General Music Chat

And that may surprise some of you guys here at Bandmix.
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I just posted “3 Bold Chords” on my page, and I had to delete TWO songs to do that.

But I think a lot of you guys will like this song, and I really wanted to share it with you.
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> It’s a fast song (130bpm) and pretty high energy.
> Some of you may identify with the lyrics.
> Fast, melodic Bass line.
> 1 key change.
> Harmonies throughout.
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Enjoy, my friends.
- Alan

I'd like to hear you use mics to record the acoustic, this one was more noticeably using the pickup.

Sometimes I'm not sure what style a song is; what style would you call it?

You've got me thinking, again.
I was thinking about song labels.
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This is a public forum, so it's okay for anyone to speak . (That would be you).
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I know some people don't like to put labels on songs, but, unfortunately, the reality is that musicians DO have to put labels on their music.
Any time we upload a song we're asked to label the style. When I record a song, a list of about 100 labels comes up.
And when a stranger asked me what kinds of songs I play, I have to answer her/him, somehow . . .
To communicate, we . . . well, we just need the right words . . .
Most of my stuff is between categories, I think, but, being forced to label it something . . .
"3 Bold Chords." Maybe it's "Folk-Rock?"
. . . chime in . . .
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Or, just contribute to the topic, in general: labels. there must be 500 styles of music . . .

Folk Rock. I loved the music. Wasn't too into the vox or lyrics. Not really my type of thing. I gravitate towards bands that keep that stuff pretty weird. Your approach is more towards what's on the radio (rhyming on every line, singing in a straight forward voice, enunciated words, no slurring or made up words, no fx noticeable on the vox).
Incidentally, I wasn't looking at my screen and I thought the instrumental track was just a long outro of three bold chords. That worked for me. I listened to both in a row five times. I couldn't get the third track to play. That sucked.
Keep up the good work. I might get over my various roadblocks (both real and mental) and post up some of my music on here.

I listened to both in a row five times. I couldn't get the third track to play. That sucked.

Thanks, Schmedidiah.
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The 1st Song was "3 Bold Chords," 2nd "Wandering Minstrel," and the 3rd was "Bishops Pond."
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The song we were talking about: "3 Bold Chords."
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Is anyone else having trouble listening to "Bishops Pond?"

No, BP plays for me. That's the one you posted a week or two back.

When forced to label my music I choose 'acoustic rock', although many of the songs are not acoustic, and many are not rock.

Huh.
Yeah, I think I can live with calling my music something like acoustic Folk-Rock.
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Ha; or I guess I could call it "Acoustic Folk Blues R&B Classical Swing Boogie Jazz Rock."
Heh; I oughta memorize that, just so I can say it at 90mph, the next time someone asks . . .