April 5th catchup

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+# Enjoying Music
+
+I write a lot about my music opinions and tastes here. I love music. It is apart of my everyday life and has been since I was a child. I was listening to old episodes of the podcast "Coretx" with CGP Greg where he admits to his co-host that he does not "enjoy" music. And while I knew these types of people were out there. And if I was to guess, it's not surprising that this robotic personality find little enjoyment from music.
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+## Do you enjoy music?
+
+Before I get into it, please let me know your feelings around music and if it is a part of your everyday life. If it isn't, what do you listen to? Do you prefer silence? Soundscapes? Podcasts? Audiobooks? Why? Were you always this way? Does your life not facilitate general listening of music that you've just fallen out of listening? This is all FACINATING to me. Since I don't think I could survive without having music in my life.
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+## When do I listen to music?
+
+Honestly, whenever I have the opportunity. If I am eating dinner, doing chores, writing my gemlog, programming at work, sleeping. Essentially, if my ears are free I want to be listening to music. But that doesn't mean I don't listen to other forms of audio content.
+
+## What do I listen to besides music?
+
+According to my Spotify Wrapped for the past 4 years I only listen to music. I enjoy podcasts as a format, especially comedy ones, but I find anything with continuity exhausting. I am more likely to consume a podcast if they're video podcasts (is it even a podcast then?).
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+I use to listen to "Welcome to the Magic Tavern" which I REALLY enjoyed. However, I cannot pay attention to an "audio show" while doing OTHER things. So that limits how easily I can consume that type of content.
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+I use to watch british panel shows while working at a job I was pretty much checked out of, but those are easy to "miss a joke in" because they moved on in a minute or two to a new story/joke.
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+# Music Spotlight - Tina Dico - Count to Ten
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+Tina Dico (Dickow) is a Danish singer-songwriter. I am an American, so I can't speak to much of her actual popularity / exposure, especially in Europe or Denmark. 
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+I found her 7 or so years ago when I was listening to a Zero 7 album and was captivated by the vocals on the track "Home" off of their record When it Falls. It's fantastic and deserves its own spotlight. 
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-# Music Spotlight - Visigoth - The Revenant King
-
-I wrote a gemlog about my favorite new album of 2020 (new was unfortunately omitted from title) and in the conclusion I mentioned that despite being my favorite new release I had another favorite but had been released prior. That album is: The Revenant King by Visigoth.
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-=> https://open.spotify.com/album/69hz9vseaj3MEgY9N6hAL5?si=1YgwVgTjTFyDbhTMRBL9uQ [spotify] Visigoth - The Revenant King
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-## Visigoth - The Revenant King
-
-Visigoth is a Power Metal band from Utah. The Revenant King is their 2015 debut album and my favorite of theirs. I found them in 2020 while on an active pursuit to find more metal bands. It bangs. It's biggest downfall is I don't think any of the tracks live up to the absolute epicness that is the title track: The Revenant King. But each track brings something to the album and it never gets stale. They even managed to have a cover song - Necropolis (Manilla Road) - fit smoothly without feeling forced or out of place. 
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-### Top Tracks
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-* The Revenant King
-* Dungeon Master
-* Mammoth Rider
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-These are the FIRST THREE tracks on the album, which is a double edged battle axe. The album doesn't "get worse" they just lead with their best.
-
-### Dualing Guitars
-
-A heavy metal staple this album is rife with dualing guitar solos, harmonizing their riffs and solos. It's especially notable on Dungeon Master. 
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-### The Vocals
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-The lead vocalist has a great voice, smooth and powerful. He is able to deliver some cheesy lyrics while keeping up the epic facade really making you believe you're fighting along side these warriors. He isn't exactly Ronnie James Dio, or Bruce Dickinson but who is? 
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-### Fantasy Storytelling
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-I am by no means well versed in Power Metal. But what I look for in my fantasy power metal is story telling. This contradicts some of my other statements how I don't really listen to lyrics. But I find power metal musically is a storytelling genre. It just also happens to have sweet guitar solos. This isn't necessarily unique to the genre, but I feel it's a larger part of the genre. 
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-## Why? 
-
-Finding this album couldn't have come at a better time. With lockdown and quarantine I was looking for escapist music. My number one track was actually Run Away with Me - Carly Rae Jepsen (I'd say it's an underrated album, but that album alone has more listens than all the bands tracks I've spotlighted here COMBINED). Listening to songs about fantasy battles and realms helped me turn my brain off. Turns out I listening to Funeral Doom Metal makes you sad? 
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-This album was the definitive favorite of my new discoveries in 2020, and one of my favorites of all time I feel. I wish vinyl releases were easier to come across.
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-## Conclusion
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-Next time you're in your friends mom's basement and bust out your level 13 lawful neutral half-orc barbarian put this album on. You won't regret it.
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-Do you have any power metal recommendations? What was your favorite discovery in 2020? I'd love to hear!
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-Thanks for reading \m/
-
-# Links
-
-=> /gemlog/ Gemlog
-=> / Home