Monday, December 23, 2019

Musical Monday: The Nightcore Before Christmas


...And we must prepare accordingly! I would never go this long without having something ready for my second favorite Holiday (my favorite being Thanksgiving)! What better way to enjoy Christmas than Nightcore?

For those of you not in the loop, nightcore generally refers to songs sped up on average from 10-30%.  It was coined by the Norwegian DJ duo,  Thomas S. Nilsen and Steffen Olga Soderholm.  It was originally used for their own dance music, because they noticed that speeding up their tracks kept their music very happy while also still suitably "edgy".  However, when music aficionados on YouTube found this genre, they edited their favorite tracks with various sound-editing software, making their own "nightcore" takes on various songs, and no genre was left out: Hip-hop, rock, musica numbers, and even Christmas music, which perfectly fits the jolly power the nighcore style of mixing can convey.

To give you an example of this, here is a nightcore take on What's This:


While perhaps not the best introduction to NightCore, you can hear how the audible energy of Jack Skellington is now almost doubled, brimming with enthusiasm!

If you think that nightcore has potential, try playlists such as this one and this one!

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