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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: MPTheory on May 18, 2005, 07:38:22 AM
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So my sister just finished her First Album. Check out her site and tell me what you think of her songs.. Keep in mind that there are a few songs that are very "bubblegum popish" but, none the less, Im sure some of you can appreciate the music for what it is...
http://www.dayrocks.com
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Good luck to her.
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Not at all my kind of music, but good luck to her anyway.
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yeah, Its pop / contemorary. I dont usually listen to that kind of music, but like I said, I can still appreciate it for what it is... She is my sister though, so Im a little bias.
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I can\'t listen to music while I\'m at work, so I can\'t review that part of it. However, I would suggest that she select a more flattering picture of herself for the main page of the website. There were some better ones in the photo section, but in fact I think she really needs to hire a better photographer.
I don\'t think I need to remind you how crucial the "image" is in pop music.
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yeah.. The photographer sucked nuts
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^^ Nothing a little airbrushing can\'t fix. Get rid of that "I just cried and my mascara has run everywhere" look, and tone that tummy if she\'s going to show it off.
:p
Oh, and Bon Jovi called, he wants his hair-style back.
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Originally posted by Bobs_Hardware
^^ Nothing a little airbrushing can\'t fix. Get rid of that "I just cried and my mascara has run everywhere" look, and tone that tummy if she\'s going to show it off.
:p
Oh, and Bon Jovi called, he wants his hair-style back.
If you could, keep it to constructive criticism. Keeping the Jack-ass remarks to yourself would be greatly appreciated.
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Constructive Criticism: I agree with Cored. That first shot looks like she\'s been crying.
The second comment was just aimed at her frizzy frizzy hair. Not that it\'s a bad thing..
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I\'d hit it.
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mp make the photos when you at the flash player open to a new window or when I close the pic it closes the player and everything too you did a great job on this one bro....
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sorry just noticed there was a back button but people wont use that if there browser back is gone they will close that window
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Thanks Cy, yeah, I have some more work to do on it for sure.. Ill be adding some final touches very shortly
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I\'d hit it.
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I guess I\'d hit it also.
Most likely only in the butt tho\'.
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Yeah...the image of her on the main page isn\'t the most flattering pic. You need to castrate the photographer...and if it was you...well...you still need to castrate the photographer. :p Just kidding.
Not my kind of music but...good luck to her...hope she does well with her musical career.
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She looks a bit like sophie dahl just after she lost some weight, and just before she went all anorexic.
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Don\'t let Vapor or Chizz see her pic. Sisters everywhere are not safe from their pricks.
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TITTAYS!!!
jk ; P
Not too bad. I cant believe she said bitch (switch). lol. Some of the songs have some pretty heavy guitar lines for bubblegum pop. Personally a lot of the messages dont seem too .... profound? but her sound isnt too shabby. If she really wants to stand above the rest then she either needs more energy (in vocals, lyrics and/or instumentals) or a little more innovation that makes her unique among the rest of everybody else out there.
Idk. Im not really trying to dig too deep but considering, shes not terrible at all.
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k i\'ll spell it backwards
fugly
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The photographer was not me.. Not that I consider myself a seasoned phtographer or anything. As for the "message" the songs hold.. Your right Nikon, With the exception of \'thank you\', they are more just fun for her.. Again, Im kind of bias, but for a 16 year old, I think she did a pretty good job.
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Originally posted by THX
Don\'t let Vapor or Chizz see her pic. Sisters everywhere are not safe from their pricks.
Oh shit thats right... when are you gonna hook it up w/ me and her... How old was she again?
I promise I\'ll only romance her.
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Originally posted by MPTheory
The photographer was not me.. Not that I consider myself a seasoned phtographer or anything. As for the "message" the songs hold.. Your right Nikon, With the exception of \'thank you\', they are more just fun for her.. Again, Im kind of bias, but for a 16 year old, I think she did a pretty good job.
Yeah I agree, the songs aren\'t that bad. She definitely has a headstart.
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well lease she better than ashlee simpson
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Shes 16? Damn. Well thats a horse of a different color.
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Originally posted by Lord Nicon
Shes 16? Damn. Well thats a horse of a different color.
And what color would that be?
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Green, foo! Havent you ever watched the Wizard of OZ? :p
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Oh yeah. *feels stupid*
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Originally posted by SwifDi
Oh shit thats right... when are you gonna hook it up w/ me and her... How old was she again?
I promise I\'ll only romance her.
Any body part that touches her gets removed and sent back to you in the mail.. but as long as you can live with that rule... Sure, why not :)
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tell her perms are out (like 10 years ago)
in the pop industry, image is everything
and that photo on the main site is the worst of them all
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Good ol\' mm, you can always rely on him for mral support.
:)
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Originally posted by mm
tell her perms are out (like 10 years ago)
in the pop industry, image is everything
and that photo on the main site is the worst of them all
Thats her natural hair
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Originally posted by MPTheory
Thats her natural hair
She needs to hire a stylist and a personal trainer. A makeover and take about 20 or so pounds off and she would have the image.
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Originally posted by GigaShadow
She needs to hire a stylist and a personal trainer. A makeover and take about 20 or so pounds off and she would have the image.
She looks fine weight-wise to me, she\'ll end up looking like that lohan bint if she gets any thinner.
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Originally posted by Cerberus
She looks fine weight-wise to me, she\'ll end up looking like that lohan bint if she gets any thinner.
Oh please - if she lost 20 pounds she would look toned, nothing like Lindsay Lohan.
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I could see 10.. 20 would probably make her way too skinny.
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nah, the weight is fine
(not implying anything)
but the hairstyle has got to go
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sometimes she straigtens it.. makes her look completely different
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She needs an image that fits her music. And that image isn\'t there at the moment. Decent music, needs an image.
And did I mention you need to castrate the photographer?
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Ok, the tracks which i didn\'t find bad :
- switch
- undone
- all i need
- runaround
The \'problems\' ; alot of the songs\' lyrics really sound like just telling a story. The better tracks i listed don\'t have that problem so much.
The lesser tracks also seem to have an overabundance of all sorts of (programmed) studio instruments. Lesser instruments in a song can make each song more unique. So, then variation will spread over the whole album. It\'s like painting : too many different colors will make a painting drab grey.
As for frontpage photo : a smiling pic would do better :)
About her age : I guess i\'m bad at estimating girls\' age. Fortunate for her though she still has real youth. I\'m old :thepimp:
Anyway, good luck to her !
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The songs you listed are the ones I like the most also. The thing is, the other songs are geared towards a female audience between the ages of 10 - 20. And yes, they are very story oriented. But that\'s what she wanted to do.
The cool thing is that one of the local radio stations is really pushing her. She\'s going to be opening for Jessi McCartney (spelling), and that was offered by the radio station, so they feel that the music is good enough to stand behind. Its very interesting to see and hear everyones\' opinions, because its truely impossible to be constant and please everyone.
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So I get called a Jackass, but mm and Giga are frickin\' heroes.
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i have a degree in pimpin\' hoes.... ahem, i mean managing up and coming young female stars....i\'ll take care of your sis mp and her image..i\'ll have her droppin\' it like it\'s hot in no-time :fro: :jb:
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Dude you just called my boys sis a hoe......
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Originally posted by clips
i have a degree in pimpin\' hoes.... ahem, i mean managing up and coming young female stars....i\'ll take care of your sis mp and her image..i\'ll have her droppin\' it like it\'s hot in no-time :fro: :jb:
Keep your giant man hands away from my non-hoeical sister...
Originally posted by Bobs_Hardware
So I get called a Jackass, but mm and Giga are frickin\' heroes.
I didnt call you a jackass.. I simply asked to keep the jackass comments to yourself.
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Originally posted by Cyrus
Dude you just called my boys sis a hoe......
relax cy, i was just bustin\' on him, sisters and brothers to me..is open season on them....i steer clear of the mom\'s and pop\'s jokin\' tho....
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Originally posted by Bobs_Hardware
So I get called a Jackass, but mm and Giga are frickin\' heroes.
Go back to your corner
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Okay.. I just replaced the main page image: http://www.dayrocks.com
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I think you should use the ones with her lying on her back or on her knees looking up. Those are the ones that have the most casual look on her face, the others are too much trying to look, I don\'t know but they kinda reek of trying to look like cover images.
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Originally posted by MPTheory
Okay.. I just replaced the main page image: http://www.dayrocks.com
better than the first one....
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now...i\'d definately hit it.
more so than the first time.
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I dunno if anybody noticed this or not yet.
In one of the pictures of her and her band (I like chick bands alot, btw)
She\'s standing and singing in front of a HUGE picture of herself.
That\'s awesome!
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Originally posted by Joker
now...i\'d definately hit it.
more so than the first time.
Thats.... yeah... I dont know how to respond to that.... But then again, no one has said that to my face.
Originally posted by Luke
I dunno if anybody noticed this or not yet.
In one of the pictures of her and her band (I like chick bands alot, btw)
She\'s standing and singing in front of a HUGE picture of herself.
That\'s awesome!
The chick band thing is very cool. The two girls are pretty hot too. If I wasnt getting married soon... Id hit it ;) (they are both leagal BTW)
for real or is that sarcasm? (This is the forums.. Just need to make sure haha)
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Oh I wouldn\'t say it to your face.
i\'d class it up with
"I think your sister is pretty"
but seeing as this is the net...
I\'d hit it.
bah okay, the hit it is getting old even on me now. i\'ll stop :D
*listens to Kenny Rogers greatest hits*
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we should come up with a new great slang for banging chicks.. that way we can brand it ours as it will be written in the forums
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Originally posted by MPTheory
we should come up with a new great slang for banging chicks.. that way we can brand it ours as it will be written in the forums
This isn\'t original but, instead of hit it I say Pee in her butt.
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thats just nasty
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Haha. My friend saw it in a movie and we\'ve been saying it ever since.
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Originally posted by MPTheory
Okay.. I just replaced the main page image: http://www.dayrocks.com
That is a vast improvement over the first. Good job. ;)
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Originally posted by MPTheory
we should come up with a new great slang for banging chicks.. that way we can brand it ours as it will be written in the forums
I agree
I was gonna say copy that Dreamcatcher flick and say
fuckerie = I banged someone
fuckeroo = I faild in my attempt of the banging.
then I rememberd, that movie sucked.
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Best of luck to her.
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Originally posted by MPTheory
for real or is that sarcasm? (This is the forums.. Just need to make sure haha)
A little of both buddy!
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Originally posted by Luke
(I like chick bands alot, btw)
Eisley?
:)
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So somebody else listens to Eisley, I have for a long while now.
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Originally posted by Bozco
So somebody else listens to Eisley, I have for a long while now.
Yesssssss... Eisley is awesome. I saw them in concert in Chicago.
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Chicago. Woohoo.
Sorry. Its like a reflex :p
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I looked around. Listened a bit.
Tell her to do some situps, couldn\'t hurt to have a tighter stomach. It won\'t take hardly any commitment at all since she\'s in such good shape anyway. When better photos come in, rip out the worse ones. I don\'t dig the one where she did the fancy dress. I\'d scrap that one first.
The criticisms on the music have been better thought out than I care to... I liked it, though. I paid for the album. I\'ll give it a listen and if I get tired of it, I have a younger cousin who would probably like it.
Oh here\'s something. I\'m listening to Switch. She wants us to dig all on the beat, but I don\'t hear it. Pump the shit out of the bass on parts of that song. It needs some more energy to do what she\'s trying to do, in my opinion.
Good luck to her.
Hey, when it\'s ready, try to get someone to link it on fark.com. That\'ll be a hundred thousand hits to the site or so, heh. ;]
-Dan
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Originally posted by SwifDi
Yesssssss... Eisley is awesome. I saw them in concert in Chicago.
Yea, the closest they were coming to me was Cincy maybe a while back and I didn\'t have the time.
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Cincy. Woohoo.
Sorry. Its like a reflex :p
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Originally posted by Eiksirf
I looked around. Listened a bit.
Tell her to do some situps, couldn\'t hurt to have a tighter stomach. It won\'t take hardly any commitment at all since she\'s in such good shape anyway. When better photos come in, rip out the worse ones. I don\'t dig the one where she did the fancy dress. I\'d scrap that one first.
The criticisms on the music have been better thought out than I care to... I liked it, though. I paid for the album. I\'ll give it a listen and if I get tired of it, I have a younger cousin who would probably like it.
Oh here\'s something. I\'m listening to Switch. She wants us to dig all on the beat, but I don\'t hear it. Pump the shit out of the bass on parts of that song. It needs some more energy to do what she\'s trying to do, in my opinion.
Good luck to her.
Hey, when it\'s ready, try to get someone to link it on fark.com. That\'ll be a hundred thousand hits to the site or so, heh. ;]
-Dan
The final mix and master has been done, so considering the fact that 10,000 CD\'s are being produced right now, no cahnges can be made haha.. she\'s actually practcing with the band today and tomorrow. Gotta be ready for the 26th.
I\'ll tell them about fark.. Right now she has a link on myspace and seems to be doing well with responses. Thanks for the support and suggestions.
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That\'s cool. I have a womping system in my car. I\'ll get some bass in that album, heh.
:)
-Dan
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haha, thats cool man... Any support is great.
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i just actually listened to a couple of tracks off the cd...she\'s decent,..sounds as good as any of the players out there....in that first song she sounds a little bit like kelly clark..y\'know that chic that sings that single.."since you\'ve been gone" i like that joint by her..anyway, your little sis future\'s lookin good bro..it\'s good to see she\'s doin her thing at such a young age...:fro:..:thumb:
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good to hear some positive response. She has worked her ass of for the last year in preperation for this album. I hope it pays off for her. I honestly havent seen any other 16 year olds work as hard as she has, by choice at least.