| DJ Particle |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 11/04/09 01:30 PM | 16 days ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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Thanks! :)
Once more of the storyline gets underway, I'll be doing a 'new series' version of the song, too.
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Time to request V For Victory again by our MMDT20 host DJ Particle
www.themadmusicarchive.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=35011
And a word of advice. Don't get on any alien ships. Because...........
IT'S A COOKBOOK! |
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| Bob Guest |
| Artist | Offline | 11/04/09 09:34 AM | 16 days ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| weirdojace |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 11/04/09 02:06 AM | 17 days ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| Also, there's a bunch of new Nuclear Bubble Wrap songs on the ballot... |
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| Participant | Offline | 11/04/09 01:26 AM | 17 days ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| weirdojace |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 09/30/09 02:17 AM | 1 month ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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So I just added a song to the archive called "Mario Kart Love Song" by Sam Hart.
Vote for it.
Why? Because it's awesome. |
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| DJ Particle |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 09/28/09 01:16 PM | 1 month ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 09/22/09 11:38 PM | 1 month ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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Corrected ;)
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I'mma let you finish, but Weaveonce had one of the best Dementia recordings of all time! Of all time! |
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| Medemia |
| Member | Offline | 09/22/09 07:15 PM | 1 month ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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I'm not going to get tired of that for a long time! :)
Max DeGroot:
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I'mma let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best Dementia recordings of all time! Of all time!
Medemia:
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I thought it would be nice, as it was released a week past a year ago and it spent 40 weeks on there already, one more week couldn't hurt: Me Make Fire! |
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| Max DeGroot |
| Artist | Offline | 09/22/09 07:01 PM | 1 month ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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I'mma let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best Dementia recordings of all time! Of all time!
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I thought it would be nice, as it was released a week past a year ago and it spent 40 weeks on there already, one more week couldn't hurt: Me Make Fire! |
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| Medemia |
| Member | Offline | 09/22/09 01:32 PM | 1 month ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| I thought it would be nice, as it was released a week past a year ago and it spent 40 weeks on there already, one more week couldn't hurt: Me Make Fire! |
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| peterpuck9 |
| Participant | Offline | 09/17/09 12:58 AM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| Medemia |
| Member | Offline | 09/16/09 07:28 PM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| It's probably pretty late, but I feel like a Patrick Swayze Christmas. |
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| peterpuck9 |
| Participant | Offline | 09/14/09 12:48 AM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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Please vote for some Pirate songs for next week's MMDT20. See last year's show #37 for reference and don't forget Zombie Pirate's In Love by Tom Smith which was released after last year's show. Let's have a Pirate song weekend. Thank you. Yarrrrrrrr!
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If you all want Talk Like A Pirate Day songs early, there are some on last year's DT20 to listen to.
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| Tim P. Ryan |
| Participant | Offline | 09/13/09 10:37 PM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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If you all want Talk Like A Pirate Day songs early, there are some on last year's DT20 to listen to.
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| oddaustin |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 09/12/09 01:24 AM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| weirdojace |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 09/04/09 05:13 PM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| I voted for "I Am a Paleontologist" and "Electric Car" from They Might Be Giants' new album, Here Comes Science. Because they're awesome. |
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| weirdojace |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 09/03/09 01:44 PM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| Just reminding people that NBW has a brand new track on The FuMP called "Birdfucker"! Voting would be awesome. |
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| Tim P. Ryan |
| Participant | Offline | 09/03/09 01:37 PM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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Last week, I did not talk about technical efforts, as that response got rather long. You can read these, and take them as advice and hopefully put them in your toolbox for use.
Technical efforts can include things like checking out your song under various conditions and getting other people's ears on it. I'm talking in part about vocal level over the music. Check out a lot of comedy song you have heard in the past. With comedy the value is in the lyrics and while the music can rock, (or get phat) you don't want the vocal to disapear into the music.
Computer speakers are not the only place to listen to your song. Listen on bigger speakers. Does the bass suddenly mask the vocal? Is the vocal harder to hear in another room, despite the size of the speakers? Listen on smaller speakers. Computers and radios don't have speakers as good as yours. Do a mix to mono and listen to that. Does the background or vocal suddenly disapear? That could mean the channels are out of phase. That could happen if you are using a backing track from vocal ellimination software, or from a pair of microphones that are out-of-phase with each other. Remember many radios and Dr. Demento's ala carte on-line shows are mixed down to mono.
Take it out and listen to your creation in the car. The additional background noise might be something to consider.
Get someone else's ears on it. You know the words, so of course you hear them. Ask a specific question, like "Are you hearing all the words?". That let's them know you are looking for specific review, as opposed to "What do you think?", as that might signal you are looking for artistic review. Amoung friends and co-workers that is likely to get that generic "It's good" or "It's okay" type of response.
Other technical improvements would cost money, and includes items like better microphone, better software, bigger library for music software and so on.
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This includes not only artistic efforts, but also technical efforts.
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| Bob Guest |
| Artist | Offline | 08/28/09 11:11 PM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| Now you're criticizing David's website!! Just kidding..... But I do plan on posting to it very soon. I have a new (original) song coming out in a few weeks. Still writing it though. |
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| weirdojace |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 08/28/09 10:51 PM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| Quick, everyone, post your songs to The DaMP (!!!) so that you can rest assured that nobody will say anything negative about your songs and know that David Tanny can get you so much exposure through his badly designed website! |
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| nutcase |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 08/28/09 10:25 PM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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via e-mail. Name withheld:
"I do have to admit that some of the comments about your work on the Sideshow were a little out of line. Those bratty kids!"
You figure out what was what. |
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| Max DeGroot |
| Artist | Offline | 08/28/09 06:10 PM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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I don't mind criticism, as long as it is constructive.
For example...
Constructive: "I don't know what you are using for your recording, but it really needs improvement. You might consider investing in a better microphone and downloading a copy of Audacity (It's free!!). That should improve the quality a lot."
Unconstructive: "You sound like you're singing in a tin can! Stop it!" |
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| Bob Guest |
| Artist | Offline | 08/28/09 04:14 PM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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My comment from another thread was said in a different context, directed at somebody who calls himself "divad" and only created the account to post his criticism and leave.
With rights come responsibilities. The right to criticize comes with the responsibility to fight fair. And that includes not choosing to remain anonymous. Let us all know who you are so we can learn from your fine example. |
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| TVsKyle |
| Artist | Offline | 08/28/09 02:49 PM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| Homeboy, the FuMP is one of the few things keeping the dementia nation alive. If anything, your constant drama is the type of thing that tears it apart. If you're doing anything to "make fools out of" people, you're in this for the wrong reasons. |
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| Spaff.com |
| Member | Offline | 08/28/09 01:54 PM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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OK, got it:
When you criticize others, that's fine and even noble (like Madonna), because "people have a right to criticize." But when others criticize you, they're "trolls"; it's "flaming"; it's "libel"; they're "tearing apart the dementia nation."
Thanks for clearing that up.
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People have a right to criticize. Madonna got booed for her support of the Gypsies. I'm a bigger fan of Madonna because she has the right to criticize. I don't have any opinion about that, except to say that I'm a bigger fan of Madonna because of it. |
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| Tim P. Ryan |
| Participant | Offline | 08/28/09 01:37 PM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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Bob Guest (from another thread):
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Symptom #2: I'm a firm believer in putting your money where your mouth is. If you cannot do better, don't criticize.
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If I say that the Ford Focus is better than the Chevy Cobalt do you mean to say that I should not be saying that until I build my own car? Did you buy your guitar based upon someone recommendation? Did they try to build one first, or did you trust someone who used many different brands and styles?
I say we all have the right to be critics. We do it every day. Be it published, a voting choice, a purchase choice, or an after-purchase choice (ie. who's CD do I listen to today?). Being a consumer is being a critic. I learned back is sales/selling classes that the merchant that has a customer leave his store without saying a word, never to return for some reason never knows what to consider or that he might even have a problem.
With our Mad Music and Crazy Comedy even Dr. Demento has to be a critic. He makes critical choices. He has been getting around 20 song objects a week for about 20 years now, yet maybe 4 lucky songs get introduced to us each week. Sometimes he relays critical information back to those who submit songs to him. He talked recently about Barnes & Barnes first submission 'The Vomit Song', in that he wrote back to them that KMET and sydicated station might not like that song, do you have anything else? Luke Ski related how doc wrote back to him about his very early stuff, asking if he could make a better quality recording of the songs. I'm not sure if Barry takes as much time today to respond to failed submission as he may have when, about 30 years ago, he was getting only a few new things in the mail each week.
What I put out as a critc can be viewed as something to consider by some, others will only view it as a personal attack. Your mileage may vary.
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| nutcase |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 08/28/09 12:28 PM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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People have a right to criticize. Madonna got booed for her support of the Gypsies. I'm a bigger fan of Madonna because she has the right to criticize. I don't have any opinion about that, except to say that I'm a bigger fan of Madonna because of it.
As for you and certain other folks, you're not helping matters by doing things to keep the dementia nation divided as it's been for years. With an attitude like yours, it's not going to get any better anytime soon.
So with that, the only dementia CD I'm going to buy so far this year is Carla Ulrbich's latest CD when I get the funds to purchase it. She deserves my support.
The Fump needs a lot of work to curb the flame wars. I'm staying on simply to make fools out of the critics of mine who have nothing better to do than to pick on me. The readers will eventually see through all of this and think to themselves that they won't be supporting any of the well-known artists who are fixated on picking on me. I in part won't respond to the tripe that's being posted as they simply hate me and their reviews of my stuff are unqualifiable at best.
So with that, it's time you took a hard look at yourself and come up with ways to pull the dementia nation back together. There is room for all kinds of dementia ideas. I will criticize as I see fit and so shall you. If you want to live in the past, that's fine. We already dealt with my criticisms to Dr. Demento and the Fump and some of the issues are resolved, but not all of them. The Fump has serious issues that need to be addressed, which is why I created The DaMP web section for dementia and non-dementia artists to publicize their works and to sell their stuff off of my page via links to their websites.
Oh yes, the DaMP doesn't permit flame wars, but opinions are okay, and the artists have full editorial control over what I can post.
You think that some coalition of dementoids are going to drive me away. The opposite will happen to those dementoids as readers will tire of this tripe and leave them in droves. In short, it's only going to hurt them in the long run.
Meanwhile, check out my playlists of my podcast shows sometime. A lot of interesting acts are being given a shot. Hope some of them make it big on Dr. Demento's Top 10 and the Dementia Top 20. Dementia needs some new blood and I'm giving my time to those who need exposure.
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| Spaff.com |
| Member | Offline | 08/28/09 10:58 AM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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Have you ever considered, Tanny, that one of the reasons others are so willing to criticize you is because you are so willing to criticize others?
Have you forgotten about your anti-Dr. Demento rants and your anti-FuMP rants? Really?
That sort of stuff tends to embolden critics. Glass houses and all that.
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If all the folks want to do is to slam every piece of song ever created by one or more folk, then that person has a problem and needs to seek mental help and get to the real problem behind it. What are they trying to accomplish?...
...trolls are ruining it for me and potentially others, and it's time we turned the tide on the trolls and get them outta there so it won't scare off potential sideshow posters who won't post because of possible flaming and scaring them off....
Dementia is about having fun creating fun. If all folks want to do is to spew hate, then dementia doesn't have room for them. There's enough of that elsewhere.
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| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 08/28/09 02:13 AM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| I voted for all of the songs by Carla Ulbrich on the current ballot. She deserves to be on the DT20 for being a class act. Go vote for her songs now on the DT20 ballot :-) |
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| Bob Guest |
| Artist | Offline | 08/27/09 09:58 AM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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I can totally relate to item one. I am the same way.... I keep at a song because it isn't quite good enough. I can think of exceptions to the other two points though.
I didn't get an opportunity to comment on your song when you posted it, since my health woes put me in the hospital soon after.... but I do think you should make it available for voting on the DT20. |
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| belowaveragedave |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 08/26/09 10:14 PM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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If there was karma on the mad music archived, you would have received it for that comment. . .
Dave AuJus:
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Good points all. I would like to add a few more thoughts.
1) I am my own worst critic. I tend to be a perfectionist about my recordings. I can always find some little thing that needs more work. I have put off finishing many projects because I feel they are just not good enough.
2) There is the old saying, "A bad recording of a really great song is still preferred to a great recording of a really bad song".
3) I was taught that if you can't say something nice about somebody or something, then don't say anything at all. I think the people here are great at promoting and encouraging each other. We are all at different levels of expertise, so not everything applies to everybody, every time.
Finally for any of you newbies who missed it, here is a link to my first attempt at comedy parody.
www.themadmusicarchive.com/readblog.aspx?id=2453
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| Dave AuJus |
| Participant | Offline | 08/26/09 10:06 PM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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Good points all. I would like to add a few more thoughts.
1) I am my own worst critic. I tend to be a perfectionist about my recordings. I can always find some little thing that needs more work. I have put off finishing many projects because I feel they are just not good enough.
2) There is the old saying, "A bad recording of a really great song is still preferred to a great recording of a really bad song".
3) I was taught that if you can't say something nice about somebody or something, then don't say anything at all. I think the people here are great at promoting and encouraging each other. We are all at different levels of expertise, so not everything applies to everybody, every time.
Finally for any of you newbies who missed it, here is a link to my first attempt at comedy parody.
www.themadmusicarchive.com/readblog.aspx?id=2453
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| nutcase |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 08/26/09 04:55 PM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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I'm with you on this Dave. I have higher priorities than satisfying people on the Internet. I have parents who need my support. I have a job I have to work freaking harder on to get the sales up. I have to lose weight. This takes up a lot of my time and I'm just too tired to do anything except blog and watch TV and stream audio on the computer.
Dementia should be about making and having fun instead of being serious. If you prefer serious, be a serious artist. There's far more money potential of being a serious artist and a dementia artist. Dementia can be as bad and awful as it wants to be, and that's fine. There's an audience for that. Serious music cannot be bad by design; it has to sound good. Dementia can sound crappy in production and still be enjoyable. Serious music cannot sound crappy, period, or else if it's so bad, it unintentionally becomes dementia.
Dementia is about mockery, making fun of human life. That's what we're all trying to do, right?
If all the folks want to do is to slam every piece of song ever created by one or more folk, then that person has a problem and needs to seek mental help and get to the real problem behind it. What are they trying to accomplish?
I'm getting some good reviews on some of my songs on thesixtyone. Those who e-mailed me on the fump sideshow gave mostly postitive reviews, but don't wish to post on there since they would get slammed by the critics there, and I won't say who to protect their identities. I'd like to see something like a "comments disabled", "moderate comments" or "ban user from commenting" feature on the fump so those trolls can go somewhere else, as well as being able to delete comments due to libel and repeated flaming.
I know that Tom Rockwell has a business on thefump to run, but those trolls are ruining it for me and potentially others, and it's time we turned the tide on the trolls and get them outta there so it won't scare off potential sideshow posters who won't post because of possible flaming and scaring them off.
If anybody just wants to criticize my works because they need improvement, then so be it. Bear in mind that money is extremely tight for me as other priorities in life take precedence over Internet projects and money has to be spent very wisely on my part. I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to puss out anymore. I'm also spending money on the few quality dementia CDs that are worth spending my money on, so I have to have money to buy some stuff, and I'd rather pay some of them that I like for the CDs rather than to pay a novelty music hater money to redo my songs that they think need a lot of work. I'm also stocking up on classic rock and soul CDs for dfsx since my listeners want to hear more 70s music on my stream with the dementia stuff.
I don't care too much about selling my CDs, but if they want the WAV audio CDs, they can pay me for them, or else, enjoy the free mp3s all over soundclick. I care more about getting more hours at work, getting more listeners for dfsx, and entertaining my work folks and relatives in real life and on the Internet. I write some stuff for my younger relatives, and some for the older folks. I want to produce stuff my folks can remember me by long after I die and my websites have turned into porn websites.
My Aunt Marie died two weeks ago and she said to me that she wanted to be a singer, but never could get into the business, but she never told me what problems she had back in the 1940s. I'm doing this dementia for my aunt in her memory and I'll carry on my aunt's dream with my own works and stupidity on the Internet. Last year, she gave me $20 in a postcard saying something that she was proud of my achievements, but never specifically told me which they were. That was the last I ever heard of my aunt.
Dementia is about having fun creating fun. If all folks want to do is to spew hate, then dementia doesn't have room for them. There's enough of that elsewhere. Just enjoy dementia for the diversity in ideas even if they go over your head. Not everything is made for you.
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| belowaveragedave |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 08/26/09 04:12 PM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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At the moment I'm fighting to get a job, time is money when life is like that, and putting money aside is impossible when you are already asking for leniency in bill paying. Practice is something I do daily personally, but I don't suspect I'll ever be as good as Robert Lund or Weird Al on a production level without investing money into real recording equipment. I know there are people both ahead of me and behind me on a production level, and I do feel I've improved over time (Based on the popularity of most of my newer hits like "I Verbed A Noun" and "Text Messaging Ain't Right" VS that of my older stuff like "Pizza Night" and "Wind Beneath My Butt") so it's not that I don't think people can improve, I think some people on here and on the FUMP have unreasonable expectations. Naturally not every song every artist release can be his best, in fact only one can be his best--but just because it's not your personal best doesn't mean it's not good and that someone won't like it. On Soundclick, not one of my songs has a download ratio of worse than 5%, the best ones have ratios as high as 25%, what this means is for every 20 people who listen to my song between 1 and 5 will download it. Now that's including soundclick radio plays, embedded players and people who don't want to join Soundclick--all of which inevitably will not result in a download. My least popular song of all time, Matthias Guy, which was a tribute to another parodist, has over 200 listens, and has 13 downloads--that means that every song I have has statistics better than that which means all 108 appealed to someone somewhere, and many (including one that was bashed here) have anywhere from 2,500 to 8,000 listens and 100 to 600 downloads--and I mean actual downloads Soundclick does separate those statistics. This doesn't include TheSixtyOne, Vocalo, TheMadMusicArchive, Badave, Gcast, Podomatic, Garageband, Lastfm, Ilike or any of the many other sites where my stuff is available. I consider my stuff to be overall "Below Average" on a production quality, and my vocals vary from song to song. But they have a unique quirky appeal about them. There less than perfect production and often crazy lyrics give those who don't have money to invest in music an idea of what they can do with no budget.
I realize everyone has their own opinion on this, mine is it is about having fun, which I do, and inevitably when you do your hobby on a regular basis you will improve on it. There are a host of bashers out there who expect everyone to be great or to do nothing at all. . .and lately some of those people have gotten a bit rash in attacking particular artists. I have mostly positive comments on my work, and I know what I feel are my best recordings VS my worst--sadly the ones I think are my best are not really my most popular, but I don't feel any of them are as great as I'd really like them if I had the time or money. I don't have time right now to spend hours on every release, especially since my music is 99.9% free, I simply don't, I'm trying to find work--I'm trying to get my life situated and I do this to relieve stress; not create it.
Sorry if I rambled a bit, I just wish everyone would enjoy stuff for what it is and when they feel the need to criticize they'd just be constructive about it. If you can't find any positive in someone's work at all, then avoid it, if you see some way of improving it, then by all means let that artist know, I just wish the hateful stuff would stop being spewed, which Bob--you really aren't part of, I think you and I have a more similar mind set on this than you may realize.
Anyway, Love for all-Dave
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It doesn't take money to practice. Music is just a hobby for me as well, but if I can't work on improvement there isn't much point in continuing at all. Putting money into a hobby is also a natural part of the process. Putting a few dollars aside each week makes it possible to invest in that new mic or other musical toys that work together to make your music a little bit better over time. I'm not talking about studio time or professional mastering... I'm talking about keeping your own tools and abilities moving forward.
BTW... It is never unreasonable to aim for perfection.
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and there are also those of us who only do it as a hobby and simply can't make time to do all those things. Many of us don't have the money or financial ability to do professional recordings, I sure don't, I can hardly afford my bills right now with my work situation. . .it's meant to be fun, if we want to be the next Weird Al fine, but as long as someone enjoys an individuals work, I think perfection is too high of an aim. . .
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| Medemia |
| Member | Offline | 08/26/09 02:06 PM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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I get it! I get it! Stop beating me over the head! :D
I guess my biggest problem is that I get to work for an hour or so nights my wife doesn't feel like getting out of the house after the kids are in bed. That time could be spent practicing songs and then producing them once I am completely comfortable instead of trying to let my artistic A.D.D. break through and try to get instant disgradification. The songs I am most proud of at this point are the ones I spent the most time on, trying to figure out how to do the music. If I spend that same amount of time on the words, maybe I'll have something.
Getting back to the subject of this thread:
It's not available yet, but I'd like to see United Breaks Guitars: Part 2 get out there more. |
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| Bob Guest |
| Artist | Offline | 08/26/09 01:57 PM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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It doesn't take money to practice. Music is just a hobby for me as well, but if I can't work on improvement there isn't much point in continuing at all. Putting money into a hobby is also a natural part of the process. Putting a few dollars aside each week makes it possible to invest in that new mic or other musical toys that work together to make your music a little bit better over time. I'm not talking about studio time or professional mastering... I'm talking about keeping your own tools and abilities moving forward.
BTW... It is never unreasonable to aim for perfection.
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and there are also those of us who only do it as a hobby and simply can't make time to do all those things. Many of us don't have the money or financial ability to do professional recordings, I sure don't, I can hardly afford my bills right now with my work situation. . .it's meant to be fun, if we want to be the next Weird Al fine, but as long as someone enjoys an individuals work, I think perfection is too high of an aim. . .
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| Tim P. Ryan |
| Participant | Offline | 08/26/09 01:36 PM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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Why can't you take the time? It seems that one's time is the least expensive part of the process. One that could give the biggest pay-off.
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| Tim P. Ryan |
| Participant | Offline | 08/26/09 01:32 PM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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Which is why I tried to exclude short shelf life songs like that:
"If you think you got something that will make Dr. Demento's Top Ten and will live forever, we the audience deserve rehearsal before recording." But even those need rehearsal and self-judgement time, just on a faster time-line.
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Sometimes, you don't have time to write, record, set aside, come back to a song.
Ode To Susan Boyle is a case in point. Had I not rammed that song out and gotten it to Dr. D as soon as I could, it would have gotten ignored. |
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| belowaveragedave |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 08/26/09 01:10 PM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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and there are also those of us who only do it as a hobby and simply can't make time to do all those things. Many of us don't have the money or financial ability to do professional recordings, I sure don't, I can hardly afford my bills right now with my work situation. . .it's meant to be fun, if we want to be the next Weird Al fine, but as long as someone enjoys an individuals work, I think perfection is too high of an aim. . .
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Tim makes some very good points, but I want to make one more:
Sometimes, you don't have time to write, record, set aside, come back to a song.
Ode To Susan Boyle is a case in point. Had I not rammed that song out and gotten it to Dr. D as soon as I could, it would have gotten ignored.
I suspect if I had sent him Campaign News a year and four months ago, he would have played it. Now, it is just a curiosity. |
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| Artist | Offline | 08/26/09 01:07 PM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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Tim makes some very good points, but I want to make one more:
Sometimes, you don't have time to write, record, set aside, come back to a song.
Ode To Susan Boyle is a case in point. Had I not rammed that song out and gotten it to Dr. D as soon as I could, it would have gotten ignored.
I suspect if I had sent him Campaign News a year and four months ago, he would have played it. Now, it is just a curiosity. |
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| Participant | Offline | 08/26/09 11:52 AM | 2 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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I think I will use this thread to talk about improvement in musicianship where Devo, Jace, Bob and others have some good points.
I think this sense of improvement is one item that I had to be reminded of. In that, artists need to look back at what they did when they are wanting to make new recordings and seek out self-advise or advise from others on how to improve. This includes not only artistic efforts, but also technical efforts.
In artistic efforts, this includes things like straining to sing, getting on key, breath control and staying in pace with the music. If you think you got something that will make Dr. Demento's Top Ten and will live forever, we the audience deserve rehearsal before recording. Live with that song for a while. Do things like take time for that rehearsal/test recording daily. Sing for your own supper, for instance, taking 5 to 10 minutes to go through the song once or twice and come back the next week. You just might find some line is strained and now you can rewrite it. You just might find some joke is lame and now you can think of a better one. You should be noticing where your breaths should occur. Or one I have run into, the song where it seems a big breath should occur, but the next verse of the original to the parody does not have room for a breath there--and you fall behind or you mess up someone helping out with live accompanyment.
Improvement is an issue in my other community--the filk room. There people do take note of improvement in performance year to year. But there in the filk room, most performances go away after they are played or sung. Encouragement and tolarance is given for those who want to join in. But that is also in hope that the next time a song is heard, it could be better.
Maybe what I want to talk about is audience forgiveness. When I hear a studio recording I expect to hear the best performance. When a song is heard in a concert live or on a live recording you forgive mistakes. When a song is heard in the filk circle, the audience can be very forgiving.
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Lack of desire to improve is something that's inherent in every musical genre, not just dementia.....
The thing nobody ever realizes is you are NEVER as good as you think you are. When I sent my first tape to Dr. Demento I thought for sure he was going to play all 3 songs on it and that all 3 would become Funny Five hits, at the same time if I was lucky. Now, I'm praying he has lost that tape and that none of those songs ever see the light of day because they were TERRIBLE. But at the time it was the best we could do and I was proud of it. That clouded my judgment and didn't let me really listen to the songs with a critical ear.
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Yeah! That's exactly what I mean about that "inconsistant audience".
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So this! And this can be extended to the mainstream music industry too, even with songs that are #1 hits on the Hot 100. |
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| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 07/29/09 12:08 PM | 3 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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So this! And this can be extended to the mainstream music industry too, even with songs that are #1 hits on the Hot 100.
It's only now that pop music is starting to show signs of improvement again after 12-13 years of stagnation.
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Lack of desire to improve is something that's inherent in every musical genre, not just dementia. Go on MySpace some time (if you can get the site to load) and browse around any given genre. The vast majority of it is crap. However, they're selling their stuff on CDBaby and iTunes because they can and they think they're great. |
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Lack of desire to improve is something that's inherent in every musical genre, not just dementia. Go on MySpace some time (if you can get the site to load) and browse around any given genre. The vast majority of it is crap. However, they're selling their stuff on CDBaby and iTunes because they can and they think they're great.
The thing nobody ever realizes is you are NEVER as good as you think you are. When I sent my first tape to Dr. Demento I thought for sure he was going to play all 3 songs on it and that all 3 would become Funny Five hits, at the same time if I was lucky. Now, I'm praying he has lost that tape and that none of those songs ever see the light of day because they were TERRIBLE. But at the time it was the best we could do and I was proud of it. That clouded my judgment and didn't let me really listen to the songs with a critical ear.
It wasn't until my recording quality and songwriting started to improve over the next couple years that I could go back and hear those early songs for what they were. And yes, without those songs I never would have gotten to where I am today, but I really don't want anyone hearing those songs now.
But even now, I'm not as good as I think I am. I have to keep reminding myself of that every time I release a song that Dr. Demento doesn't play, or a song doesn't get as many downloads as I think it should, or I do a show and nobody comes to see me.
At Nerdapalooza I was talking with Schaffer The Darklord and Marty from Uncle Monsterface about possibly doing a show with them in New York City. They each said they could draw about 60 people to a show they book in New York. Guess how many people I draw to a show in New York. One. His name is Pete. And if the show is on a weeknight he won't be able to come.
It's a painful reminder, but it's one of the driving forces that keeps me trying to improve my music. That and I would really love to quit my day job some day. I have a long way to go there, though.
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| Artist | Offline | 07/25/09 07:15 PM | 3 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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I agree that we need to address the lack of desire to improve.
Equipment... vocals... instrumentals... performance... recording skill. We need to look at all these and more. I'm sadly lacking in all these areas, but I'm constantly working to improve... But that's my problem. I end up with so much material that's not good enough I don't want to release it. (I'm too much of a perfectionist.) |
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| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 07/25/09 04:34 PM | 3 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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Cool, I've never even tried, I am content just having fun making music. . .though I would like to improve my quality, I'll send some stuff to him over time, if I get played, cool, if not, cool . . . won't change how I approach music, thanks TVK
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Getting played by Dr Demento isn't a particularly easy thing to nail down. I was 16 when he played "Bob From Accounting" and in my late 20s when he played "Sheep in the Morning". He played "Sacred Cheese" when I first joined The FuMP, but then wasn't interested again until Mind Over Matter. He played Get Off My Cloud, and then hasn't played anything in the month or so that's followed. Did I not make anything good between Sacred Cheese and Mind Over Matter? It seems like he likes my stuff best when I'm going for weird more than funny. Really, I feel like he'll play whatever grabs him and it doesn't necessarily depend on "quality" per se. That's fine by me, of course, it's his show. If it were easy to get a play from him, I don't know if it'd be so exciting when it happened.
The thing is, we get to a point where improvement stops being so clear. There's a clear difference between, say, the sound of early Nuclear Bubble Wrap and how they sound now (Mmmm. Miyazaki Pig) and Odd Austin's old vs new, but eventually you get to a point where, while you're of course always trying to raise the bar, trying to please an inconsistent audience (Dr D, the internet at large, etc) doesn't always make the best music. Sometimes you've got to please yourself and make something new and different that the audience may or may not be into. Stuff that tries to pander can get pretty jive anyway.
So, basically, cheers to both those who strive to improve and to those who strive to deliver something new and different. |
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| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 07/25/09 03:35 PM | 3 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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S'ok...truth be, I was only feeding him so the security hole would get noticed ;) I don't make a habit of feeding trolls
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Getting played by Dr Demento isn't a particularly easy thing to nail down. I was 16 when he played "Bob From Accounting" and in my late 20s when he played "Sheep in the Morning". He played "Sacred Cheese" when I first joined The FuMP, but then wasn't interested again until Mind Over Matter. He played Get Off My Cloud, and then hasn't played anything in the month or so that's followed. Did I not make anything good between Sacred Cheese and Mind Over Matter? It seems like he likes my stuff best when I'm going for weird more than funny. Really, I feel like he'll play whatever grabs him and it doesn't necessarily depend on "quality" per se. That's fine by me, of course, it's his show. If it were easy to get a play from him, I don't know if it'd be so exciting when it happened.
The thing is, we get to a point where improvement stops being so clear. There's a clear difference between, say, the sound of early Nuclear Bubble Wrap and how they sound now (Mmmm. Miyazaki Pig) and Odd Austin's old vs new, but eventually you get to a point where, while you're of course always trying to raise the bar, trying to please an inconsistent audience (Dr D, the internet at large, etc) doesn't always make the best music. Sometimes you've got to please yourself and make something new and different that the audience may or may not be into. Stuff that tries to pander can get pretty jive anyway.
So, basically, cheers to both those who strive to improve and to those who strive to deliver something new and different. |
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| Site Owner | Offline | 07/25/09 01:21 PM | 3 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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That hole has been plugged now - and all of his posts deleted.
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| belowaveragedave |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 07/25/09 12:56 PM | 3 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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Oh, well I never heard back when I asked if I could from Dr. Demento, I just sent Text Messaging Ain't Right. . .we'll see what happens. . .I have no idea how to increase the chances of it being played, but it's one of my most popular songs, so we'll see.
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Actually, Max DeGroot sent his songs to Demento as MP3 files and got airplay....talk to him about it.
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Demento ignores most of us anyway. I've never even sent anything to him, it costs money to send CDs and he won't accept mp3 files. |
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| DJ Particle |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 07/25/09 12:12 PM | 3 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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Actually, Max DeGroot sent his songs to Demento as MP3 files and got airplay....talk to him about it.
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Demento ignores most of us anyway. I've never even sent anything to him, it costs money to send CDs and he won't accept mp3 files. |
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| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 07/25/09 09:24 AM | 3 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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I don't see it as an inside joke, most the artists you used were well known, I personally always liked it (Ultimate showdown etc. . .) Big name artists do tributes to other artists all the time, I don't see anyone complaining when they do it, and like you said Demento ignores most of us anyway. I've never even sent anything to him, it costs money to send CDs and he won't accept mp3 files. Nothing against A-Log, but it's the same reason you won't here much of me on her show, I'm not taking the time to make a CD with no guaranteed air time, because doing so is not free, that may sound a bit greedy--but considering I don't charge for my stuff, at least as of yet I haven't put any totally original songs for sale only, incurring any costs knowing that I won't make it back, and may not get any benefit at all from it, feels pointless.
I agree with most of your post, but a little inside joke here or there is not that bad, and Ultimate Showdown is not really an inside joke as you name well known comedy artists. The Great Luke Ski and Robert Lund are well known entities to people who listen to your mediums of release, it's like saying Britney Spears or Madonna in a song, they are in a sense. . .celebrities as is your group.
That's just my opinion, I've always felt you guys were a little harsh on yourself. Some of your songs nature were like my name in insulting your quality, and when you decided to remove all your old stuff from soundclick because they weren't up to quality standards, I thought you were under appreciating your talent to make the most of what you had to work with--it helped showcase where you were, and where you are headed.
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I've come to hate comedy music inside joke songs. I think they keep the genre from reaching an outside audience when they're posted on places like The FuMP. The main reason that song exists is it was a desperate plea to get Dr. Demento play our music, but I'm not even worried about that anymore. He consistently ignores us anyway. Of course, now that song makes me look like a hypocrite whenever I criticize a song for being an inside joke.
Although, "Goddammit Marc Gunn, Shut Up About Your Cat" is amazing. That's the exception.
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Really? I enjoy the song and it's quite fitting whenever artists feel like bashing on each other :)
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I've come to hate comedy music inside joke songs. I think they keep the genre from reaching an outside audience when they're posted on places like The FuMP. The main reason that song exists is it was a desperate plea to get Dr. Demento play our music, but I'm not even worried about that anymore. He consistently ignores us anyway. Of course, now that song makes me look like a hypocrite whenever I criticize a song for being an inside joke.
Although, "Goddammit Marc Gunn, Shut Up About Your Cat" is amazing. That's the exception.
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Really? I enjoy the song and it's quite fitting whenever artists feel like bashing on each other :)
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Really? I enjoy the song and it's quite fitting whenever artists feel like bashing on each other :)
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I've always regretted making that song.
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I feel a rendition of "The Ultimate Showdown of Musical Comedy" coming. |
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| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 07/25/09 02:58 AM | 3 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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I've always regretted making that song.
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I feel a rendition of "The Ultimate Showdown of Musical Comedy" coming. |
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| Member | Offline | 07/25/09 02:40 AM | 3 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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Well, looking at some of the comments majorb make on Tanny's stuff over at the fump, I think someone has a fascination with Tanny. Ok, you don't like his stuff. We get it. Let everyone make their own decision on his stuff. I think his heart is good and that he enjoys dementia music and does what he can to promote it. He seems like a good guy to me.
As one who has recently started recording stuff on my low-brow system, I do hope I am getting better. My brother-in-law, who is an extremely talented musician, told my wife I've got quite a way to go. I agree. I should probably talk with him with tips to do so. Maybe even study music and music theory. Learn to read music? Maybe even learn to play an instrument? Now I think I am going mad.
I feel a rendition of "The Ultimate Showdown of Musical Comedy" coming. |
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| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 07/25/09 02:21 AM | 3 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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I'm gonna say something here that I've never said on a public dementia forum, but I have a few friends in the business who agree with me.
The biggest problem in the dementia community is the amount of artists with no drive to improve. Not talking about DT specifically. There are many of them.
Myself, I started out making terrible music. Even before NBW, I made some of the most embarrassing recordings known to man. When I formed my band, we made one of the worst CDs in dementia history: "Something Stupid This Way Comes." We're so embarrassed by it that we had it pulled from CDbaby and iTunes.
And why? Because we knew we had to improve if we wanted people to buy our music. I mean, if you're going to SELL CDs, wouldn't it make sense to try to make your music the best it can be? Yes, it's "comedy music" but that doesn't mean it has to sound bad. Weird Al proved that, and so have many others. Working hard to improve your music is one of the best things about being a musician. It's possible to make comedy music and take it 100% seriously, and every time we get finished with a new song, we feel an amazing sense of accomplishment.
I love comedy music as much everybody here, but I do think it's a genre that has to be treated legitimately as any other genre. It's hard work. And please, if you're releasing CD after CD and not showing any desire to improve and excel at what you do, maybe you need to rethink your methods. |
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| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 07/25/09 02:21 AM | 3 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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Ah, was just curious, is all :)
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And just as was the case last time, there was a more immediate problem to deal with. Hopefully, Wayne has a chunk of time this weekend to deal with it and everything can be sorted out. No one's injecting prescription drug ads into the lyrics this time, but this is a problem that isn't going away either. |
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It's a glitch first dealt with last year around this time. We were dealing with the latest Russian injection attack and that's when the trolls appeared. School was back in soon enough and the problem went away. Or so we thought. Code was written to deal with it, but it's clearly not working.
And just as was the case last time, there was a more immediate problem to deal with. Hopefully, Wayne has a chunk of time this weekend to deal with it and everything can be sorted out. No one's injecting prescription drug ads into the lyrics this time, but this is a problem that isn't going away either. |
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| DJ Particle |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 07/25/09 02:11 AM | 3 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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True enough... Tom Leykis often made that point too ;) That is more 'pwnage' than I could ever write :)
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Nah, just let him blow off his steam only if it makes him feel better. All he did was to help me sell more of my CDs and mp3 tracks. Thanks majorb. Critics do help give free publicity. |
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| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 07/25/09 02:05 AM | 3 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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Nah, just let him blow off his steam only if it makes him feel better. All he did was to help me sell more of my CDs and mp3 tracks. Thanks majorb. Critics do help give free publicity.
As for me, I'm logging off. Gotta watch my soap to see if that demented nutcase Annie is on. |
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| DJ Particle |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 07/25/09 01:56 AM | 3 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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First of all, how a "suspended" user is able to continue logging in and posting to this site (and voting in the DT20...yes, I can see your one vote) is beyond me. I'm not an admin or even a mod, so I wouldn't be able to venture a guess. The best I can do is reply here and call attention to this fact so that whatever code needs to be written to enforce your intended admin-given user status (and yes, only Captain Wayne can suspend users, so I assume he would like you to be suspended) will be written and uploaded.
So actually, you're already banned by the Captain, but apparently a bug is keeping you able to log in.
This site is meant to be rather agnostic to music quality. It's meant to be an information clearinghouse. And as you have undoubtedly seen in the past, one person's crap can indeed be another's charm. For example, I think my song "Cat-Girl" is musically one of my worst songs, and my partner even agrees, yet try telling that to the fans of Dementia Radio, who have made it the 9th most requested song on the random cast. I can't understand it, and I likely never will. Keep in mind also that a lot of stuff that got submitted to Dr. D in the 1970s would never be accepted on his show today, but also some people still today don't have access to even what is now considered the most basic of recording equipment. If we were to deny based on production quality, we'd be no better than ClearChannel and the RIAA.
The core of why we come here is the sense of community the site provides. As an artist, I know not everyone will like my music. As a DJ, I know not everyone would agree with my choices for my playlists, but I do know that enough enjoy it on both fronts it to make my involvement worth it. One of the purposes of the DT20 specifically, and the reason why I try to keep its focus on new music, is to give new efforts their chance to shine, and let the artists involved know what's becoming popular and what's not, which could help them to grow as musicians. For example, my 2 biggest DT20 hits are my 2 older originals ("A Geek Like Me" and "Fan Speculation"), and that's sparked me to concentrate more on originals (like my 3rd such song, "V For Victory"). The non-chart shows serve a similar purpose as well, and if an artist sees a particular song getting a lot of airplay (regardless of DT20 voting), then they know to do more of that. It's about mutual cooperation and respect, and we tend to react strongly to anyone who breaks that synergy.
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Thanks DJ
As for majorb, please stop the hate and write something creative that I can play. |
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Agreed, songs of that nature just aren't my cup of tea, It's a good song name and all, but I'm with Particle on this one.
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Ehh.....I remember when that song was originally released in Dec 2008. It seemed to me that it was meant to be a slam on David Tanny (it was released right after the big anti-Tanny flame war on the FuMP Sideshow), hence why I never B.E.D.'d it, nor have I ever played it on Revenge.
It's the same reason why I've never played 2005's "I've Never Read The Books" by Tony Goldmark....that one was a deliberate slam against another comedy music artist too. :(
There are times when a style-parody goes TOO far....
I'll play it if it gets the votes, but that's just my 2¢ on the matter.
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I'm requesting "Dementia Hits" by Dementia is the Best Genre.
www.themadmusicarchive.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=35788
Others should do the same. :D |
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| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 07/24/09 05:42 PM | 3 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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Ehh.....I remember when that song was originally released in Dec 2008. It seemed to me that it was meant to be a slam on David Tanny (it was released right after the big anti-Tanny flame war on the FuMP Sideshow), hence why I never B.E.D.'d it, nor have I ever played it on Revenge.
It's the same reason why I've never played 2005's "I've Never Read The Books" by Tony Goldmark....that one was a deliberate slam against another comedy music artist too. :(
There are times when a style-parody goes TOO far....
I'll play it if it gets the votes, but that's just my 2¢ on the matter.
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I'm requesting "Dementia Hits" by Dementia is the Best Genre.
www.themadmusicarchive.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=35788
Others should do the same. :D |
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Well, if Laarge Daark Aardvaarks can't make it to the chart, maybe we need another animal that would not do much to bother the Cement Civet Cats, or Asphalt Aardvarks.
I'm speaking of The Funky Gibbon by The Goodies. If dance songs have been popular on DT20, maybe this one is a good resurge, one of those invented dance crazes.
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Reminder that if you want to see an aardvark crawl into the MMDT20, a little clicky could make the difference.
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Will all this talk of rubber hamsters, cement cats and such, maybe we could vote in a Laarge Daark Aardvaark with help from Allan Sherman. |
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Thanks, I got the album created.
Opbopachop - Barnes & Barnes
DJ Particle:
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They're added
Tim P. Ryan:
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Will the new Barnes & Barnes album (CD & digital) tracks be added ... |
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| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 07/09/09 12:08 PM | 4 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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They're added
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Will the new Barnes & Barnes album (CD & digital) tracks be added this week? CDBaby has the mp3s available and the physical CD should be ready by next tuesday (from what I hear). |
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| Tim P. Ryan |
| Participant | Offline | 07/09/09 09:44 AM | 4 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| Will the new Barnes & Barnes album (CD & digital) tracks be added this week? CDBaby has the mp3s available and the physical CD should be ready by next tuesday (from what I hear). |
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| Stavro Arrgolus |
| Editor | Offline | 07/09/09 12:23 AM | 4 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| Tim P. Ryan |
| Participant | Offline | 07/09/09 12:13 AM | 4 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| Will all this talk of rubber hamsters, cement cats and such, maybe we could vote in a Laarge Daark Aardvaark with help from Allan Sherman. |
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| Stavro Arrgolus |
| Editor | Offline | 07/05/09 02:11 PM | 4 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| belowaveragedave |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 07/05/09 01:57 PM | 4 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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Good song, I'll second that one
Tim P. Ryan:
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Summer is here and that means Jimmy Buffett music & concerts. Even with only about a third or less of his catalog being fun & funny songs, that amount would probably produce the most revenue this year amoung the Mad Music Artists.
I've put in my vote for Why Don't We Get Drunk |
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| Tim P. Ryan |
| Participant | Offline | 07/05/09 12:16 PM | 4 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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Summer is here and that means Jimmy Buffett music & concerts. Even with only about a third or less of his catalog being fun & funny songs, that amount would probably produce the most revenue this year amoung the Mad Music Artists.
I've put in my vote for Why Don't We Get Drunk |
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| belowaveragedave |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 06/25/09 06:56 PM | 4 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| Dave AuJus |
| Participant | Offline | 06/25/09 04:37 PM | 4 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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Independence Day by Bob Rivers is a good 4th of July song.
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With the 4th of July coming up, we might need
Kick *** USA by Milo Tremby again.
Any other freedome / fireworks thoughts? |
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| belowaveragedave |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 06/25/09 04:36 PM | 4 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| Tim P. Ryan |
| Participant | Offline | 06/25/09 04:01 PM | 4 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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With the 4th of July coming up, we might need
Kick *** USA by Milo Tremby again.
Any other freedom / fireworks thoughts? |
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| DJ Particle |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 06/18/09 08:48 PM | 5 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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"MySpace Love Song" by Garrett Crosby
Yeah the song is a few months old, but I just found out about it now, and I just had to give props to another artist who, until recently, was known as "Dj PaRTiCLe" (note the caps). :) Great song! |
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| Medemia |
| Member | Offline | 06/15/09 03:52 PM | 5 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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I'd like to make a request and see if it gets on...
Jeannie Buss made a tweet the other day about this song and it's pretty funny. It's called, "Phil is your Father" by Ryan Parker (ryanparkersongs.com) about Phil being Pau Gasol's father. It can be found there, as well as on the Mike and Mike podcast (here): sports.espn.go.com/stations/player?id=4254869 (downloadable.) |
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| DJ Particle |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 05/22/09 08:45 PM | 5 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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It's up
Sorry it and the DT20 are late.....my week has been so so so SO busy :(
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Ok, the new song at the Fump is off the hook :) It's not on lists over here yet, so can I request it here... Pr-pr-pr-procreate by Moneyshot Cosmonauts. |
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| Tim P. Ryan |
| Participant | Offline | 05/22/09 05:42 PM | 5 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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Be patient, it should be up here in the next couple of days. They have to entered by humans.
It can be automated. Now, a Parrot-bot here should be able to look at the XML feed and format it, use it, and say it back, creating new song pages on the fly.
Medemia:
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Ok, the new song at the Fump is off the hook :) It's not on lists over here yet, so can I request it here... Pr-pr-pr-procreate by Moneyshot Cosmonauts. |
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| Medemia |
| Member | Offline | 05/22/09 03:04 PM | 5 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| Ok, the new song at the Fump is off the hook :) It's not on lists over here yet, so can I request it here... Pr-pr-pr-procreate by Moneyshot Cosmonauts. |
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| Tim P. Ryan |
| Participant | Offline | 05/21/09 10:19 AM | 6 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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A couple of Power Salad songs reflect some current news:
* Little Hybrid - new fuel standards
* Cellphone On The Highway - Mass Transit drivers talking, texting, tweeting while driving killing 25 at a time. |
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| belowaveragedave |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 05/18/09 12:10 AM | 6 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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"Timmy" joke aside. . .I'm really sorry Tim If that offended you--you know I didn't mean any offense by it, It's just I have a good friend here named Tim, who goes by Timmy, it's a name I use often . . .I have a personal favor to ask
I've never come on here and asked to promote a song of myown before on this thread, but I've also never had a purpose like this before
www.themadmusicarchive.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=34803
Please read the information underneath the song or my latest blog entry as of 5/18/2009 for more information. Viva Badave/Viva Parody |
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| belowaveragedave |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 05/14/09 01:18 AM | 6 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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No-no That's Timmay!!!!
peterpuck9:
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The only other "Timmy" I know is from South Park.
www.southparkstudios.com/clips/185667/?searchterm=timmy
Stavro Arrgolus:
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Okay, Timmy. And remember, this is science, not a brouhaha.
Tim P. Ryan:
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My dad and other old men are allowed to call me Timmy.
-Tim
belowaveragedave:
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That's an awful lot of songs Timmy. . .
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| peterpuck9 |
| Participant | Offline | 05/14/09 01:08 AM | 6 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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The only other "Timmy" I know is from South Park.
www.southparkstudios.com/clips/185667/?searchterm=timmy
Stavro Arrgolus:
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Okay, Timmy. And remember, this is science, not a brouhaha.
Tim P. Ryan:
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My dad and other old men are allowed to call me Timmy.
-Tim
belowaveragedave:
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That's an awful lot of songs Timmy. . .
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| Stavro Arrgolus |
| Editor | Offline | 05/07/09 08:11 PM | 6 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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Okay, Timmy. And remember, this is science, not a brouhaha.
Tim P. Ryan:
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My dad and other old men are allowed to call me Timmy.
-Tim
belowaveragedave:
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That's an awful lot of songs Timmy. . .
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| belowaveragedave |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 05/07/09 04:48 PM | 6 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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I'm not either of those, so back to Tim then
Tim P. Ryan:
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My dad and other old men are allowed to call me Timmy.
-Tim
belowaveragedave:
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That's an awful lot of songs Timmy. . .
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| Tim P. Ryan |
| Participant | Offline | 05/07/09 11:01 AM | 6 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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My dad and other old men are allowed to call me Timmy.
-Tim
belowaveragedave:
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That's an awful lot of songs Timmy. . .
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| belowaveragedave |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 05/07/09 01:43 AM | 6 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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That's an awful lot of songs Timmy. . .
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Well, here are some to consider for news and pop cultural events, and, of course, The Stanley Cup:
All The Star Trek Shows Ever Made Rolled Into One - Jim Samuels
Android, The - Robin Nakkula
Banned From Argo - Leslie Fish & The Dehorn Crew
Beam Me Up, Scotty - Terry McGovern
French Mistake, The - Mel Brooks
He's Dead, Jim - Julia Ecklar
If Pigs Had Wings - Heywood Banks
Late For School (studio version) - Steve Martin
Me Like Hockey - Arrogant Worms, The
Pig Got Up And Slowly Walked Away, The - Frank Crumit
Piggies - Beatles, The
Piggy In The Middle - Rutles, The
Star Trek Next Generation Episode Guide, The - Blake Hodgetts
Temperature Of Revenge - Tom Smith
Worst Star Trek Jokes, The - Ben & Samurai
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| Tim P. Ryan |
| Participant | Offline | 05/07/09 12:48 AM | 6 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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Well, here are some to consider for news and pop cultural events, and, of course, The Stanley Cup:
All The Star Trek Shows Ever Made Rolled Into One - Jim Samuels
Android, The - Robin Nakkula
Banned From Argo - Leslie Fish & The Dehorn Crew
Beam Me Up, Scotty - Terry McGovern
French Mistake, The - Mel Brooks
He's Dead, Jim - Julia Ecklar
If Pigs Had Wings - Heywood Banks
Late For School (studio version) - Steve Martin
Me Like Hockey - Arrogant Worms, The
Pig Got Up And Slowly Walked Away, The - Frank Crumit
Piggies - Beatles, The
Piggy In The Middle - Rutles, The
Star Trek Next Generation Episode Guide, The - Blake Hodgetts
Temperature Of Revenge - Tom Smith
Worst Star Trek Jokes, The - Ben & Samurai
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| peterpuck9 |
| Participant | Offline | 05/05/09 11:12 PM | 6 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| Milk_man |
| Member | Offline | 05/05/09 05:24 PM | 6 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| peterpuck9 |
| Participant | Offline | 04/25/09 03:38 PM | 6 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| DJ Particle |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 04/25/09 12:01 PM | 6 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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That would destroy the reason for those lists in the first place. I don't want users to wade through a sea of 1-vote songs to see what's new and most voted.
Tim P. Ryan:
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I think infinity would be needed to make sure you can see your votes show up on the list for others to see and agree with or ignore.
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Could we possibly see more than the Top 40 on the ballot? Maybe 100? Thanks. |
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| Tim P. Ryan |
| Participant | Offline | 04/25/09 11:25 AM | 6 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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I think infinity would be needed to make sure you can see your votes show up on the list for others to see and agree with or ignore.
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Could we possibly see more than the Top 40 on the ballot? Maybe 100? Thanks. |
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| Tim P. Ryan |
| Participant | Offline | 04/25/09 11:19 AM | 6 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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Don't forget
{9 | Ten} Coronas - John Mammoser
and
First of May - Jonathan Coulton
www.themadmusicarchive.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=17602
For those who like to celebrate that day.
And STAR TREK songs because the hype is on for the new film coming out May 8th.
I wonder if reboot-Bones will utter
"He's Dead, Jim" - Julia Ecklar
www.themadmusicarchive.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=17462
when 'life's feebile flutter flew' from the reboot-Red Shirt.
Other Star Trek songs/comedy include:
The Android - Robin Nakkula
Temperature Of Revenge - Tom Smith
The Worst Star Trek Jokes - Ben & Samurai
The Star Trek Next Generation Episode Guide - Blake Hodgetts
All The Star Trek Shows Ever Made Rolled Into One - Jim Samuels
Banned From Argo - Leslie Fish & The Dehorn Crew
peterpuck9:
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Please request ... |
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| peterpuck9 |
| Participant | Offline | 04/25/09 02:14 AM | 6 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| DJ Particle |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 03/10/09 03:24 PM | 8 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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Soggy Potato Chips' new single "Caturday" (from their new album "I Accidentally...The Entire Album") is now my new fave SPC song :) When Alchav performed this live at MarsCon, the audience (and the backstage) was doing kitty dances! :)
www.themadmusicarchive.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=34222 |
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| peterpuck9 |
| Participant | Offline | 03/09/09 10:25 PM | 8 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| DJ Particle |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 08/07/08 08:46 PM | 15 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| you can't get audio when you dl the files off Usenet? ok that's weird, being that they're just everyday MP3s O.o |
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| belowaveragedave |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 08/07/08 04:00 PM | 15 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| I know you have, but I can't access usenet. . .I've tried I can't get any audio through usenet. . .but all is ok, I am patient and will hear it when it's here:) |
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| DJ Particle |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 08/07/08 02:04 PM | 15 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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When the MMA is late posting the DT20, I've been posting it to Usenet.
Today's recording session though will be later tonight than usual (since I woke up with a bad headache and I have to at least wait until the Comcast guy upgrades our internet so I can get my website back online) |
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| belowaveragedave |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 08/07/08 01:57 PM | 15 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| Have to be honest, I'm still waiting to hear last week's episode, I don't have usenet and Wayne doesn't appear to have any free time. . .though I've seen the top 20 (I'm addicted to Dj Particle's Live Journal) |
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| Stavro Arrgolus |
| Editor | Offline | 08/07/08 12:51 AM | 15 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| I'd like to hear a mess of Bill Hicks routines. Maybe a track or 2 from "Arizona Bay". |
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| peterpuck9 |
| Participant | Offline | 08/07/08 12:41 AM | 15 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| Next week, I would like to hear some Elvis or Elvis related songs. |
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| DJ Particle |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 04/27/08 02:07 AM | 18 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| see if your ISP has a "news.<ispname>.net" server.....and if so, how to log into it |
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| belowaveragedave |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 04/26/08 08:12 PM | 18 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| Can someone explain how I can hear the Usenet versions that DJ Particle posts when they don't make it onto this site? I am patient enough and know eventually it will be here, but I'm just not familiar at all with Usenet, never have been and everything I find on it seems to want money. . .and I don't know what Usenet is even about much less know that I'd want any type of subscription or how I'd find anything on it if I had one. . .I know I must sound like a pain asking this, but I really don't know. . . |
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| peterpuck9 |
| Participant | Offline | 04/26/08 04:18 PM | 18 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| Tim P. Ryan |
| Participant | Offline | 04/03/08 12:15 AM | 19 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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Since happysteve Chai did so well on Wheel of Fortune last week, I put in these requests:
Iraqi Wheel Of Fortune - Royal Canadian Air Farce
(since it was Wheel Around The World Week)
Stuck In A Closet With Vanna White - "Weird Al" Yankovic
Wheel Of Fortune - Rodney Carrington
Vanna White - John Mammoser
Vanna, Pick Me A Letter - Dr. Dave
Tribal Council - Ryan Hopak & The Happy Chinchillas f/ Timothy Mank
(okay, I'll let you see if you can make the WoF connection)
Appartently Steve lives in one of the Most Mad Zip Codes in the MMA. |
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| peterpuck9 |
| Participant | Offline | 01/25/08 06:18 PM | 21 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| Could we possibly see more than the Top 40 on the ballot? Maybe 100? Thanks. |
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| Tim P. Ryan |
| Participant | Offline | 01/25/08 08:02 AM | 21 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| I voted for a few older songs for next week's show and actually got to see them show up on the ballot page. |
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| Tim P. Ryan |
| Participant | Offline | 01/12/08 11:33 PM | 22 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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With the Sci-fi channel showing The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy tonight (1/12--HAL's birthday), I put in a request for The Dolphins/So Long And Thanks For All The Fish (Reprise) by: Neil Hannon on both MMS and DT20, but it only needs to heard on one. I watched my DVD instead of seeing it on the Sci-fi channel, where they cut-off the lovelyest part of the movie, this song at the end.
-Tim
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| Captain Wayne |
| Site Owner | Offline | 01/12/08 12:18 AM | 22 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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Yep, my vote gave it enough to put it on the ballot.
With the sheer number of votes being cast (hundreds and hundreds each week), it takes more than one vote for an old song to show up on the ballot at all!
Close to the cut-off, it may take more than that!
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| Tim P. Ryan |
| Participant | Offline | 01/12/08 12:01 AM | 22 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| Anybody care to put a second vote in for Pico & Sepulvia and see if your vote makes it appear on the chart? |
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| DJ Particle |
| Artist & D.J. | Offline | 01/11/08 12:50 AM | 22 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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I've become rather fond of Derwood Bowen's "Starbucks Frappuccino Tribute"....
Yeah I know what you're saying...the tempo is all over the place.
However, the version I have is (mostly) fixed. ;) With a more constant tempo it's actually pretty good :)
(and Derwood, if you're reading this, don't get too down about it. If I didn't like the song to begin with, I wouldn't have went through the trouble to fix the tempo :) ) |
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| Tim P. Ryan |
| Participant | Offline | 01/11/08 12:41 AM | 22 months ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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I put a vote in for Rehabilitation by Tim Cavanagh because it came out last year, I like the song, and is by a comedy artist that is getting plenty of gigs, so he must be selling a good number of copies of the CD it is on. There are a number of comedy groups were we don't see the personal interactions we see here at TMMA from others because, well, they are out making playing gigs, and hopefully selling CDs and their own downloads. Others would include The Austin Lounge Lizards, The Bobs, The Capitol Steps, Lou & Peter Berryman and The Juggernaut Jug Band. You can probably think of many more.
-Tim
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