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Heck yeah...
Hey Brian, I was wondering why you directed this post at me? I never said anything derogatory about classical music. I like a good amount of it. I don't think it's too "complicated." I have never considered it "difficult" to get into either. I've been listening to it since I was a younger teen.People complain that classical music is too complicated, too much terminology, too many sub-genres and so on. But it's really simple compared to the broad spectrum of popular music. Go to Wikipedia and check out something like, say, rock music. And then you have punk rock. And punk fusion, and fusion rock, and post-punk fusion. And Kraut rock, and post-punk fusion gothic semi-heavy metal garage hillbilly rock. And so on and on and on and on (okay, I slightly exaggerate, but only slightly).
If you think it' difficult to "get into" classical music, you'll have a nightmare trying to make sense of popular music - the fans take it really seriously, and there are more rock and pop genres than there are genders in San Francisco.
Jeez folks, I just want to find something nice to listen to.![]()
Heck yeah...
Hey Brian, I was wondering why you directed this post at me? I never said anything derogatory about classical music. I like a good amount of it. I don't think it's too "complicated." I have never considered it "difficult" to get into either. I've been listening to it since I was a younger teen.
I was only suggesting that we have a conversation about genre instead of arguing over it. I was directing my original post at Steven, St. Luke, and John if anyone, and I wasn't even trying to berate anyone. Not at all.
Arty… I don’t think there is anything wrong with sticking with what you know and enjoy. A vast majority of the latest thing in any artistic form is little more than a novelty that will soon fade.
I cannot find the proper emoji to respond to this. I wanted to give you a hug. It does make sense to me and it’s also sad. All that music knowledge.. I wish I understood it. It’s all not lost yet. Don’t worry, you don’t know all ends. It ain’t over till it’s over. Younever know how music might pop up again or quietly become more prominent in your life. Usually things like that find its way to complete itself in a full circle in your life.Personally, I haven't posted in the other thread much--not because it's mostly classical (although that's part of it)--but because I don't often listen to music anymore. It's a sad affair, and is attached to a long (also sad) story of being a professional musician for half of my life. It's deep-seated. So much so, my long-time therapist still hasn't been able to address it with me. I've only been listening to music again for the last decade, and I tend to listen to stuff I'm already familiar with. Then, I'll listen to those albums over and over for long periods of time until I'm "ready" to change to something else. This is embarrassing to admit to. It's embarrassing because I have/had a vast technical knowledge of music, and now it seems it's gone to waste.
I also very much miss Musket. Our private emails meant a lot to me, as we spoke a lot about music. It was healing for me.
Triduana, in an attempt to educate myself I listened to tracks by all of these bands on YouTube. I must say that of the four I prefer Heilung by far and will add some of their music to the USB drive in my car sound system. I was expecting them to be similar to Children of Bodom, but they are quite different in my opinion. I wouldn't be surprised if they were influenced by Philip Glass, but what does an old classical lover know anyway?"I admit that the classification of music into types or genres can be a useful tool, but my preference is to simply call it Music."
I agree with @Hermes2020 . There are too many discussions / debates about genres of music out there, when we could just be listening to it instead.
I like the idea of this thread, I admit I feel like I'm in my own little corner in the other one (rock / metal and the like are my happy place) so I don't really post there very often. I like a bit of classical, but I can't listen to it if I'm doing something (I went through a phase of listening to it when I was stuck in traffic jams). I don't really care about genres though, there's music I like, and music I don't.
This week has included:
Faith No More: The Real Thing (still one of my favourites)
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Heilung: Drif (for my experimental Nordic folk fix - love these guys)
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My current soundtrack for the gym: Prong - State of Emergency (a good bit of thrash metal)
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Hair of El Perro: just discovered today. It's a groovy kind of rock music.
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