Birdapotamus

Birdapotamus t1_ixtq40z wrote

Reply to A-Z greatest bands by MightGuy420x

Alice in Chains

Beatles

Cure

David Bowie

Echo & the Bunnymen

Foo Fighters

Grand Funk Railroad

Jimi Hendrix

Inxs

Jethro Tull

Kid Rock

Led Zeppelin

Monster Magnet

Nirvana

Opeth

Pink Floyd

Queens of the Stone Age

Rush

Soundgarden

Tool

Urge Overkill

Violent Femmes

Ween

XTC

Yardbirds

Zebra

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Birdapotamus t1_iugw1ba wrote

Reply to Do you make the background music first or the lyrics of a song? I'm so confused!!! by Energite0

Different artist have different processes. Work on what you like more first and figure out how to fit them together. Or vice versa if you prefer. Just get something recorded then you can tweak it further. Record as much as you can even bits and pieces. You can work things together or expand on what you have later. Jimi Hendrix has more posthumous albums than when he was alive. He recorded almost every moment of studio time. Many of those outtakes were later fleshed out with studio musicians and released.

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Birdapotamus t1_iu58h61 wrote

Reply to When music stores were way more prominent, did you ever just ask an employee for a random recommendation that ended up blowing your mind? What did they recommend? by duomtl

Most of the work I did to find new stuff was to find artist I enjoyed and check other bands the artist and production staff may be involved with. Check liner notes for any thanks or shout outs.

As a worker at an indie record shop in college I knew what most of our regular customers were into. I would watch the section new customers were looking at an throw something on the stereo I thought would fit. About 1/2 the time they would buy the album if they didn't already own it.

Edit: Your jazz story makes me think of two bands you should check out.

Galactic is a funk jam band with some great grooves.

Coolbone has changed over to Dixieland and Big Band jazz but started as a brass band playing live R&B and Jazz samples with both rapping and singing, their first album is called 'Brass-Hop'.

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Birdapotamus t1_ite86xh wrote

Reply to Why are some vinyl record players much more expensive than others? by LitelPipol

A cheap table can ruin records due to cheap needles and poor tracking. When the price gets up around $300 is about when you start getting some quality. A plastic shell, platter, or tone arm are all big no-no's. If you are serious about vinyl look for a Technics SL-1200. New will be about a grand and used still fetch a pretty high price. They are built like tanks and have fantastic sound with an easily adjustable weight tuning system and needle swap. This is why they have been the DJ standard for 50 years.

If you are a serious listener avoid picture disk vinyl, those are only good for display and collecting. Colored vinyl is fine, picture vinyl uses a thin layer of clear plastic for the grooves. The plastic layer starts out with subpar quality and rapidly get worse.

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