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Your musical taste

#21
I'm on a bit of a Victor Wooten kick at the moment. When I originally heard of the guy, I didn't like his stuff too much. I respected the hell outta him for his bass playing... I just didn't find it to my taste. Now, I love it, which is odd because I'm a pretty big metal head.

Imagine my friends' shock and dismay when they ask who Victor Wooten is and I show them Classical Thump or (my personal favorite) When I Want to Get Funky.

"Oh, dear God..."
 
#23
I was into rap/hip hop for a bit, the more mainstream type of stuff. Then I got into modern rock before entering into classic rock. That moved on to all types of metal, then going into acoustic, then going into funk, then going into modern rock again/alternative (RHCP type stuff), then going into ska, then reggae, and now, mostly funk at the moment but I still listen to ska and reggae and some jazz.

By the way, this is over the couse of like 5 or 6 years.
 
#25
My favorite band in high school and college was Weather Report. I listened to a lot of jazz during that period. Later, I became interested in 20th century classical music because it was incredibly chromatic. I started with Stravinsky, then quickly graduated to Schoenberg, Webern, Berg, Stockhausen and Ligeti. Webern is still my favorite. If you've never listened to Webern's Six Pieces for Orchestra or Schoenberg's Piano Concerto, you should definitely give it an ear. For playing in different time signatures I recommend Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemp. For sheer beauty, Stravinsky's Apollo (conducted Esa-Pekka Salonen) or Agon (conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas). I now play a lot of rock (just to get gigs) and I've started to listen to it more often to learn it, but it isn't anything that I listen to for pleasure because it just isn't very interesting to me. If you think you listen to wild music now, try the Scoenberg or Webern---it'll definitely give you something to think about.
 
#26
Dave Matthews Band is sorta like momma's home cookin for me. I branch out and enjoy different types of music, but I always come back for some DMB (thank you AOL Radio for the All DMB station).

Right now I'm listening to more of what I used to call "Emo-Crap." I found out that I've been missing out on some pretty fantastic music. It takes some searching, but good music does exist today. By the way, thanks to the TBer that started the thread about Pandora! It kicks ass!
 

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