With all the retrospection and year-end wind down goin' on, I figured why not have it out. 2006 both kicked and sucked ass for music, but never I never doubt the ability of dedicated music-lovers (well represented by the Mog community) to find the gems and the jewels, sometimes buried deep down in the rough of obscure playlists and far off most people's radar. So as we send off the year that wa...
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Posts by animamusika
2006 Recap; 2007 Excitement
Piano Songs
Hey Mog-O-Sphere, if I could once again call upon your extensive and ridiculous knowledge of all things music, (I'm always doing that it seems, but isn't that one of the best things about this site?) for a new mix project. This one stems from my desire to improve as a musician, specifically on piano and voice. My buddy and I have a band (more of a musical project right now) and even before we get
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Rockin' Country
I am a firm believer in the idea that each and every music genre and subgenre from acid jazz to polka and beyond has something worthwhile and powerful to offer, whoever you are. In that vein, I am constantly looking to expand my music collection with new sounds from vastly different styles and compositions. It's funny when I argue with mostly, "mainstream," music listeners because they are colored
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A Joyous Return
Heya folks!Been a long time and damn it's good to be back! Due to my IT Administrator at work banning Mog and various life upheavels, I had to take an unexpectedly long absence. But I can see Mog is only kicking more and more ass each day and you all rock, so onward we go!I actually am full-time dedicated to music now. I have several projects brewing, including one with a startup record company in
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Calling All Audiophiles!
I am at a crossroads. I listen to a lot of music on the road, commuting to work, and traveling. So my portable music listening experience is very important to me, and as such an appeciator of music, and certainly the finer elements of the architechture behind the music, I want to get the highest quality reproduction of the sound that the artist worked so hard to create. But I don't want to sacrifi
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Well he does have some credibility...
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Artist:
Bob Dylan slams modern music. Coming from one of the greatest singer-songwritters, you really have to take this comments seriously, although I think Mr. Dylan overgeneralizes here a bit too much. Still as popular music becomes ever more manufactured, commercialized, and disingenious, I think the state of the industry and the art itself does suffer. What do you all think about this?More thought...
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The funky beats of Electronica
Thank you to everyone who commented on my world music post from last week. You ladies and gentlemen are awesome! I am going to keep checking out all of your suggestions. Please feel free to add more if you've got 'em! Since there is such a wealth of knowledge (not to mention music) out there to share, talk about, and explore, I wanted to see if I could pique people's minds once more. I am trying
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World Music
Following up on my previous post and thanks to Kate's excellent comment about Gogol Bordello and DeVotchka falling into a sort of eastern European 'cabaret' sound, I was led to want to pick Moggers' minds on the subject of world music. I think it's a tremendous opportunity in this day and age to have essentially limitless access to the cultural fibers, including music of all genres and types, ...
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Cabaret Rock?
Small currents in music really intrigue me, like the outer ripples from a pebbled pond; minor but not insignificant. Also, as someone who is really into the compositional aspect of music I really like to see where the creativity is flowing from, and where the trendlines are going. As such I have been flirting with a bunch of sounds that right now I would simply describe as 'cabaret rock'. That is
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