Music Bird Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Here are some examples. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eZX3eee335U https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qurC1H703Ms It"s dance music that sounds like it"s made on Yamaha PSR-3000 keyboards. Quote Yamaha MX49, Casio SK1/WK-7600, Korg Minilogue, Alesis SR-16, Casio CT-X3000, FL Studio, many VSTs, percussion, woodwinds, strings, and sound effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Music Bird Posted September 21, 2019 Author Share Posted September 21, 2019 One more What do you all think? Quote Yamaha MX49, Casio SK1/WK-7600, Korg Minilogue, Alesis SR-16, Casio CT-X3000, FL Studio, many VSTs, percussion, woodwinds, strings, and sound effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wd8dky Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 I think not... Quote http://www.weisersound.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Emm Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 I'll come out with my hands up, officer, just turn off that music. Its like a polka created by an aunt who got crocked on the cooking sherry. Quote "I like that rapper with the bullet in his nose!" "Yeah, Bulletnose! One sneeze and the whole place goes up!" ~ "King of the Hill" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gg22 Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 ouch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJUSCULE Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 I'm into it. Where does this music originate from? Quote Eric Website Gear page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Music Bird Posted September 22, 2019 Author Share Posted September 22, 2019 It comes from Flores Indonesia @MAJUSCULE. The polka influence comes from that the Portuguese and Dutch had a big influence on the area, bringing polkas, schottisches, and marches that became translated into the local languages (in this case, Ngadha). Also some reason, cha cha, tango, calypso, and string band music are involved a long time ago in the 50"s. And, speaking of aunts and grandads, long ago home organ backings were big for this music, mainly Electones and Lowrey Holiday/Magic Genie stuff. Nowadays Yamaha PSR keyboards (mostly either PSR-3000 or PSR-s975 or PSR-SX900, sometimes even Yamaha Genos or Tyros for the bigger artists) are uniformly used by most people, some use Technics KN-7000 or others. The beats seam to be based off a mix of Europop/Schlager, polka, disco, and other stuff. But the main influence is string bands. In the region of NTT, string bands are found very commonly, with a mix of double bass, ukulele/banjo/guitar type stringed instruments, a double beak flute (hence the duophonic playing of panflute patches), and percussion (tambourine, shakers made out of a plastic bottle filled with stones as shakers, and hand clapping), also close 3-4 part harmonies influenced by traditional accapella singing. As well as gongs are used. Also, chants are common, and shouts/scats/etc. adapted from folk singing (a cappella or backed by string band or arranger keyboards). Quote Yamaha MX49, Casio SK1/WK-7600, Korg Minilogue, Alesis SR-16, Casio CT-X3000, FL Studio, many VSTs, percussion, woodwinds, strings, and sound effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marino Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 I'd rather call it "sequencer heavy". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyRude Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 I'll come out with my hands up, officer, just turn off that music. Its like a polka created by an aunt who got crocked on the cooking sherry. That's a bit harsh. What's in the ear of the beholder... this may sound great to someone with a different sensibility. Different cultures, different generations, different geographies - often prefer different musical styles and genres. And the sound sources accompanying those different styles are often embedded in those genres with a sense of history and popularity. And for the rest of you to deride someone's sound inclinations who maybe has a different set of tastes than yourself is going quite a bit too far. However, upon listening, you don't go far enough. This is truly horrible. Quote Some music I've recorded and played over the years with a few different bands Tommy Rude Soundcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Lobo Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 That's a bit harsh. What's in the ear of the beholder... this may sound great to someone with a different sensibility. Different cultures, different generations, different geographies - often prefer different musical styles and genres. And the sound sources accompanying those different styles are often embedded in those genres with a sense of history and popularity. And for the rest of you to deride someone's sound inclinations who maybe has a different set of tastes than yourself is going quite a bit too far. However, upon listening, you don't go far enough. This is truly horrible.well played, sir Quote These are only my opinions, not supported by any actual knowledge, experience, or expertise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoken6 Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Does it make me a bad person that I'm reminded of this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQzysYw63eE Cheers, Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Music Bird Posted September 22, 2019 Author Share Posted September 22, 2019 Is it bad that I actually like that Agadoo song? Quote Yamaha MX49, Casio SK1/WK-7600, Korg Minilogue, Alesis SR-16, Casio CT-X3000, FL Studio, many VSTs, percussion, woodwinds, strings, and sound effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Emm Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 I'll come out with my hands up, officer, just turn off that music. Its like a polka created by an aunt who got crocked on the cooking sherry. That's a bit harsh. What's in the ear of the beholder... this may sound great to someone with a different sensibility. Different cultures, different generations, different geographies - often prefer different musical styles and genres. And the sound sources accompanying those different styles are often embedded in those genres with a sense of history and popularity. And for the rest of you to deride someone's sound inclinations who maybe has a different set of tastes than yourself is going quite a bit too far. However, upon listening, you don't go far enough. This is truly horrible. HAH! Sorry, but polkas are alternated with Swedish death metal in Hell. Wagner does a lot of screaming about it. Your basic point is fair. I like a certain amount of dub, for example, which is reggae meets synths. That's a sweet blend of Third and First worlds. I also don't sneer because they aren't employing Prophet-12s. I don't have one, either! I truly enjoy ethnic instruments and tunings as fun on their own and often great synth partners. I'm a great fan of the influences I heard from Herbie Hancock and Peter Gabriel, whose WOMAD doings drew me in. Check out "Paco Sery Sanza, Alune" on YouTube, playing a sublime kalimba solo with the Zawinul Syndicate, too. So its not disrespect for culture or uplifting musical fun in particular. Its simply that polkas are the work of demons. Quote "I like that rapper with the bullet in his nose!" "Yeah, Bulletnose! One sneeze and the whole place goes up!" ~ "King of the Hill" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markay Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Lets not forget we are commenting on music created in a country where the average weekly wage is US $70 and was a Dutch colony for 350 years prior to achieving hard fought for independence in 1949. What we might characterise as an old fashioned polka style rhythm they might find uplifting and a temporary release from otherwise pretty hard life eeking out a living. Quote A misguided plumber attempting to entertain | MainStage 3 | Axiom 61 2nd Gen | Pianoteq | B5 | XK3c | EV ZLX 12P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Emm Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Lets not forget we are commenting on music created in a country where the average weekly wage is US $70 and was a Dutch colony for 350 years prior to achieving hard fought for independence in 1949. What we might characterise as an old fashioned polka style rhythm they might find uplifting and a temporary release from otherwise pretty hard life eeking out a living. Good point. Modern instruments are GAS for us, but out in the Van Allen Belt for many others. I recall Keyboard's old issue about e-music in Russia, where it was noted that even giving a musician there a Boss pedal meant they had to pay something akin to X times the retail price in gift taxes alone. Full stop, eh? Its not easily managed in repressive or economically bleak places. Glitch or avant-garde should be style choices, not a result of having to re-build antique gear with gaffer's tape. Its easy to see how someone who once only had a log drum would be astounded to get an old Casio. I could get spanked for winding up about the drawbacks of colonialism in general, but as a pal said "One of the worst things that can happen is for you to live on top of natural resources a world power suddenly desires." Its rarely a path that leads the natives to being able to carp over synth design. Lucky us. Quote "I like that rapper with the bullet in his nose!" "Yeah, Bulletnose! One sneeze and the whole place goes up!" ~ "King of the Hill" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threadslayer Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Its easy to see how someone who once only had a log drum would be astounded to get an old Casio. I'd like to hear that (probably ancient) style of music accompanied by the original native instruments, without the cheesy PSR/sequencer backing. Some of the vocal harmonies sounded pretty interesting. Quote Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. -Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Music Bird Posted September 24, 2019 Author Share Posted September 24, 2019 Here"s the traditional instruments Stringband: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ts_5XUejL0E Stringband: One with gongs and flutes and woodwinds: Xylophone Band: @Wastrel: here you go, this is strictly acoustic music, which I had a hard time finding. They use a lot of unusual block harmonies in the vocals. A lot of instruments that are traditional include ukulele/guitar type instruments, a bass instrument that looks like a giant ukulele that the string is struck with a stick and the string is tuned to the key of the song, so if it was in C, it would be tuned to C, and so on. Seems there are flutes (sideblown, bass slide flutes, and double joined beak flute similar to panpipes or ocarina), and also xylophones, which are basically similar to the kolintang bands of Sulawesi. Also gongs and percussion, like shakers made of shells and wood. Here is similar music from Maumere, the stringbands are there too. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3q8psbjBUIU https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WFi5PPDOxAM Quote Yamaha MX49, Casio SK1/WK-7600, Korg Minilogue, Alesis SR-16, Casio CT-X3000, FL Studio, many VSTs, percussion, woodwinds, strings, and sound effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threadslayer Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 @Wastrel: here you go, this is strictly acoustic music, which I had a hard time finding. Interesting. Thanks. I'd think a musicologist could have a field day tracing the origins of this. I've heard music very similar to this in southern Mexico. Also reminiscent of some Peruvian folk music, and the vocal harmonies at times remind me of the African choir on Paul Simon's Graceland. That covers a lot of ground geographically, but musically I'm hearing some common themes. Plus they seem to be having a blast jamming with their buds. All good. Quote Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. -Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricBarker Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Oh jeezus, my Brain! That is some truly... horrific... sauce. #NotMySynth! Quote Puck Funk! Equipment: Laptop running lots of nerdy software, some keyboards, noise makersâ¦yada yada yadaâ¦maybe a cat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
re Pete Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 Any advice for a band playing for people with swords at the end of the night? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marino Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 polkas are alternated with Swedish death metal in Hell. Wagner does a lot of screaming about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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