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peter posted in the group Open Mic (Open Discussion)
What’s life without humor? Sure, it’s a bit cocky. It’s also true.
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LinkedMusicians posted in the group Open Mic (Open Discussion)
Name a band or solo artist widely seen as a one-hit wonder that you feel has been greatly underappreciated.
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Tangential, but how do we even define a “Hit” these days? Spotify plays? Do Billboard lists still exist (or matter?) . The way publishers attack (foolishly IMO) any use of “their” music on media sites like YouTube, how do people “discover” “new” (to them) music, aside from personal recomendations?
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Billboard remains the industry standard for the recording industry, — and we carry Billboard magazine articles here at LinkedMusicians in the Knowledge Hub. But measurement has become significantly more complex than it was in the days when radio and vinyl dominated. Today, Billboard determines hits based on radio airplay, audio impressions,…Read More
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The song that comes to my mind is Life in a Northern Town by Dream Academy. Love the harmonies and the feel of that song. Here is a little tidbit, David Gilmour did some sound effect/tape effects for the song.
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Coincidentally, I was just listening to Dream Academy yesterday. I’m big on rock trivia. The band’s big inspiration was Nick Drake — I love his music. What songs beyond their big hit do you like? “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” is one of my favorite comedies, and their cover of a Smith’s classic is featured in the movie:…Read More
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@peter I have just been listening to an excellent doc about the making of 5 Leaves Left
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This reply was originally much longer but I had ‘posted an inappropriate word’ I assume it may have been BBC!
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Nope obviously not that one! It will forever be a mystery!
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Too be honest, Life in a Northern Town is the only song I really listened to by them. I really should looked at them closer, something I will rectify real soon.
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Good call @doug – as a young lad from the deadly dull town of Hartlepool in north east England I loved that song. The place is significantly less dull now with a folk festival and several music venues but the only good night out in those days was the excellent folk club (the best I have ever been to in my life and not just because it was my first!)
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Great thread @peter – sorry I am late to the party – been away for over a week and then had a mountain of emails to get through. I still haven’t posted my holiday pics on Facebook.
My one hit wonder is renaissance who were, and still are, one of my favourite bands. I started off well with their Live at Carnegie Hall double album which gave me a…Read More
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Renaissance never crossed my radar which is surprising because I am a huge prog fan. I truly love Annie’s voice. Great share!
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Look at that, we spend so much time on deals that I didn’t realize that you were a huge prog fan too. I great up as a huge fan of Yes, Genesis (up to, Invisible Touch), King Crimson, Rush, ELP, Kansas… My first major rock concert was ELP, a birthday gift from my youngest sister. At maybe age 7 – 9, I was completely in love with ELP’s Trilogy…Read More
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Yes was one of my first loves. Strangely enough, it was I’ve Seen all Good People that turned me onto them. It is decidedly not what I would consider a prog song except maybe the last half but that part didn’t make the radio edit. ELP was never into making “hits” so it not surprising that Lucky Man is the only song that charted. Funny, Genesis…Read More
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I think ELP’s Pictures At An Exhibition may have been the album that got me into prog! I was a classical fan from about 11 when I first heard Holst’s The Planets at school – the only good part of a music lesson I can remember – the rest of my memories were of the sadistic Scottish music teacher forcing us to learn the recorder (which I later came…Read More
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I used to love Rush around the time of the Permament Waves & Spirit of Radio albums but wasn’t so keen before or after that. I saw them at Southampton Town Hall when I was living in nearby Winchester and they were one of the the most disappointing band I have seen – they prided themselves on getting the exact sound of the albums but of course that…Read More
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@Doug Really glad that you enjoyed it! Annie has my favourite female voice ever possibly apart from English folk singer Nancy Kerr whose voice is also sublime but in a very different way! Check out Renaissance’s Live AT Carnegie Hall, Scherezade, Ashes Are Burning, Prologue, Turn of The Cards, Novella and Song For All Seasons – after that hey got…Read More
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Semisonic. Most people only know them from “Closing Time”, but their first album, “Great Divide” is a nice collection of power pop with a slight hippy influence.
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I agree! And I think their album “All About Chemistry” is also really good.
My wife (then girlfriend) and I saw Semisonic and did a meet and greet for their tour supporting “All About Chemistry.” Dan Wilson was really cool and down to earth. We got into a discussion on songwriting and our mutual fondness of Carole King’s songwriting (he co-wrote…Read More
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I can’t believe I forgot about Neil Finn / Crowded House. The band is mainly known for the song, “Don’t Dream It’s Over” and possibly, “Something So Strong.” So, they’re not exactly seen as one hit wonders, but close. And I think Neil is a superb singer/songwriter. Crowded House and Neil Finn solo have many, many great songs.
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I remember “Locked Out” and “Distant Sun” getting some play when they were released. My favorite album of theirs is “Woodface”, though. It’s packed with so many greats, from “Fall at Your Feet” to “Four Seasons in One Day”, and of course “Weather With You”.
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peter posted in the group Open Mic (Open Discussion)
This was unexpected: a drummer swap between two major bands. The Foo Fighters former drummer, Josh Freese, is joining Nine Inch Nails, while Nine Inch Nails former drummer, Ilan Rubin, is joining The Foo Fighters. Josh also formerly played drums with Nine Inch Nails during the 00s.…Read More
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peter posted in the group Open Mic (Open Discussion)
I was chatting with a developer friend the other day and he was telling me how impressed he is with SoundPaint’s CS-80 library, as it represents a developer more extensively sampling one of these instruments than any other developer has ever done. To be very candid, while I’m friends with the 8Dio / Soundpaint folks, I was tied up with other…Read More
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peter posted in the group Music Memes and Quotes
As we’re not seeing much activity in the various discussion groups, I’m going to be TEMPORARILY hiding ALL of the Discussion Groups with the exception of The Wall. So one group to handle it all, The Wall (yep, it rhymes). Consolidate and conquer! 🙂
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peter posted in the group Open Mic (Open Discussion)
News flash! We’re increasingly seeing developers registering for LinkedMusicians. Clearly, the word is starting to spread. If you’re a developer, or an employee or contractor of a developer or retailer that sells music-related products or services, please be sure to read our Community Rules (linked near the bottom of the navigation bar) before…Read More
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What language is that above the Chinese?
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The message at the bottom is in several languages. From what I can tell it’s Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish and I’m not sure of the others. You might appreciate that it was created by a bunch of residential neighbors in Chicago after a hate crime in the neighborhood and the people banded together to show support for the diverse neighborhood,…Read More
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I do appreciate the sentiment. I was mostly curious because there are two languages which look like Arabic.
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peter posted in the group Open Mic (Open Discussion)
SPINAL TAP 2 TRAILER
A friend of mine, a songwriter and musician out in LA, saw a special showing of SPINAL TAP 2 a few weeks ago and said it was hilarious. I can’t wait until this comes out! My most anticipated movie of the year!
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peter posted in the group Open Mic (Open Discussion)
🙂 I made this fooling around with AI (obviously). The guy kind of resembles Steven Slate…
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peter posted in the group Music Memes and Quotes
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peter posted in the group Music Memes and Quotes
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thesteven posted in the group Open Mic (Open Discussion)
Re: Help Name the LinkedMusicians Bear
How about:
“Naked Ladies”It would also be tribute to an often underappreciated band.
Hey! Have you seen the Bear ‘insert name’ on LinkedMusicians?Not really serious but, it at least, made me smile.
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Just an FYI, to comment on a post, just click on comment, even when there are already comments. It basically works the same as Facebook.
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peter posted in the group Open Mic (Open Discussion)
“Maybe it’s not too late
To learn how to love and forget how to hate”– Ozzy Osbourne
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peter posted in the group Open Mic (Open Discussion)
Name a cover song you think is better than the original.
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Song for You, Donny Hathaway
Hallelujah, Jeff Buckley
Hurt, Johnny Cash
All Along the Watchtower, Jimi Hendrix
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peter posted in the group Music Memes and Quotes
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dsteinschneider posted in the group Open Mic (Open Discussion)
I’m more of an Eli Mercer fan than Velvet Sundown
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I know that reference!!! I meant to post that video. I am such a fan of Rick Beato’s channel that my kids know his name and tease me about watching his videos!
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Nitrate Audio posted in the group Open Mic (Open Discussion)
Some music news worth checking out.
https://www.billboard.com/lists/biggest-music-deals-2025-so-far-warner-music-concord/
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Okay, this is kind of an ad — so feel free to call me out on it — but the LM Knowledge Hub feeds include Billboard magazine and this very article. In fact, if anyone has any publications they love that they’d like to see added, just let me know. They’re technically RSS feeds from the publications. Most include a short summary, and if you’re…Read More
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peter posted in the group Open Mic (Open Discussion)
Do we have any baseball fans here?
I’ll share that I am most prolific at posting deals when the Chicago Cubs are playing (my favorite baseball team). In fact, there may be a correlation between my most enthusiastic posts and when the Cubs are winning and my shortest posts when the Cubs are losing. This is pretty much my expression when they’re losing:
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The game just started. The second pitch of the game, the Cubs batter got a home run! Look forward to some happy deal posts in the next hours! 🙂
* I make no apologies to any Yankees fans that may be here! 😉
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Nitrate Audio posted in the group Music That Inspires You / What You’re Listening to
I started teaching myself bass and have been listening to old Police and Sting music to pickup some bass lines. Its good stuff.
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peter posted in the group Open Mic (Open Discussion)
I’ve invested a good deal of time researching and asking members for recommendations for the best free effects plugins. My objective was to bring together the best plugin effects based on surveying our community members (in reality, I only tapped a handful of you). As this community grows, I’ll be using voting and other tools to compile these…Read More
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LinkedMusicians posted in the group Open Mic (Open Discussion)
I really enjoy Justin Hawkins’ Rides Again YouTube channel. HIs interesting and funny as heck. His latest video takes on the Velvet Underground, the AI rock band that I covered in the most recent LM blog post. Love to get your thoughts.
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peter posted in the group Music Memes and Quotes
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I’ll go first. There are a number of bands seen as one-hit wonders that I believe are underappreciated. But one that immediately comes to mind is Living Colour.