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Jan. 25th, 2013 07:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
becomingkate I was a cooking fiend today. I make a veggie lasagna for the church potluck tomorrow, a chicken pot pie for home and I prepped scallops and bacon for later tonight because they're so tedious to make, I just want to pop them in the oven when we want them.
NKOTB is coming out with new music, and they premiered the single last night. It's pretty awesome. Not just NKOTB awesome but actually good, I think. It has a great beat and it's a very different sound from what NKOTB used to do. So I am happy. A lot of people aren't happy because it doesn't sound "radio friendly" which I disagree with, and because they used autotune.
Okay here is my autotune rant. There are two types of singers who use autotune. Those who use it because they can't sing and those who use it to achieve a certain sound. NKOTB can sing. They sing live, they sing impromptu all the time, it's obvious they can sing. Even Danny and Jon who don't sing many solos can actually sing. When they use autotune it's to achieve an effect that can't be produced naturally. It is odd to hear autotune from a band who was big in a time that didn't have autotune. But I like it because it sounds fresh and current.
The other day tickets went on sale for their new tour. I got two tickets for me and my friend. Then my friend asked me to use her CC to buy her a ticket in Philly because she was at an appt. and couldn't access a computer. It took me forever to get everything right but I did it. Then she texted me and said "um...you bought Pittsburgh, not Philly."
For anyone who's not aware of how HUGE PA is, Pittsburgh is about 7 hours from where she is, near Philly.
Thankfully she was able to e mail the ticket company and get a refund but now she has to wait until Monday to buy a Philly ticket. The presales were over the weekend and now she has to grapple with what's left in general sales. I feel really bad and I hope she gets the type of ticket she wants.
See, she wants to do the 5* ticket where she gets to meet nkotb and get her picture taken with them and amazing seats and get a gift package and 2 free items from the merch stand. Which is awesome but not really worth the money IMO. I've done it once and it was great to meet them but it was so quick and impersonal. She said she'll be happy if she gets a 4* (good seats and a nkotb gift) but I know she really wants a 5*.
So that's what's up. I'm really excited to see nkotb again and finally go to a show with a true friend and not someone I just met for the purpose of hanging out with someone at the show. I've done that before and met some good people, but there's something awesome about going with someone you were friends with before!
NKOTB is coming out with new music, and they premiered the single last night. It's pretty awesome. Not just NKOTB awesome but actually good, I think. It has a great beat and it's a very different sound from what NKOTB used to do. So I am happy. A lot of people aren't happy because it doesn't sound "radio friendly" which I disagree with, and because they used autotune.
Okay here is my autotune rant. There are two types of singers who use autotune. Those who use it because they can't sing and those who use it to achieve a certain sound. NKOTB can sing. They sing live, they sing impromptu all the time, it's obvious they can sing. Even Danny and Jon who don't sing many solos can actually sing. When they use autotune it's to achieve an effect that can't be produced naturally. It is odd to hear autotune from a band who was big in a time that didn't have autotune. But I like it because it sounds fresh and current.
The other day tickets went on sale for their new tour. I got two tickets for me and my friend. Then my friend asked me to use her CC to buy her a ticket in Philly because she was at an appt. and couldn't access a computer. It took me forever to get everything right but I did it. Then she texted me and said "um...you bought Pittsburgh, not Philly."
For anyone who's not aware of how HUGE PA is, Pittsburgh is about 7 hours from where she is, near Philly.
Thankfully she was able to e mail the ticket company and get a refund but now she has to wait until Monday to buy a Philly ticket. The presales were over the weekend and now she has to grapple with what's left in general sales. I feel really bad and I hope she gets the type of ticket she wants.
See, she wants to do the 5* ticket where she gets to meet nkotb and get her picture taken with them and amazing seats and get a gift package and 2 free items from the merch stand. Which is awesome but not really worth the money IMO. I've done it once and it was great to meet them but it was so quick and impersonal. She said she'll be happy if she gets a 4* (good seats and a nkotb gift) but I know she really wants a 5*.
So that's what's up. I'm really excited to see nkotb again and finally go to a show with a true friend and not someone I just met for the purpose of hanging out with someone at the show. I've done that before and met some good people, but there's something awesome about going with someone you were friends with before!
