hip hop, reggie/ska, techno/electronic, folk, old school indie, punk and heavy metal are the genres I have a sustained interest in but I enjoy stuff from others as well.
It's more the culture and hateful attitude of many of it's top performers and the lyrics in songs than music per se. I have heard some good funny calypso songs like Count Basha - Miss Constance
Really? the raggae I listen to is fun, tropical, sunny, bright, islandy, and mostly about smokin' weed and getting high. Which is exactly what those performers are doing while composing and performing their songs. There are many raggae artists in Miami. Outside of some bad and illegal habits, they seem like decent people.
Like some folks I just can't understand people that only like one type of music or, even worse, one band or artist. I like "music". If I like a tune I like a tune. There's no choice involved. A favourite recent tune is Ethiopian jazz. Before that I didn't even know Ethiopian jazz existed. I literally like tunes from all sorts of genre's. The only sort I don't really have is ultra-hardcore metal. The sort where it's really fast with the "singer" just gruntng into the mic. The "sound" of that just doesn't qualify as music to me. There's no hook or swing and I suppose that's probably the common theme in music I like. Something that makes your body move. That said...the genres I have most of are rock/metal, electronica/breakbeat and soul/funk. Put some James Brown on and I'm a happy man. Oh and I generally don't trust someone that doesn't like at least one Elvis tune. The man was a god. If you can't recognise that then you don't really like music IMHO.
I'm a big jazz fan. I studied jazz performance in university. My preference is stuff like Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Jimmy Raney and the standard repertoire associated with them (Great American Songbook, etc). There is simply no greater challenge to a musician than jazz played at its highest level, though Western and Indian classical music can present equivalent but different demands upon the performer. I'm also a fan of modern classical (Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Webern, Shoenberg, Takemitsu, Messiaen, Ligeti to name a few). Who needs tonality anyway? Other than that, I like prog rock and its related genres: Bands lik Rush, Yes, Mars Volta, Coheed and Cambria. I also enjoy indigenous music, particularly European and American folk music, from Saami Yoiks to Bluegrass. Best regards, -Mark
One of my favourites... [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rps80QdDtM&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rps80QdDtM&feature=related[/ame]
That was badass. Whilst we're getting folksy, here's one from my home: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRgMI4o_Rtw&feature=related"]YouTube - Farewell to Nova Scotia‏[/ame] Note the pronounciation of dreary and early: "dreer-eye" and "earl-eye". Very important. You can tell if someone's not a Bluenoser (and is therefore a poser! ) if they don't sing it that way. At any rate, I feel it has the most poetic lyrics of any song ever written. But maybe you have to be a Bluenoser to feel that way. Best regards, -Mark
Obviously, I need not lecture you on the blood-links between Gaelic/Celtic and Her first-born, American Bluegrass. The instrumentation, phonetics, phraseology common bewtween the two can bring chill bumps. Here's another fav. ( I think him Canadian ) I liked the Tannahill Weavers' version of it better, but couldn't find a vid of 'em. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQSEn-SZzpM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQSEn-SZzpM[/ame]
Depends on my mood: b) rock - preferably metal! d) country e) salsa i) oldies k) punk l) instrumental m) other In my case "m" covers a wide range of other styles of music.
Yes, Stan grew up in Ontario but his parents were Maritimers. A great songwriter. If you'd like to hear more East Coast folk music, look up the group "Ryan's Fancy". They were active from the 60's to the 80's. Irish immigrants to Newfoundland. One of them still performs. Best regards, -Mark
Well, I was a professional musician for a number of years. I had to keep myself inspired to practice, so listening to musicians who could do things that I couldn't was the best motivator I could have. When I thought I was becoming a damn good bassist, I'd just listen to some Jaco Pastorius and realize how far I had to go. When I thought my jazz solos were starting to get good, I'd listen to Charlie Parker and head off to practice some more. There's nothing quite like comparing one's self to the top 0.5 % to keep one humble and motivated. Best regards, -Mark
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri3zPE5OqJg&feature=related"]YouTube - Abney Park - Airship Pirate remastered version - steampunk music‏[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4YuqjsVhfo&feature=related"]YouTube - The Watchmakers Apprentice by The Clockwork Quartet‏[/ame] Definitely the best music for me.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hglVqACd1C8"]YouTube - Tool - Sober [hq - fullscreen]‏[/ame] and [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WcWHZc8s2I"]YouTube - Sade - No Ordinary Love‏[/ame]
Apparently, Great White Sharks prefer AC/DC. http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog...e+fans+of+rock+band+ac|dc+tour+operator+says/ which means you could be in a cage watching them swim by & listening to this... [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RukUetw0hAM"]YouTube - AC/DC - Thunderstruck‏[/ame] Way cool......Cheers!
