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Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks

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  • taiwan_girlT Offline
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    taiwan_girl
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    #374

    Somewhat related, but the story of a kid that has no arms but was able to get a driver license.

    Go to about 10:00 minutes in the below video

    Link to video

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      #375

      Life size silicon doll buyer’s guide:

      Link to video

      Skeletal construction, from TPE (cheaper, less durable, less lifelike) to silicon (more expensive, more durable, more lifelike), details like wigs vs. “implanted” hair, variable firmness for different parts of the doll, etc. Brief discussion on buyers’ psychology. A rather comprehensive guide given the length of the video.

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        #376

        Link to video

        One person singing two tones at the same time.

        Interesting and impressive, but not exactly pleasant, rather weird. She demonstrates usage in a folk tune near the end, but I cannot yet imagine how to use that effectively in compositions. :man-shrugging:

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        • George KG Offline
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          George K
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          #377

          "Overtone singing" has a rich history going back hundreds of years.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overtone_singing

          @Axtremus said in Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks:

          I cannot yet imagine how to use that effectively in compositions

          Link to video

          If you want to learn how to do it, here's something to get you started.

          Link to video

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            wrote on last edited by
            #378

            Link to video

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            • George KG George K

              "Overtone singing" has a rich history going back hundreds of years.

              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overtone_singing

              @Axtremus said in Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks:

              I cannot yet imagine how to use that effectively in compositions

              Link to video

              If you want to learn how to do it, here's something to get you started.

              Link to video

              taiwan_girlT Offline
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              taiwan_girl
              wrote on last edited by
              #379

              @George-K

              Kind of a good "bar trick"! LOL

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              • AxtremusA Offline
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                #380

                Link to video

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                  taiwan_girl
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                  #381

                  Wow!!!!

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                    #382

                    Roy Wood Jr. on Black music and Black people not doing patriotic songs:

                    Link to video

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                      #383

                      The white Aragvi and the black Aragvi, two rivers that meet but their water does not mix:

                      Link to video

                      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aragvi

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                        #384

                        OMG! I found an Asian mini Peter Bence!

                        Link to video

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                          Link to video

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                          • George KG Offline
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                            George K
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                            "A positron can be seen as electron moving backward in time."

                            What the hell does that even mean?

                            I long for the days when the atom was a simple miniature solar system.

                            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              #387

                              I don't know the theremin well enough to tell if this is all authentic, but it seems plausible. The Flight of the Bumblebee is well suited for the theremin.

                              Link to video

                              Edit to add her how-to video:

                              Link to video

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                                #388

                                This just strikes me as something very “Asian” these days. Only the (East) Asians do this, and they only do it with Western music, Western musical instruments. (And the “9 Women” reference reminds me of @CrashTest.)

                                Link to video

                                From there I found this little gem, an original:

                                Link to video

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                                  This just strikes me as something very “Asian” these days. Only the (East) Asians do this, and they only do it with Western music, Western musical instruments. (And the “9 Women” reference reminds me of @CrashTest.)

                                  Link to video

                                  From there I found this little gem, an original:

                                  Link to video

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                                  taiwan_girl
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                                  #389

                                  @Axtremus said in Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks:

                                  This just strikes me as something very “Asian” these days.

                                  LOL I agree.

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                                    Link to video

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                                      Link to video

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                                        2014 remake of RoboCop.
                                        Better than the original, IMO.
                                        More nuanced handling of “what’s man, what’s machine” and the political dimension of the RoboCop universe.

                                        Link to video

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                                          Link to video

                                          Simple, very nice melody.
                                          The title suggests that it's written for the pipa (the instrument featured in the video), and it does sound fitting, but IMO hasn't fully taken advantage of the instrument. Many iconic, idiosyncratic techniques are left unused. In my estimation it requires only beginner/intermediate skill to play. In the video it's played in F-major/D-minor, but I would be tempted to play it in C-major/A-minor to try to get more resonance out of the instrument. In any case, I like the simplicity and I deem it a very beautiful melody.

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