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impressed by the LLM again - drumapella
Thursday, January 9th, 2025 04:20 amI came across this song on Youtube: The Cover Girls - Show Me Hearthrob Mix + Drumapella
The video shows an image of the vinyl record listing two separate songs on it, "Show Me (Heartthrob Mix)" and "Drumapella". I was curious what the 2nd song sounded like and wasn't clear if the video included it or not.
So I searched on that song title, "Drumapella", and was confused that the results listed many other songs by other artists with that word in their title. Searching on "what is drumapella" didn't give an answer. Wiktionary doesn't have the word listed either.
So I asked Copilot. This was the response:
"Drumapella" typically refers to a musical track or piece that combines the elements of a drumline (or drum track) with a cappella singing, which means singing without instrumental accompaniment. It's essentially a fusion of rhythmic drumming and vocal harmonies.
It’s an innovative way to blend percussive beats with vocal performances, creating a unique and dynamic sound.
Oh! So, "drum" + "a capella" = "drumapella". It makes sense.
Then I asked Copilot "What are some webpages that explain that?" The reply:
I couldn't find specific webpages that explain "drumapella" in detail, but there are some YouTube videos that showcase drumapella performances. These videos might give you a better understanding of how drumapella works...
It then gave links to 3 videos of songs with "drumapella" in the titles, none of whose descriptions explain what the word means. All 3 songs are from the same YouTube account, DjRubyEve. That account has been posting several remixes of famous songs per day, so I suspect the account uses AI to generate the remixes.
Other Youtube accounts have also posted "drumapella" songs, however. Some of these aren't drums + acapella singing, but rather only drums - a different usage/meaning of the word, which also makes sense.
A 1998 album with remixes of Madonna's song "Frozen" also has two "Drumapella" versions, so it is not a new word.
I am impressed that an LLM was able to figure out (presumably on its own, since I didn't find the word defined anywhere) that drumapella might be a combination of drums and acapella, especially as that didn't even occur to me until the LLM mentioned it.
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I have been turning to the LLMs for answers more and more often when my web searches prove unilluminating.
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When I originally searched on "what is drumapella", this Reddit page was one of the results: Is there a musical term for "a capella but percussion is allowed"?
I glossed over that page, because when I searched it, "drumapella" was not found. But now that I expanded all the collapsed comments in the thread, I found this one reply:
Dub?
”Drumcapella”?
So maybe the LLM partially got the answer from there even though "Drumcapella" has an extra "C" in it compared to "Drumapella".
The video shows an image of the vinyl record listing two separate songs on it, "Show Me (Heartthrob Mix)" and "Drumapella". I was curious what the 2nd song sounded like and wasn't clear if the video included it or not.
So I searched on that song title, "Drumapella", and was confused that the results listed many other songs by other artists with that word in their title. Searching on "what is drumapella" didn't give an answer. Wiktionary doesn't have the word listed either.
So I asked Copilot. This was the response:
"Drumapella" typically refers to a musical track or piece that combines the elements of a drumline (or drum track) with a cappella singing, which means singing without instrumental accompaniment. It's essentially a fusion of rhythmic drumming and vocal harmonies.
It’s an innovative way to blend percussive beats with vocal performances, creating a unique and dynamic sound.
Oh! So, "drum" + "a capella" = "drumapella". It makes sense.
Then I asked Copilot "What are some webpages that explain that?" The reply:
I couldn't find specific webpages that explain "drumapella" in detail, but there are some YouTube videos that showcase drumapella performances. These videos might give you a better understanding of how drumapella works...
It then gave links to 3 videos of songs with "drumapella" in the titles, none of whose descriptions explain what the word means. All 3 songs are from the same YouTube account, DjRubyEve. That account has been posting several remixes of famous songs per day, so I suspect the account uses AI to generate the remixes.
Other Youtube accounts have also posted "drumapella" songs, however. Some of these aren't drums + acapella singing, but rather only drums - a different usage/meaning of the word, which also makes sense.
A 1998 album with remixes of Madonna's song "Frozen" also has two "Drumapella" versions, so it is not a new word.
I am impressed that an LLM was able to figure out (presumably on its own, since I didn't find the word defined anywhere) that drumapella might be a combination of drums and acapella, especially as that didn't even occur to me until the LLM mentioned it.
.
I have been turning to the LLMs for answers more and more often when my web searches prove unilluminating.
.
When I originally searched on "what is drumapella", this Reddit page was one of the results: Is there a musical term for "a capella but percussion is allowed"?
I glossed over that page, because when I searched it, "drumapella" was not found. But now that I expanded all the collapsed comments in the thread, I found this one reply:
Dub?
”Drumcapella”?
So maybe the LLM partially got the answer from there even though "Drumcapella" has an extra "C" in it compared to "Drumapella".