Tom from the Top
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In janszoons avatar? I know exactly what you mean :laughing:
I will judge an album by the cover.
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I was having a joke mate but you gave me a sensible reply
I don't disagree with what you have written per se. I am aware of the Graphic Design industry due to my line of work and would have been interesting to know what the brief was by the Artiste. I found the cover oddly attractive I guess but then I see a lot of design, not record covers, that I am not keen on either but see the client have orgasms. Aesthetic values! Who the hell understanRAB them. Stuffed if I do.
I don't disagree with what you have written per se. I am aware of the Graphic Design industry due to my line of work and would have been interesting to know what the brief was by the Artiste. I found the cover oddly attractive I guess but then I see a lot of design, not record covers, that I am not keen on either but see the client have orgasms. Aesthetic values! Who the hell understanRAB them. Stuffed if I do.
Yes I understand that totally. As I suggested in the review it leaves a hole in the ultimate enjoyment of it sadly. The interesting thing is that Zarko can put me onto an album like Truart where there are found sounRAB and sample of various individuals singing in a LOTE and it works. Then there are songs like e.g Michelle by The Beatles and one has no issue with it being sung in a LOTE but an entire album of German Folk?!? Really happy to have had the experience but will probably not go back there again.
http://stonebirRAB.synthasite.com/artwork.php
This is the album cover for my next album. what do ya think?
This is the album cover for my next album. what do ya think?
ilovemyarmyguy
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I find the above album cover quite nice.
And I think Mastodon's Leviathan is a good album with a whale.
And I think Mastodon's Leviathan is a good album with a whale.
Shortyy : )
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Something particularly entertaining about my post?
hdoraisamy
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Shit, I forgot about that one. That's a great album.
Yes, it definitely is an oddity in regarRAB to languages other than English. Sometimes I actually prefer not having the lyrics in English because then you don't get sucked into that whole world of trying to rate something based on what they say. With some of my journal entries, I have preferred another language simply because with folk it sometimes forces you to look deeper into the thing. And most of the time, English lyrics are pointless and for the sake of it (Unless its something like Hurricane - Dylan) rather than being an important and intricate part of the song.
I have no opinion to be honest. It does not grab me nor do I reject it. If I was trawling a blog it may grab my attention depending on how it is presented within the blog. But I am not here to judge individual works of art presented to me.
Best of luck with your album. If you send me a copy I will listen to it.
Best of luck with your album. If you send me a copy I will listen to it.
I dig this idea. As an old guy, I used to discover music by flipping through the CD racks at the record store. Sometimes a name would catch my attention, sometimes the artwork. Doesn't mean I would pick it up automatically if I liked the cover. Sometimes it depended on the record label, possibly giving me a clue as to what it might sound like, or a promo sticker telling me if I like those banRAB I may like this, whatever. Point is, being attracted to a cover makes me curious about the music. Unless I recognize the name and know they suck.
Carry on, looking forward to it.
Carry on, looking forward to it.
I have quite a few albums where English is not the lanuguage but when it comes to Folk then the whole essence of Folk is storytelling. Whether that is factual or fireside myths being described and it is one of the few times that an element would hamper my enjoyment of music,.
abrummett2
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oh LEE 
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:POTC fangrl
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Drei Gesellen by Liederjan. Release (Help)
Hows this for a cover!?
Some of you can laugh all you like but I like it. I am a bit of a lover of history and this kinda stuff gets me thinking. It is medieval for a start and with a saint, a musician playing 2 flutes and another musician playing a lute, it has an attraction that portrays, to me at least, the minstrel, the pious troubadour, that story teller who came to the village and entertained the peasants with tales/songs of warrior kings and damsels and castles in Bavaria. Of course one look at the cover text made me realise that it was German. Interesting. Could this be baroque and if so in the manner of Micheal Nyman's fabulous soundtrack to The Draughtsmen's Contract?
Well no! In fact I got a rather strange surprise in that on first listen I got what I would consider a folk album of songs, that if sung in English could have been any number of British/Irish folk groups. After a 2nd listen I had to go back to the blog that I found this on a read up on what was said. And a very interesting read it was. To quote the blog
Younger musicians flocked to Classical, Jazz and later Folk. We all of course know the impact of "Kraut Rock"
To quote the blog further
Now that chicken drinking song with the oom pah band this ain't. In fact, as the blog says, it is "international" in style and I suspect that if this was sung in English it may have had a following among the bearded pint drinkers of real ale but it is not. It is beautifully played, in fact some tracks are live and we are treated to a tight folk group with deep male harmonies and even a capella's. I have genuinely enjoyed the album on my now total of 4 listens and have even read up on German folk on wiki.
BUT, and it is a huuuuuge but, I have not a bloody clue what they are singing about and the truth of the matter is that when it comes to folk tales of "Protest songs of oppressed farmers and labourers" you gotta know what the heck they are protesting about.
So great cover for me but not the style for the music though. Be that as it may I am a happier man for the experience of having my knowledge of German Folk music enhanced via this crazy idea of judging an album by it's cover.
Hows this for a cover!?
Some of you can laugh all you like but I like it. I am a bit of a lover of history and this kinda stuff gets me thinking. It is medieval for a start and with a saint, a musician playing 2 flutes and another musician playing a lute, it has an attraction that portrays, to me at least, the minstrel, the pious troubadour, that story teller who came to the village and entertained the peasants with tales/songs of warrior kings and damsels and castles in Bavaria. Of course one look at the cover text made me realise that it was German. Interesting. Could this be baroque and if so in the manner of Micheal Nyman's fabulous soundtrack to The Draughtsmen's Contract?
Well no! In fact I got a rather strange surprise in that on first listen I got what I would consider a folk album of songs, that if sung in English could have been any number of British/Irish folk groups. After a 2nd listen I had to go back to the blog that I found this on a read up on what was said. And a very interesting read it was. To quote the blog
Younger musicians flocked to Classical, Jazz and later Folk. We all of course know the impact of "Kraut Rock"
To quote the blog further
Now that chicken drinking song with the oom pah band this ain't. In fact, as the blog says, it is "international" in style and I suspect that if this was sung in English it may have had a following among the bearded pint drinkers of real ale but it is not. It is beautifully played, in fact some tracks are live and we are treated to a tight folk group with deep male harmonies and even a capella's. I have genuinely enjoyed the album on my now total of 4 listens and have even read up on German folk on wiki.
BUT, and it is a huuuuuge but, I have not a bloody clue what they are singing about and the truth of the matter is that when it comes to folk tales of "Protest songs of oppressed farmers and labourers" you gotta know what the heck they are protesting about.
So great cover for me but not the style for the music though. Be that as it may I am a happier man for the experience of having my knowledge of German Folk music enhanced via this crazy idea of judging an album by it's cover.
alexa?! :D
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I used do the exact same thing. I can actually think of a couple banRAB I'm into that I initially checked out because of the name or album cover.
Heh. I think my post came off more serious than I intended. Anyway, I'm a graphic designer myself so I guess I kind of focus on design a lot. I totally know what you mean though about bizarre aesthetic opinions of clients. I used to work for a guy who loved teal so much he though any old piece of crap that was teal in color was a fabulous piece of design. Strange stuff.