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Show HN: A rap song about the struggles of finishing a side project

35 points by stdoutrap 8y ago

Song url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2GT2PCUN3Q Quick background on the project: I'm a full time programmer and I love making rap music. I see a lot of humor in the profession/industry, and thought it would be fun to combine the two. I'm always open to feedback on audio quality/topic ideas/ways to get more exposure/etc! I am also open to collaboration with beat makers/videographers/producers!

stdoutrap 8y ago
Looks like the url isn't clickable (in similarly formatted previous posts, it has been...) Clickable url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2GT2PCUN3Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2GT2PCUN3Q
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karmakaze 8y ago
Nice shout-out to kill-9 a nerdcore fave.
- stdoutrap 8y ago
  I was wondering if anybody would catch that! A little homage to some classic nerdcore ;)
sergiotapia 8y ago
"Refactoring code that didn't even matter." I'm personally attacked!
- stdoutrap 8y ago
  It's ok, we've all been there!
ryanbertrand 8y ago
I really love Hell.js and Mess.css So on point.
- stdoutrap 8y ago
  Good ol' JS and CSS. Thank you!
atum47 8y ago
Funny and true
Existenceblinks 8y ago
Dude, I'm glad, at least you are finally shipping songs while I'm still stuck in creating and deleting repos loop. I hate all of my half-ass apps enough for me to delete them
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sdan 8y ago
I love your music! Hell.js is probably my favorite. Hope you can get on spotify soon.
default-kramer 8y ago
Some feedback that I hope is constructive: Once you have your lyrics, refactor them! For example "They'll talk about me like one of the greats / I'll be chilling with Bezos and Bill Gates" could be improved (IMO) to: "They'll buzz about me like one of the greats / I'll be chilling with Jeff B. and B. Gates" Introduces wordplay (bees buzz) and internal rhyme ("me" rhymes with "[Jeff] B.") You can usually make these kinds of edits without too much restructuring. Then, you might replace "chilling" with "drinking" to get a triple entendre since drinking causes a buzz. Or maybe better, you say "sipping java with Jeff B. and B. Gates" because coffee also gives you a buzz, and you get some wordplay out of "java" (although maybe you don't want to!)
throwaway413 8y ago
Great stuff! Not affiliated, but my brother uses this to get distribution for his music for free, pretty sure Will.i.am is a cofounder - Amuse (https://amuse.io/free-music-distribution https://amuse.io/free-music-distribution).
mapster 8y ago
my new side project: Chaingang for hackers. 8 hrs of manual labor in the summer heat of a southern state. code in the evening hours the moment you ship, you are released
- inoda 8y ago
  This had me rolling
tkjef 8y ago
diggin' Prod Bugs. definitely could relate. Opinions is pretty good as well.
pollux01 8y ago
Pivot and turn into a rapper instead and then chill with Jeff B. and B. Gates

35 points by stdoutrap 8y ago

stdoutrap 8y ago

Looks like the url isn't clickable (in similarly formatted previous posts, it has been...) Clickable url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2GT2PCUN3Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2GT2PCUN3Q

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karmakaze 8y ago

Nice shout-out to kill-9 a nerdcore fave.

stdoutrap 8y ago
I was wondering if anybody would catch that! A little homage to some classic nerdcore ;)

sergiotapia 8y ago

"Refactoring code that didn't even matter." I'm personally attacked!

stdoutrap 8y ago
It's ok, we've all been there!

ryanbertrand 8y ago

I really love Hell.js and Mess.css So on point.

stdoutrap 8y ago
Good ol' JS and CSS. Thank you!

atum47 8y ago

Funny and true

Existenceblinks 8y ago

Dude, I'm glad, at least you are finally shipping songs while I'm still stuck in creating and deleting repos loop. I hate all of my half-ass apps enough for me to delete them

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sdan 8y ago

I love your music! Hell.js is probably my favorite. Hope you can get on spotify soon.

default-kramer 8y ago

Some feedback that I hope is constructive: Once you have your lyrics, refactor them! For example "They'll talk about me like one of the greats / I'll be chilling with Bezos and Bill Gates" could be improved (IMO) to: "They'll buzz about me like one of the greats / I'll be chilling with Jeff B. and B. Gates" Introduces wordplay (bees buzz) and internal rhyme ("me" rhymes with "[Jeff] B.") You can usually make these kinds of edits without too much restructuring. Then, you might replace "chilling" with "drinking" to get a triple entendre since drinking causes a buzz. Or maybe better, you say "sipping java with Jeff B. and B. Gates" because coffee also gives you a buzz, and you get some wordplay out of "java" (although maybe you don't want to!)

throwaway413 8y ago

Great stuff! Not affiliated, but my brother uses this to get distribution for his music for free, pretty sure Will.i.am is a cofounder - Amuse (https://amuse.io/free-music-distribution https://amuse.io/free-music-distribution).

mapster 8y ago

my new side project: Chaingang for hackers. 8 hrs of manual labor in the summer heat of a southern state. code in the evening hours the moment you ship, you are released

inoda 8y ago
This had me rolling

tkjef 8y ago

diggin' Prod Bugs. definitely could relate. Opinions is pretty good as well.

pollux01 8y ago

Pivot and turn into a rapper instead and then chill with Jeff B. and B. Gates