Sampling (in music) is not theft
Hi, I would first like to make it clear that I am referring to theft in a moral rather than a legal sense of the word, If you wish to debate the legality of sampling please do not accept this debate. To clarify, here are some definitions: (I use the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, 10th edition revised) 'sampling: 2. the technique of digitally encoding music or sound and re-using it as part of a composition or recording.' [I point out that I would also include the rare examples of purel...
John Lennon's song "Imagine" reflects a bleak existence rather than a socialist utopia.
In the lyrics of his song Lennon asks the listener to imagine a world with "nothing to kill or die for". It is my contention that an existence in which there is nothing we value enough to give our life for or for which we are willing to take the life of another who wishes to deprive us of that which we value is ultimately an unfulfilled life....
Playing guitar fast does not make you a good guitarist.
This is one of my more interesting debates to talk about. But playing fast does not make you a good guitarist. Knowledge always rises above "speed"....
Noah Chenfeld Rap Battle
Spittin on the street goin acapella skin so white like mozarella i gotta big fan base girls and lots of fellas two words to describe me im hot and stella i gotta couple of shoutouts and they wont be nutty one is to my homeboy, the other's to my bubby im electric these rhymes are hectic im kinda thirsty can u fetch me a nesquik? chocolate milk is what im sippin im michael jordan youre like the sidekick, scotty pippen i enjoy good things in life like fine wine, i'm 5" 9' but i gotta b...
Pink Floyd, The wall vs Dark Side of the Moon.
I look forward to having what I think will be a most excellent debate with OMGJustinBieber. If my opponent has any questions, problems, or things needed to be clarified before accepting she can pm me or post a comment in the comments section.
-Voting period will last six months.
-Time to argue, 72 hours.
-8,000 character limit.
Here is my proposed resolution.
Resolv...
Little johonny jokes
Rules: 1 joke per round, enjoy. Little Johnny watched his daddy's car pass by the school playground and go into the woods. Curious, he followed the car and saw Daddy and Aunt Jane in a passionate embrace. Little Johnny found this so exciting that he could hardly contain himself as he ran home and started to tell his mother. "Mummy, I was at the playground and I saw Daddy's car go into the woods with Aunt Jane. I went back to look and he was giving Aunt Jane a big kiss, and then he helped...
Acronyms should have a period mark after each letter, instead of there just being the letters.
I believe acronyms should always have a period mark after each letter, because, centrally, of two reasons. (1) Acronyms, originally, had been presented in this format. I am not much of a traditionalist, but origin is important for some things, language being one of them. The origin of a language shows the true characteristics of that language, and thus how to, in veritable correctness, speak, write, read, etc. that language.(2) The period marks differentiate the letters, they emphasize their ind...
Underground Rap Songs
This is underground rap songs.('conscious' rappers with some mainstream success eg. talib, mos def not included) One video per round.
Vote for the person you believe had the better song each round.
Starting it off with a recent fav of mine,
Inverse Ft. Substantial- Spark My Soul
(lyrics can't be found online, i transcribed them myself, so might have some min...
Mozart is better than Vivaldi
I thank my friend for agreeing to debate this with me. This will be a song debate. Rules: 1. Only 1 song per round. 2. Three rounds for the debate. 3. Try to keep the wording minimal and only focus on posting the songs. 4. (Obviously, only songs from Mozart and Vivaldi can be used) For the first round, I shall issue the classical piece: Requiem. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi8vJ_lMxQI&feature=related...
VEVO on youtube
I've seen so many people complaining about VEVO being everywhere after the Google take over of youtube. And I've herd complaints of even more copyright problems. I Have my Views that are Pro VEVO, but what makes them so bad?...