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Recommendations for DJ samples/songs ala Fatboy Slim?

heatherfl — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:30:56 -0800

My husband mixes dance music using Fruity Loops. I want to get him some CDs for Christmas for samples -- particularly stuff that sounds like Fatboy Slim. Help? I can buy loops already sampled or I can buy songs for that he can sample himself, it doesn't matter.

This song is a good overview of what FBS sounds like and what I'm looking for:
Mad Flava

There's a lot of retro sounding piano and brass, some funky bass/guitar, syncopated percussion, a bit of synth/electronica, and non-rap but rhythmically interesting vocals. If you're familiar with Fatboy Slim, you know what I mean!

FYI, I already got him "The Ultimate DJ Sample Box" which has actual Fatboy Slim samples. Just looking for supplemental goodies now.

So what should I get for him, music experts?

Thanks so much!

wintry mix

samsarah — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:55:07 -0800

Looking for music that feels like winter. I'm making a winter mix and need recommendations. I've read the old threads, which yielded some results, but I still need more. I'm specifically looking for songs that sound like winter. To me that sounds like sparse instruments and reverb on the vocals. I'm not so much looking for songs that are lyrically about wintertime - just songs that sound and feel like a winter day.

What I'm not looking for:
-christmas songs
-songs with the words "Winter" or "December" in the title.

Examples of what I am looking for:
-Anything by Fleet Foxes, Marissa Nadler, and Bon Iver
-Andrew Bird - The Giant of Illinois
-Phosphorescent - Wolves

Thanks!

White Meets Black Music Mashups

i_am_a_fiesta — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:58:16 -0800

I really like mashups that juxtapose hip-hop/R&B/reggae with classic rock/radio pop. Some good examples are Girl Talk's music, this Biggie Smalls/Miley Cyrus mashup, and this Beatles/Black Eyed Peas/Ludacris/ etc mashup. What are the best executed and most fun ones you've heard?

usb mix copying help

anya32 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:54:35 -0800

how do i save a mix of songs on a usb stick in order? i'm trying to give someone a mix on a usb stick and when i copy over the songs, they are not in the order i want them to be.

thanks so much!

Leave The Mask On

The Whelk — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:56:52 -0800

Help me find music about sexin' up Superheroes! I'm running an event based on Yoe's "Secret Identity" and I need background music that references a bunch of things and/.or sounds like something The Silk Specter would enjoy. Ideally these songs should be about any or all of these things:

Superheroes/Masked Avengers

Secret Identity/Double Lives

Sex/Kink/Lust/Etc

Music from the 40s-50s greatly preferred but not necessary. I want to mood to bend more toward "wink wink nudge nudge" kinky rather than darker or more aggro sounds.

Help me make the best arabic dance party mix ever.

Freen — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:36:35 -0800

I wanna throw the best arabic dance party in the history of the universe, but I haven't a clue about the music. Can you help? My girlfriend loves arabic dance music, and I haven't the foggiest clue. I want to throw a surprise dance party for her with the best arabic dance music. In particular, I'm looking for music similar to Nancy Ajram. If you could point me in the direction of similar music, I'd greatly appreciate it. I've already scoured this previous thread, but keep in mind I'm not really looking for rap music. Purely dance music. Thanks!

Help me make a music mix

bluelight — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:15:09 -0800

Help me create a mixed music folder for my friend who recently broke up with her boyfriend. She really likes Belle & Sebastian and... ...I like B&S too but I don't listen to music a lot. I'm not music-fluent at all so I'll just list the kinds of music she likes (also, I'm aiming for happy, upbeat yay-ish music):

- She really liked the 500 Days of Summer soundtrack
- She likes Ratatat
- Also, John Frusciante but I think he's a little...depressing for the music folder
- Indie folk stuff

Her birthday is also coming up. I wanted to make this to cheer her up so I was going to download a bunch of albums or songs from these different artists and slap them onto a jumpdrive. Then I was going to put the jumpdrive in a cute little box and give it to her. Is there any other way you would do it?

Thanks!!

Free Mixes for the Masses?

jammy — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:41:08 -0800

MixFilter: I'm looking for free online music mixes to help get me & my collective crew through the most strenuous & stressful part of the year. Tell me about your favorite mix blog &/or website. Mix style? I mostly enjoy stuff along the funky hiphop worldbeat side of the spectrum and my cohorts seem to enjoy it too (gets them dancing at least). The mixes at Cherryfunk and Captain's Crate are good examples. I've found good stuff at Monotape as well.

Thanks!

p.s. There's often parents & their young'uns about so I'd prefer mixes that sport little in the way of gratuitous swearing (e.g.).

p.p.s. I imagine someone may suggest online radio sites like Pandora or SomaFM, which are great, but I'm looking for stuff that doesn't rely on streaming.

Space-Age Bachleor Pa-aaaah Oh God No!

The Whelk — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:50:46 -0800

Music Mix Filter: Long story short, next week the model at my event is coming dressed as the Alien Queen from the ALIEN movies. I have no idea what kind of music to play for the background. The film scores seem obvious but who wants to listen to clanking and increasing strings for 3 hours? I can either go scary-horror-sci-fi or campy-alien-novelty songs. Ideally I could do both. What kind of weird space music recommendations do you have? Gotta have songs about alien invaders?

Vocal mix of Primal Scream's "Come Together"?

pompomtom — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:15:48 -0800

Where could I find the vocal mix of Primal Scream's "Come Together"? There is a mix of Primal Scream's Come Together, which includes (I believe) Bobby Gillespie singing a breathy vocal line which starts out "Kiss me, won't you won't you kiss me?". I believe this was released on the original 12", back in the day.

Can anybody tell me the name of the mix, and whether it was reissued on any compilations anywhere?

Songs describing major life events?

virtualcourtney — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:13:51 -0800

I hope someone will help me out. I'm working n a semi-biographical music mix for a friend of mine, but I'm having trouble coming up with a few songs for some big life events. For instance, what song best describes...
-Study abroad
-Your parents having marital problems
-Spending a year somewhere you don't like (after college)
-Heading off to grad school

I just can't seem to find the right songs!

How does one abstractly describe a mix?

jeffburdges — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:41:25 -0800

Is there a standard file format for abstractly describing audio or video mixes so that listeners have both the original audio files and the resulting remix and ideally can edit the remix directly? I'm interesting in moving large numbers of remixes over the internet between people who already have the underlying music. I'm also interested in automatic transformations of the mixes. So encoding & transferring each mix separately is not interesting.

I am most interested in open standards, but it's good to know if some closed standard rules currently.

Pixie Pop 'Plosion.

The Whelk — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:01:51 -0800

Manic Pixie Dream Music: Once again I must step outside my beloved genres to find music for an event that's all about Sparkles! Glitter! and Pixies! Need suggestions for happy, twinkly, fairy music. The more tooth-achingly pop-y the better. "The Magic Position" by Patric Wolf would be a good example. I'm pretty well versed in Glam Rock, but am a complete noob in the indie/current/pop/rock/whatever scene. Consider me 60 years behind the times.

Music To Murder Mr. Bateman To

The Whelk — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:34:44 -0800

MusicFixFilter: In need of very specific punk and anti-punk songs from today or yesteryear. In particular need of "overthrow the system!" and "Cut your damn hair, hippie!" themes. Oh so much more inside. Ideally, I'm looking for punk or otherwise high-energy songs that implore people to "fight the power", overthrow systems, and such. I'd like to get past anything used in a car commercial (not out of snobbishness, but c'mon, do we really need to hear them again?) and songs a casual fan of the genre may not be familiar with."Suspect Device" by the Stuff Little Fingers would be a good example.

I *also* need songs that counter the first. Yelling down the uppity kids, swearing everything is just fine, and um ..the pleasures of conformity and the importance of trends. "Hip To Be A Square" is, of course, the ideal example.

Thanks in advance.

unconventional a capella?

vaguelyweird — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 03:21:38 -0800

I'm looking for "a capella" but not the college barbershop type. Examples would be Bjork's Medulla and Camille's Le Fil. Doesn't necessarily have to be vocal-only, for example, Philip Glass' "Etoile Polaire" or even CocoRosie's "West Side" since the instrumental part is relatively minimal, and the vocal harmonies are the main focus.

Can be altered voice, such as Imogen Heap's "Hide and Seek".

Preferably not too many western-classical/christian pieces unless they are just too awesome to exclude or they were not originally written for voice. Good examples here being Bobby McFerrin, or a vocal arrangement of Bach's Well Tempered Clavier.

Multi-cultural suggestions are welcome (solo carnatic etc.)

Feel free to push the boundaries of these requests if unbelievable vocal harmonies are involved.

Thanks!

So you're listening to what?

heavenstobetsy — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:50:17 -0800

Mixtape Mission: What's your favourite song right now? I've been tasked with the job of putting together a mixtape consisting of "favourite songs". Which is to say that each song should be SOMEONE'S favourite. It does not matter whose favourite it is, so here I am. After polling my available friends, I have 10 songs. I need 10 more. Genre is unimportant and the mix will most likely be played in the background at a meet-up of 20-30 somethings. But may also end up residing in my car cd player. Help?

Thanks in advance, MeFi.

Looking for songs about Kansas City for a roadtrip - please help?

inatizzy — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:49:29 -0800

My little brother just graduated from school in Indiana and is moving to Kansas City. (the Kansas side) He'll be driving there from the eastern side of Missouri and I want to make him a mix for the road but I'm coming up short on songs! I've already got a few obvious ones but I can use your help filling out my list. I am open to ones about Kansas City, the state of Kansas, the state of Missouri, the midwest, road tripping, America in general, and maybe even graduating/starting out in the adult world. (in descending order of preference :) Serious songs, silly songs, any genre... it's wide open. The songs don't even need to be entirely about these things, if they just mention it, it is enough.

Any suggestions? thanks in advance. :)

Songs about America

DoorFrame — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:08:30 -0800

I'm driving cross country and am looking to make a mix CD for the road using songs about America. Ask Metafilter has previously tackled similar questions dealing with songs about Los Angeles, California, New York, New Jersey and even Europe, but what are some of the best songs about America?

Yo Mama is an infamous object of ridicule and inspires paeans to her inimitable fail.

Ambrosia Voyeur — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:50:47 -0800

"Your mother is a whore" mixtape suggestions? Just listening again to A Cautionary Song, by the Decemberists, and pondering how fun it would be to give a mix where every song is just about how much "Yo Momma" is a filthy slattern, to' up ho, etc.

How do I bridge this gap gracefully?

heavenstobetsy — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:43:21 -0800

I like indie type rock. He likes U2 and Bon Jovi. Help me make a mix cd he won't hate! I'm trying to make a mix cd composed of indie type music that isn't too...subversive? Out there? For a guy used to mainstream type rock like U2, Goo Goo Dolls, Blue Rodeo, The Fray, etc. I have made him mix cds in the past which have been mostly what I'm listening to but thought he would like. Wrong every time. Help me impress him this time. I'm looking basically for songs he's never heard of before but would be accessible to someone with his tastes. Sorry if this is vague!

For example this time I'm including:

Ryan Adams - To Be Young
Pete Yorn - Closet
Spoon - I Summon You

But also some older stuff like

Billy Joel - Vienna
Otis Redding - Try a Little Tenderness

which I know he also appreciates.

If any clarification is needed, will be watching this thread. Thanks!

What are your favorite songs featuring piano?

nuclear_soup — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:23:23 -0800

What are your favorite songs featuring piano? I have seen this question, but mine is a little more broad. I'm looking to put together a few CDs full of music that features piano, (but isn't classical or exclusively instrumental music.) For example, that previous thread suggested Ben Folds, and Rufus Wainwright. I also really love Regina Spektor. Genre isn't really an issue, but I tend to prefer indie rock-ish stuff, and classic rock.

Mash me up

c:\awesome — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:05:49 -0800

What software should be in my arsenal of weapons for making some wicked music mashups? Windows Vista compatible, please.

Seeking technical directions for making a mix CD.

croutonsupafreak — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:05:22 -0800

What is current mix CD file format etiquette? I'm looking for technical, not musical, advice. Should I be burning MP3s to disk, WAV files, or what? Is it good enough to know that I can play my CD on a mac and on a PC, or should I make sure it can also play on my ancient 1996 boom box? Is there a trick to making sure a CD will actually play on an old boom box, because I have never mastered this? Is there a specific "type" of CD I should look for at the store?

Kick out the jams!

BSummers — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:15:24 -0800

Roadtrip to the regional kickball championships in milwuakee, need to make a mix cd of course! I need some songs about kicking or even just some good classic pump up songs so far i've got Kick out the jams by RATM and Get your kicks on route 66

Must be the season of the witch.

kaseijin — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:45:56 -0800

I need help making a Halloween-themed mix CD. Yes, I know all of the usuals... "Monster Mash" and all that... but I'm looking for something a little different.

The recipient of said CD - Mrs. Kaseijin - is quite into music from the 60's, particularly of the French variety, as well as more recent indie pop. She is a big fan, among others, of Serge Gainsbourg, Francoise Hardy, Belle & Sebastian, Broadcast, Jesus & Mary Chain, The Clash, Ramones, France Gall...you get the idea.

I've got a few songs, but I'm looking for more - things I perhaps haven't thought of that would be good to fill the CD. Songs don't have to knock you over the head with how Halloweeny they are, they can just be evocative of the time of year. She does not like Oingo Boingo or Thomas Dolby... So far, I have:

Donovan - "Season of the Witch"
Ladytron - "Evil"
Echo & the Bunnymen - "Killing Moon"
Edgar Winter - "Frankenstein"
Serge Gainsbourg - "Cha Cha Cha de Loup" (tentative)
Yo La Tengo - "Autumn Sweater" (tentative)

I'm also planning on adding something by the Zombies and the Mummies, but haven't settled on tracks yet.