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soundcloud.com/hi-guys-its-disty/morby Hey guys, this is just a little thing I made, would love your opinions on it. Remember Toa Vakama's video in 2004 where a Morbuzakh vine is screwing around in the foundry? This samples the rhythm it taps out on the cables. Yes, I know I'm 10 years late...
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>>>>CLICKY DA LINK<<<< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (Dat one right there, bro!) Anyways, this is my music entry into the Ninjago Monster Contest. This is a music track that is supposed to be evocative of an oasis in the desert, which just so happens to fit the theme of my SBC entry to the contest. Isn't it funny how life works out? Happy listening, and enjoy!
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updated with the band's latest release Pale Communion. from the top to the bottom: - The Candlelight Years box set (Japanese version), includes: Orchid Morningrise My Arms, Your Hearse - Still Life (2009 remastered version) - Blackwater Park (2011 Legacy Edition) - Collector's Edition Slipcase box set, includes: Blackwater Park Dangnation * Deliverance Lamentations: Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire 2003 - Ghost Reveries - Watershed - Heritage (special edition) - Pale Communion *censored for BZP, not actual title
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BTW, Buescher Tenor looks like the one I attached, it's a photo I got off of the 'net. So I have something funny that happened: My band director shouted out for the Tenor Saxes to show where they were before he asked them to show something. So of course here's the reaction: Jump up and down and yell "HEY!" =P (This is why I am with the woodwinds, we're cool (minus the last few Alto Saxes). =P) Also my Metal Clarinet is finally getting repaired after a month of procrastination! =P
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(click for larger image) 180 gram double LP in gatefold packaging, featuring the full 12-track album remastered from the original tapes. only my second vinyl purchase ever, but it was just $25 brand new at FYE. couldn't pass it up.
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I was just listening to some BIONICLE movie soundtracks on BioMedia Project. While it's good for a nostalgia kick, I'm finding that much of the music is just as generic as I remembered. I don't mean that in the sense that it's not memorable or distinctive. It definitely checks both of those boxes. But there's nothing about it that makes it a particularly apt fit for the BIONICLE story and universe in particular. A lot of it sounds like it could just as easily belong to an adaptation of any adventure story, like an adaptation of The Lord of the Rings. Most of the instrumentation feels like very typical Hollywood adventure movie fare. Anybody else remember BIONICLEmusic.com? Something that's always stuck in my head was the description on the mixer page: "The music of BIONICLE is a mixture of the mystical and the mechanical. Like the Toa, it blends the power of high technology with a raw elemental force." The only music that checks either of those boxes in the first three BIONICLE movie soundtracks (at least the selections featured on BMP — I don't know how much they might be omitting) is the end credits music. In the first movie, the end credits movie has some very clear tribal drum rhythms, while in the second movie it includes both those rhythms and some synthesized electronic/mechanical sounds. The third movie's end credits music keeps the exciting drumbeats but for some reason loses the electronic sounds once again. I respect Nathan Furst's work here, and what he's capable of, but this is the reason these have never really ranked among my favorite BIONICLE music or my favorite soundtracks in general. What kinds of soundtracks do I generally like? Well, the soundtrack to The LEGO Movie is one good example. The music in that has a feel that perfectly suits the janky, stop-motion-style action that characterizes the movie. Likewise, the soundtracks for Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra both do a fantastic job evoking the Asian-inspired fantasy world with their rhythms and instrumentation. Even LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu does a good job with this — give this playlist a listen if you want to hear plenty of amazing examples. If next year's BIONICLE revival has a soundtrack even half as well-suited to the franchise as any of these franchise's soundtracks, I will consider it a major improvement. BIONICLE has had some fantastic music over the years, but I feel that in the movies in particular, it too often came at the expense of the soundtrack's sense of identity.
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Strike up the Band: A Call for Music So, we have a YouTube channel. Things tend to go on fairly often there, but they need a little spice. Reviews? They could use some tunes. Promotions? Why not a melody? And if music be the food of love, play on. In short: the channel needs a little love. Here's where you come in. This isn't really a contest. There are prizes - incentives, I guess, but there are no winners. The goal here is to provide BZP video reviewers with a playlist from which they can select songs to add to their reviews, presumably in a random-yet-fitting sort of fashion. As such, we are asking the composers of BZPower to come up with music that will make our YouTube videos more attractive, more entertaining, and more alluring. The music will primarily be used during the "building" phase of set reviews, but other uses are possible. Disclaimer: With the above in mind, by entering a composition into this call, you are giving BZPower the rights to use it for any projects involving the site. Credit will be given, of course. Incentives: You'll pretty much have your name in lights. I know composing music isn't easy, so there are some physical items to help compensate. Random polybags given by LEGO will be offered to the entrants. As stated above, winners won't be chosen - everyone's composition has a shot at getting chosen for any given review video. Entry Period: Let's try about three weeks for an initial entry period. Wednesday, June 11th until Wednesday, July 2nd at 11:59 PM Eastern. Rules: Original compositions and interpretations only - don't use music recorded by someone else!You are allowed to create topics for your entries in Fan Created Media.As usual, please PM me if you suspect any foul play or have any questions.You can also ask questions by posting in this topic. With that, get composing! Bonus points for major seventh chords.
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To staff: Since I forgot what happened with the Media Discussion Topic, I placed it here because I don't know where to place it. If you remember at the end of The Legend Reborn, the first song of the credits, was called Ride. Out of all the bands we know about that have been put in Bionicle, only two are or can be classified as popular bands, Cyroshell and All-American Rejects. Now All Insane Kids have only made two songs that we know, Hero and Caught Up In A Dream, which seems to be all they made. But there is one band that has made an album, only thing is there is no information on them. If you know who I'm talking about, then you know it is Presence. These guys have some amazing songs from their self titled album such as Better Off, Somebody's Watching Me, Lose Yourself, and of course Ride.If you try looking them up, the only thing that pops up is a band by the same name, only they are older and don't have a self title album. So the question is, who are they and what happened to them?
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So, anyone else like K-pop? Come on, this is a big place, I can't be the only one! It's Fantastic, Baby! ...sorry, sorry. For real. Let's talk about K-pop! But first, let's be civil. Let's keep fandom wars/rivalries out of here, and don't just come here to hate. Just feel free to talk about your favorite groups, biases, MVs, dances, albums, comebacks, etc. I won't judge you. Unless you like Wa$$up. (Kidding, I actually like their self-titled debut song. Plus, what harm does it do you if someone else likes a group you don't like?) So let me start off. I mostly listen to girl groups/female artists (Sistar, Secret, Rania, 2NE1, G.Na, Lee Jung Hyun, just to name a few), but I like a few boy bands too (VIXX, Epik High, SHINee, among others). But female artists are more my thing altogether.
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Okay, so a lot of People like COD, ACBF, and HALO. But you don't remember them for the music, do you? Many People also like Kirby, Zelda, and 3D Sonic Games. And of course you remember the music from those, right? In this Topic, you talk about what Video game music enhanced your Gaming experience, made you sit at the edge of your seat, improved your Boss fight, and overall made the game what it is. Also: Try not to get into major fights over Songs. A minor argument is okay, but People taking sides on whether or not HALO's intro theme is good or not is not okay. Have fun, and enjoy yourselves!
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So since this didn't go so well being partnered as a bonus topic in one of my previous threads, I'm going to make into it's own thread. From the original thread: "If you could choose a more main-stream band to have created music for Bionicle, who would you choose? Personally, I would of choose Iron Maiden." But here is my new idea: If you could choose any band to do the music for Bionicle, who would it be? No Pop music, No rap, and No Country. I don't care about the Piraka Rap. That doesn't count in this. I apologize for the limits. if you can find a song or band/artist from these genre's that could fit Bionicle, feel free to share it. But I'm going to be honest with all of you; I don't think pop and country fit Bionicle, but that is my opinion. My Band of choice: Iron Maiden when you think of a band or Artist: Assume Lego had the money to hire that band or Artist at the time. Now allow me to explain why I came up with this thread idea: I have to admit, I wasn't satisfied with the artists and songs that were used for Bionicle. What was with the grunge obsession? Although, out of all the songs Bionicle had; Caught in a Dream, Hero, Move Along, and Gravity Hurts were my favorites. They weren't grunge. Hero and Caught in a Dream were and I can say confidently; heavy metal songs (But Hero is kind of depressing). Gravity Hurts I'm guessing was alternative Rock (Feel free to correct me if I am wrong, but either way, it is not a grunge song). Move Along was another one of my favorites even though it was not originally meant for Bionicle. I have to say this though: My mind lumps Hero and Gravity Hurts in with the grunge songs. Now in regards to my choice (you don't have to explain your choice if you don't want to): I feel that Heavy Metal is fitting for Bionicle because of how the storyline grew and got darker. Heavy Metal often has songs with serious tones much like how Bionicle got as it went on. Plus Bionicle's are Semi-organic robots.... Not much else to say really. Just a disclaimer: I don't hate Face me or Creeping in my soul.
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since I mentioned the Pumpkins in my last post, I figured why not. top to bottom: - Gish - Lull EP - Siamese Dream - Pisces Iscariot - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - 1979 single (the B-sides on this are fantastic) - Zero EP - Adore - MACHINA/The Machines of God - {Rotten Apples} Greatest Hits (my first Pumpkins album) - Zeitgeist (Best Buy exclusive deluxe edition) - Oceania owned but not pictured: - MACHINA II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music (digital-only release) - Zeitgeist standard edition - all Teargarden by Kaleidyscope tracks so far (digital-only release) - Batman & Robin soundtrack (includes two Pumpkins songs, “The End Is the Beginning Is the End” and “The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning”) - Zero T-shirt - Zeitgeist “Invasion” T-shirt
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picked this up for a mere $4 in excellent condition. best price I've gotten on a double album since I found The Smashing Pumpkins' Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness for $5 a few years back.
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Whadduuuuup...? I joined the strike up the band "contest" and I'm goin to put my entries right here. It's only one so far, but there'll probably be more. So far: 1. Morchanic 2. Borganisms So, like it? Constructive critism always welcome, of course. tnx
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Greetings, lovers of Bionicle, and prepare to be amazed. Remember MNOLG? Well, who doesn't, it's friggin awesome. If so, you probably also remember these drums: They can be heard in the scene where the Ta-Koro Guard discovers Tahu and in the mini-games at Kini Nui. Recently I came across this drum sample by jobro called "Hunter" on freesound (all credit to jobro!). I think the resemblance is striking. I even put a filter on it to simulate the drums in MNOLG with it, and it totally worked. Is this a coincidence? idk My theory is that this is originally a traditional piece that both Justin Luchter and jobro happened to use, but it blows my mind anyway. Just what are those drums? Or maybe jobro simply played MNOLG and felt insired by it? PS. I made a filtered slowed-down version version of this, which perfectly captures that tohunga vibe. Feel free to pm if you want it. Remember to give jobro credit.
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[originally published 3/14/14, updated 6/25/14] decided to update and republish this, since yesterday I picked up the band's newest album. still missing the Call of the Mastodon compilation of early tracks, but I'll get that eventually. from the top to the bottom: - Remission - Leviathan (Ozzfest Edition, sans slipcase which the used copy I got sadly didn't include) - Blood Mountain - Crack the Skye - The Hunter (unfortunately the version with "Blasteroid" censored, which I was unaware of when I bought it) - Once More 'Round the Sun
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So here is my first Forum Post here on BZPower. I realize a bunch of people have probably already done a topic like this, but I have my reasons. Back when the Official Bionicle website was running, the first forum I ever posted in was about this topic. Try to keep it to just rahi. But I am okay with Rahkshi and Bohrok. My pet would be Kurahk. Kurahk has been the only Rahkshi I have been able to re-build from my original collection. And here is a bonus question: If you could choose a more main-stream band to have created music for Bionicle, who would you choose? Personally, I would of choose Iron Maiden.
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So OCRemix just released a really cool album you should all download. It's even better than the trailer makes it sound. It was released yesterday and I've already listened to Peach's House Party far too many times. Also, Link and Ganondorf were featured on the front page, which is pretty neat! If you haven't, you can still check out the topic here.
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just three days after ordering it, I've got a copy of M83's out-of-print second album Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts. normally this goes for anywhere from $30 for a used copy to $150 for a new one - but I lucked out and got this complete "Used - Good" copy for only $7 plus shipping, likely because of an automated price-matching bot dropping the price to match an incomplete "Used - Acceptable" listing from another seller. I actually feel like the seller underrated it, too, because both discs look as though they've never been played at all. while this isn't the rarest or most valuable album I own, it's definitely one I'm most proud of owning.
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just sort-of completed my Converge collection. top to bottom: - Petitioning the Empty Sky (1998 Equal Vision edition) - When Forever Comes Crashing - Jane Doe - You Fail Me - No Heroes - Axe to Fall - All We Love We Leave Behind I say it's "sort-of" completed because A. Petitioning the Empty Sky is defective and has to be replaced and B. I don't have Halo in a Haystack, their long-out-of-print debut. I'd like to get the two rarities/early material compilations, Caring and Killing and Unloved and Weeded Out, which contain most of the Halo in a Haystack tracks between the two of them, provided I can find them for a decent price. I'll probably also end up getting the 2005 remastered versions of Petitioning the Empty Sky and When Forever Comes Crashing eventually.
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since at least one person likes to see these, how about a two-for-one. this one's the more interesting of the two. top to bottom: - Pass Out of Existence - The Impossibility of Reason - Chimaira - Resurrection (2-disc limited edition with variant artwork) - The Infection (2-disc US limited edition with bonus track "Revenge") - The Age of Heck (censored for BZP; not actual title) - Crown of Phantoms (2-disc IndieGoGo campaign backer-exclusive fan edition with bonus track "New Apocalypse", reworked and expanded artwork, two custom guitar picks, and exclusive digital download copy with 6 additional bonus tracks and digital booklet) though I was somewhat disappointed by their last couple of albums, Chimaira are easily one of my favorite bands to come out of the so-called "New Wave of American Heavy Metal", with their self-titled probably being my favorite album from that entire scene. because of this, I'd like to collect as much of their stuff as possible. I still need their debut EP This Present Darkness, and eventually I'd like to track down the 2-disc limited editions of The Impossibility of Reason and the self-titled as well as the European 2-disc special edition of The Age of Heck. sometime soon I also plan on ordering the Freddy vs. Jason, Masters of Horror II, Resident Evil: Extinction, and Saw VI soundtracks so I can get the tracks "Army of Me", "Threnody", "Paralyzed", and "Warpath", which are Impossibility of Reason, self-titled, Resurrection, and The Infection B-sides respectively. the less interesting of the two. top to bottom: - Burn the Priest (2005 reissue; self-titled debut by the band under their original name) - New American Gospel (2006 reissue; first album released under their current name) - As the Palaces Burn - Ashes of the Wake - Sacrament (producer edition featuring bonus disc of song stems and multitracks) - Wrath - Resolution - As the Palaces Burn: 10th Anniversary Edition (2-disc remixed and remastered 2013 reissue) not much else to get with this collection. I'd like to pick up the 3-disc Hourglass box set sometime (which I've seen for cheap and passed on, something I still regret) if only for the B-sides and rarities on the third disc. if I really wanted to be a completionist, I'd get the Killadelphia live album as well, but I've honestly never been much of a fan of those. I really need to get some updated pictures of my large Smashing Pumpkins collection.
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this past Tuesday marked the release of another shameful record label cash-grab Michael Jackson posthumous "album" consisting of songs that Jackson rejected and likely never would've wanted released, updated to modern pop radio "standards" and featuring vocals that may or may not even be the real King of Pop himself. like anyone who legitimately respected the man as an entertainer, instead of supporting corporate greed and the desecration of his legacy I've elected to use this occasion as an excuse (not that one is necessary) to instead reflect on what I consider the best years of his career, the Epic Records releases of Off the Wall through HIStory: Past, Present and Future Book I. in doing so I've decided to follow up my previous "album collection" blog entries with one dedicated to the King of Pop. (click for larger image) stack on left, top to bottom: - Off the Wall (special edition) - Thriller (special edition) - Bad (special edition) - Dangerous (special edition) - HIStory: Past, Present and Future Book I - This Is It (single-disc edition; technically a posthumous release, but it was one that Jackson himself had approved and been involved with before his death, so I count it as his final legitimate release.) on the right is the "collector's edition" released last year of Jackson's 2003 compilation Number Ones. although it resembles vinyl packaging, it's actually an 8x8 digipak housing a standard CD and featuring an 8x8 version of the album's booklet with "enhanced graphics". I've yet to pick up Invincible - honestly, I've been holding off on it because I simply find it to be a disappointing release. that said, I do plan on picking it up sometime soon along with Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix. as a side-note, writing this has reminded me that I never posted any pictures of my completed The Cure collection - my favorite band of all time with the largest amount of albums by a single artist I own to show for it. I'll probably do that soon.
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"I have slept for so long. My dreams have been dark ones. But now I am awakened. Now the scattered elements of my being are rejoined. Now I am whole. And the darkness cannot stand before me." ----- Special thanks to the BioMedia Project, which provided the PDF for the comic and the music files used for this project. Last summer, an idea dawned upon me as I was listening to samples of the BIONICLE soundtrack. It was an idea that was simple in concept: using only the soundtrack composed for various BIONICLE media, create a soundtrack for the BIONICLE comics, beginning with the one that started it all: The Coming of the Toa. Retell the story that hooked and recapture the magic that intrigued. In the final days of September, I finally started working on this project... and after nearly six painstaking months, I have finished While my original intentions were to create such a soundtrack for every BIONICLE comic, as I worked on this and poured more and more time and effort into it, I came to believe that this was no longer a realistic goal, considering how long it took to produce this one alone. In fact, at one point, I considered just doing the first page and nothing else, but I pushed myself to keep going. As such, if I were you, I would not expect Deep into Darkness or any other future installments in the foreseeable future. With this in mind, I decided to go "all out" for The Coming of the Toa and worked on it as though it would be the only comic I would do, making certain artistic choices along the way that I probably would have saved for a later comic had I stuck with my original idea. Note that I was less concerned about creating an actual "soundtrack" for the comic and more concerned with capturing the atmosphere and telling the story, hence why the first page alone is nearly three minutes in length. Atmosphere especially was important to me, since the goal of this project was to recapture that magic of the mystery, wonder, and myths surrounding the island of Mata Nui which made it so appealing to us older fans back when we were wee young lads in 2001 and discovering this wondrous new world for the first time as we wondered not only why there was some weird DC comic packaged with our LEGO Mania magazine but also why I'm going on and on in a rambling run-on sentence that most of you probably have stopped reading by now because I'm a nostalgic old timer who's ranting about things back in my day like that one crazy old man who always lectures you about walking to school in the snow uphill both ways. The music used here is largely derived from three sources: Mata Nui Online Game, BIONICLE: The Game, and the Miramax BIONICLE film trilogy. MNOLG especially was important to this mix; not only is the MNOLG soundtrack a key component of that early BIONICLE atmosphere, but thanks to the BioMedia Project, much of it is broken down into single parts or instruments that make it easier for mixing. And not only does this allow me to construct different mixes from various MNOLG instruments, but also allows the MNOLG soundtrack to "enhance" the soundtracks of the films and The Game in order to unify the overall mix, hence why you often hear the "Ko-Wahi Choir" underscoring the soundtrack. I tried to stick as much as possible to music only from the Mata Nui era of BIONICLE, but I did end up sampling a few songs from the Metru Nui films. If you're familiar with the BIONICLE soundtrack, you'll recognize the significance of certain songs used in certain scenes. For example, when Toa Kopaka first meets Turaga Nuju, there is a sitar-like instrument accompanied by several drumbeats. In MNOLG, the sitar can be heard in the Ko-Koro Sanctum where Nuju is found, while the drumbeats are from the scene where Toa Tahu first meets Turaga Vakama. This is just one example; keep your ears to the ground and see what else you can find. As a side note, I could not control the rate at which the comic scrolls across the screen. As such, for some pages, the music doesn't sync up particularly well, with 3 and 9 being the worst (for both those pages, the top half of the page gets a much higher percentage of the music than the lower half in the mix itself, but scrolls too quickly in the video). For the most part, though, it syncs well enough. Since most songs used in this mix have no official names ("The BIONICLE Music" being the sole exception), I cannot provide a list of songs used. I will, however, cite the sources: BIONICLE Power Pack (unknown artist)Mata Nui Online Game (Justin Lutcher)Bohrok Swarms Promo CD (unknown artist)BIONICLE: Mask of Light (Nathan Furst)BIONICLE 2: Legends of Metru Nui (Nathan Furst)BIONICLE 3: Web of Shadows (Nathan Furst)I hope you enjoyed this journey back in time to the beginning of BIONICLE. Comments and constructive criticism are appreciated.
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Alright I have just gotten a lot of good mostly from the may the 4th. I have gotten Jek-14’s Stealth Starfighter, Millennium Falcon, Utapau Troopers and yes I have gotten Revan Minifigure and did would like to know if anyone else gotten him Oh and also gotten Technic, 2 music CD, assassin's chreed black flag and that stuff. Nachos
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I went for one thing, I left with one thing. and I couldn't be happier. I got Katatonia's RSD exclusive 12" B-sides compilation Kocytean, limited to 2000 copies, on glorious translucent orange vinyl. this is officially my most prized possession.
