The Syndicate

nutella wrote: ↑Mon Jun 04, 2018 1:43 am lol looks like g meant to reply to the picture telephone thread

nutella wrote: ↑Mon Jun 04, 2018 1:43 am oh I still haven't listened to this yet but I didn't realize it was zelda music? coolio looking forward to it!

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Fri Jun 01, 2018 1:42 am The album was enjoyable, and well suited to my need to multi-task while listening. I have never played Majora's Mask, but I did still hear familiar melodies from Ocarina of Time (particularly in the last track). I've long had the desire to play through the Zelda collection in full, because I've only ever played OoT and ALttP. Perhaps this will serve as the inspiration, assuming I can find decent emulated versions.

nutella wrote: ↑Mon Jun 04, 2018 12:35 pm Omg I recognize the fairy music from botw *heart eyes* I'm not familiar with majora's mask specifically but I really should check it out from what I've heard.

This is all incredibly beautiful so far I love it

speedchuck wrote: ↑Mon Jun 04, 2018 1:53 pm Time's End II is just as good in my opinion. While Time's End focuses on the first time loop in the game, Time's End II carries the player through all the forest/swamp related tracks on the way to waking the first giant. Each one is a concentrated adventure, with very different tones to them.

I might like the eclectic-but-still-epic nature of Time's End II better than Time's End, but it may just be because it's newer to me.

Since I put last week's album up a day late, I'll update this tomorrow with MP's submission. Now is not a bad time to submit more albums, either.

Golden wrote: ↑Tue Jun 05, 2018 9:06 pm I just don't have time to fully participate which makes it feel mean to submit.

Golden wrote: ↑Tue Jun 05, 2018 9:06 pm I just don't have time to fully participate which makes it feel mean to submit.

I feel like I should catch up on nutella's submissions first of all. They look great. I'll think about a submission.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sun Mar 04, 2018 2:31 pm I listened again today, this time a version from the Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra. It was again agreeable and pleasant, which often seems to be the extent of my reception of classical music. To me there always seems to be something missing at the core which limits its ceiling, though clarifying exactly what that is would be difficult. I struggle to draw any meaningful emotion from it; it rarely makes me feel anything. That's not to say it isn't there, because clearly for many other people the effect is quite the opposite. So it sounds good, I liked it well enough, and I cannot honestly provide it with any greater praise than that.

Golden wrote: ↑Tue Jun 05, 2018 10:48 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sun Mar 04, 2018 2:31 pm I listened again today, this time a version from the Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra. It was again agreeable and pleasant, which often seems to be the extent of my reception of classical music. To me there always seems to be something missing at the core which limits its ceiling, though clarifying exactly what that is would be difficult. I struggle to draw any meaningful emotion from it; it rarely makes me feel anything. That's not to say it isn't there, because clearly for many other people the effect is quite the opposite. So it sounds good, I liked it well enough, and I cannot honestly provide it with any greater praise than that.

I noticed Rico had previously made a classical suggestion. Was interesting reading the various feedback,

Particularly the bit I italicised from Jay above, because this is pretty much how I feel about most music, but the highest hit rate of emotion for me is with classical. As speedchuck said, classical music is frequently raw genius at work, the likes of which it's rare to find in modern music which is frequently the product of some kind of hive mind that had a jam session. When I listen to classical music, I can usually understand and empathise with the emotion of the composer; or, where the composer is deliberately telling a story, the characters involved.

I mean; you're the greatest musician of your time and you're going deaf? Beethoven's 7th symphony, second movement. You can feel that sorrow.

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Tchaikovsky's violin concerto was written shortly after his divorce; the divorce came because he was gay. What he managed to write in the aftermath of that was both tumultuous but also uplifting - I can hear, literally, his sorrow and relief upon the page.

Mendelssohn developed something of a love affair for Britain; he also managed to maintain an air of being casual and happy to the general observer, despite actually being a little cantankerous. You can hear the influence of being in Scotland clearly here, as well as a sort of British upper-classness to it all; It's a counterpoint to the Tchaikovsky. Where the Tchaikovsky is beset with genuine real emotion, Mendelssohn avoids it (but conjures his environment in place of it).

G-Man wrote: ↑Wed Jun 06, 2018 10:02 am I should be caught up by the end of the week. I'm not sure what to throw in the hat next. I feel guilty that four out of my top five SAW albums so far are my own submissions.

G-Man wrote: ↑Wed Jun 06, 2018 12:17 pm You know what might be funny? If we set aside one submission phase and had everyone submit an album that they think is bad and that everyone will probably agree is bad. I need to fill in the lower end of my list.

G-Man wrote: ↑Wed Jun 06, 2018 12:17 pm You know what might be funny? If we set aside one submission phase and had everyone submit an album that they think is bad and that everyone will probably agree is bad. I need to fill in the lower end of my list.

G-Man wrote: ↑Wed Jun 06, 2018 1:31 pm Help me understand Time's End. Is it the actual soundtrack to a video game? Is it original music that someone came up with to fit a video game? Or is it some kind of pet project that turned a simpler video game soundtrack into a full orchestral suite?

It's pretty music, I'll give you that, but I can't find a foothold on what I'm listening to.

M Plus 7 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 05, 2018 11:45 am I'll submit:

M Plus 7 - Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out / 2000 / Indie Rock/Dream Pop / 13 tracks / 77:15 / Available on Youtube and Spotify

M Plus 7 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 06, 2018 11:02 am

Golden wrote: ↑Tue Jun 05, 2018 10:48 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sun Mar 04, 2018 2:31 pm I listened again today, this time a version from the Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra. It was again agreeable and pleasant, which often seems to be the extent of my reception of classical music. To me there always seems to be something missing at the core which limits its ceiling, though clarifying exactly what that is would be difficult. I struggle to draw any meaningful emotion from it; it rarely makes me feel anything. That's not to say it isn't there, because clearly for many other people the effect is quite the opposite. So it sounds good, I liked it well enough, and I cannot honestly provide it with any greater praise than that.

I noticed Rico had previously made a classical suggestion. Was interesting reading the various feedback,

Particularly the bit I italicised from Jay above, because this is pretty much how I feel about most music, but the highest hit rate of emotion for me is with classical. As speedchuck said, classical music is frequently raw genius at work, the likes of which it's rare to find in modern music which is frequently the product of some kind of hive mind that had a jam session. When I listen to classical music, I can usually understand and empathise with the emotion of the composer; or, where the composer is deliberately telling a story, the characters involved.

I mean; you're the greatest musician of your time and you're going deaf? Beethoven's 7th symphony, second movement. You can feel that sorrow.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Tchaikovsky's violin concerto was written shortly after his divorce; the divorce came because he was gay. What he managed to write in the aftermath of that was both tumultuous but also uplifting - I can hear, literally, his sorrow and relief upon the page.

Mendelssohn developed something of a love affair for Britain; he also managed to maintain an air of being casual and happy to the general observer, despite actually being a little cantankerous. You can hear the influence of being in Scotland clearly here, as well as a sort of British upper-classness to it all; It's a counterpoint to the Tchaikovsky. Where the Tchaikovsky is beset with genuine real emotion, Mendelssohn avoids it (but conjures his environment in place of it).

That's interesting. I feel the same way, but substitute classical with electronic or jazz usually. I'm just not much of a classical guy myself, not even entirely sure why.

nutella wrote: ↑Fri Jun 08, 2018 10:46 pm k I've decided on a submission: The Books - Thought for Food / aleatoric/folktronica/sound collage / 12 tracks / 38:31 / available on spotify, youtube and bandcamp

nutella wrote: ↑Fri Jun 08, 2018 10:51 pm I knew you'd be into it.

what do you think as far as genre tags though idk what to call it lol

nutella wrote: ↑Fri Jun 08, 2018 10:59 pm ok cool, I didn't feel like that term alone covered the heavy sample-y nature of it