do you like music? - Page 2

monster · 10-03-2009, 04:55 PM

i like "alternative rock" -and stay current, not stuck in the age of my youth- and some other stuff. I detest Jazz and cannot even tolerate it in the background. I dislike country music. I'm not a huge classical music fan either. Beavis and Butthed have more sophisticated musical tastes than me.

I'm getting the Kings of Leon cd for my birthday. well, I'd be getting it if it wasn't my birthday too, but it's a good excuse.

Undertoad · 10-03-2009, 06:20 PM

I like almost everything. This is a change from when I liked almost nothing and was an asshole about it.

I like old country better than new country, though, and new folk better than old folk, and I suppose I don't like techno/house.

My wheelhouses are euro pop, power pop, psychedelic/space rock, post-rock.

smoothmoniker · 10-03-2009, 06:26 PM

I'm taking a seminar course right now in advanced songwriting. It's very cool - the seminar is basically 8 of us who do music for a living, and two guys with a ton of experience writing for artists lead the seminar.

Every week, we are given a prompt and a style, and we have to write at minimum a verse and chorus from that. The reason I bring it up is because the prompt for this week is "political" and the genre is "chill house".

Ugggh.

I think I'll start a thread where I just post the stuff I write for that course.

monster · 10-03-2009, 08:13 PM

i like me a little euro-trance from teh 90s..... yomanda synth and strings is mah fave

Flint · 10-03-2009, 09:03 PM

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Or, when they set out to do something stupid to begin with, and succeed.

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I'm gonna assume this includes every commercial country tune made in the last two decades.

However, I have played in bands that did Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, etc.

Mr. Show

lumberjim · 10-03-2009, 09:08 PM

cs lewis jr as in the guy who's dad wrote narnia?

Flint · 10-03-2009, 09:09 PM

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Mr. Show

imadiscoduck · 10-03-2009, 10:48 PM

i love music!

dar512 · 10-03-2009, 11:27 PM

I like most kinds of music other than soprano opera singers - too screechy, and rap - which doesn't do much for me.

However I dislike most of the new stuff currently played on the radio and I'm bored with the same old stuff played on the oldies stations. So most of the stuff I listen to on the radio is npr jazz and folk.

lumberjim · 10-03-2009, 11:30 PM

i like music i can feel. If i have to think about liking it....i don't like it.

Griff · 10-04-2009, 07:00 AM

Nice Flint! Willie is probably the grandfather of alt-country music and as such is held in high esteem. Haggard and Cash and that whole crowd tapped into something very authentic. I like a awful lot of music from bluegrass to alt to metal to ska to Jazz but I cannot listen to Shania Twain clones or hat country flavor of the week.

elSicomoro · 10-04-2009, 12:37 PM

I had a debate with some friends on Twitter the other day...they were lamenting the fact that ABBA is nominated for the Rock Hall of Fame. They seem to be music snobs, and they narrowly define what rock music is.

I don't know if ABBA should be in the Rock Hall, but I think electronic and dance and hip-hop artists are worthy of entry. To me, the more modern forms of music are still very much connected to rock music. Much more so than rock is connected to jazz and blues. I think the point my friends were really trying to make is that the Rock Hall should not be based on popularity.

And I agree...though I don't think that's totally the case anyway. And the Rock Hall selection process is very weird and controlled. The Stooges should have been in years ago, and there are plenty of worthy bands that are not in there yet.

smoothmoniker · 10-04-2009, 05:24 PM

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I like most kinds of music other than soprano opera singers - too screechy

May I humbly suggest that you may have been listening to the wrong operatic sopranos? My favorite currently singing is Angela Gheorghiu, and there's nothing screechy about her. The high notes just soar, both her control and her intensity are flawless. Here's one example, there are many others:

smoothmoniker · 10-04-2009, 05:30 PM

OK, one more, but then I promise to restrain myself

xoxoxoBruce · 10-04-2009, 09:32 PM

Needs more cowbell.

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10-03-2009, 04:55 PM	#16
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	i like "alternative rock" -and stay current, not stuck in the age of my youth- and some other stuff. I detest Jazz and cannot even tolerate it in the background. I dislike country music. I'm not a huge classical music fan either. Beavis and Butthed have more sophisticated musical tastes than me. I'm getting the Kings of Leon cd for my birthday. well, I'd be getting it if it wasn't my birthday too, but it's a good excuse. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-03-2009, 06:26 PM	#18
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	I'm taking a seminar course right now in advanced songwriting. It's very cool - the seminar is basically 8 of us who do music for a living, and two guys with a ton of experience writing for artists lead the seminar. Every week, we are given a prompt and a style, and we have to write at minimum a verse and chorus from that. The reason I bring it up is because the prompt for this week is "political" and the genre is "chill house". Ugggh. I think I'll start a thread where I just post the stuff I write for that course. __________________ to live and die in LA

10-03-2009, 08:13 PM	#19
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	i like me a little euro-trance from teh 90s..... yomanda synth and strings is mah fave __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-03-2009, 09:08 PM	#21
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	cs lewis jr as in the guy who's dad wrote narnia? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-03-2009, 06:20 PM	#17
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I like almost everything. This is a change from when I liked almost nothing and was an asshole about it. I like old country better than new country, though, and new folk better than old folk, and I suppose I don't like techno/house. My wheelhouses are euro pop, power pop, psychedelic/space rock, post-rock.

10-03-2009, 10:48 PM	#23
imadiscoduck Jessie Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: nowhere Posts: 3	i love music!

10-03-2009, 11:27 PM	#24
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	I like most kinds of music other than soprano opera singers - too screechy, and rap - which doesn't do much for me. However I dislike most of the new stuff currently played on the radio and I'm bored with the same old stuff played on the oldies stations. So most of the stuff I listen to on the radio is npr jazz and folk. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

10-03-2009, 11:30 PM	#25
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i like music i can feel. If i have to think about liking it....i don't like it. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-04-2009, 07:00 AM	#26
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Nice Flint! Willie is probably the grandfather of alt-country music and as such is held in high esteem. Haggard and Cash and that whole crowd tapped into something very authentic. I like a awful lot of music from bluegrass to alt to metal to ska to Jazz but I cannot listen to Shania Twain clones or hat country flavor of the week. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-04-2009, 12:37 PM	#27
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I had a debate with some friends on Twitter the other day...they were lamenting the fact that ABBA is nominated for the Rock Hall of Fame. They seem to be music snobs, and they narrowly define what rock music is. I don't know if ABBA should be in the Rock Hall, but I think electronic and dance and hip-hop artists are worthy of entry. To me, the more modern forms of music are still very much connected to rock music. Much more so than rock is connected to jazz and blues. I think the point my friends were really trying to make is that the Rock Hall should not be based on popularity. And I agree...though I don't think that's totally the case anyway. And the Rock Hall selection process is very weird and controlled. The Stooges should have been in years ago, and there are plenty of worthy bands that are not in there yet.

10-04-2009, 05:30 PM	#29
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	OK, one more, but then I promise to restrain myself __________________ to live and die in LA

10-04-2009, 09:32 PM	#30
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Needs more cowbell. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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