Music Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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skip-hop n. Local hip-hop—or skip-hop as it is sometimes known—is also raising the profile of other rhyming-based performance such as spoken word and poetry slamming. [English Australia Entertainment Hip-Hop Music] [full cite] (May. 29, 2007)

skronk n. The music touched on free jazz, especially when Krieger let forth some quick runs or hit those intense, dented notes aficionados refer to as “skronk.” He was a fiery presence onstage, often bending over an amp to produce feedback or furiously stomping on his pedals. [English Music Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 8, 2008)

sleep on someone v. phr. “I enjoy being slept on,” DeVaughn told Billboard, referring to industry slang for people not quite being aware of an artist and his music yet. “It’s like being on the verge of a cult movement. But making the underground-to-above-ground transition is cool. The best thing I can do is stay on the road and build a grass-roots following. I’m constantly about building my brand.” [English Music Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 5, 2008)

sleeveface n. Sleeveface is the art of “one or more persons obscurings or augmenting any part of the body or bodies with record sleeve(s) causing an illusion.” [English Arts & Literature Music Online New or Nonce] [full cite] (Jan. 15, 2008)

soft ticket n. Most country artists, even many of the ones who score big radio hits, perform on what is known as the “soft ticket” market, meaning venues such as casinos and fairs, where crowds will gather regardless of the act and where performers can make decent guaranteed money without having to count on people paying for a ticket that allows entrance into a concert and nothing else. Someone who pays $60 to see a concert at a stadium, amphitheatre or arena has purchased a “hard ticket.” [English Entertainment Music Jargon] [full cite] (May. 22, 2006)

song sharking n. The personals are full of them; want ads promising easy fame and fortune for people with undiscovered talent. Music industry neophytes show up, audition, and receive every promise under the sun, if they put up a little of their own cash first “as a show of good faith.” The practice is called “song sharking,” and though the scam’s potency has faded in recent years, it still exists in smaller communities, on means to prey on people’s dreams and finances. [English Music] [full cite] (Sep. 11, 2007)

songdropper n. The term “Songlifting” appears to more narrowly define who is being targeted. A “songlifter” implies one who uploads; while presumable a “songdropper” would be the contrary. [English Music New or Nonce] [full cite] (Mar. 3, 2006)

songlift v. The term “Songlifting” appears to more narrowly define who is being targeted. A “songlifter” implies one who uploads; while presumable a “songdropper” would be the contrary. [English Music New or Nonce] [full cite] (Mar. 3, 2006)

songlifter n. The term “Songlifting” appears to more narrowly define who is being targeted. A “songlifter” implies one who uploads; while presumable a “songdropper” would be the contrary. [English Music New or Nonce] [full cite] (Mar. 3, 2006)

sonic brand trigger n. The RAB which obviously has something of a vested interest in the issue is attempting to update the use of sounds in advertising, and has even come up with an alternative name to the slightly downmarket jingle sonic brand triggers. [English Advertising Music] [full cite] (Jan. 3, 2005)

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