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publicthe bowed bass in this song makes me think of insects chirping on a summer morning
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publicthis song genuinely almost brought me to tears yesterday

every version of this song [
Spain] makes me think of the coming of spring, and of the feeling of freedom, of running through a field of green grass under a blue sky, of the absence of fear and obligation. the feeling of being alive
Spain] makes me think of the coming of spring, and of the feeling of freedom, of running through a field of green grass under a blue sky, of the absence of fear and obligation. the feeling of being alive ...
public15:22 the audience singing along is so precious
makes me so happy to hear the crowd singing along

little #call-and-response going between the audience and the piano
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publicthe bowed bass at 2:00 sounds so good
brings such an tranquil feeling to the song

all the other instruments feel like they're floating above it

hearing the low e string bowed in particular sounds so good. its so deep and resonant
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publiclike an anxiety attack in drum and bass form

see 
canned response (both are very electronic tracks on what is otherwise a hardcore metal album)
canned response (both are very electronic tracks on what is otherwise a hardcore metal album)...
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publicthis is a rock song about race car drivers driving really fast and doing dangerous shit

Eatin' Dust is similar. both songs use instruments to mimic the sound of motors - downward pitch bends give the impression of a stalling motor
Eatin' Dust is similar. both songs use instruments to mimic the sound of motors - downward pitch bends give the impression of a stalling motor...
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incredibly swagged up instrument tbh. nobody sells their soul to the devil for clarinet skills
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publicthis song feels like the piano and the drums are both soloing at the same time, moving independently yet in sync with each other

in the anime this plays during a fight scene, and it almost feels like the piano and the drums are "fighting" each other. you can listen to them and imagine the licks they exchange as blows in a fight
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publicextraordinarily unsettling

starts with ambient crowd noises interspersed with this sweeping metallic synth that sounds like the titular scythe. towards the end there are coughing noises and what sounds like somebody throwing up
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the original song has this quality as well, but the guitar playing in this song has such attitude to it. it sounds like the instrumental equivalent of talking shit. there's this aggressive, arrogant but also playful quality to it that i really love
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publicstarts sounding very unsettling but gradually sounds much more peaceful

sounds like many guitars being tremolo picked in unison
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publichow it feels to listen to your parents argue
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publicthe main melody on this song hugs the guide tones very closely, varying only with a half step.

transcribing the melody (and the solos later in the song that heavily quote the melody) would be a good exercise to learn how to play chromatic enclosures
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publicwalked around my old neighborhood in san francisco, turned a corner to an incredible view while listening to this song and genuinely ascended

sometimes nostalgia hurts so good
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publici can't really put my finger on why but this song gives me ASMR feelings
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it's really good too

and there's a sick drum solo around 5:00 too? insane
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publicthe bass lick at 3:55 is played with this dragged out feeling. it feels drunken and arrogant
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publica beautiful duet between the piano and the mandolin
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publici love the guitar accompaniment at 1:49 - starts with a palm muted riff and gets more elaborate

reminds me of this guy's guitar playing: https://www.instagram.com/aiden_kroll/
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publicincredibly groovy bass line and synths on this

super catchy hook too
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publicthis song has such a grungy vibe

love the cut out into just the bass at 1:46 . hits so hard in the middle of the sax solo
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publiclike 
Blues for Salvador, this song mostly features a souped up lead guitar over a sea of synths - only this song features more percussion
Blues for Salvador, this song mostly features a souped up lead guitar over a sea of synths - only this song features more percussion...
publicdisgustingly good bass line on the intro, on a super weird scale

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publicthis song makes me feel drunk. something about the rhythm of the harp riff


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publicthis song was incredible in No Other Choice


there's a part of the song that slows down that I thought was modified specifically for a scene in the film, but turns out it's just part of the song! fits the scene in the movie perfectly

also a great guitar solo on this @2:34


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feels very dramatic
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publici love the instrumentation on this song - its a lead guitar and then a bunch of layered synths. no drums, no bass (except a bass synth)

creates a very airy, spacey feeling. sounds very 80s
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publicmei semones writes some really great intro riffs, which combine the catchiness and simplicity of an indie guitar "riff idea" with more complicated jazz language

this song is a good example of that. 
I can do what I want is another good example, as well as Dumb Feeling
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publicthis song feels like julian took the major-minor interplay of blues, took it apart, and reassembled it into something new. he uses that same melodic language without playing something that sounds bluesy

you can think of julian lage as embodying the totality of "american music" traditions - blues, bluegrass, and jazz
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publici love the sound of the organs on this
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publiceven more ASMR - especially with the sound of water droplets in the background

interesting, almost organ like guitar tone. sounds shimmery. reminds me of the textures off a video game OST - 
Seeds of the Crown
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i'm not entirely sure how you'd even get these noises out of a guitar
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publicthe lead guitar line here is so beautiful. the attack softened into nothingness with a volume swell, the bend (or maybe it's played with a slide?) sounds like something Derek Trucks would play, especially with the vibrato. simply incredible
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publicsuper glitchy textures on this! like the reverse random delay you can find on a chroma console multifx pedal

very ASMR textures as well
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publicincredibly beautiful, feels like an entire field of guitars blossoming in and out of existence around you. very atmospheric, but with a jazz/rnb twist
