05-14-2004, 09:02 PM
I like Baroque style music. Bach is one of my favorite composers. On top of that, I like the "power metal" genre, with the well-crafted and meticulously high production value. Bands such as:
-rhapsody
-luca turilli
-symphony x
-stratovarius
-sonata arctica
-kamelot
-hammerfall
-blind guardian
-freedom call
I also really dig techno. Mostly the trance subgenre and to a lesser extent, Jungle and DnB. Considering most bands in this day and age have escaped progression and opt mostly for the cadence style music, I've come to liken techno as a revamped and contemporary version of classical music, considering many times it is strictly instrument and has some VERY good rhythms, harmonies and melodies. Most of the techno out there are produced by DJs who make one or two songs and release them on vinyl only, so I don't have too many favorite artists per se (the guys out there that produce CD length record seem to make their songs short, snappy and more pop than necessary). Some artists of note are:
-Infected Mushroom (weird Goa-trance)
-Dave Joy (infectiously catchy tunes)
-Omni Trio (some of the best jungle and chill songs around)
-DJ Doboy - He doesn't write any music, but he's a very good DJ. He has produced MANY different mixes (around 60). I have currently gotten ahold of 54 of his mixes, and they span a total time of 69 hours and 14 minutes. For anyone wanting a really good taste, i reccomend downloading Trancequility vol 22, trancequility special summer edition 1 and Vocal edition 6 (on his site, he says he doesn't care if people download his mixes). Granted i haven't listened all the way through all the mixes, I have listened to quite a few of them for a substantial amount of time and they are all, for the most part, rather good.
Other artists of note:
-Cibo Matto: Strange music from two japanese girls who produce some feel good songs to just the weirdest things around.
-Pixies: GREAT songs, harmonies and some of the weirdest lyrics and styles around. Nirvana's apparent influence.
-Pitchshifter: One of the bands i've had to just buy all the CDs of, since I like them a lot. UK Punk+Jungle beats. They pull it off really well.
-Mushroomhead: 7 or 8 piece thrash/metal band that has a similar motif to slipknot, only far less screaming, better tunes and not so rambunctiously loud and noisy.
Pushmonkey: Fun hardrock with a good singer
Mr Bungle: Weird, but melodic
The Urge: The only ska I can bare to listen to, since just about all the rest of it sucks
Mindless Self Indulgence: Weird, yet entertaining music. Check for their cover of Method Man's Bring the pain at their website.
Other bands I listen to:
311, nirvana, STP, Prodigy, Incubus, Offspring, smashing pumpkins, nin.
Video Game soundtracks I have (thanks to the PSF and SPC file formats)
FF1-2, 4-10+10-2, Saga Frontier, Chrono Trigger, Lunar 1+2, ALundra, Xenogears.
My current Winamp playlist is 4502 songs long, which includes all my music I listen to on a regular basis. It is now 349 hours, 55 minutes and 21 seconds (14.58 days!). Whew, that's quite a lot.
-rhapsody
-luca turilli
-symphony x
-stratovarius
-sonata arctica
-kamelot
-hammerfall
-blind guardian
-freedom call
I also really dig techno. Mostly the trance subgenre and to a lesser extent, Jungle and DnB. Considering most bands in this day and age have escaped progression and opt mostly for the cadence style music, I've come to liken techno as a revamped and contemporary version of classical music, considering many times it is strictly instrument and has some VERY good rhythms, harmonies and melodies. Most of the techno out there are produced by DJs who make one or two songs and release them on vinyl only, so I don't have too many favorite artists per se (the guys out there that produce CD length record seem to make their songs short, snappy and more pop than necessary). Some artists of note are:
-Infected Mushroom (weird Goa-trance)
-Dave Joy (infectiously catchy tunes)
-Omni Trio (some of the best jungle and chill songs around)
-DJ Doboy - He doesn't write any music, but he's a very good DJ. He has produced MANY different mixes (around 60). I have currently gotten ahold of 54 of his mixes, and they span a total time of 69 hours and 14 minutes. For anyone wanting a really good taste, i reccomend downloading Trancequility vol 22, trancequility special summer edition 1 and Vocal edition 6 (on his site, he says he doesn't care if people download his mixes). Granted i haven't listened all the way through all the mixes, I have listened to quite a few of them for a substantial amount of time and they are all, for the most part, rather good.
Other artists of note:
-Cibo Matto: Strange music from two japanese girls who produce some feel good songs to just the weirdest things around.
-Pixies: GREAT songs, harmonies and some of the weirdest lyrics and styles around. Nirvana's apparent influence.
-Pitchshifter: One of the bands i've had to just buy all the CDs of, since I like them a lot. UK Punk+Jungle beats. They pull it off really well.
-Mushroomhead: 7 or 8 piece thrash/metal band that has a similar motif to slipknot, only far less screaming, better tunes and not so rambunctiously loud and noisy.
Pushmonkey: Fun hardrock with a good singer
Mr Bungle: Weird, but melodic
The Urge: The only ska I can bare to listen to, since just about all the rest of it sucks
Mindless Self Indulgence: Weird, yet entertaining music. Check for their cover of Method Man's Bring the pain at their website.
Other bands I listen to:
311, nirvana, STP, Prodigy, Incubus, Offspring, smashing pumpkins, nin.
Video Game soundtracks I have (thanks to the PSF and SPC file formats)
FF1-2, 4-10+10-2, Saga Frontier, Chrono Trigger, Lunar 1+2, ALundra, Xenogears.
My current Winamp playlist is 4502 songs long, which includes all my music I listen to on a regular basis. It is now 349 hours, 55 minutes and 21 seconds (14.58 days!). Whew, that's quite a lot.