hey, I was wondering if there are other people out there who can listen to everything and have a huge mix of music. I consider myself pretty diverse. I am a 25 year old Mexican American from Northern California. I grew up with Mexican music and went through different musical phases growing up: Mexican pop, rock, and ranchera music, soft rock (Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart) late 90's rap and r&b (Bone Thugs and Harmony, Boys II Men), MTV pop (spice girls, ace of base), gangsta rap (Westside Connection 2Pac), alternative rock (Nirvana, Blink 182), heavy metal (Metallica, Pantera), nu metal (Korn, Slipknot) reggae (Marley), trance (Tiesto), East Coast Rap (Nas, Wu Tang Clan), Salsa (Victor Manuelle), Reggaeton (Don Omar), punk rock (Ramones, Pennywise) emo (Senses fail), Indy (Digitalism, Editors) classics (Frank Sinatra) and all those have influenced my current musical leaning...I am listening to Gang Starr's "Make em pay" and right before that I was listening to Serge Gainsbourg and Bridget Bardot's "Bonnie & Clyde" in French. I listen to music from all over the world and every decade, and if I hear something I like, I try and youtube it. I catch my new music from everywhere I can: MTV, comcast digital music, youtube, IMF, XM radio, Pandora.com, myspace (I hear my friend's music and search for new music), local radio, commercials, movies, wikipedia. Music is my life. Does anyone else have similar tastes or know of any other good sites where I can discover new music?
I like a wide variety of music. I guess I would say I like anything as long as it's good. From mudhoney to kate bush, if it's got something to say and the lyrics are good, I will give it a shot.
Mmm... yes I think I like some variety. Classic Rock (Zeppelin, sabbath, pink floyd, deep purple, rush, etc.) Progressive Rock (Gentle Giant, Emerson, Lake Palmer, Jethro Tull, Genesis, etc.) Metal (Liquid Tension Experiment, Dream Theater, Megadeth, Metallica, Kyuss, some underground stoner rock) Jazz (Al di meola, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Dexter Gordon, Django Reinhardt, Joe Pass, John COltrane, etc.) Classical (Brouwer, Trio de Guitare de Quebec, etc.) Dead can Dance Loco Locass As well as some medieval music, some arabian oud music, some quebec folk music, some indian music... etc.
My taste is pretty wide ranging. Americana/Alt. Country: Emmylou Harris, Neko Case, Tift Merritt, Allison Moorer, etc. Alt. Rock/Indie Rock: PJ Harvey, Tori Amos, Ani Difranco, Feist, The New Pornographers, etc. Classic Rock/etc.: Janis Joplin, Crosby Stills & Nash, Bob Dylan, etc. Pop: Sarah McLachlan, Michelle Branch, Paula Cole, etc. Nashville Country: Jo Dee Messina, Terri Clark, Julie Roberts, Alan Jackson, etc. Contemporary Folk: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Patty Griffin, Suzanne Vega, etc. HipHop/R&B: The Fugees, Macy Gray, Joss Stone, Erikah Badu, etc. Well, wide ranging and very particular.
But you've gotta make sure you actually hear the music. There's a huge difference between download 8 million albums off LimeWire, then putting it on shuffle and getting one album at a time and really appreciating it and understanding it. I know a lot of people say "they like everything" which mainly means they have no taste in music, which I find lame.
I do listen, like you I: guess I would say I like anything as long as it's good. I'd listen to anything once. Does not mean I'd listen to it again. Obviously I have a few fave's that I pick out and listen to the whole album. Nobody really has a "good taste in music" - just their own taste in music. Generaly I just listen to anything.
good point.... over the last 5 or 6 years, i have gone through a lot of music. My tastes change frequently for whatever reason, but i do listen to a range of genres.... *classic rock (byrds, doors, eric burden, jimi hendrix, csn, jefferson airplane, and my favorite classic rock band, pink floyd) *rock (buckethead, les claypool, deftones, smashing pumpkins, blind melon, umphreys mcgee, ween, team sleep, mars volta) *funk (robert walter's 20th congress, skerik's syncoptated taint septet, The Motet, The New Mastersounds, Galactic, The Meters) *jazz (jazz mandolin project, charles mingus, charlie hunter, skerik's syncopated taint septet, garage a trois, JFJO, Miles Davis) *glicthy breaks (VibeSquad, Glitch Mob (edIT, Ooah, Boreta and Kraddy), Skeetaz, Kilowatts, Bil Bless) *hip hop (bone thugs n harmony, tupac) *folk (Leo Kottke, Bela Fleck, Michael Hedges, Nick Drake) *electronic (Ozric Tentacles, Bassnectar, Bluetech, EOTO, ZILLA!!!!!!--cant really classify Zilla becuase they are so good, but whatever) *World Music (afrobeat, reggae, and world beat jam mostly)---Panjea, Bob Marley, The Motet, Chicago Afrobeat Project, Bola Sete, Toubab Krewe, The Everyone Orchestra, and thats not even the start of it....
Hey, I forgot to post the music I like: Rock: Ednaswap, Pixies, Led Zeppelin, Dead Meadow Punk: the Nymphs, Hole, Nirvana, Mudhoney Folk: Noe Venable, Bob Dylan, Lost in Tokyo Alternative: Tori Amos, Kate Bush, Jesus Lizard, Pagoda Of course I like a lot more, but those are my favorites in those genres. Like I said, when I get a CD, I like to listen to it a bunch of times. Then if I really like it, I buy a physical copy.
