Choice Of Music

[Dev]

What genre of music do you guys listen to mostly and why?

In the caribbean here our major music types are Reggae and Dancehall, but aside form that do you feel that our musical culture is being eroded by other types of music liek hip-hop/rap and r&b. Which leads me to another topic about music and its physcological effects, how does music affect you?

[Chris]

I listen mostly to Christian rock (soft).

[Greatis]

Well as for me I listen a various types of music from Adult Contempary, Jazz/Blues, Country and Western, Reggae, Dancehall, HipHop/RnB, Souls, Rocksteady, Ska, Gospel, Opera, Rock n' Roll, Pop just to name a few.

I don't necessarily like Techno, Hardcore Rap, Grunge, Heavy Metal but I guess you have to listen to not like, so it's safe to say I have listened to these before and probably will listen again.

Well music it self has both a calming effect and it also acts as a hype too.

[Nastro]

I listen to all forms of music as I see it as an expression of one's feelings, emotions or thought at the time.


oh... I don't listen to Kirk Franklyn he just cannot sing.

[Greatis]

oh... I don't listen to Kirk Franklyn he just cannot sing.

Another one that can't sing is celine dion. anytime mi hear har mi head hurt.

[NirVana]

Today our music only says 2 things, "Bling, bling and more bling" "Girls, girls and nuff more girls", plus some other stuff not worth metioning.

If that's all we currently have to offer, then our music has become WEAK. Because it's so weak, it's easy for the Ying Yang Twins and the sort to come in and "create a hit". Hip-hop and Rap are not "eroding" our music, WE are begging them to come in because we're way too supperficial and misguided to produce anyting of substance.

I'll listen to Elephant man cuz the new dances are intriguign and I admire his creativety. I don't mind that kind of simplicity. But everything else is painful to listen to. I'll take 80s and early 90s dancehall anyday.

I'm one of those people that realise that other genres exist besides reggae, dancehall, hip-hop and r&b. I lcan't really say that there is a particular genre I listen to the most, but top of the list is alternative rock, electronica (NOT techno, eck!), drum and base, funk, 2 step garage music, new age (enigma, enya, deep forest) and latin (brazillian mainly, I luv drums).

I love music that does more than just make you want to dance or tell your woman/man how much you love them (there's more to this world than that you know...did'ya know!?).

[Chris]

Interesting way to put it nirvana ... "weak" ... I like that description :lol:

[Greatis]

NirVana well said. Our music today has no substance except for a few artists like say hmm.... Beres Hammond and I could name a few more. But 90% is based on superficial stuff like their ride and girls and whatever else they have.

What I've come to realise is that artists that have more substance in their music don't seem to be as successful as the ones with bling bling as you put it. Take a Beenie Man versus an Anthony B. Beenie Man is now a household name, if you mention Anthony B to some people their like "who is that?". In order to become successful you have to do what everyone is doing that appears to be the mentality of our performers nowadays.

Really it appears that we are among the few that really find dancehall appalling. It seems the mass like what the artists are putting on the table today so its not going to stop.

But then again if you look at the music from the 80's and 90's you could see a trend. Alot of the artists from those era's didn't sing anything with substance. Take a King Yellow man or a Red Dragon for example. It was mainly about women and to some extent guns in the late 80's to 90's.
It's just that then you had more artists doing concious lyrics then.

[Greatis]

Anyways NirVana we're interested to know a little more about you. So just jump on over to the Verandah and introduce yourself pls.

[kilaj1]

I listen to any kind of music but I dont listen to the music.... :?

explanation:

I really listen to the beats mosty, recently I started to listen to Linkin Park, I belive its called Alternative rock. For some reason I really like it. But I wouldl not really say I like that type of music. Aplogize in advance...but music like from Vibes cartel... :( dont really like that, because unlike some music you cant help but listen to the lyrics.

[NirVana]

I listen to any kind of music but I dont listen to the music.... :?

explanation:

I really listen to the beats mosty, recently I started to listen to Linkin Park, I belive its called Alternative rock. For some reason I really like it. But I wouldl not really say I like that type of music. Aplogize in advance...but music like from Vibes cartel... :( dont really like that, because unlike some music you cant help but listen to the lyrics.

Mainly beats huh? Then that will explain why you like Linkin Park, cuz they've mixed hip-hop with rock, so you don't have too much guitar and drums, or too much "one beat" hip-hop and "scratching" (which I'm glad has been brought back). Linkin Park and Incubus have that hybrid sound I like. That's why I like the Neptunes. They create beats that pull on different parts of your senses.

What else you like?

Give me names. I've always felt that you can tell allot about a person by their shoes and the music the listen to :D .

[Greatis]

[quote=kilaj1]I listen to any kind of music but I dont listen to the music.... :?

I've always felt that you can tell allot about a person by their shoes and the music the listen to :D .

by their shoes. explain I'm a blank. give examples

[d_knight]

hmm very intresting asortment of music listeners here. some people be listenin to anything that give of sound apparently (cought.. gr cough... ea cough.. tis :roll: ).

now as for myself, i'm a ROCKER first and a hardcore rap fanatic second. the thing is i really was mainly rap but then rap started to become sorta weak to me, not as great as it was back when i started. rock and alternative is now the main things, hooked on the following artists/groups:

linking park
Evanesence (the entire album hard)
limp bizkit
AUDIOSLAVE (LIKE A STONE.. BIG BIG TUNE)
P.O.D (sleeping awake.. wicked)
Puddle of Mud
METALLICA
incubus
ohh and jamaicas own mile high

from rap i'ld say i'm stilll listening to old favourits and dead guys only a few new artists have made the cut

B.I.G
TUPAC
RAKIM
canibus
MOS DEF
PHAROAH MONCHE
talib kweli
kanye west


there are others there just not coming of the top of my head at the moment

[Dev]

Wow, I like Nervana's style of music, its sorta like mine to say the least. D-Knights rock list is alot liek mine too

Rock/Alternative

LinkPark - #1
Dave Matthews Band
Limp Bizkit (edited tracks)
Prodigy (Electronic Rock)
Incubus
POD
Staind
Creed
little bit f Pearl Jam


Electronica/Jungle/Drum&Bass/Ambient/Trance

Aphrodite [jungle/drum and bass]
Prodigy [Electronica/rock]
Ferry Corsten [Trance/techno]
Paul Oakenfold, Paul Van Dyke [Trance / Ambient]
Cafe Del Mar volumes 1 -9 and Chillout Sessions Mixes
Lots more but don't wanna bore you people to death

I got gigs of mp3 with these kinda music.

P.S - Mi rate ole skool dance hall to the max

[d_knight]

ja know dev i can't believe i left out stained, wit big big tune like FADE, favourite song from em..

[Dev]

I like "Its Been a While"

[NIBOO]

I LISTEN 2 ALOT OF STUFF-I'M INTO RHYTHM MORE THAN LYRICS SOMETIMES. BUT WEN IT COMES DOWN 2 LYRICS & RHYTHM THE FOLL LEAD THE WAY 4 ME COMPLETELY:

GOSPEL: KIRK FRANKLIN ( :D NOW THIS GUY IS BLESSED), ACAPELLA( THE OLD GROUP), BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.

LINKIN PARK ( :D ), STAIND, ALIEN ANT FARM, INCUBUS( :D ), i find System of a Down songs really hillarious, AVRIL LAVINGE
LAURYN HILL, INDIA ARIE, MUSIQ, ERYKAH BADU ( :D ), JILL SCOTT

I LIKE R&B AND HIP HOP BUT NOT REALLY A BIG FAN-I DO LOVE PERCY SLEDGE AND OTHER OLDIES BOTH LOCAL & OVERSEAS

THE LIST DOES GO ON BUT LETS JUS LEAVE IT AT THIS-I LISTEN TO LOTTTTTSSSSS A DIFFERENT THINGS :lol:

BLESS UP 8)

[Greatis]

GOSPEL: KIRK FRANKLIN ( :D NOW THIS GUY IS BLESSED)

what is he blessed with very very confused :? :?

[NIBOO]

he is blessed with his voice and the energy he has on stage, he's really a good performer -been to one of his shows and really enjoyed it.

[rans]

I listen to any type of music except country and western :eusa_sick ....any other type of music as long as it's really good... Linkin Park rocks!! :D

[Greatis]

I listen to any type of music except country and western :eusa_sick ....any other type of music as long as it's really good... Linkin Park rocks!! :D

how can you not like country and western. You're missing something ;)

[Dev]

To tell you the truth country music isn't all that bad, what we need to realize is that in all types of music you have different levels of it. Some country has pop influence like Shaniah Twain or Faith Hill but others are just straight country and they even have the deep southern, country accent.

[NIBOO]

LINKIN PARK DEFINITELY ROCKS :icon_mrgr :eusa_danc :eusa_clap :tongue:

[Dev]

:eusa_clap Definately love Linkin Park, they've really helped me in taking my mind off stuff, u zimi.

[kilaj1]

LINKIN PARK DEFINITELY ROCKS :icon_mrgr :eusa_danc :eusa_clap :tongue:
a fellow LINKIN PARKER, must agree, just started to listen to these people VERY NICE!!, hey Niboo, you hear the remix to there album?

[Xenocrates]

I see we all (more or less) share the same taste in music.

My First love is Rock
My first rock love is Linkin' Park. Linkin' Park OWNz... and Dev, I know exactly what you mean when you say they take your mind off stuff. Otherz that round out the lot are Evanescence, Blink 182, Sum41, Disturbed, Hot Action Cop, Filter, Simple Plan, Smashmouth, Hoobastank, Andrew W.K. (Andrew W.K. RULEz!! http://gallery.cybertarp.com/albums/userpics/16619/bang.gif) and a number of others...

My second love is Trance
Actually, I can't decide between Eurodance and Rock music... There's something ethereal about trance music. It's a pure psychadelia of sound.... it's just so......pure..... It's the purest form of music that exists in my opinion. Most people can't tell the difference between Trance and Techno. But if you guys love beats that much, try finding and downloading music from the following artists: Paul Van Dyk (try his hit track: Nothing but you), Armin Van Buuren, Airbase & Paul Oakenfold

Thirdly is New Age (No affiliated in any way with the New Age movement)

I love new age for similar reasons as Trance. But with new age, it's all about the trichotomic rifts in minor and major chords, since new age rarely carries a distintive and repetitive beat. The foremost artists that come to mind are folks like Enya, Moby, Ronan Hardiman (Riverdance & Feet of Flames!), Rob Dougan (aka Rob D), Evangelis, Yanni (Yanni RULEz http://gallery.cybertarp.com/albums/userpics/16619/bang.gif), Adiemus and the many artists that populate the Pure Moods series of CDs. I love the soothing minor to major chord rise and falls of the new age musical phenomenon. Absolutely fantastic music!

[Xenocrates]

Fourth...

My former favourite form of music: Acappella. Most specificially, the group that consisted of George Predergrass, Wayburn Dean, Gary Moyers and Duane Adams. The albums, We Have Seen His Glory, Rescue & Set Me Free will always be classics in my book. When Duane Adams was replaced by überbass Robert C. Guy, it totally warped the production values on Acappella Spirituals I & II and Hymns for All Ages. Damn that dude had a MEEEEAN bass! :o Keith Lancaster's other groups like AVB are also favourites. They had a way of synthesizing their voices to the point where the music no longer sounded like acappella. It was cool for a time. But then they overdid it...

I don't particularly like this new Acappella. They've changed personnel so frequently it's like everytime I go to their website, there's a new set of dudes in the driver's seat. But none of the new incarnations sounded ANYWHERE as good as the first Acappella. It's a good thing I was able to salvage their greatest hits in MP3. Cassettes don't last as long as CDs... :(

Lastly, I love, not like, LOVE, classical music, my favourite artist being Johann Sebastian Bach. I think that is largely because he primarily composes for violin, and I used to play violin - a LOT. So it was a match made in heaven. I especially love his spontaneous note sampling techniques in which he finds very splendid ways to take simple 8 note melodies and turn them into rousing and grandiose anthemic concertos, like Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 - WICKED piece of Violin music! Awesome stuff!! :D

In fact, 90% of the time you hear a classical violin piece being played in a movie, it is either a Brandenburg piece from Bach or Mozart's Minuet in D Major. Absolutely Classic stuff. :D

Y'all must be thinking of me really weird now...

[Dev]

I don't think you're wierd Xeno, we see eye to eye on this music thingy.

[rans]

Xeno... you used to play the viloin... why yuh stop?.... and personally I think that violins can make any piece of music sound better... I give you Creed's 'With Arms Wide Open' as proof.. it was a good song to begin with and with a couple of violins thrown in it was simply elevated... oh yeah...Creed is another good band.. I don't think anyone mentioned them.....

[d_knight]

Xeno... you used to play the viloin... why yuh stop?.... and personally I think that violins can make any piece of music sound better... I give you Creed's 'With Arms Wide Open' as proof.. it was a good song to begin with and with a couple of violins thrown in it was simply elevated... oh yeah...Creed is another good band.. I don't think anyone mentioned them.....

i wanted to learn to play that instrument but then i traded it in for an electric guitar, thats what rock and alternative music does to ya :D :D

[Dev]

Creed is another good band.. I don't think anyone mentioned them.....

Comm'on man, read my post again on page 2.

I guess no one reads my posts :icon_cry: , ahh well

[Malloc-X]

i basically listen to the same music d_knight listens to. I hate dance hall music and some hip hop. All they talk about are cars and money. And dance hall music, either it doesn't make any sense or its disrespectful to women(most of their fans are females) go figure.

[rans]

Comm'on man, read my post again on page 2.

I guess no one reads my posts :icon_cry: , ahh well


woops my bad....... :icon_redf didn't see that... but it's strange that it seems only the two of listen to Creed.. ahh well.....

[Nastro]

Acapella rules!!!!!

I can't get any of theirs CD's to buy anywhere locally.

I have seen them online though.

[NIBOO]

Creed definitely rocks also, i actually had "my sacrifice" and "six feet from the edge" as my ring tones 2 weeks ago then i changed it to "In the End" so ring my fone now and thats wat i'll hear-COOL.

YEA KILAJ -I heard the remix version of Hybrid Theory and i had Meteora but my friend decided to grab it and run so haven't seen that cd 4 sum time now.What's ur favourite Linkin park song-Kilaj and anyone else? (and why?)

[Dev]

Linkin Park - Faint**
Linkin Park - Somewhere I Belong**
Linkin Park - Lying From You
Linkin Park - Session
Linkin Park - Dont Stay


Asteriks indicate favourites, these are from the Meteora Album.

[Skillachi]

I listen to most music Genres except Country and Western and Classical. My main focus is on Dancehall, Reggae, Hip-hop Rap, and alternative/Rock and roll. I call Linkin Park Alternative still so yeh.
I also love listening to R&B, i admire singers so i listen to that music alot hence y i actually bought the Tamia album. She hard.

[Chris]

Talking about groups, some of my favorites are Newsboys, Third Day, Sonicflood.

[Xenocrates]

Xeno... you used to play the viloin... why yuh stop?.... and personally I think that violins can make any piece of music sound better... I give you Creed's 'With Arms Wide Open' as proof.. it was a good song to begin with and with a couple of violins thrown in it was simply elevated... oh yeah...Creed is another good band.. I don't think anyone mentioned them.....

I stopped out of bitterness. I wasn't being taught the violin because I wanted to. You know how some parents are? That's the thing about being born in the kinda family that I am, where everyone is either a musician, a professor, a scientist, a preacher or all of the above... they just expect so much from their kids (and put so much pressure on them to learn so many things). I really wanted to take my piano to grade 8 - but I was forced into the violin thing because they discovered I learned violin twice as fast.

I didn't mind, until I completely lost my piano skills. Violins are HAAAAARD to play. Don't be fooled by what you see on TV. Your fingers will BLEED, and you will loose whole finger nails before you can get to that level of professionalism. I'm not kidding. I think I started learning how to play when I was too old (about 14). So my fingers took quite a punishment to work in. To this day there's still a little crick in my ring finger. Everytime I think about it, I still feel bitter. No matter how skilled I got playing violin, I never really enjoyed it. My parents did. Which kinda makes me feel like their own personal entertainment, if you take my meaning.

But I've since forgiven them and moved on. But what it has left with me is an insatiable appetite for violin music. Ironic isn't it? I still love piano, but I wish I loved it more than violin. Somehow I think I've been brainwashed. :confused:

Y'know what's funny? All my folks listen to is chamber music. That's why I think I love classical music so much. That's also why I think I love trance and alternative. If you analyse the mechanics behind chamber music, you will discover that note progression on the scales is done in a very similar manner. For example:

Take any song by Linkin' Park and carefully note the musical progression. You will notice the following things:


Most of their songs are written in F or G major (just like chamber music)

Linkin' Park favours trichordal guitar rifts. Chamber music uses trichords in concertos written entirely for apeggio or stocatto.

The main chorus starts in the major chord, and lapses into a minor chord just before engaging the final note in the chorus with a progression BACK to the major chord. You will notice this same pattern in Beethoven's Ode to Joy (The part that goes: Hills & mountains, trees and forest blah blah blah.... that part of the chorus is in a minor chord).

Many of these songs have what are called Bridges. This is usually the last verse of the song, which progresses entirely in the minor note of the song (usually with a different number of beats per stanza), but advances to 1 octave higher when it comes back to the chorus for the final rendition. You will notice this same style is used by folks like Bach in the Brandenburg concertos or by Handel in his Young Messiah collection or even in his Hallelujah Chorus. Remember the part where they sing "king of kings - Hallelujah, Hallelujah - And lord of Lords - Hallelujah, Hallelujah - (jump 1 octave & repeat)" - Yeah, that's a bridge.

Linkin' Park and many other Alternative groups use the same kind of note progression as in Chamber music. So if you find that someone loves classical music, but also loves alternative, don't be surprised. Most of the time they're not even cognisant of why they love both seemingly diametrically opposed music forms.

The thing is, the human brain can subconsciously pick out patterns in music you are not consciously aware of. That's also why these same people will love Trance (techno to you folks who don't know) for the very same reasons. In fact, Trance is closer to chamber music than Alternative. But the mechanics are all the same.

Chris - Third Day is AWESOME stuff. I love their new single (I wanna sing a song for your Lord!). I love that tune. :icon_mrgr

Chris, do you know a group called the Parachute Band? They have a song that I love called "Complete". I LOVE that tune. Perhaps one of the best Praise & Worship songs I've ever heard.

Maranatha has some really wicked hits too. But I don't think anybody did it like Acappella. Acappella is in a class all by themself.

[Arch_Angel]

Being a Christian, I listen to a lot of Christian Gospel music. My favourite being Worship Songs. I love praise and worship. There's nothing compared to giving praise and glory to God.

But I enjoy listening to Papa San, Prodigal, Junior Tucker, Kirk Franklin, Ron Kenoly, DC Talk (favourite back in the day), Mary Mary...etc.
CD's like WOW 2001 and WOW 2002 you will find in my collection.

I used to listen to souls when I was years younger. Couldn't get enough of it. Especially during the time when i had girl trouble. I found it made me depressed to hear these other artists and thier woman problems too. And how it made them feel. Sad, lonely, hurt.

Now, my eyes are focused on things above. And from above, I will find joy and peace and comfort. No more depression for me. :)
Who likes feeling depressed anyway?

[NirVana]

Creed definitely rocks also, i actually had "my sacrifice" and "six feet from the edge" as my ring tones 2 weeks ago then i changed it to "In the End" so ring my fone now and thats wat i'll hear-COOL.

YEA KILAJ -I heard the remix version of Hybrid Theory and i had Meteora but my friend decided to grab it and run so haven't seen that cd 4 sum time now.What's ur favourite Linkin park song-Kilaj and anyone else? (and why?)

With You - Hybrid Theory
From The Inside - Meteora
Numb - Meteora

Some lyrics hit very close to home; the music, takes you in so you know what the words mean even if you aren't/haven't experienced it.

[Cocoa]

I am a Music Fan. I love first off Gospels, the oldies like Stylistics, Delfonice, Plattters, Then people deh. I love contemporary music too but only one and 2 songs from the artists.
I like old time reggae music too when they weren't singing about sex and guns all the time.
That's me, I like all types but one and two from different artists.

[Drew]

i mainly listen to any forms of electronica (preferably vocal trance). why, not sure just love it. i don't like hard core rap, country and music which isn't in english.

[Greatis]

hmmm electronica never got an appreciation for that may just try it again.

[Drew]

you have listen to all types and find out what you like. my favourite type is vocal trance. so listen to em all, and find out what you like. you don't have to like every type of music do u.