Why you listen to music? and what's your music style?
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benjamin_chu
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I listen to so much different music that I don't really feel like I belong to any specific camp. I usually listen to various incarnations of rock and metal, but I might play country, jazz or blues, so ..
I think for this reason, I hate lists. I have trouble defining what my all-time favourites are, but I know what I like right now.
These days, it's mostly various prog banRAB for me. Gong, Caravan, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and so on ..
My favourite way of enjoying music is along with some beers and whisky. Getting drunk and listening to music is just awesome sometimes. If noone else is around, I'll sing along and play my imaginary instruments.
(Not that I get drunk on my own very often.)
I think for this reason, I hate lists. I have trouble defining what my all-time favourites are, but I know what I like right now.
These days, it's mostly various prog banRAB for me. Gong, Caravan, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and so on ..
My favourite way of enjoying music is along with some beers and whisky. Getting drunk and listening to music is just awesome sometimes. If noone else is around, I'll sing along and play my imaginary instruments.
(Not that I get drunk on my own very often.)
Having a few beers and putting some music on is fantastic. I don't sing or anything but it's a huge stress reliever. As for what i listen to : my first love was Metal and I still listen to a lot but I like pretty much anything and everything from brutal grindcore to ibiza chillout.
I listen to music because I love to play it, I love to discover new music and experience new sounRAB. It just generally interests me.
I usually listen to a variety of everything, but most of it has alot of experimental influences. The simplest way to put it, take a genre and put the word 'experimental' or 'noise' in front of it, and its a genre I mostly likely listen to.
I usually listen to a variety of everything, but most of it has alot of experimental influences. The simplest way to put it, take a genre and put the word 'experimental' or 'noise' in front of it, and its a genre I mostly likely listen to.
Digga : RIP MJ :
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I love music for a few reasons really. As Jackhammer said, kicking back with some bevvies and blasting out a few albums is a very enjoyable thing to do. I love listening to the more lyrically meaty and/or gentle stuff like Leonard Cohen, Elvis Costello, Nick Cave, Neil Young etc with a cuppa coffee and a few cigarettes at hand. Escapism comes into the equation as well. Collecting it makes for a worthwhile hobby too. Inspiration as well, and probably a few more reasons I can't think of at the moment.
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Basically the same as what the Unfan said. I like music that transports me in some way. I listen to a lot of different styles but tend to go through little cycles of what I'm currently listening to. This week I've been listening to a lot of hip-hop; last week it was a lot of slow, dirge-like metal; before that it was bebop.
dominguezsex
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I'm pretty picky about my music. If the music is good, I will listen and keep on listening. If it's bad, I stop listening for the rest of the night. Usually it consists of hip-hop, a little rap and country.
Why I listen to music? Honestly I have no better reason other than I just love music as an art form. I liked it as a kid and my appreciation of it has done nothing but increased over the years.
I listen to almost everything that I've had a chance to check out, but my favorite type of music is late 70's/early 80's punk, post-punk and new-wave. This would include everything from The Clash to The Minutemen, The Fall, Public Image Ltd., New Order, The Jam, Talking HeaRAB, so on and so forth. I like the direct and down-to-earth approach of these genres and the passion/sincerity that you can hear. Punk is great if I'm feeling political or want to get pumped-up, post-punk is great for something more artsy and creative, and new-wave is great for color and pure pop-catchiness.
Favorite banRAB at this point are The Mekons and The Fall.
I listen to almost everything that I've had a chance to check out, but my favorite type of music is late 70's/early 80's punk, post-punk and new-wave. This would include everything from The Clash to The Minutemen, The Fall, Public Image Ltd., New Order, The Jam, Talking HeaRAB, so on and so forth. I like the direct and down-to-earth approach of these genres and the passion/sincerity that you can hear. Punk is great if I'm feeling political or want to get pumped-up, post-punk is great for something more artsy and creative, and new-wave is great for color and pure pop-catchiness.
Favorite banRAB at this point are The Mekons and The Fall.
Palins Bastard Grandchild
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i listen to music as an alternative to silence.
my preferred style is anything that has a tangible level of intensity and experimentalism, something that does more than just go through the motions.
my preferred style is anything that has a tangible level of intensity and experimentalism, something that does more than just go through the motions.
Pretty much because I enjoy it 
: The technical aspects, how decent songs are made, and put together... Just a good chillout as well as being enjoyable.
Going through my collection I would have to say i am a jazz man, or electronic... Just experimentation with both. But listen to a lot outside those genres of course.
: The technical aspects, how decent songs are made, and put together... Just a good chillout as well as being enjoyable.Going through my collection I would have to say i am a jazz man, or electronic... Just experimentation with both. But listen to a lot outside those genres of course.
Maybe, Metalossama, you'll like to hear that I started with heavy metal/hardcore/goth/death metal before getting into... I don't know, "The Beach Boys."
Something you might not want to hear is that I consider Metal and all ten billion incarnations of it (or is it the other way around?) a stepping stone. I got into more diverse and complex music as a breath of fresh air from metal and such.
Honestly metal is diverse and complex, but I find the stories and characters of anything but such angry sounding music - and I can relate better - to anything metal ever gave me. I was in grade school/early high-school then, and it made sense to me then, but issues are different now that I'm a man.
So I listen to "Pet SounRAB" because I've lived what Brian Wilson has talked about, but don't ever pin me down to one music style.
If you've read all that and are now on this line, know that I would like to go back to listening to metal. There's something still for me there : ) But we all know that I'll be quoted and flamed at for what I said above.
Something you might not want to hear is that I consider Metal and all ten billion incarnations of it (or is it the other way around?) a stepping stone. I got into more diverse and complex music as a breath of fresh air from metal and such.
Honestly metal is diverse and complex, but I find the stories and characters of anything but such angry sounding music - and I can relate better - to anything metal ever gave me. I was in grade school/early high-school then, and it made sense to me then, but issues are different now that I'm a man.
So I listen to "Pet SounRAB" because I've lived what Brian Wilson has talked about, but don't ever pin me down to one music style.
If you've read all that and are now on this line, know that I would like to go back to listening to metal. There's something still for me there : ) But we all know that I'll be quoted and flamed at for what I said above.
zacktiptips
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Music is for stimulation. Also for fellowship. It can bring hated enemies together.
My style? Well most of what I play (as in instrument playing) is bluesy or deeply cultural, like Eastern or Middle Eastern type stuff. I like my music loose as a goose, no perfect playing or carefully orchestrated pieces
My style? Well most of what I play (as in instrument playing) is bluesy or deeply cultural, like Eastern or Middle Eastern type stuff. I like my music loose as a goose, no perfect playing or carefully orchestrated pieces
I appreciate all good music. It relaxes me while pumping me up at the same time. Strange yet incredible. I have always been especially moved by late 60's and 70's classic rock, as well as prog rock and jazz-rock. Frankly the labels bug me...if you feel it, it's good!
Gopal (The Musical Mad Scientist and Entrepreneur)
Gopal (The Musical Mad Scientist and Entrepreneur)