Category: Music

I am not a big music fan. My music tastes are far from developed and original. But still once in a while I feel like sharing a tune. This category is mostly used for my rare music moments.

Sabaton in TePee rock bar, Limassol

Swedish power-metal band Sabaton is performing at TePee rock bar, Limassol, Cyprus on Saturday, August 28th, 2010.  Doors open at 20:00 and tickets are 25 EUR, which is not too much for a foreign Grammy-nominated band, but is a bit too much for the horrible sound they have in TeePee.  Hopefully they will have someone competent at least try to configure the system.

As per Wikipedia:

The band’s main lyrical theme is that of historical wars. This can be heard on the albums Primo Victoria and Attero Dominatus where all of the songs, except the final tracks, take inspiration from a historical battle or war, such as the song “Counterstrike”, which refers to the Six-Day War. Lyrical content drawn from World War II is most prevalent, and includes songs about Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, resistance movements in occupied Poland and Norway, the Battle of Berlin, the Winter War in Finland, and battles on the land, sea, and air. As of their later albums, the band has started to incorporate some elements of progressive metal.

Also check their YouTube channel for some videos.

Via Cyprus Events.

Sabaton – Midway

Sabaton is coming to Cyprus at the end of the month.  They will be performing in TePee rock bar, Limassol on August 28th.  I’ve scheduled a reminder post for early that week.  Here is a video for now.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsjGnBPjYDs]

Nature sounds

Via Michael’s blog post I discovered an excellent web service – free nature sounds.  Once you get there, you can select up to four different nature sounds and mix them into a single loop, varying volume and stereo balance.  It’s very easy to use and there is a good selection of sounds.  You can save the result as WAV file (which can later be converted to MP3), or you can save it as a link which can be shared.   For example, here is my mix, which I called “Fireplace“.  Just imagine: you are sitting in your own house, it’s dark and a bit chilly, thunder and rain outside, wood burning in the fireplace, giving you light and warmth, and your cat is on purring on your lap.  It sounds so good, the only thing I am missing is cat’s vibration which I am trying to replace with my mobile phone.

Try it out for you self, save results, and share links in the comments.