Music

[Jim]

My brotha!  8)

I play my great grand father's banjo but that thing is at the relic stage so it's too warped to really play. Still cool to have an instrument my ancestor played back in the hills of Tennessee with all his kinfolk, ajawin and carrying on. My family has always played a mixture of Irish folk, american folk and bluegrass. It's kind of combined into a mess.

What's your favorite groups in these genres?

[Perth]

I play my great grand father's banjo but that thing is at the relic stage so it's too warped to really play. Still cool to have an instrument my ancestor played back in the hills of Tennessee with all his kinfolk, ajawin and carrying on. My family has always played a mixture of Irish folk, american folk and bluegrass. It's kind of combined into a mess.

What's your favorite groups in these genres?

That's awesome. I was born and grew up in Central Kentucky, but have been living in Far Western Kentucky for the past several years for school. Great folk and bluegrass culture out here, of course.

I like Gillian Welch, Chris Thile/Punch Brothers/Nickelcreek, Carolina Chocolate Drops, some Bill Monroe, J.D. Crowe,  etc. as well any pick-up old time string band I happen to hear around here.

[Jim]

I like Gillian Welch

She is my favorite right now, I like her new album too. It was well worth the 5 year wait. My favorite thing about her is that she is absolutely despised by many current country musicians simply because she's from New York and not "Truly country" but to be frank, she's better than any act on CMT. She's what I consider real country, or roots country, roots folk blah blah blah etc etc. I don't know what it is but she just speaks to me in a way no other musician does, I feel like she knows the hardships of my family. I also think every man has that one female singer that just seduces our sense of hearing, she's definitely that for me. God I adore her. Props for good taste man, seriously.

I find it funny though that I'm sitting here talkin' country and hip hop in the same thread. I think that's because I'm from California, Pomona is where I was born but I moved further away from LA and moved out near San Bernardino. Not too many Country/Folk enthusiasts out here, but my folks listen to it but I grew up around hip hop, never really learned to enjoy it until the last few years.

In terms of influence on my musical taste it goes like this in this order:

1. Bob Dylan (I know he can't sing but he's my boy, I tend to hate perfection in music anyway, something fake about being overly talented.)
2. Bone Thugs N Harmony (I love them, they're actually really talented and from the golden age of hip hop.)
3. Gillian Welch (For reasons stated above.)
4. Tom Waits (Who doesn't love the cookie monster?)
5. Shane MacGowan (He's a hideous drunk but damn is he a real poet.)

[Nosferatus]

If your talking about folklore/ countryblues folklore whats wrong with woody guthrie or jimmy rodgers?
jimmy rodgers made this musical movie which had great atmosphere here is a sample:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbzc77Tz6PA

I personally love them, also a great inspiration for bob dylan.

if you like other music of that time, check ma rainey or skip james or robert johnson who sold his soul to the devil to play awesome guitar from one day to another. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0I17jpa3x0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MCHI23FTP8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9duTAcatzIM


Also i geuss ya'll know andy grifith show, they have GREAT music t, especially all the stuff from the dalrings, based on the dillards.
I love this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFU10kFu90I
Covered it with my friend to it's great to sing this harmonically.
Or this one is really cute to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSG3shlHG7c

nice to see some old american music fans, it was a great period of music, which higly isnpired the pop scene and rock n roll music around 1960

[DamnTaffer]

I get the feeling I wont be getting much genre love here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30Mvn13um4I&feature=related

[Perth]

I get the feeling I wont be getting much genre love here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30Mvn13um4I&feature=related

That? No.

But I am actually a fairly big progressive metal fan.

[Nosferatus]

That? No.

But I am actually a fairly big progressive metal fan.

Fully agree.

Don't think that if country is the subject people don't like metal.
I think theres loads of metal fans on BM :)
Including me.
But i have to agree with Perth (again) that that kind of metal is not my thing.

Although this comes pretty close to damn taffers extreme metal music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMorAdnCixg
Which i think is awesome.
Even thou i generally don't like too agresive music and strictly composed music(except lots of classical music), some of it still very genius.
I prefer this kind of metal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eipuJPgHFZk
(yeah!)

[Nosferatus]

Does anyone play any instruments?

I've always thought about writing songs revolving around the world of BM and recording them. I think it would be cool if other musicians in BM did the same, or even collaborated to write songs. It would bring another element to the game, and the cultures we create within it.

Yeah, good idea.
I wrote lyrics of songs for battlemaster but never went so far to write music for it and or play it.
I have some instruments that could produce an authentic sound.
perhaps ill make a song about the rise n fall of Madina, with paralels to RL.
Ill contact you if i recorded anything, do the same to me!
We'll definatly inspire each other.

[Perth]

Yeah, good idea.
I wrote lyrics of songs for battlemaster but never went so far to write music for it and or play it.
I have some instruments that could produce an authentic sound.
perhaps ill make a song about the rise n fall of Madina, with paralels to RL.
Ill contact you if i recorded anything, do the same to me!
We'll definatly inspire each other.

That would be incredibly cool.

[Woelfy]

I'm just gonna link some of the stuff that's been on shuffle in my system.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrMmr1oMPGA - something slow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLhN__oEHaw - something classic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUAF3abGY2M - piano at its most eloquent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyjZ1_4c_bk - the song that's stuck in my head 3/4ths of the time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvGhoB2B0y8 - something fast and angry

And that's just the last five songs that've played.

[Jim]

If your talking about folklore/ countryblues folklore whats wrong with woody guthrie or jimmy rodgers?

I love Woody Guthrie. I was out at some little record store in LA County when I found one of his old vinyls, they were selling it for $9.99 and it turns out the store didn't know their ass from their elbow. The record ended up being worth quite a bit more than that, so it was a great score.

If you're serious about making some music for battlemaster, I'll collaborate with you if you're up to it. I'll just have to get a hold of some decent recording equipment first, but we could always mash it up into a song. Definitely send me anything you record, I'd love to hear it. I'll do the same for you.

I get the feeling I wont be getting much genre love here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30Mvn13um4I&feature=related

Metal is awesome. I love black metal, when I was younger I would blast it and my mom (who is very religious) demanded I turn it off because it would draw demonic spirits into our house. I just lulzed and said "Good."

[Jim]

Has anyone recently become a fan of meatloaf within the past few hours? It's kind of on the subject music.


http://youtu.be/PXn8Q0OSbfU


I've never liked Meatloaf's music, never will, but this was one of the most awesome things to ever happen in the history of humanity.

[Nosferatus]

so i got inspired by BM to make an instrumental recording of one acoustic guitar and some ambient sounds:
https://soundcloud.com/stefano-de-monte/er-big-blue-deep

You might ask what doe sit have to do with BM.
Well obviously that would be more in the lyrics, yet it does give a distinct feeling of sleeping on the beach or beeing on the open oceans for a looong time i'd say.
Feel free to comment on that.

if anyone is inspired to add other instruments, feel free.
I have also two vocal lines for it in harmony and some lyrics.

[Dishman]

That's awesome. I was born and grew up in Central Kentucky, but have been living in Far Western Kentucky for the past several years for school. Great folk and bluegrass culture out here, of course.

I like Gillian Welch, Chris Thile/Punch Brothers/Nickelcreek, Carolina Chocolate Drops, some Bill Monroe, J.D. Crowe,  etc. as well any pick-up old time string band I happen to hear around here.

I saw the Carolina Chocolate Drops play for my college several years ago. Most charismatic group I've ever seen. You sir, are a scholar and a gentleman.

[m2rt]

so i got inspired by BM to make an instrumental recording of one acoustic guitar and some ambient sounds:
https://soundcloud.com/stefano-de-monte/er-big-blue-deep

You might ask what doe sit have to do with BM.
Well obviously that would be more in the lyrics, yet it does give a distinct feeling of sleeping on the beach or beeing on the open oceans for a looong time i'd say.
Feel free to comment on that.

if anyone is inspired to add other instruments, feel free.
I have also two vocal lines for it in harmony and some lyrics.

Thats what I would imagine Raoul listening in his palace near the shore in Leohampton. It feels very sad, that I like about it.