JimmieWannaB Posted September 15, 2002 Posted September 15, 2002 PatAzz' tribute to Bill Evans got me thinking about the wide range of music that gets sprinkled through the forum's posts. I'm curious if others here are like myself and have somewhat eclectic tastes. Here's a bit of my CD collection, what's in yours? - Blues (all eras acoustic and electric from Bessie Smith and Robert Johnson to today.) - Jazz (Again, all eras starting with early Duke Ellington but mostly late 40s to early 60s. Most everything recorded by Miles, Monk, Bird and Coltrane.) - 60s/Early 70s Rock (What else, I am 49 after all.) - Surf (late 50s - today. You haven't lived until you've seen Dick Dale live. I hope to have his energy at 65.) - Folk (Seeger, Guthrie, Paxton, early Dylan) - Classical (not much, mostly Mozart and Bach) - Cajun/Zydago (Boozoo Clavis, Ugly Day, Buckwheat Zydago) Favorites: Anything by Clapton, Stevie Ray, Jimi, Santana, Tom Waits, Miles, Monk and Charlie Parker.
Rod S Posted September 16, 2002 Posted September 16, 2002 I consider myself fairly ecclectic, and luckly I'm getting a lot more as I open myself to new styles. Some stuff I've been listening recently Jazz/blues - Monk, Mingus, Evans, Opera - Carmina Burana (see my other thread) MPB/Bossanova - several brazilian artists of this century. It took coming back to Brazil as an 'adult' to really enjoy a lot of this stuff. And one of my old favorites: 80's new age - I can't stop listening to this stuff. I have a cyndi lauper dvd which I just copied to CD so I could listen to it my car. I just dug some Europe songs at all - total commercial stuff, but I still enjoy it. Korg Kronos X73 / ARP Odyssey / Motif ES Rack / Roland D-05 / JP-08 / SE-05 / Jupiter Xm / Novation Mininova / NL2X / Waldorf Pulse II MBP-LOGIC American Deluxe P-Bass, Yamaha RBX760
Synthguy Posted September 16, 2002 Posted September 16, 2002 Are you SUUURE you don't want to talk about politics? Well, here's some tidbits from my sock drawer. British rock: Brian Eno David Bowie Roxy Music Van der Graaf Generator/Peter Hammill The Who/Pete Townshend Ultravox/Midge Ure Peter Gabriel U2 Led Zeppelin (GAH! How could I forget them?!) Progressive rock: Emerson Lake and Palmer UK/Eddie Jobson Yes Rick Wakeman Genesis, prior to Duke Steve Hackett Tony Banks Iona Bill Bruford Dave Stewart Camel Saga Jordan Rudess/Dream Theater Derek Sherinian Synergy (Heck, you name it and I'll at least listen) Jazz, Fusion: Chick Korea/Elektric Band Ralph Towner Herbie Hancock Jean Luc Ponty Pat Metheny Allan Holdsworth Brand X The Dregs Weather Report/Joe Zawinul Jan Hammer (Way too many artists to mention) Video Game Music Panzer Dragoon Ys Book I and II Sonic CD Sonic Adventure Sega Rally, II Final Fantasy II, III Gate of Thunder Last Gladiator Pinball etc (Let me tell you, game music rocks!!) Etc Amorphous Nine Inch Nails King Crimson/Fripp VAST Peter Murphy Duncan Browne David Sylvian Joe Satriani Talking heads The Borrowers Kerry Livgren/AD/Kansas King's X Whiteheart Phil Keaggy Michael W Smith Twila Paris Chicago Neil Diamond Vanessa Mae Tomita Many classical things by Ravel, Prokofiev, Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Aaron Copeland, etc etc etc Oh, btw, I just wanted to mention... SOME OF THESE I FOUND THRU DOWNLOADS AND ALL ARE BOUGHT WITH REAL MONIEEE!! This keyboard solo has obviously been tampered with!
sudeep Posted September 16, 2002 Posted September 16, 2002 i think as keyboardists we (though sometimes hearing my keyboard ability i shouldnt be calling myself one) probably have the widest variety of listening tastes. My first instrument was guitar from the age of 10 -20 i refused to listen to anything withour a guitar in it...very silly. Now, my friends are perplexed to see my cd collections which range the spectrum of anything considered music...some examples: classic rock - led zep, pink floyd hard rock/heavy metal - G&R, metallica piano rock : Billy Joel, Bruce Hornsby SOul: Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin Jazz: lots a miles, coltrane and mccoy tyner musicals: i love lloyd webber and the tin pan alley dudes opera: not extensive, i really enjoy Carmen classical: big bach fan classican indian: some great impro and rythms the list goes on...latin, celtic, acid jazz , arabic...blues...ragtime, R&B, 80s, top 40...heck i even like Brittany!!!! (ok that has nothing to do with music...hehehe) i remember reading a review of Metallica's Metallica where it talked about labelling heavy metal/hard rock etc...and the reviewer simply said "Kickass music IS KICKASS MUSIC!!!"
Dave Pierce Posted September 16, 2002 Posted September 16, 2002 I tend to pile CD's all over the house (the wife just loves this trait... ), with the most recently listened to stuff nearby. Here's a sampling from that pile: Black Sabbath Heart Deftones Clutch (hmmm, has anyone been in a heavy mood lately? ) pre-Steve Perry Journey Grateful Dead Zeppelin (BBC Session, love that stuff) Jackson Browne Santana Tool Jimmie Smith Rush (Hemispheres, great album) Tchaikovsky's 6th (Pathetique) Not really that eclectic I guess. Not really that keyboard oriented either. Hmmmm.... --Dave Make my funk the P-funk. I wants to get funked up. My Funk/Jam originals project: http://www.thefunkery.com/
Odyssian Posted September 16, 2002 Posted September 16, 2002 Man! That looks a lot like my CD/record collection! Originally posted by synthguy: Are you SUUURE you don't want to talk about politics? Well, here's some tidbits from my sock drawer. British rock: Brian Eno David Bowie Roxy Music Van der Graaf Generator/Peter Hammill The Who/Pete Townshend Ultravox/Midge Ure Peter Gabriel U2 Progressive rock: Emerson Lake and Palmer UK/Eddie Jobson Yes Rick Wakeman Genesis, prior to Duke Steve Hackett Tony Banks Iona Bill Bruford Dave Stewart Camel Saga Jordan Rudess/Dream Theater Derek Sherinian Synergy (Heck, you name it and I'll at least listen) Jazz, Fusion: Chick Korea/Elektric Band Ralph Towner Herbie Hancock Jean Luc Ponty Pat Metheny Allan Holdsworth Brand X The Dregs Weather Report/Joe Zawinul Jan Hammer (Way too many artists to mention) Amorphous Nine Inch Nails King Crimson/Fripp VAST Peter Murphy Duncan Browne David Sylvian Joe Satriani Talking heads The Borrowers Kerry Livgren/AD/Kansas King's X Whiteheart Phil Keaggy Michael W Smith Twila Paris Chicago Neil Diamond Vanessa Mae Tomita [/b]
whitefang Posted September 16, 2002 Posted September 16, 2002 Sorry to blow an earlier theory, but as a guitarist, I too have a pretty eclectic taste. I'm not going to list artists here, but in different areas of music, the periods are quite wide. In jazz, I have recordings from early Armstrong to the last McLaughlin release; in blues it ranges from Josh White to Robert Cray; in rock there's as much as I can find from The Clovers to present; classical goes the gamut from Bach, Haydn and Baroque essentials to Stravinsky and beyond. In between are smatterings of diverse electronic offerings to varying periods of "contemporary" music. I, like all the others who responded to this post, NEVER run out of good music to listen to! Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left!
progfusion74 Posted September 17, 2002 Posted September 17, 2002 As I have grown older, I have found that I listen to a wider variety of music, although within each genre I tend to get more picky. A smattering of some of my favorite artists should suffice as a demonstration Roger Waters/Pink Floyd John Lennon/Beatles Led Zepellin Deep Purple Rush Yes Rick Wakeman ELP Dream Theater + solo and side-projects Ayreon King Crimson/Robert Fripp/Trey Gunn Frank Zappa Buddy Guy Albert Collins Jimmy Smith Stevie Ray Vaughn Larry Goldings Shakti Mahavishnu Orchestra Chick Corea Keith Jarrett Miles Davis Larry Goldings John Coltrane Joshua Redman Tabla Beat Science Klaus Schulze Tangerine Dream Chroma Key Brian Eno Marillion Early Genesis Vivaldi Bach Haydn Rachmaninoff Mozart Beethoven Jetho Tull Medeski Martin and Wood prog http://www.indiegrooves.com/dnm/images/dnm_small.gif My Blog
Superbobus Posted September 17, 2002 Posted September 17, 2002 The one taste that I missed out on and have to get over here is ROCK. I always have been into funk, soul, jazz, Cuban and Brazilian music, heck, classical music too, especially Debussy and Ravel. But now it's time for rock and get those Led Zep, Deep Purple and Floyd records! My tastes? Miles, Monk, Trane, Bill Evans, Herbie ('70s!), Weather Report, Ray Charles, Ella, Sarah, Betty Carter (and lots of more jazz including Nat "King Cole and Parker with strings). Also jazzy: Pat Metheny (group!), Sco, Bill Frisell (sound of summer running). Funky: Stevie Wonder (old stuff, please), Marvin Gaye, Aretha, JB, everything connected to P-Funk, old Tower of Power... and Prince (and I guess some more) Weird: Zappa! Should I really go on with this? http://www.bobwijnen.nl Hipness is not a state of mind, it's a fact of life.
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