Stuff That Is Awesome

CanwllCorfe · 03-03-2012, 09:38 PM

Freebase Dali · 03-05-2012, 12:51 AM

Piotr sent this to me today. I like it very much, and think it is awesome:

Piotr_13 · 03-05-2012, 02:49 PM

Glad you like it, dude.

I thought it was pretty neat.

**Janszoon** · 03-16-2012, 10:14 AM

This, right here, is awesome. Back in the 50s and 60s (I think) a radio producer by the name of Tony Schwartz made a series of recordings of his niece Nancy during the first 12 or so years of her life. The YouTube video below (which is actually just audio) is an audio montage he made from those recordings compressing her development from the age of one month to the age of twelve or thirteen into about two minutes. I think it's fascinating and can't stop listening to it.

Salami · 03-17-2012, 01:47 PM

I'd like to suggest some of the musical virtuosity can itself be considered "awesome", because although we are used to hearing high quality musical artistry everyday, there are sometimes absolutely exceptional displays of skill that are frankly jaw dropping.
And I'm going to be an absolute wanker here and use as an example my hero Chris Thile for about the third time this week, who I'm putting down as the most talented musician of all time in my opinion. Here are a few selections:

^^ Possibly one of the longest notes sung I've ever heard.

^^ Although the singing from Michael Daves is slightly cringe-worthy, that ought to impress just about anyone.

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**Janszoon** · 03-17-2012, 02:04 PM

Have you listened to much bluegrass aside from what you posted above, Salami? You might appreciate some of the old time players if you enjoy that kind of virtuosity.

Salami · 03-17-2012, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Have you listened to much bluegrass aside from what you posted above, Salami? You might appreciate some of the old time players if you enjoy that kind of virtuosity.

^^ I certainly hadn't heard that, so thanks, it was excellent!
I am very keen on bluegrass, although I listen a lot to stuff like Steel Drivers, Punch Brothers and Nickel Creek etc.
I am also very keen on some of the early influences on this genre like delta blues - I love Blind Lemon, Jimmy Rogers etc.

I'll gladly say that I'm still barely acquainted with it, so I'd be delighted to listen to anything you'd like to suggest!

Zaqarbal · 04-02-2012, 11:55 PM

**Frownland** · 04-07-2012, 03:16 PM

I don't know what this is or how I got here, but I can't stop watching it. It's just so...so...enthralling. It definitely has me under it's hold, and that is indeed awesome.

CanwllCorfe · 04-07-2012, 04:21 PM

Butoh.

03-03-2012, 09:38 PM	#51 (permalink)
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03-16-2012, 10:14 AM	#54 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	This, right here, is awesome. Back in the 50s and 60s (I think) a radio producer by the name of Tony Schwartz made a series of recordings of his niece Nancy during the first 12 or so years of her life. The YouTube video below (which is actually just audio) is an audio montage he made from those recordings compressing her development from the age of one month to the age of twelve or thirteen into about two minutes. I think it's fascinating and can't stop listening to it. __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

03-17-2012, 02:04 PM	#56 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	Have you listened to much bluegrass aside from what you posted above, Salami? You might appreciate some of the old time players if you enjoy that kind of virtuosity. __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

04-02-2012, 11:55 PM	#58 (permalink)
Zaqarbal Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Spain Posts: 824	__________________ "Lullabies for adults / crossed by the years / carry the flower of disappointment / tattooed in their gloomy melodies."

04-07-2012, 03:16 PM	#59 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I don't know what this is or how I got here, but I can't stop watching it. It's just so...so...enthralling. It definitely has me under it's hold, and that is indeed awesome. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

03-05-2012, 12:51 AM	#52 (permalink)
Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	Piotr sent this to me today. I like it very much, and think it is awesome:

03-05-2012, 02:49 PM	#53 (permalink)
Piotr_13 Groupie Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: In a van down by the river Posts: 34	Glad you like it, dude. I thought it was pretty neat.

04-07-2012, 04:21 PM	#60 (permalink)
CanwllCorfe Quiet Man in the Corner Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pocono Mountains Posts: 2,480	Butoh. __________________ Your eyes were never yet let in to see the majesty and riches of the mind, but dwell in darkness; for your God is blind.