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Mike constantly gives me a hard time about my music. I was born in 1956, and I grew up loving Rock and Blues. It's the kind of music that touches my soul. A lot of our members love the very mellow kind of audiophile music, and I respect that. But I want want music that makes me want to play drums on my counter top, and makes me bob my head and immerse myself in the beat.

Music, to me, is letting myself go, completely.

How about you?
 
I like rock of the Eagles, Fleetwood Mac variety, but so much rock is so poorly recorded too and that drives me nuts. That being said, I can still enjoy a good Lynyrd Skynyrd album....just not all the time.
 
Hi Mark,

I have very eclectic taste in music. I played the cello in an orchestra through all my school years and the classical guitar after that. So I have always been very fond of classical music. But I also developed a love for late 60's and early 70's rock and roll. I love everything from the Woodstock era, in fact I go bonkers over it. However, in the last 10 years I have developed a real taste for jazz, mostly small combos, jazz piano and jazz vocals. I'm a huge fan of Ella Fitzgerald, Bill Evans, Kenny Barron and Wes Montgomery, to name a few. Just when I thought I had it all figured out, I went out and heard some blues the other night. Nineteen year old King Solomon Hicks rocked my world. Now I'm a blues fan too. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaiZCwPT2Wo



Ken
 
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I think my listening time is 70% rock, 20% jazz, 10% classical.
Within rock, I have a soft spot for obscure progressive rock of the 70s :) My collection is actually pretty sizeable in that particular genre, as I've been buying/collecting since I was a kid...
Because of this, a lot of my musical references are normal recordings, not perfect audiophile ones. Stuff like Yes, Genesis, Renaissance... If a system can play those well enough, it's doing something right in my books :)
Of course, I've learned to appreciate good jazz, and I'm particularly taken by some classical works, mostly of the symphonic variety (there might be a link to the prog rock in there somewhere...) But one thing I can't fully grasp or actually sit down and listen to is vocal jazz. I like the odd track here and there, but an entire album is just too much for me!


cheers,
alex.
 
joeinid said:
Thanks Ken, he's amazing.
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Joe,

I got to talk to him after his late set. He lives in Harlem and started playing at the Cotton Club when he was 14 years old. He says he's still trying to get better but I told him he was already there. You should see the way he can whip up the crowd, in a word, electric!

Ken
 
My music tastes are all over the place. It all depends on my mood. I grew up listening to rock. Rush and Yes are still my all time favorite bands. That said I am just as happy listening to Jazz, Folk and classical. Right now I am listening to Fleet Foxes and loving it. Tomorrow I may be in a Iron Maiden mood :). Oh....and I love the mellow audiophile stuff!!
 
I have weaned myself off rock exclusively, and now listen to classical (chamber music, string quartets, viola, cello, etc.), and female jazz vocalists. However, on Friday and Saturday night when I can drink beer and stay up all night, it is back to Rock.

When I was in my 20s I could not imagine listening to anything other than rock, but something happened. Maybe 10 years or so ago I was working at home (writing software), and discovered classical music in the background helped me relax, and think better. Probably because there are no lyrics requiring me to pay attention. I always have been a guitar fan, and that might be why I prefer the string instruments in classical.
 
BlueFox said:
I have weaned myself off rock exclusively, and now listen to classical (chamber music, string quartets, viola, cello, etc.), and female jazz vocalists. However, on Friday and Saturday night when I can drink beer and stay up all night, it is back to Rock.

When I was in my 20s I could not imagine listening to anything other than rock, but something happened. Maybe 10 years or so ago I was working at home (writing software), and discovered classical music in the background helped me relax, and think better. Probably because there are no lyrics requiring me to pay attention. I always have been a guitar fan, and that might be why I prefer the string instruments in classical.
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I bet those S5's can crank it out Bud!!
 
Alpinist said:
Hi Mark,

I have very eclectic taste in music. I played the cello in an orchestra through all my school years and the classical guitar after that. So I have always been very fond of classical music. But I also developed a love for late 60's and early 70's rock and roll. I love everything from the Woodstock era, in fact I go bonkers over it. However, in the last 10 years I have developed a real taste for jazz, mostly small combos, jazz piano and jazz vocals. I'm a huge fan of Ella Fitzgerald, Bill Evans, Kenny Barron and Wes Montgomery, to name a few. Just when I thought I had it all figured out, I went out and heard some blues the other night. Nineteen year old King Solomon Hicks rocked my world. Now I'm a blues fan too. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaiZCwPT2Wo



Ken
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Great video Ken! Where did you get to hear him? I loved it.
 
MDP said:
I bet those S5's can crank it out Bud!!
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To a point. :audiophile: Bud is the man. He can test the limits of any system.

I remember Kevin Voecks telling me "you can't break the Salon 2's". He hasn't met Bud.
 
asiufy said:
I think my listening time is 70% rock, 20% jazz, 10% classical.
Within rock, I have a soft spot for obscure progressive rock of the 70s :) My collection is actually pretty sizeable in that particular genre, as I've been buying/collecting since I was a kid...
Because of this, a lot of my musical references are normal recordings, not perfect audiophile ones. Stuff like Yes, Genesis, Renaissance... IF A SYSTEM CAN PLAY THOSE WELL ENOUGH, IT'S DOING SOMETHING RIGHT IN MY BOOKS :)
Of course, I've learned to appreciate good jazz, and I'm particularly taken by some classical works, mostly of the symphonic variety (there might be a link to the prog rock in there somewhere...) But one thing I can't fully grasp or actually sit down and listen to is vocal jazz. I like the odd track here and there, but an entire album is just too much for me!


cheers,
alex.
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I've always believed that too Alex, If a system plays Rock well, it can handle anything else.
 
MDP said:
But I want want music that makes me want to play drums on my counter top, and makes me bob my head and immerse myself in the beat. Music, to me, is letting myself go, completely.
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That's poetry and I completely agree. I love it when music causes my head to explode - meaning all that good stuff...that pleasure rush that fills your head. I am fairly liberal when it comes to music but nothing gets my heart rate up like Rock/Alternative/Beat Box/Techno...stuff that has an aggressive beat forcing you to get your tail up off the ground.

Mark, another phrase I like to use and likely my generation is that "I LIKE TO DROP IN"

Mark, you are just too kewl. Great description.
 
Mike said:
I like rock of the Eagles, Fleetwood Mac variety, but so much rock is so poorly recorded too and that drives me nuts. That being said, I can still enjoy a good Lynyrd Skynyrd album....just not all the time.
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I think you need to get out more.:) Kidding aside, I agree with you to a point on that. Metaphorically speaking, the list of poorly recorded rock music is long, but there is also a list of well recorded rock of some size as well. It depends on who the artists uses as engineers and all that, also the substyle of rock, etc.
For example, most Prog rock is well recorded for a list of reasons.
If the reasons are beyond just the recording quality as well, then it's simply a matter of taste. That's partly where the beauty of music lies, in it's diversity. Different people resonate with different music. For example, I'm quite diverse in my musical taste, but there are genres I just don't resonate with such as today's pop, rap, hip hop, Metal/hard rock, what they pass for country these days and opera. I don't know if it's because I don't understand it, can't handle the mostly poor recording quality (except in the case of Opera) or I just simply can't connect. Most likely all the above.
Also our musical tastes change over time. There was a time years ago when I was into heavy metal and the like and now I can't stand it. There was a time when I could not stand Jazz, now days I love it, bebop in particular. Same thing with Classical, boring, did not understand why it existed and now today I have a real appreciation of it and there are times when I just have to play me some symphonic Mozart or Beethoven and I find myself really sinking into it when I do.
 
MDP said:
Mike constantly gives me a hard time about my music. I was born in 1956, and I grew up loving Rock and Blues. It's the kind of music that touches my soul. A lot of our members love the very mellow kind of audiophile music, and I respect that. But I want want music that makes me want to play drums on my counter top, and makes me bob my head and immerse myself in the beat.

Music, to me, is letting myself go, completely.

How about you?
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Absolutely and much more, for me at least.
I grew up in the sixties with music from that era of course. Some folks think the only thing then was psychedelic rock, drugs and rioting. Not so, just a glance at music history reveals that some of the greatest music ever came from that era in a rainbow of styles.

Mark, the key phrase you said is "the kind of music that touches my soul". That is the most important thing in the world as far as I'm concerned. That is exactly what music is supposed to do. Music is the language of the soul.
As I said to Mike in this thread, we all resonate with different music differently.
 
Mike said:
To a point. :audiophile: Bud is the man. He can test the limits of any system.

I remember Kevin Voecks telling me "you can't break the Salon 2's". He hasn't met Bud.
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I will be happy to perform a real world test on the Salon speakers. Just ship me a pair for a month or so, and I will review them. :)
 
music taste is totally personal, but there is plenty of even recent, well-recorded rock. see the latest Beck, Death Cab for Cutie, Dawes, Blake Mills, Jack White, etc.

i made the mistake of buying two "audiophile-approved" female vocalist discs recently- lets just say i don't relate to the audiophile obsession with female vocals, but at least put on some Rhye, London Grammar, Natalie Prass, Sia, etc.
 
I'm finding this thread inspirational or motivating. I've got to start putting some more music up here, but darn it, I have some other stuff to do first. I can hardly wait now to get first things first done.
 
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