A new car stereo has replaced the old 'dash radio.
Lately, one tune that starts the day is Working for the Weekend. LOUDLY. From 0 - 110 dB in .1 of a second. Even now my ears are decompressing. More impressing that those 300 Watts rms is that today my new Cap-jazz student roommate (acronym to follow), randomly mentioned this song, which I thereafter played for him on an old German classical guitar; sort of. As my vocals fragged out and the gut strings sweated out the eight notes, his grin betrayed his amusement. The third point to this story is that a young student (I teach a little guitar) requested to revisit the tune as we had covered it prior.
As Loverboy is a Vancouver band I might have a home-court bias to them. Right now, I am into the keyboards especially. They were an amazing band, even if only for three songs. Did I mention the synths?
7 comments:
I think think that it'S Great that you have such great interest in music
If u keep up with your good work, you would be successful in whatever you do.
Before getting the new car studio, how many times did you struggle with true old one?
A keyboarder myself, all you need to focus on is make sure yu know your keys, with a music background, you'll pick it up in no time!
Cheers!
Evan, you mentioned you were listening to the song Working for the Weekend “loudly from 0 – 110 db in .1 of a second” and that your ears began to decompressed. I can only image how that can be damaging to your ears because anything over 120 db a second can cause your ears to experience discomfort and pain.
As for the Vancouver band Loverboy, what do you mean “I wonder where that music culture went?” Are you perhaps referring to the sound of 80s music and or the quality of today’s music? I understand we are born into different generations of music and different parts of Canada or BC?
If you are referring to the sound of 80s music; I think I still hear a lot the 80s sound. There are a lot of remixes from back in the day, which can sometimes sound all too new for me due to our different age group. However, I can say that the quality of music has certainly decreased a lot. The problem could come from melodies being already taken and remade over and over again, where if an artist tries to make a melody similar to a copyright one, then he or she will get sued.
I listen to Rap and RnB music and there are certainly many artists without talent creating strange songs and sounds. This could be the possibility the artist is trying to be original and perhaps trying to start or go with a trend.
As per class September 11 slides, it answers your question “I wonder where that music culture went” it mentions that timeless time is in sequence of our past, present and future. Therefore, times flies by, things decay and all we have is our memory. But we can go on to the internet and still listen to the original oldies we all love. Having the internet as an information storage tool gives society some stability, so things do not get forgotten. We are able to access aspects of our past and society’s past in the present. It also mentions the past is always being brought back to the present, including songs and fashion.
I know when I get older the songs I considered new will become an oldie to me. I’ll be old rocking to the oldies of my generation. However, I will not have to worry as I will have the internet to refer back to if I ever want to listen to an oldie song.
jesse,
I guess your right, using my Macbook in the car can make it into a studio. If Garageband gets opened who knows what could happen. I actually have a usb-powered keyboard as well so some synth playing sure would help the Drive in Five. Now if I get a hit song then a chauffeur would be on the list of must haves.
Miss iPhone,
I think a generation is usually created over fifty or so years not ten;) Still, I remember when in high school, a two year difference meant entirely separate worlds. The music culture I refer to is the music scene where the players literally resonated with the audience. You partied with the band not a remixed version of their $40 000 song. Though yet condemmed to the bleak world of trumpet and 7:am band practices, I was partly aware of the rock scene that was thriving on the coast. I still hear stories of touring bands coming into bars and jamming with the group. The optimism was fused with hunger and fire. These girls and guys worked their asses off. Practicing, paying for gear, battling the competition.
I am ashamed to say that my parents listened to really old country music. Have you heard of Hank Williams? Now that is what a solid generation is. All this 80's rock was pretty much flown by when I heard of groups like Loverboy, Journey and Van Halen. The later breaking up by the time I heard Eddie laying down whole tone scales and whammy bar dives.
You insightfully mention the record to which we can refer via the internet. I guess, we do employ this all the time. Not just to the disco era, the bossa nova era, the du-wap era, the rockabilly era, the swing era, the blues-jazz eras...the time of Chopin and Litz...the ages of Gregorian chant (not a big fan)...the Psalms of the ancients. I feel that I and others are so modern-centric that the further back in history we look, learn and realize the better our current lives will be. Somehow the synths of exhibit A have been ursurped by the master, Bach. A real harpsichord quilling out TWTC at 300 Watts is something you might like to hear, need a ride after class?
Hey Evan, I understand what you are trying to say when you said “The music culture I refer to is the music scene where the players literally resonated with the audience. But you don’t think that still happens today? When a well known band or group comes to town and their fans are still inspired by their music? I think all what you mention still happens today. However, I think there are few different ways on how the music artists are “resonated with the audience.” For example, there are singers entertaining to local clubs and casino bars and perhaps instead of jamming with them all night musically, they are out partying with their fans. As well, if you notice music completion shows like American Idol, do you not think these girls and guys not work their asses off as well to win? I think it is a lot different how music is communicated to their audience. Today’s music is just too congested with talented or no talent artists. Perhaps, there are too many people to cater to and that everyone can have their cake and eat it too. Unfortunately, society is moving to fast to recognize all time classics and educational songs (oldies). The best way for that right now are the remixes.
The point Evan made is what made racing games so fun. Usually, girls aren't the gender to go to arcades and play these types of games. When girls walk into an arcade, as the guys rush for the fighting games like "Street Fighters", "King of Fighters", or "Tekken", shooting games that included, "House of the Dead", "Time Crisis", and "Ghost Squad", girls tend to go with the music games or rhythmic games, such as "Dance Dance Revolution", "Guitar Heroes", or "Drum Mania". Until racing arcade started, it was still a guy thing for a long while, because first, while many girls are interested in cars, because you were only to pick "fake" cars like "the Roadster" or "the Monster", and going around in an oval track isn't the greatest joy in the world, but for guys, the experience of just holding a steering wheel and the stick (standard-shifting transmission) is already real enough for the joy of shifting gears from first gear to second.
Because of this assignment, and after reading Evan's comment, I did some research to see the response of girls' views of arcade games. When I ask the "older" generation of young adults, from ages 30-40, they tend to like the puzzle games, where moving around is the least of their priority. One game that's notably popular from the crowd would be "Puzzle Bubble", a game where the point is to clear all the "bubbles" by shooting different coloured bubbles to form a chain of three of the same colour to make them "pop". Because they are in the “older” generation, they tend to like the classics…
While researching for the age group younger, ages 20-30, when asked which type of arcade games THEY preferred, a response was said, “I like more upbeat games, like dancing ones, or rhythmic games. It makes me feel ‘young’ again!” What they mean by that is that they passed their 20’s, but they miss the younger generation style of games, so they want to continue being in sync with the younger generation. Therefore, the preferences of “Dance Dance Revolution” or “Guitar Heroes” are the games they like in arcades. They also tend to like the games their “boyfriends” like as well, as they because they like to see how cool their couple is, therefore, racing games are now included in the bunch.
For the generation younger, ages 16-20, it’s the generation where they hit their prime. Everything has to look good, no matter how much they dislike the game, whatever the trend is, they follow it, and as the racing game market continues to rise, so will the profit from the younger adolescent generation. Girls would also be fond of these games, because cars is such a general topic, no matter what type of car you like, you can now drive it in an arcade game. And trust me; there are many nice Japanese imports out there for all the ladies to enjoy. One thing I forgot to mention is that in Battle Gear 4, the one where there is hand breaks for the drifts, there are also clutches for you to learn as well. Therefore, go wild, hit the walls. It doesn’t matter if you crash, it’s all in the game, and for the fun of it… just a way to “relax”!
Post a Comment