What do you guys listen to? :)

[Sean Corbett]

Well I'm new to the list so I'll at least say hello first... hello!  My
name's Sean, and I am an UbuntuStudioholic.  Forgive me if someone else
already used that line, or if it's just plain dorky.

Sounds like everyone has really varied, but good, music tastes on this list,
which is to be expected from computer-savvy music-heads (and music-savvy
computer-heads).  I'm into a wide variety too:  I especially like music that
is brutally honest like Johnny Cash, early U2... music that is
agressive/progressive and intricate like Yes, Genesis, Rush, King Crimson,
Led Zeppelin, The Police, Cream (anything Clapton), Smashing Pumpkins,
Soundgarden (& other Chris Cornell projects to an extent)... music that is
soothing but still smart like Miles, Coltrane, Beethoven, Chopin, Ravell,
Rachmaninoff, Ray Lamontagne, Nick Drake, Andrew Bird, Coldplay, CSN(Y)...
music that is just solid rock & roll, like Petty, The Stones, Hendrix, Foo
Fighters... music that is cutting-edge or just plain unique like Radiohead,
Tom Waits, Pink Floyd, Phish, Steely Dan, Bowie, Jeff Buckley, Ours.

That said, I also harbor a secret love for 70s Christian folk and rock, like
Keith Green, Glass Harp (Phil Keaggy), Larry Norman, Parable, Love Song...
there's a few others I can't think of at the moment.  Oh and my favorite
guitarist is probably Jim Hall... search YouTube for him, please, if you're
into jazz.  I play guitar myself, so if you couldn't tell my tastes are
strongly guitar-centric.  Until recently i was in a Coldplay-like band
called Idiosympathy; we still have some music up on myspace, recordings that
I engineered.  Shameless plug, sorry.

Oh and one more guilty pleasure:  chiptunes.  i.e., music written
specifically for/on old (mid-80s) game and computer systems, such as the NES
or Commodore 64.  Here are a couple good examples you can look up on myspace
or google:  Bit Shifter, Nullsleep, Tree Wave, Animal Style, the Vinny
Club.  Also the music *from* said era of video games i find to be quite
amazing... limiting counterpoint to 3 parts really forced the composers to
be creative.

Sorry that was long, there's just so much good music out there!  I didn't
even list my favorite local bands, which there are plenty of.

Sean

-- 
"Almost any misfortune is
preferable to a worse one." -t. weller
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