race and music
Kris
Adventurer
I'm attempting to upload an mp3 here using the attachment button ...so if it works there should be a file to download at the bottom of this post (however, if there is nothing to click I guess it didn't work
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Kris
Adventurer
Excellent. In that case, the example above was something I tried putting together to try get across a kind of haunting elvish feel - though I dunno if I succeeded or not (as I'm really only a drummer - and not a 'real' musician
).
There was this thread back in 08:
http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/247230-music-d-d-races.html
And echoing my own post in it, my recent fun playing a 4Ed Dwarven Starlock (who dances around the battlefield like a capoeirist to maintain his defensive bonuses) has made me think I was right about the Dwarves. Percussive instruments of the elements- gongs, steel drums, metallophones...and fire organs & bagpipes for texture- would make Dwarven music truly unique.
http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/247230-music-d-d-races.html
And echoing my own post in it, my recent fun playing a 4Ed Dwarven Starlock (who dances around the battlefield like a capoeirist to maintain his defensive bonuses) has made me think I was right about the Dwarves. Percussive instruments of the elements- gongs, steel drums, metallophones...and fire organs & bagpipes for texture- would make Dwarven music truly unique.
There are hip-hop albums virtually devoid of human voices- it's been called turntablism in some circles.
Kool Keith, recording as Dr. Octagon, released one of his albums in 2 versions: with lyrics and as all instrumental.
Then there are guys like DJ Spooky and DJ Shadow whose work is mostly free of human voices...although they can get kind of spacey. Also check out U.N.K.L.E., a supergroup with Thom Yorke & DJ Shadow, among others.
Then, of course, you get into things like dub and ambient...check out the body of work delivered by guys like the super prolific Bill Laswell and the formidable Jah Wobble.
Kool Keith, recording as Dr. Octagon, released one of his albums in 2 versions: with lyrics and as all instrumental.
Then there are guys like DJ Spooky and DJ Shadow whose work is mostly free of human voices...although they can get kind of spacey. Also check out U.N.K.L.E., a supergroup with Thom Yorke & DJ Shadow, among others.
Then, of course, you get into things like dub and ambient...check out the body of work delivered by guys like the super prolific Bill Laswell and the formidable Jah Wobble.
Sorrowdusk
First Post
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrophone AKA Thermoacoutstic Organ
Dwarves, Fire Giants, and Baatezu bards totally have these things. And they are magical.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeAqANFCcNY"]YouTube - organ of fire[/ame]
On a side note a Capoiera dwarf sounds friggin awesome...may encoporate some of that (or not, dont know) into my Duergar or Derro. And gnomish clockwork/electronica ravers? ...by the gods...
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A fire organ (and percussionists) at Reykjavik.
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