Hey, I'm sorry to say that I haven't been feeling too well lately. Health issues of various magnitude have been keeping me down, but I at least am well enough to share something with you that I hope you'll find interesting. If you don't find it interesting, or at least amusing, then this probably isn't the blog for you. Sorry. Now then, moving on...
As with last time, this music is free to download, courtesy of the artist.
The Diablo Swing Orchestra is one of the most stylistically intriguing bands I've ever encountered. Hailing from Stockholm, Sweden, DSO mashes together elements of swing, opera, jazz, flamenco, and metal. After reading this last sentence, you probably have at least one of the following three questions:
1.) What on earth compelled these people to try mashing those seemingly incompatible genres together?
2.) How the heck did I, Guitarman, manage to stumble across such a bizarre Swedish band?
3.) ...is it any good?
I honestly don't really know about the first two questions, but I assure you: it is indeed good. It is extremely good. Seriously, give it a listen. Once you do, however, PLEASE let me hear from you about it. I intended this blog to be a collaborative experience between writer and reader, and it saddens me that everyone has thus far remained silent. I invite you to tell me what you think about this.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Sunday, April 15, 2012
My, look at the time...
Dang, has it really been that long since I've posted anything? I apologize for being silent for so long. Schoolwork, a mission trip to Guatemala, and toe infections have kept me occupied lately. Now that I have a moment to spare, I think it's high time I put up some music here. No, I don't mean a review, I mean music. MUSIC. What's more, it's free. No, this is NOT pirating. As long as I don't profit from it or claim it as my own, I can distribute this music as much as I want, thanks to the Creative Commons license used by the artists. You get free music, they get free publicity, everybody wins. So, here it is:
The first one is instrumental funk-rock from Germany, and the second one is melodic power metal from France. The latter absolutely blows my mind, despite it being difficult to tell if the singing is in French or English because it gets buried in the mix. Aside from that, it's absolutely phenomenal. Go on, listen to them both.
The first one is instrumental funk-rock from Germany, and the second one is melodic power metal from France. The latter absolutely blows my mind, despite it being difficult to tell if the singing is in French or English because it gets buried in the mix. Aside from that, it's absolutely phenomenal. Go on, listen to them both.
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