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What's your favorite music?

The Grim Reaper's Friend said:
Andreas Vollenweider's "Down to the Moon" was the first CD I ever purchased after I bought my first CD player! Yes, I like his music, though haven't heard it for a while. I'm familiar with the others and have some of their CDs. Others you might like (you may already know these): Kitaro, Enya, Constance Demby, Raphael.
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I've heard of Enya, but not the others. Is that Raphael a classical composser or is he New Age? I ask because there is a classical Raphael. Tell me, do you have Dancing with the Lion? It is really cool.
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Raphael: Music to Disappear in I & II (might be on Amazon), Angels of the Deep (this is wonderful and includes the sounds of whale song in it). Not the classical composer.

Yes, I have Dancing With the Lion. I'll have to listen to that again soon, as it has been a long time since I've listened to his music. His music has a wonderful bounce that always cheers me up.

Kitaro is a Japanese musician. Favorites include Oasis, Ki, and Silver Cloud. I'm mostly fond of these earlier works.
 
Hmm, thanks for the references, I'll have to check those things out.
 
If you check out Constance Demby, try "Novus Magnifiicat" first. I think it's her masterpiece. She's sometimes referred to as the Queen of New Age. :)

You should be able to find all the artists mentioned on YouTube. Since New Age is such a diverse genre, YouTube is a great way to try before you buy.

Another group popped into my head last night... Mythos. I'm listening to one of their tracks on YouTube as I'm typing.

I'm also very fond of the Windham Hill label as well.

If you're interested in branching out to the Space Music subgenre, I could make a ton of recommendations. :) I'll lead off with Jonn Serrie and Patrick O'Hearn.

If you're interested in branching out to the Ambient subgenre (not the Techno Ambient, which I consider Trance), I could post about a gazillion recommendations. :)
 
DrAwsm said:
The Grim Reaper's Friend said:
I'll probably get a reply to this one. Exactly what is metal?
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It's just really intense rock music. Usually it involves screaming at some point in the song, then a short guitar solo is played. This is considered "shredding," though I haven't listened to metal in a while. Unless Metallica or Iron Maiden is considered metal (which I don't think they are), then the last metal song I listened to was 10,000 by Disturbed.
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You are saying you don't think Iron Maiden is metal!?

:passout::duh:

Iron Maiden is soooo Metal.:headbang:

I can understand Metallica, at least from the Black Album to Saint Anger, but you have to agree Kill 'em All to Justice is metal.

Fen_Hydra said:
Some metal bands:
Metallica
Slipknot (Nu: Metal)
Chimaira
Five Finger Death Punch
Shinedown (WHAT!!!!!!)
Sevendust
Rob Zombie
Hatebreed
Pantera
Mudvayne (SP?)
Disturbed
Slayer
Iron Maiden
(Kind of): (WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!)

Judas Priest

Metal generally has low-notes, or bass, guitars, drums, and a singer. I'm not quite sure on how to describe the rhythm.
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How could you say Shinedown is metal!? They are hard rock!
"Kind of" for Iron Maiden!?

I reiterate:
Richard said:
Iron Maiden is soooo metal. :headbang:
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I would describe elements of the rhythm as changing time signatures, 16th notes, overdriven, palm muting, power chords, and odd beat count.

Palm muting is achieved when one places the hand on the strings just at the bridge to achieve a more percussive sound. Power chords are perfect fifths in two or 3 notes. Overdrive is achieved when the gain of an amplifier and guitar is high enough to clip the signal's resonance peak.

It depends on the genre of metal but most features a few beats of palm muted low notes followed by a short ascending or descending power chord riff or a dissonant possibly non chromatic scale pattern in a measure. These measure usually repeat several times while the singer screams an accompaniment and the drummer usually applies fast drumming, such as the double kick, which is 16th note bass drum strikes.
This formula can be applied to the verse, chorus, and bridge, intro, and outro.

Another element of metal comes from hardcore punk. The breakdown. Slow, palm muted, 4/4 half notes with syncopated 8th notes. In other words "1-2-3-4&1-2-3-4&1-2-3-4. It creates a buildup at 4th notes and release at the 8th notes.
 
I listen to everything with a few exceptions. Absolutely no country music and no Christian rock/pop/whatever. It's just so bad. Also not a fan of metal for the most part except for old school Sabbath (early 70s) and Metallica's early stuff.

Been on a big 80s kick for the past couple of years. Some good stuff.
 
Uprising said:
I listen to everything with a few exceptions. Absolutely no country music and no Christian rock/pop/whatever.
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Talk about polar opposites. I just got into country, and so far I'm listening to Josh Turner, Rodney Atkins, and Zac Brown Band. Also, Skillet and Pillar (Christian rock) are some of my favorite bands. Other than that, I really like 3 Days Grace and a few songs by Rise Against, with a dash of Nickelback thrown in.

~ABOM, wondering if anyone else likes country, and if they can help him out by referring to some good singers...
 
I like all kinds of stuff, but normally it's jam bands on my mp3 player. Phish, Umphrey's McGee, moe. I've set up Pandora to sprinkle in reggae, when I'm listening to that.
 
Contemporary Christian and Christian Rock are what I listen to most. I still have some of my old Styx, Rush, Triumph, and Kansas that I'll listen to on occasion. I will listen to just about anything except Opera. Powerful orchestra music - like John Williams created for Star Wars - will always get my attention, too.
 
Personally, I don't hear that much country music, and am therefore not much into it.
 
ABOMINATION said:
~ABOM, wondering if anyone else likes country, and if they can help him out by referring to some good singers...
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I'm not a big fan of contemporary country music, but there are related genres I like very much. And by "related genres" I mean bluegrass.

Here's a link to the great Del McCoury Band performing "High on a Mountain."

edit: Can't go wrong with Johnny Cash, either. One of the greats, transcends genre.
 
RabSheila said:
ABOMINATION said:
~ABOM, wondering if anyone else likes country, and if they can help him out by referring to some good singers...
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You can never go wrong with Johnny Cash.
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Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Junior, Alan Jackson, Blake Shelton, Brooks and Dunn, Charlie Daniels Band, Garth Brooks, George Jones, George Strait, Jerry Reed, Joe Diffie, Kenny Chesney, Kenny Rogers, Marty Robbins, Merle Haggard, Montgomery Gentry, Reba McIntire, Sawyer Brown, and Travis Tritt off of the top of my head.
 
Christian Contemporary/Rock, Alternative Rock, British Rock (Coldplay, U2, etc.), some trance, folk, celtic/irish, a wide variety.

I don't really like country or rap.
 
Christian Contemporary/Rock, Alternative Rock, British Rock (Coldplay, U2, etc.), some trance, folk, celtic/irish, a wide variety.
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:D Yes! Love it!
 
I guess I can be described as mostly an alt-rock person? I don't know, I'm not that into music.

I enjoy Audioslave.
 
In The Beginning There Was Silence And Darkness
All Across The Earth
Then Came The Wind And A Hole In The Sky
Thunder And Lightning Came Crashing Down
Hit The Earth And Split The Ground
Fire Burned High In The Sky

From Down Below Fire Melted The Stone
The Ground Shook And Started To Pound

The Gods Made Heavy Metal And They Saw That It Was Good
They Said To Play It Louder Than Hell
We Promised That We Would
When Losers Say It's Over With You Know That It's A Lie
The Gods Made Heavy Metal And It's Never Gonna Die

:rock:
 
Ever since the dawn of time one genre of music has dominated and ruled with an iron fist...
I speak of course of heavy metal!
HEAVY METAL!
You can't kill the metal, no the metal will live on!
Punk rock tried to kill them metal...THEY FAILED! AS THEY WERE SMACKED TO THE GROUND!
New wave tried to kill the metal...THEY FAILED! AS THEY WERE STRICKEN DOWN TO THE GROUND!
Grunge tried to kill the metal...HAHAHAHA, THEY FAILED! AS THEY WERE THROWN TO THE GROUND!
 
Let's all join forces, rule with an iron hand
And prove to all the world, Metal rules the land!
 
Metal has become an obsession of mine.
The sound, the variety, the image, the history, the culture....everything about metal is just incredible. Favorite types of metal:
Metalcore
Industrial
Thrash
Melodic Death
Deathcore
Nu
Power
:headbang:
 
For me, it's classical all the way, but I like jazz a lot, too.

Classical music is for those who have patience (i.e. to sit through a 20 min concerto). In the end, it's all worth it. All music (and I mean all) is based off of classical components. Without classical, there would be no no modern music...

Jandarforever-I love the Hogan's Heroes reference in your sig.
 
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