Here's a digest of this week's #OPM writeups! 5 tracks from indie Fediverse #music artists to expand your musical horizons. Unusual ambient, wild ADHDcore, and more this week!
If you want the full, undigested versions (i.e. where I have more to say about each one than will fit in a single post) of these writeups, they are here:
In "Youtube is not working for electronic musicians," @lislegaard shares why he wants to see more experimental musicians talking about their artistic process.
Verdi's Requiem was first performed at San Marco in Milan on the first anniversary of Manzoni's death.
Verdi himself conducted, and the four soloists were Teresa Stolz (soprano), Maria Waldmann (mezzo-soprano), Giuseppe Capponi (tenor) and Ormondo Maini [it] (bass). Throughout the work, Verdi used vigorous rhythms, sublime melodies, and dramatic contrasts—much as he did in his operas—to express the powerful emotions engendered by the text.
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Billy Strings learned an important lesson tonight. They had a bit more time for set 1 and he asked the audience if they wanted to hear anything special. He noticed a little girl in the front row and asked her what she wanted their all strings bluegrass band to do. Her answer: Cher’s “Believe”.
44100 Hz or 48000 Hz for #musicproduction?
Personally I usually go with 48000 Hz because it somehow feels more "natural" to me than 44100 Hz (as half of 96000 Hz or a quarter of 192000 Hz). Made my life easier a few times when I wanted to #compose#music for #movies too. #daw#linuxaudio
There is absolutely no logical reason why me, a 50-something year old #hiphop head, should love this rap song by a group of Irish preteens as much as I do.