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My name's Jennifer, but I'm more commonly known as Jen or Sporkster. I love lots of things/people including God; volleyball and soccer, my two favorite sports; and cheese. I also love Pi, but that's a story for another day.
I've been answering questions on Advicenators for over three years now, so I'm pretty experienced with it. I love answering questions and helping you out anyway I can, so if you've got a question, just ask me!
Ask me about: Christianity, athletics, physical fitness, love-life, relationships, friendships, HTML queries, book suggestions, music suggestions, musical theory, history, English (or Spanish) grammar, Paint Shop Pro 8, skin problems, sports injuries, "punk" fashion, nutrition, etc.
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Q: what are some good new bands, i like rock, alternative, indie stuff like that. I already know tonss of bands and have almost 1000 songs on my iPod so im looking for bands most poeple wouldnt know. but any suggestions are useful
thankss.
A: Margot & the Nuclear So & So's
Armchair Cynics
Better than Ezra
Keane
Paramore
The Go! Team
Regina Spektor
Saosin
Tegan and Sara
etc.
Q: anyone know any good bands or songs that sing songs about love?
A: Here's a few off the top of my head
"Yellow" - Coldplay
"Green Eyes" - Coldplay
"A Message" - Coldplay
"The Scientist" - Coldplay
"Hey There Delilah" - Plain White T's
"Rain" - Breaking Benjamin
"Everlong (Acoustic)" - the Foo Fighters
"Punk Rock Girl" - the Dead Milkmen
"Hands Down" - Dashboard Confessional
"Fly Me to the Moon" - Frank Sinatra
"Night and Day" - Frank Sinatra
"Before the Dawn" - Evanescence
Q: iv been looking on the internet and i cant seem to find some PIANO sheet music for existentialism on prom night by Straylight run
and i really need it
could you help me find it? or give me a link?
A: Check http://www.musicnotes.com
That's the only site I know of, and I'm not so sure they have it.
I'd try checking the band's official site for a sheet music book you can buy.
Q: For Christmas I got a free card that allows me to download 60 free songs. I'm on a downloading spree right now, but I can't seem to remember lots of the songs I want to download.
If anyone could reccomend any type of songs, besides country, that'd be great. I'm feeling like listening to music tonight, so if you could help me out it'd be great. Thank yaaa.
A: How about some emo/screamo/depressing/sad stuff?
Panic! at the Disco - "It's Time to Dance"
Panic! at the Disco - "Lying is the Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off"
Panic! at the Disco - "There's a Good Reason These Tables are Numbered, Honey, You Just Haven't Figured it Out Yet"
Straylight Run - "Existentialism on Prom Night"
From Autumn to Ashes - "Chloroform Perfume"
From Autumn to Ashes - "Autumn's Monologue"
Seether feat. Amy Lee - "Broken"
Vanessa Carlton - "Paradise"
Some random punk/indie/whatnot?
Franz Ferdinand - "Take Me Out"
Coheed and Cambria - "Blood Red Summer"
Coheed and Cambria - "A Favor House Atlantic"
the Descendents - "'Merican"
Weezer - "Only in Dreams"
Weezer - "Lover in the Snow"
Weezer - "Across the Sea"
Weezer - "Island in the Sun"
the Postal Service - "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight"
the Postal Service - "Such Great Heights"
the Killers - "All These Things That I've Done"
the Killers - "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine"
the Killers - "Under the Gun"
Smash Mouth - "Walkin' on the Sun"
Maybe some classic rock?
Kansas - "Dust in the Wind"
Led Zeppelin - "Going to California"
Led Zeppelin - "When the Levee Breaks"
The Who - "Pinball Wizard"
The Who - "Behind Blue Eyes"
Hip-hop/rap/R&B
Usher - "U Remind Me"
Natalie - "Goin' Crazy"
Outkast - "Hey Ya!"
Outkast - "Roses"
Outkast - "Bombs Over Baghdad"
Outkast - "Mrs. Jackson"
Outkast - "The Way You Move"
Black-Eyed Peas - "Don't Phunk With My Heart"
Black-Eyed Peas - "Don't Lie"
Black-Eyed Peas - "Shut-Up"
ANY song by Aretha Franklin.
Technoish?
Andain - "Beautiful Things"
DHT - "Listen to Your Heart"
DJ Sammy - "Heaven"
JAMES TAYLOR SONGS!
"Carolina in My Mind"
"Copperline"
"Something in the Way She Moves"
"Fire and Rain"
"Mexico"
"Country Road"
"Millworker"
"Sweet Baby James"
Those should keep you busy for awhile.
Q: I wonder whether any music folks out there can help me? I'm working on my audition piece "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from the Phantom of the Opera. On the sheet music, the phrase "too many..." (in the line "too many years fighting back tears why can't the past just die?" if you have the sheet music) the syllables are three quarter notes. Above the quarter notes is a bracket with "3" written on it. What does this mean?
A: The three means to sing them as a triplet.
This means to smooth them down.
I haven't seen the sheet music for this song before, but it's probably broken down like:
Too-man-y years figh-ting-back tears, why-cant-the past just die?
That means to say "Too-man-y" very smoothly together.
Ugh! I know exactly what you're talking about but it's proving rather hard to explain it.
According to this site:
http://www.lesession.co.uk/abc/abc_notation_part2.htm#ets
You sing the three notes in the time of two smoothly.
Oh, just listen to to song and you'll hear what I'm trying to tell you! =)
Q: hi, can anybody tell me, is it possible to reduce the size of MP3s? You know like making a 5 MB mp3 smaller so that it can fit on my mobile phone which only has about 3MB space left. Thanks for your help
chris
P.S ill rate high for any1 who at least tries to help me.
A: This takes a little while, but it's the simplest way I can think of.
Take your mp3, burn it to a CD. Take your CD and rip the mp3 back to your computer at a lower rate.
For example, you burned it to your CD at 256 kbs. Rip it back to your computer at 128 kbs.
This should reduce the file size by about 40-50%.
I know it's kind of long and unnecessary, but at least that's an option!
Q: i need a list of a LOT of rock bands. dont ask why.
over 5-6 is a five. rock bands, but not gay bands like simple plan and good charolette.
A: Emo rock, classic rock, or modern rock?
Emo/Indie/Punk/Screamo Rock:
the Used
the Killers
Daphne Loves Derby
Weezer
the Early November
Fall Out Boy
Green Day
the Postal Service
My Chemical Romance
Modern Rock:
Three Days Grace
System of a Down
Breaking Benjamin
From Autumn to Ashes
the White Stripes
Coheed and Cambria
Classic Rock:
the Who
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Kansas
the Hives
etc.
Q: What do you do when you have a teared vocal cord??? How do you fix this... I hurt it today and chorus and IT KILLS!!! it was on accident too and i HAVE CHORUS EVERY SINGLE DAY!!!
A: For God's sake, woman (or man), don't sing!
Honestly, I don't think you've torn a vocal chord, though you could have damaged them in some other way. Please, though, for your sake don't sing anymore. You could really screw your voice doing that, just stop.
Have your mom or dad write a note so you don't have to sing in chorus, and go see a doctor.
Q: 15/F
I was looking at the question someone asked about good classic rock songs, and your taste in music seems to kick ass! So, my problem is that all I listen to is classic rock, and im completely out of touch with all new music. Since I can trust you to have good taste in music, do you have any suggestions for good modern bands?
A: Well, I don't know if there is such a thing as good taste in modern music. =P You know, with all that "punk" stuff and whatnot. But I'll give you a list of what bands I listen to.
From Autumn to Ashes
Alkaline Trio
Coldplay
Dave Matthews Band
90's Green Day music
90's Foo Fighters music
The Used
Weezer
Breaking Benjamin
Jimmy Eat World
Jane's Addiction
System of a Down
I've not really listened to them, but Nine Inch Nails is a pretty good band.
Also, if you want some more awesome suggestions for classic rock:
The Eagles
The Who
Led Zeppelin (as always)
Pink Floyd
You might want to check out some folk rock like
James Taylor
Cat Stevens
I hope you'll like what I've suggested. I really love them. =)
Q: does any one know some good classic rock songs?
A: Just to add a few songs to Panramos's list:
The Rain Song - Led Zeppelin
When the Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin
The Ocean - Led Zeppelin
Going to California - Led Zeppelin
Tangerine - Led Zeppelin
Another Brick in the Wall (Parts 1,2,3) - Pink Floyd
Money - Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
We Will Rock You - Queen
Killer Queen - Queen
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
Have You Ever Seen the Rain? - Creedance Clearwater Revival
Proud Mary - Creedance Clearwater Revival
Those are all great songs. Led Zeppelin is my favorite band, followed by Queen and the Rolling Stones. Pink Floyd is pretty good as well.
Happy listening.
Q: Hello i was wandering if u could find a site were i can get the song jane says by Jane addiction and put in on my xanga and it would be free thank u
A: Well, I found this site:
http://home.comcast.net/~emailsforpay/rockZ/I_L/janesaddiction.html
I don't know if it'll work on Xanga or not, even though it's supposed to. Try it out, and if it doesn't, get back to me and I'll help you find another site.
Q: OK. You guys explained to me how to read guitar tabs. Now there's only one thing left to ask.
High E-3---------------
B -0---------------
G -0--------------
D -0---------------
A -2---------------
Low E -3---------------
^
A: The dashes represent the strings on the guitar/bass, nothing more. If you've got guitar questions, I advise you go straight to MFS, as he seems to be the guy on Advicenators with the guitar know-how.
Q: I'm trying to learn how to play guitar, & I don't relly want to ahve to go get lessons, so I wanted to be self-taught, but I don't know any iste where I can learn how to play or know where to buy any books to learn how to play.
I don't know any chords or keys or anything, I am JUST starting so I'd need like the things what show you where to put your fingers & how to tune the guitar & stuff
so if anyone could show me a site that I could learn form or where to buy these books I would really appreiciate it!
& I was also wondering, should I buy an accoustic or a eliktic guitar? (I'm 14/M/TX)
thank you so much!
-Cameron
A: If I were you, I'd get lessons to start out with. That way you could get hands-on information, learn the basics, etc. so you could build on that and teach yourself the rest. But, if you don't want to, that's fine as well.
Try going to musicnotes.com and downloading Guitar Guru if you want to see a few samples of songs. It shows you the tempo, how to position your fingers, how to play certain notes, etc. They've also included a tuner (but it only for the normal EADGBE tuning). It's a cool little program for beginners, but I wouldn't just go by this.
Head to your local McFadyen, Pearson, or Duncan Music Company and look for some self-instruction books on how to play guitar. They even have books like that at Barnes and Noble, Books-a-Million, the Ink-Stand, etc. They'll probably have quite a few books to choose from--just flip through the pages and find one that has illustrations, photos, good explanations of everything, a list of chords, etc.
I'd probably learn how to play acoustic, or classic guitar first. You can play a wider variety of songs and you actually learn how to play a guitar. I'm currently learning to play on my dad's classic (Goya). I like the Ibanez acoustics, but I don't particularly like Fenders. Research and find a guitar that's right for you, though. You're going to be the one playing it.
I hope this may have helped you a little bit, but if you really want kick ass guitar advice, ask MFS.
Q: what are the top 50 all time grossing artists?
A: Try using Google or just look it up on VH1.com. It's really not that hard.
Q: Do you know where me and the voices inside my head can get the HTML code for the Numa Numa Dance?
The Numa Numa Dance is that funny viedo of that kid dancing and lipsinging to that german song.
I really wanna put it on my myspace.
Thanks!
A: I dunno where to get the code...but I do know where you can actually download the video. http://www.albinoblacksheep.com. Search the archives for Numa Numa Dance or Song and you should find it. Right click and "Save Target As".
Oh, by the way, the word is lipsync, and the song is actually Romanian. :) Just a little trivia for you. No offense or anything, just saying.
I hope this will help you, but if if doesn't or you need more information, feel free to email me or IM me via AIM.
Q: can i have a website that can give me blink 182 i miss you easy printable piano music
A: http://www.musicnotes.com
http://www.pianofiles.com
http://www.8notes.com
Q: I need a site that can give me music from Blink 182 thru Windows Media Player(not Yahoo!!!!)
A: Music? As in an mp3? In that case, there's tons of Blink 182 mp3's that're available to you. Try http://www.fast-mp3.com, http://www.mpeg-search.com, or http://www.mp3search.com. If you're not talking about mp3's, I dunno how to help you. I hope I'm right, but sorry if I'm not.
Q: Could you give me a website I can go to where I can see the Simple Plan video "Tell Me"? I can't seem to find a website where I can watch the video or listen to the entire song.
A: You have to have a Yahoo! account, but http://launch.yahoo.com is a good place to watch music videos. If you can't find it there, try looking on Winamp or where ever.
Q: Hey, I Cant Find The Music Video Code For Kiss Me By SixPence None The Richer...Can You Please Give Me A Website or Somewhere I Can Go To Find It?!!?!
I Already Tried http://www.mpeg-search.com
PLZ HELP!!
x0x--Kaylee
A: I dunno where to find music video codes, sorry. :( I only know where you can see the music video (http://launch.yahoo.com) and download the actual song (http://www.fast-mp3.com). Try asking the whole site for that. I wish I could help.
Q: `ey i wanna know where yo0 can qet the piano keys fo` free for Alicia Keys or other sonqs besides the classics.thanks`z!
A: Try looking here:
http://mrpiano.bestmusicpages.com/popular.html
or here:
http://mrpiano.bestmusicpages.com/film.html
Hope you find some songs you like!