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#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 🎶🎧🎵 Day 12: A song with a melody that emphasizes chord tones. Going Down the Road Feeling Bad • Elizabeth Cotten

Elizabeth Cotten - "Going Down the Road Feeling Bad" [Official Audio]

YouTube video by Smithsonian Folkways

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ismua ᴮˡᵘᵉˢᵏʸ ᴱˡᵈᵉʳ📯 🌈⛵💜@ismua.bsky.social · 3w ago

Coming soon... #IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 (please use both hashtags) Early posting begins on Sep. 30 at 10:00 PM CET (4:00 PM EST). Check the alt text for the prompts, and the reply has a link to the feed (will be updated when the challenge starts). @newmusicchallenges.bsky.social

Day 1: A song with a slap bass.
Day 2: A song with a wah-wah guitar.
Day 3: A song you would play while watching a sunrise.
Day 4: A song you wish you could hear for the first time again.
Day 5: A song that makes you laugh.
Day 6: A song that uses a secondary dominant.
Day 7: A song that feels strangely peaceful.
Day 8: 112. A song that makes you think of a crowded nightclub.
Day 9: A song for the world's strangest party.
Day 10: A song where the bass and drums talk to each other.
Day 11: A song that uses parallel major and minor.
Day 12: A song with a melody that emphasizes chord tones.
Day 13: A song with a memorable spoken-word section.
Day 14: A song that deserves a jazz interpretation.
Day 15: A song that deserves a rock interpretation.
Day 16: A song you’d love to hear another artist perform.
Day 17: A song with a surprisingly good acoustic version.
Day 18: A remix that changes the character of the original.
Day 19: A song that predicted a musical trend.
Day 20: A song with a counterpoint.
Day 21: A song featuring broken-chord accompaniment.
Day 22: A song that introduced you to an artist you now love.
Day 23: A song that belongs at the end of a long night.
Day 24: A song you would put in a time capsule.
Day 25: A song for a rainy Sunday afternoon.
Day 26: A song that reminds you of being a teenager.
Day 27: A song you heard live before the studio version.
Day 28: A song where the vocals are almost an instrument themselves.
Day 29: A song containing a clear ii–V–I progression.
Day 30: A song that uses found sounds creatively.  
Day 31: A spooky song.

#ClocktoberMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky music related to time and its passing - the word itself, specific times, timepieces, measurements of time, age, youth, anything you can justify as fitting the theme! Oct 12. When I'm Sixty-Four • The Beatles

When I'm Sixty Four

YouTube video by The Beatles - Topic

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We Could Send Letters@wecdsend.bsky.social · 3w ago

If you have a few minutes to spare, please feel free to join me for a #ClocktoberMusic thing! During October, let's share music related to time and its passing - the word itself, specific times, timepieces, measurements of time, age, youth, anything you can justify as fitting the theme!

#EmojiSounds #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 12: 🤔 That Funny Feeling • Bo Burnham

That Funny Feeling -- Bo Burnham (from "Inside")

YouTube video by boburnham

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L'agrume@lagrume.bsky.social · 3w ago

#EmojiSounds Don't hesitate to ask me if you can't see it well or for any information 1-🏁 2-🍓 3-3️⃣ 4-💳 5-🥊 6-🤏 7-🏍 8-🍽 9-🪘 10-🇪🇺 11-🐫 12-🤔 13-🫖 14-🕔 15-⛽️ 16-❓️ 17-🐬 18-🌴 19-🛒 20-🧘🏼‍♀️ 21-🇨🇩 22-👩‍🚀 23-💄 24-⚰️ 25-🆘️ 26-😿 27-🏥 28-🎶 29-💀 30-🍬 31-🔚

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 11 - A song that uses parallel major and minor. Mary Janes Last Dance • Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Mary Jane's Last Dance (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by TomPettyVEVO

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ismua ᴮˡᵘᵉˢᵏʸ ᴱˡᵈᵉʳ📯 🌈⛵💜@ismua.bsky.social · 2d ago

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 1️⃣1️⃣: A song that uses parallel major and minor. 🗣️ Huey Lewis and the News 🔊 The Power of Love ✨ Verses: C minor / C Dorian gives the song a darker, more restrained feel. Chorus: C major

#EmojiSounds #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 11-🐫 My Humps • The Black Eyed Peas

The Black Eyed Peas - My Humps

YouTube video by BlackEyedPeasVEVO

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L'agrume@lagrume.bsky.social · 3w ago

#EmojiSounds Don't hesitate to ask me if you can't see it well or for any information 1-🏁 2-🍓 3-3️⃣ 4-💳 5-🥊 6-🤏 7-🏍 8-🍽 9-🪘 10-🇪🇺 11-🐫 12-🤔 13-🫖 14-🕔 15-⛽️ 16-❓️ 17-🐬 18-🌴 19-🛒 20-🧘🏼‍♀️ 21-🇨🇩 22-👩‍🚀 23-💄 24-⚰️ 25-🆘️ 26-😿 27-🏥 28-🎶 29-💀 30-🍬 31-🔚

#ClocktoberMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky music related to time and its passing - the word itself, specific times, timepieces, measurements of time, age, youth, anything you can justify as fitting the theme! Oct 11. Times Like These • Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters - Times Like These (Official HD Video)

YouTube video by foofightersVEVO

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We Could Send Letters@wecdsend.bsky.social · 3w ago

If you have a few minutes to spare, please feel free to join me for a #ClocktoberMusic thing! During October, let's share music related to time and its passing - the word itself, specific times, timepieces, measurements of time, age, youth, anything you can justify as fitting the theme!

#BreakingKindSongs #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 1️⃣0️⃣ - Guest Host @paulpauly.bsky.social‘s Choice: World Mental Health Day Navy Taxi • Kate Nash "Take your time love 'Cause you don't have to rush 'Cause it's your life and it's no one else's, sweetheart Don't let someone put you in a box."

Navy Taxi

YouTube video by Kate Nash - Topic

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𝓙𝓮𝓪𝓷 𖹭.ᐟ@breakingkind.bsky.social · 3d ago

#BreakingKindSongs [Please use the hashtag!⤴️] #MusicChallenge Day 1️⃣0️⃣ - Guest Host's Choice: Host Paul picks the prompt. Thanks! @paulpauly.bsky.social World Mental Health Day: To celebrate, post a song that makes you feel good! The O'Jays ~ Love Train ❤︎‬ youtu.be/SsYOAIR4L_w?...

#ClocktoberMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky music related to time and its passing - the word itself, specific times, timepieces, measurements of time, age, youth, anything you can justify as fitting the theme! Oct 10. Midnight Special • Leadbelly

Midnight Special (Remastered 2002)

YouTube video by Lead Belly - Topic

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We Could Send Letters@wecdsend.bsky.social · 3w ago

If you have a few minutes to spare, please feel free to join me for a #ClocktoberMusic thing! During October, let's share music related to time and its passing - the word itself, specific times, timepieces, measurements of time, age, youth, anything you can justify as fitting the theme!

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 1️⃣0️⃣: A song where the bass and drums talk to each other. Mother Popcorn • James Brown

Mother Popcorn (Pts.1 & 2)

YouTube video by James Brown - Topic

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ismua ᴮˡᵘᵉˢᵏʸ ᴱˡᵈᵉʳ📯 🌈⛵💜@ismua.bsky.social · 3d ago

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 1️⃣0️⃣: A song where the bass and drums talk to each other. 🗣️ Weather Report 🔊 Teen Town

#EmojiSounds #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day - 🇪🇺 Radio Free Europe • R.E.M.

Radio Free Europe

YouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic

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L'agrume@lagrume.bsky.social · 3w ago

#EmojiSounds Don't hesitate to ask me if you can't see it well or for any information 1-🏁 2-🍓 3-3️⃣ 4-💳 5-🥊 6-🤏 7-🏍 8-🍽 9-🪘 10-🇪🇺 11-🐫 12-🤔 13-🫖 14-🕔 15-⛽️ 16-❓️ 17-🐬 18-🌴 19-🛒 20-🧘🏼‍♀️ 21-🇨🇩 22-👩‍🚀 23-💄 24-⚰️ 25-🆘️ 26-😿 27-🏥 28-🎶 29-💀 30-🍬 31-🔚

#Howl-A-Ween #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 9. Witchy ditties to dance by the fire to Bottom of the River • Delta Rae

Delta Rae - Bottom Of The River [Official Music Video]

YouTube video by Delta Rae

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Raised On Radio 👻✨ 📻🦇🎃🎶@raisedonradio.bsky.social · 2w ago

📌Please join myself & @dmadcat.bsky.social for our Halloween-themed October music challenge! 🎃🖤🎶 #Howl-A-Ween #MusicSky #MusicChallenge *Daily prompts *Drop In/Out ❗EARLY POSTING❗Starts Sept 30th, AFTER 5pm EST. Each day's prompt, no earlier than 5pm the night before. 😎 #music #spookyseason 👻

October 2026, "Howl-A-Ween #MusicChallenge #MusicSky This image is three parts of a month-long Halloween music challenge, hosted by DMadCat and RaisedOnRadio.  Each day is a music prompt, inspired by the Spooky Season! 

Howl-A-Ween 2026 prompts

1. An Artist who first drew breath under an October sky
2. Bacchanalian bangers to wake the Spirits
3. Vintage compositions from a bygone age
4. Superstitious strains to soothe your sable feline
5. Black as midnight, black as pitch
6. Eldritch Dreams or Nightmares
7. The Spirits rest to gather their strength (Open Theme)
8. Antediluvian Folk Songs
9. Witchy ditties to dance by the fire to
10. Songs that make a deal with The Devil
11. Guttural Gothic grooves under a gibbous moon
12. Sinister songs with Female Vocals
13. Songs about Luck, good or bad
14. Severed Body Parts in the title or lyrics
15. Songs from now Spectral Singers
16. Sorrowful secrets never to be told
17. The Night closes in on the title or lyrics
18. Something Creepy this way comes
19. A Tenebrous Movie/Film Score
20. A Tragic Story of Love or Loss
21. The screaming howls of a Punk convocation
22. Macabre melodies for the Five Senses
23. A Refrain in Blood
24. A Sepuchral Piece to accompany your Funerial rites.
25. Elemental incantations to awaken Earth, Hearth, Wind, or Tide.
26. Somber strains about Grief or Loss
27. A Supernatural serenade to pierce the veil
28. An ophidian aria that Wears a Disguise
29. As regards the Colours of the Season
30. Remarkable melodies with a whisper of Magic
31. Hoary hymns for Halloween Night!

#ClocktoberMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky music related to time and its passing - the word itself, specific times, timepieces, measurements of time, age, youth, anything you can justify as fitting the theme! Oct 9. Once • Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam - Once (Official Audio)

YouTube video by PearljamVEVO

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We Could Send Letters@wecdsend.bsky.social · 3w ago

If you have a few minutes to spare, please feel free to join me for a #ClocktoberMusic thing! During October, let's share music related to time and its passing - the word itself, specific times, timepieces, measurements of time, age, youth, anything you can justify as fitting the theme!

#EmojiSounds #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 9-🪘 Ecstasy • Rusted Root

Rusted Root - Ecstasy

YouTube video by RustedRootVEVO

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L'agrume@lagrume.bsky.social · 3w ago

#EmojiSounds Don't hesitate to ask me if you can't see it well or for any information 1-🏁 2-🍓 3-3️⃣ 4-💳 5-🥊 6-🤏 7-🏍 8-🍽 9-🪘 10-🇪🇺 11-🐫 12-🤔 13-🫖 14-🕔 15-⛽️ 16-❓️ 17-🐬 18-🌴 19-🛒 20-🧘🏼‍♀️ 21-🇨🇩 22-👩‍🚀 23-💄 24-⚰️ 25-🆘️ 26-😿 27-🏥 28-🎶 29-💀 30-🍬 31-🔚

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 🎶🎧🎵 Day 9: A song for the world's strangest party Hare Krishna • Hair 🎬🍿

Hair - Hare Krishna - LSD trip scene

YouTube video by 88 Romeo

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ismua ᴮˡᵘᵉˢᵏʸ ᴱˡᵈᵉʳ📯 🌈⛵💜@ismua.bsky.social · 3w ago

Coming soon... #IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 (please use both hashtags) Early posting begins on Sep. 30 at 10:00 PM CET (4:00 PM EST). Check the alt text for the prompts, and the reply has a link to the feed (will be updated when the challenge starts). @newmusicchallenges.bsky.social

Day 1: A song with a slap bass.
Day 2: A song with a wah-wah guitar.
Day 3: A song you would play while watching a sunrise.
Day 4: A song you wish you could hear for the first time again.
Day 5: A song that makes you laugh.
Day 6: A song that uses a secondary dominant.
Day 7: A song that feels strangely peaceful.
Day 8: 112. A song that makes you think of a crowded nightclub.
Day 9: A song for the world's strangest party.
Day 10: A song where the bass and drums talk to each other.
Day 11: A song that uses parallel major and minor.
Day 12: A song with a melody that emphasizes chord tones.
Day 13: A song with a memorable spoken-word section.
Day 14: A song that deserves a jazz interpretation.
Day 15: A song that deserves a rock interpretation.
Day 16: A song you’d love to hear another artist perform.
Day 17: A song with a surprisingly good acoustic version.
Day 18: A remix that changes the character of the original.
Day 19: A song that predicted a musical trend.
Day 20: A song with a counterpoint.
Day 21: A song featuring broken-chord accompaniment.
Day 22: A song that introduced you to an artist you now love.
Day 23: A song that belongs at the end of a long night.
Day 24: A song you would put in a time capsule.
Day 25: A song for a rainy Sunday afternoon.
Day 26: A song that reminds you of being a teenager.
Day 27: A song you heard live before the studio version.
Day 28: A song where the vocals are almost an instrument themselves.
Day 29: A song containing a clear ii–V–I progression.
Day 30: A song that uses found sounds creatively.  
Day 31: A spooky song.

#Howl-A-Ween #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 8. Antediluvian Folk Songs Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) • Bob Dylan & The Band From the album Before The Flood

Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) (Live at LA Forum, Inglewood, CA - February 1974)

YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO

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Raised On Radio 👻✨ 📻🦇🎃🎶@raisedonradio.bsky.social · 2w ago

📌Please join myself & @dmadcat.bsky.social for our Halloween-themed October music challenge! 🎃🖤🎶 #Howl-A-Ween #MusicSky #MusicChallenge *Daily prompts *Drop In/Out ❗EARLY POSTING❗Starts Sept 30th, AFTER 5pm EST. Each day's prompt, no earlier than 5pm the night before. 😎 #music #spookyseason 👻

October 2026, "Howl-A-Ween #MusicChallenge #MusicSky This image is three parts of a month-long Halloween music challenge, hosted by DMadCat and RaisedOnRadio.  Each day is a music prompt, inspired by the Spooky Season! 

Howl-A-Ween 2026 prompts

1. An Artist who first drew breath under an October sky
2. Bacchanalian bangers to wake the Spirits
3. Vintage compositions from a bygone age
4. Superstitious strains to soothe your sable feline
5. Black as midnight, black as pitch
6. Eldritch Dreams or Nightmares
7. The Spirits rest to gather their strength (Open Theme)
8. Antediluvian Folk Songs
9. Witchy ditties to dance by the fire to
10. Songs that make a deal with The Devil
11. Guttural Gothic grooves under a gibbous moon
12. Sinister songs with Female Vocals
13. Songs about Luck, good or bad
14. Severed Body Parts in the title or lyrics
15. Songs from now Spectral Singers
16. Sorrowful secrets never to be told
17. The Night closes in on the title or lyrics
18. Something Creepy this way comes
19. A Tenebrous Movie/Film Score
20. A Tragic Story of Love or Loss
21. The screaming howls of a Punk convocation
22. Macabre melodies for the Five Senses
23. A Refrain in Blood
24. A Sepuchral Piece to accompany your Funerial rites.
25. Elemental incantations to awaken Earth, Hearth, Wind, or Tide.
26. Somber strains about Grief or Loss
27. A Supernatural serenade to pierce the veil
28. An ophidian aria that Wears a Disguise
29. As regards the Colours of the Season
30. Remarkable melodies with a whisper of Magic
31. Hoary hymns for Halloween Night!

#EmojiSounds #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 8-🍽 Mambo Italiano • Rosemary Clooney

06 Rosemary Clooney / Mambo Italiano

YouTube video by thecatkeaton

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L'agrume@lagrume.bsky.social · 3w ago

#EmojiSounds Don't hesitate to ask me if you can't see it well or for any information 1-🏁 2-🍓 3-3️⃣ 4-💳 5-🥊 6-🤏 7-🏍 8-🍽 9-🪘 10-🇪🇺 11-🐫 12-🤔 13-🫖 14-🕔 15-⛽️ 16-❓️ 17-🐬 18-🌴 19-🛒 20-🧘🏼‍♀️ 21-🇨🇩 22-👩‍🚀 23-💄 24-⚰️ 25-🆘️ 26-😿 27-🏥 28-🎶 29-💀 30-🍬 31-🔚