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

35 points by stdoutrap ↗ HN
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!

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karmakaze
Nice shout-out to kill-9 a nerdcore fave.
stdoutrap
I was wondering if anybody would catch that! A little homage to some classic nerdcore ;)
sergiotapia
"Refactoring code that didn't even matter."

I'm personally attacked!

ryanbertrand
I really love Hell.js and Mess.css

So on point.

Existenceblinks
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
I love your music! Hell.js is probably my favorite. Hope you can get on spotify soon.
default-kramer
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!)

mapster
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
This had me rolling
tkjef
diggin' Prod Bugs. definitely could relate. Opinions is pretty good as well.
pollux01
Pivot and turn into a rapper instead and then chill with Jeff B. and B. Gates