On May 8, 2026 at 7:06 pm MagicRuss said
Too many people whose songs I don’t know and a lot of people I disagree with.  But whether you agree or disagree with the songwriting choices, sometimes their choices of representative songs didn’t make the case.

They listed OutKast as a songwriter but their 5 best don’t include “Roses” or “Hey Ya”?…

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On May 8, 2026 at 9:09 pm MagicRuss said
And don’t forget Ben Folds.

Great add. I’m 100 percent with you. But I have to acknowledge, it didn’t hit me until you brought it up. I tended to think about writers like Billy Joel and Randy Newman from an even earlier generation. Folds is superb. He has the right combination of knowing how to write a g…Read More

On May 8, 2026 at 3:46 pm Brian said
Ohhh.  I am not so pleased.  In Music has orphaned a LOT of hardware over the years. and I own a NI S61 Mk3.  Wait and see I guess.  On the plus side, I really like my Akai MPC and Headrush hardware that is excellent mainly because of integrated software support, but I have also owned M-Audio and Alesis har…

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