On Monday, I had surgery on my shoulder, giving me lots of free time. I've been watching a lot of Velocity, but at only two days in, I am ready to throw in the towel. What is it with all of the generic rock riffs when people are talking or engines are running? It's absolute dreck, making it hard to concentrate on the dialog. Not that the dialog is Emmy-worthy, of course. Now get off my lawn.
What you need is some Steel Panther!
they play those generic riffs that almost kinda sorta sound like something you recognize because they don't have the budget to get the rights to use the actual song... so they bring in the producer's stoner nephew that plays guitar and give him a few bucks to "sound like Back in Black, but not exactly like Back in Black"..
novaderrik wrote: they play those generic riffs that almost kinda sorta sound like something you recognize because they don't have the budget to get the rights to use the actual song... so they bring in the producer's stoner nephew that plays guitar and give him a few bucks to "sound like Back in Black, but not exactly like Back in Black"..
I am pretty sure it's this
Car dudes like rock, bro.
I think the question is less "Why is the music generic?", and more "Why are they playing music when the dude is talking, or the engine is making nice sounds?"
Nothing ruins a car video faster than music.
AngryCorvair wrote: What you need is some Steel Panther!
Steel Panther would be fantastic background music for a car show EXCEPT you couldn't hear the lyrics very well. And the lyrics are a big part of that experience.....
Steel Panther?
Every car show should have the main riff to "United Forces" by S.O.D. as background music at all times..
Streetwiseguy wrote: I think the question is less "Why is the music generic?", and more "Why are they playing music when the dude is talking, or the engine is making nice sounds?" Nothing ruins a car video faster than music.
This. And Overhaulin' is the worst offender.
AngryCorvair wrote: What you need is some Steel Panther!
They actually appeared on one of the car shows on Velocity channel in the last year or two. I thought it was a bit at first (like Spinal Tap), then it turned out they were a real band.
From my days in local access tv land, there is "generic" music available specifically for tv production. The licensing for this music is owned by a single entity. If you use popular/classical music recordings, the music is owned by both the composer and the publisher. You need to get permissions from both. The generic music needs to only talk to one entity.
That's why you see a lot of shows use similar music, especially if they are produced by the same network/company. They get a license to a library of music and use it for all of their productions.
Generic Crunk Rap?
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