Getting to Know You....

The purpose of this thread is to get to know one another through our musical preferences. Some of the best friendships I've made on SBAF have been with those of similar musical tastes, from the bland to the unorthodox.

Please list three to five types of music that you enjoy and embed an example of each. Bonus marks if you let us know a musical genre new to you that you'd like to explore.

Only one post per user

Randos and Acquaintances are encouraged to participate. I don't think anyone is going to throw a spanner at you here. Post without fear!

I'll let someone else kick this off as I need to head out for a while.

 

Eletrônica - Asura
Classical - Rac 3
Have very little knowledge with jazz and blues.

 

Metal - Lamb of God
Rock - Led Zeppelin
Progressive rock - Rush
Hip-hop - The Cool Kids
Soul/R&B - Sam & Dave

I'd like to know more ambient stuff similar to Tycho.

 

Classic Rock




Prog Rock




Jazz Fusion




Renaissance Music




Chap-Hop





Two genres I'd like to explore in more depth are electonica and Classical Indian music

 

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'Twas a joke about getting to know me, taken whichever way you like.

 

@l’orfeu, another great electronic ambiance :

Entheogenic

 

Metal - Megadeth
Classic Rock - Van Halen
Classical - Bach

I'm interested in learning more about jazz.

 

Blues Rock - Led Zeppelin
Alternative Pop/Rock - The Smiths/Elvis Costello
Glam Rock - Roxy Music
Heavy Metal - Black Sabbath
Progressive Rock - Rush

I like Classical, but I don't know much about it. I pretty much just hear what my kids play on piano and violin.

 

Post Punk / Melodic 80's & later revival of the theme - The Chameleons, The Cure, Arctic Monkeys,
Synth Pop - Depeche Mode, Metric, Chvrches, Duran Duran
Conventional Rock / Alternative - Tragically Hip, Pearl Jam, Arcade Fire

Would like to explore a bit more prog rock... heard some Porcupine Tree that I really like

This tune is a nice amalgamation of a bit of everything that I like...

 

There is a deutch gramophone collection with the best classicals according with the century. You can find it in Tidal: the history of classical music. Very good to enjoy and learn

 

I have a pretty eclectic taste in music so going to list the 5 genres I've been listening to for the last couple weeks.

Metal - Epica
Rock - Pink Floyd
Electronic - Daft Punk
Indie Folk - Daughter
Synth Pop - Chvrches (just started listening to them this week after a friend played the first album for me)

Just started listening to the last two genres over the last couple months so I'm going to see how far those rabbit holes go.

 

hello,

wrist slashing:


two sides of desire:




desire as anguish:


one genius plays another:



(bonus:
once upon a time i believed in jazz-fusion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9LXJUMGfBg)

cheers!

 

Electronic

The Midnight -

Spoiler: Nocturnal

Ambiant

Patrick O'Hearn -

Spoiler: Beyond This Moment

Indie Folk

Bon Iver -

Spoiler: Wash.

Classic / Jazz Rock

Steely Dan -

Spoiler: Sign In Stranger

Jazz

Grover Washington Jr. -

Spoiler: Mister Magic

 

Can any of you ambient guys recommend me some more music like Boards of Canada and Biosphere. I love ambient electronic but am not looking for a beat. Woodwind / string / flute sounds are a plus Minimal drums please its mostly for my morning yoga practice.

 

Don't know if it's exactly what you're looking for but check out Bonobo if you're not already familiar.

 

I am quite eclectic regarding music.

Metal: Metallica,Iron Maiden

Alt-Metal & Progressive Rock: Tool, Animals As Leaders, King Crimson

Pop (includes R&B, Soul & Funk): Daft Punk, Carly Rae Jepsen, Gorillaz

Instrumental Electronic: Tycho, Bonobo, Emancipator

Rock: Kyuss, QOTSA, The Hives

What needs more attention...

Instrumental Jazz & Classical Music:
lacking, since I often do not have enough time to properly explore styles and artists.

Latin-American/European music:
I would like to get into Latin Jazz and other music related to that. Needs more time. There is more than Los Van Van.

 

Check out Teen Daze, Hammock, and Brambles (thank you @DigMe !). They are all slower/more mellow than Boards of Canada and Bonobo though. Older albums from Tycho also fits the bill (of minimal drums), like Past Is Prologue. Happy listening!

 

Crap I must've edited this like a dozen times by now adding notes and catching typos. Sorry!

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Sounds like fun! Here are five songs I currently love to death. Note that this list changes VERY frequently, and is very different from what I'd have posted just a couple years ago. Hope you enjoy them though!

This is a "weird" guilty pleasure. I've been a fan of Emilie Autumn since a coworker introduced me to her; I was listening to Epica's Feint (another song I love) on speakers and coworker thought I'd be into her. She has some... pretty unconscionable ways of marketing herself using mental health, but the music is cool:


This one just makes me wanna dance, it makes me feel alive!


I got into this band because of someone on SBAF posting the group's cover of Bittersweet Symphony in the "What are You Listening To" thread, and have been a massive fan ever since. Hannah Reid has one hell of a voice:


This is a remnant of my tastes from a few years back. Final guitar solo still sometimes makes me cry, and I mean that quite literally; I'm an emotional bastard who gets teary eyed and sometimes even bawls watching anime:


Lastly, I've been a fan of Postmodern Jukebox since I read an article about their rendition of The Strokes's Someday back in 2015, and while the Cristina Gatti cover remains one of my favourites, this cover by Puddles has been an instant favourite since it was first published online! It helps that this is closer to my vocal range, and I can (kinda) sing it (poorly, haha):


Ramble over

P.S.
Frankly I have no idea how to classify some of these genres. I just get songs I like, and if I like enough songs off an album, I get a digi copy, or a CD if I really like them, haha. Had I not limited this to five songs there'd probably be some Sinatra tracks on here, as well as Beatles, Evanescence, Paramore, Linkin Park, or Led Zep.