On June 12 2012 11:56 XXGeneration wrote:
Power of TL is definitely evidenced by this.

On topic, pubbanana setting the bar low for featured blog quality!

Actually an Ama as well.

Dubzex

United States6994 Posts

June 12 2012 04:04 GMT

#22

Since this is an AMA, why do you need the song anyways?

TheFish7

United States2824 Posts

June 12 2012 04:06 GMT

#23

How old is this satellite?

Proseat

Germany5113 Posts

June 12 2012 11:39 GMT

#24

On June 12 2012 13:06 TheFish7 wrote:
How old is this satellite?

Almost four years old.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venesat-1

[The satellite called] Venesat-1, also known as Simón Bolívar, is the first Venezuelan satellite. [...] It was launched on a Chinese Long March 3B carrier rocket, from LA-2 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, at 16:53 GMT on 29 October 2008.

IamBach

United States1059 Posts

June 12 2012 14:12 GMT

#25

Wow nice job Proseat. I spent some time looking for this and I consider(ed) myself pretty knowledgeable with music.

Proseat

Germany5113 Posts

June 12 2012 16:08 GMT

#26

Yeah, I was intrigued that nobody had found it yet. And being the insomniac that I am, I gave it a try, for shits and giggles really. By the sound of it, it definitely had a Latin American, almost mariachi kind of touch to it. Since this was used in a Venezuelan broadcast and somebody posted earlier that their friend from Argentina said it sounded like something they've heard before, I figured it must be something well known in Latin America.

So I did a few trial and error searches on youtube, looking for famous mariachi pieces at first, then latin revolutionary marches and songs. After 15 minutes I meant to call it quits but tried one more query looking for "Venezuelan march". And this is when that Six Degrees Singers video turned up. Although acapella, it very much sounded like it and I finally had a title name from the comments, "Alma Llanera". So I typed that in next and -- by so finding that OSV recording -- could confirm the match and even found more information on Wikipedia (i.e. Joropo, not mariachi style).

Oboeman

Canada3980 Posts

June 12 2012 20:29 GMT

#27

I just youtubed "simon bolivar" because everything venezuelan is named after him, and the first video was the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra playing an encore, which included Alma Llanera.

go to about 4:15 for where it matches with the OP's song.
btw there's a reason this video came up first, it has over a million views for a reason. Watch it to the end.

but for some reason it didn't immediately click for me, so I kind of roamed around looking for venezuelan composers, stumbled across Aldemaro Romero (the wikipedia description "He composed a wide range of music, working in genres such as Caribbean, jazz, Venezuelan waltzes and symphonic works, which helped to modernize Venezuelan folk music" immediately caught my eye), looked him up and came up with him playing Alma Llanera on his famous "Dinner in Caracas" album. I listened to a different version of it, sounded familiar, came back here, compared. Then went back to the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra video and facepalmed because it was the first thing I looked at.

but proseat still beat me.

pubbanana

United States3063 Posts

June 13 2012 03:49 GMT

#28

Proseat, THANK YOU SO FUCKING MUCH.

I was hopeless for so long and you have given me exactly what I wanted.

And two statements: 1. I didn't know TL had since created "Featured Blogs" so I'm sorry for wasting your time and 2. What the fuck is an AMA? Not even a question, just a statement.

Anyhow, I used to be popular here on this forum, but I keep forgetting that SC2 exists and thus I am irrelevant, but anyhow, you guys still came through for me.

pubbanana

United States3063 Posts

June 13 2012 03:50 GMT

#29

On June 12 2012 13:04 Dubzex wrote:
Since this is an AMA, why do you need the song anyways?

As I just posted, I don't know what an AMA is (haven't been around recently) and I needed it because of a collection I'm making for my own personal use.

pubbanana

United States3063 Posts

June 13 2012 03:51 GMT

#30

On June 11 2012 22:13 ZeroCartin wrote:
My God pubbannana, this is a shame of a blog for a featured user. I AM STARTING TO BE ASHAMED OF MY SIG

Your signature is perfectly justified because I meant what I said. Also, my sister now has skin cancer in three different spots, but it's perfectly treatable, so don't be concerned.

Well, if you could feel a little concerned or worrisome, I would appreciate it.

On June 13 2012 05:29 Oboeman wrote:
I just youtubed "simon bolivar" because everything venezuelan is named after him, and the first video was the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra playing an encore, which included Alma Llanera.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_El7qwib0dc
go to about 4:15 for where it matches with the OP's song.
btw there's a reason this video came up first, it has over a million views for a reason. Watch it to the end.

but for some reason it didn't immediately click for me, so I kind of roamed around looking for venezuelan composers, stumbled across Aldemaro Romero (the wikipedia description "He composed a wide range of music, working in genres such as Caribbean, jazz, Venezuelan waltzes and symphonic works, which helped to modernize Venezuelan folk music" immediately caught my eye), looked him up and came up with him playing Alma Llanera on his famous "Dinner in Caracas" album. I listened to a different version of it, sounded familiar, came back here, compared. Then went back to the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra video and facepalmed because it was the first thing I looked at.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=342961
but proseat still beat me.

Hey, a facepalm is still worth me to me than you could ever imagine. You deserve just as much credit.

Proseat

Germany5113 Posts

June 14 2012 01:34 GMT

#31

On June 13 2012 12:49 pubbanana wrote:
Proseat, THANK YOU SO FUCKING MUCH.

I was hopeless for so long and you have given me exactly what I wanted.

Well, I'm glad I could be of service. You needed this for a personal collection, you say?

AMA = Ask Me Anything (usually reddit lingo)

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=AMA