197 entries under "sound"

Harry Mack: Flow Patterns 101

freestyling a lesson in rhythmic subdivisions from quarter note to 16ths and more

Harry Mack: How To Improve Free Association

[Practice free association with your notes app by making a list starting with any word and following it with whatever comes to mind. Try to be non-judgemental. More important that it makes sense to you than to other people. When you're comfortable to try with a beat, you can just fill space with "uhh" or other rhythmic sounds and simply land on your next word to practice changing in time.]

Music training really trains you to break things down into manageable parts. Teaching well exposes the atomic elements of a practice so that you can find the right entry point for your level of skill or experience.

Harry Mack: How To Get Better At Freestyle Rapping - Setup, Punchline

[Practice is strategically targetting your weaknesses to help them improve over time.]

[Wanting to sound great means willing to sound bad so that you can practice.]

[Deciding what object in the room you'll freestyle about and what to call it takes up mental RAM that could be spared if you use a simple word generator to practice.]

Roberta Sá: Quando o Canto É Reza (2015)

• Mandingo: starts with a 3 guitar fugue, Barravento + Bach
• Marejada: has this chord voicing that pierces me

ኃይለየሱስ ፈይሳ [Haileyesus Feyssa]: ፍቅር ተወደደ [Fikir Tewedede]

nice surprise change in timefeel in the beginning; multiple beats/rhythms simultaneously

Virginia Rodrigues: Vá Cuidar de Sua Vida

sweet melody and lyrics with references to capoeira and candomblé

Big L: Put It On

like this beat

Gal Costa: Cantar (1974)

• Barato Total: funky groove; percussive singing; everything tightly in the pocket
• Flor Do Cerrado / Garota De Ipamena (Medley): two songs get supeimposed; fun interlocking rhythms and offbeat landings
• Jóia: fourth harmonization
• Até Quem Sabe: João Donato style sustain chords and instrumental singing

Louis Cole: Outer Moat Behavior

seems like the same material repeats for almost two minutes, but still interesting; cool "rising" sensation in the bass with these complex chord changes in the background

João Donato: Doce de Amora

childlike silliness, playful but not superficial

Rara in Haiti / Gaga in the Dominican Republic (1978)

explosive. Bourg Champagne reminds me of samba. Carrefour du Fort is hypnotic, trance-inducing. Cemetary at Bizoton is "only in 4" but somehow sounds more complex.

Brad Mehldau: Jacob's Ladder (2022)

unexpected wacky, out, prog rock. Pedro Martins' voice on Vou correndo te encontrar / Racecar.

Mestre Lua Rasta e o Bando Anunciador: Roda do Terreiro (2000)

want to find the lyrics for the songs at 6:48 and 7:40.

Filó Machado, Cibele Codonho: Correnteza

wicked chord substitutions. my version was based on the recording by Joyce and Toninho Horta.

Filó Machado, Gennoshin: Dinorah Dinorah

such a simple short rhythmic refrain yet satisfying to repeat a million times in the same song

Nadah El Shazly: Claustrophobic Love

simple noisy cello over a haunting eerie harp with ethereal effects

Stacy Kidd: Let Love Enter

nice groove, not used to hearing jazz solos in house tracks

Rafael De Lemba: Ingazeira o Ingá

capoeira variations with blue notes, adding fire through singing

Filó Machado, Djavan: Origens

Sounds like Stevie Wonder singing in Brazilian Portuguese.

Salve América

trippy guitar harmonies, beautiful amalgamation of references to indigenous words and culture