
Both are considered pillars of electronic dance music, and probably its most known and recognized genres. They are often used interchangeably, sometimes to refer to electronic dance music in general, ...
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Sampled Rap Songs [closed]
It's entirely standard for rap songs to use samples, but what about the other way around --rap music sampled for use in non-rap songs? I can think of two examples: Macy Gray's Do Something which ...
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Are these three lines from "Lieder" references to songs, too?
In the song Lieder, Adel Tawil references in almost each line a (usually popular) song.
The German Wikipedia article about this song lists the references in a table. However, three lines are missing ...
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What's the origin idea of "guitar-synth"?
What I know is: Pat Metheny is the one who used it on guitar. But, some said that he's the first one who ever use it.
Is it correct? Because I read in Wikipedia that Jimmy Page used it too. What it'...
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