First off, I seriously doubt you've done such horrible unspeakable things as to merit that, and second, you have a seat planned for you at my Comet Seeing Party in 2061.
i enjoy hearing tunes that i like arranged for different instrumentation, providing the arrangement and performance are decent
that said i don't really disagree with much of that article, beyond thinking it's making kind of a big deal out of a fairly obscure and silly variety of novelty music
i have a weakness for high tops though. i was thinking my next pair should not be so... bright either (i still love bright shoes, but right now because a lot of mine have broke my only option is bright green. which does not go w/ everything...)
real talk though i agree with p much all of that SA article except for that like that i quoted up there
Some video games have good music, and a band playing, say, actual music doesn't seem all that dumb an idea to me. Is the medium/genre of video game music an inherently invalid one? Is it really a celebration of the experience of playing video games, or could it be a celebration if music in its own right, with no regards to any subcultures. I don't think that playing "baby elephant walk" is necessarily a celebration of that one movie.
i have a weakness for high tops though. i was thinking my next pair should not be so... bright either (i still love bright shoes, but right now because a lot of mine have broke my only option is bright green. which does not go w/ everything...)
i think the writer takes issue with artists whose popularity derives from reference to nerd media, though. Like, Lindsey Stirling is not an exceptional violinist; she's not bad, but the only reason she's as popular as she is is because nerds like her.
i think the writer takes issue with artists whose popularity derives from reference to nerd media, though. Like, Lindsey Stirling is not an exceptional violinist; she's not bad, but the only reason she's as popular as she is is because nerds like her.
that assumes that virtuosity is the only way something can be "good", which is untrue unless you're some kind of hyper purist in your genre of choice.
Take, for example, The Protomen, a band that -- and I am entirely serious -- has thus far written two concept albums that take place in and tell the story of the Mega Man universe. This is literally the only thing that makes The Protomen notable. The music is neither particularly good nor especially terrible, but it really doesn't matter. What matters is the subject - that's what draws people in, that's why they wear Mega Man helmets during performances.
When an artist adapts a form of media into another form, they have one chief responsibility - to use that new form in a way that portrays the subject matter in a different, but still appropriate, light. Someone who instead simply aligns himself with something already profitable for attention without anything new to add to the mix is called a hack. Or a Star Wars novelist.
"Neither particularly good nor especially terrible" is a subjective point that I can't argue for or against. But everything else Hall writes about the Protomen is objectively wrong. The Protomen do add something new to the mix. They write original music rather than just covering Megaman melodies, and the story in their lyrics is more of a detournement than a straight retelling. The videogame is the optimistic tale of a robot fighting for everlasting peace; the Protomen's story is of a robot who abandons humanity because they won't fight for themselves.
Would anyone care about the Protomen's music if it were divorced from the Megaman universe? Possibly not—but Daryl Hall isn't interested in demonstrating that. He just calls them hacks, expects his audience to say something along the lines of "Megaman fanfiction LOL", and he moves on.
I don't care for the Protomen, myself. Because I don't like their music.
Denigrating all "nerd" music is a bit extreme. There's an electronic musician named halc who I quite like. I never would have discovered his original music if not for the few Sonic the Hedgehog remixes he did.
So, at the end of Issue One of my current story, the main character has been injured by various fights with Mooks and also a Giant Space Flea From Nowhere. He then gets into a fight with the Big Bad (of issue one). My problem is that the main character doesn't have enough health potions to recover enough health to win this last fight. Furthermore, it's absolutely vital for the plot of future Issues that he win this fight, because he gets his Yandere girlfriend as a Random Drop at the end of the fight, completing the Battle Couple. So how should I fix the discrepancy?
The solutions I've thought of so far are:
*Increase the main character's number of starting health potions (but I don't think his family could really afford more, he is impoverished, after all) *Have him find a Deus Ex Machina Infinity Plus One Sword by random luck (but it'd have to be a one-time-use item or else it'd mess up the battles in future issues!) *Maybe the main character can keep grinding on random Mooks longer and get more health potions first?
Any help is absolutely appreciated; this story is really close to my heart.
I like to imagine that all historical records are true if awesome enough, regardless of sense. Yes, Hardraada was closer to seven feet than six, and closer to eight feet than seven! Yes, Eddie Confessie cured blindness via the water he washed his hands in (wash your face in it and it cures your blindness). YEs, Anna Persdotter lived 1024 years.
Yes, legendary figures like Lech, Cech, and Rus did exist, and were totally brothers that founded those tribes of people; and the eagle thing really happened.
Sumerian Kings sometimes ruled for 72,000 years. Stuff like Musimons did exist because the historical records totally say so.
Imaginary landmasses that are mentioned in historical texts did exist but, like, stopped existing and geology totally worked in a different way back then and uniformitarianism is stupid and unfun.
Terra Australis totally existed hundreds of years ago. And then somebody broke it. Maybe the Bagwyns broke it and destroyed all evidence of it.
Maybe it was broken in one of those great disasters that modern historians say didn't happen.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
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that said i don't really disagree with much of that article, beyond thinking it's making kind of a big deal out of a fairly obscure and silly variety of novelty music
Some video games have good music, and a band playing, say, actual music doesn't seem all that dumb an idea to me. Is the medium/genre of video game music an inherently invalid one? Is it really a celebration of the experience of playing video games, or could it be a celebration if music in its own right, with no regards to any subcultures. I don't think that playing "baby elephant walk" is necessarily a celebration of that one movie.
-note: this is disregarding lyrics-
i think the writer takes issue with artists whose popularity derives from reference to nerd media, though. Like, Lindsey Stirling is not an exceptional violinist; she's not bad, but the only reason she's as popular as she is is because nerds like her.
This is rather interesting and worth a look.
"Neither particularly good nor especially terrible" is a subjective point that I can't argue for or against. But everything else Hall writes about the Protomen is objectively wrong. The Protomen do add something new to the mix. They write original music rather than just covering Megaman melodies, and the story in their lyrics is more of a detournement than a straight retelling. The videogame is the optimistic tale of a robot fighting for everlasting peace; the Protomen's story is of a robot who abandons humanity because they won't fight for themselves.
Would anyone care about the Protomen's music if it were divorced from the Megaman universe? Possibly not—but Daryl Hall isn't interested in demonstrating that. He just calls them hacks, expects his audience to say something along the lines of "Megaman fanfiction LOL", and he moves on.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Denigrating all "nerd" music is a bit extreme. There's an electronic musician named halc who I quite like. I never would have discovered his original music if not for the few Sonic the Hedgehog remixes he did.
The solutions I've thought of so far are:
*Increase the main character's number of starting health potions (but I don't think his family could really afford more, he is impoverished, after all)
*Have him find a Deus Ex Machina Infinity Plus One Sword by random luck (but it'd have to be a one-time-use item or else it'd mess up the battles in future issues!)
*Maybe the main character can keep grinding on random Mooks longer and get more health potions first?
Any help is absolutely appreciated; this story is really close to my heart.
Yes, legendary figures like Lech, Cech, and Rus did exist, and were totally brothers that founded those tribes of people; and the eagle thing really happened.
Sumerian Kings sometimes ruled for 72,000 years. Stuff like Musimons did exist because the historical records totally say so.
Imaginary landmasses that are mentioned in historical texts did exist but, like, stopped existing and geology totally worked in a different way back then and uniformitarianism is stupid and unfun.
Terra Australis totally existed hundreds of years ago. And then somebody broke it. Maybe the Bagwyns broke it and destroyed all evidence of it.
Maybe it was broken in one of those great disasters that modern historians say didn't happen.
Six years ago, Persona 4 came out.
Now I reach out to the chin of my hair
Seeking to seize on the whole thin hair to now chin away
Oh Chin let me out
Can you let me out
Can you set me free from this dark thinner hair?
Save me now
Last hair on the chiiiin
DON'T LOSE YOUR WAYYYYYYYYYYYYY