Hey all .. I was hoping someone out there might be able to suggest artists/music/groups etc, who are different and who I do NOT normally listen to ..
I tend to listen to R n B (Mary J/Lauryn Hill/Keith Sweat etc) - Pop (Lady Gaga/Mariah Carey/Ronan Keating etc) - Rock (Guns n Roses/Eagles/Metallica*if they’re considered rock*) - Rap (Tupac/Biggie/Fifty etc) - Reggae (Bob Marley/Peter Tosh/Jimmy Cliff etc) - Movie Theme Music (Gladiator/Braveheart/Last of the Mohicans etc) ..
I guess .. I’d appreciate the help in finding more Movie Theme Music, and Classical Music as I’m loving Classical Music now .. I have Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Verdi, Chopin and Brahms etc .. But would like to expand to other artists who aren’t as big as the more famous composers, so if anyone has any suggestions for artists in this area that would be great, and also songs/name of music pieces as well ..
I’m not really that fussy (I just find it hard to ‘think outside the square’ sometimes) and I’ll listen to anything that has awesome beats/rhythm/flow and lyrics .. Though the lyrics I sometimes may not be interested in .. Instrumentals I think I’m looking for, or stuff that is totally the opposite to what I already listen to .. Artists who I’ve never heard of, songs you might think I’d never listen to .. Anything .. Just anything different .. Music/Artists/Songs/Groups that the majority of the worlds populace tends to forget, not have many followers or just not care for ..
Everything I usually listen to isn’t cutting it for me anymore .. I need that ‘change’ ..
Help Please 
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.. Your guys/gals answers are definitely different and most every thing is the different I was looking for .. Thanks to each and every one of you ..
Try "Charged" or "Tabla Beat Science" by Bill Laswell. If you want something really different, try The Residents, "Demons Dance Alone" or "Duck Stab" for earlier work. They invented art music based in Rock. "Object 47" by Wire kicks butt for post modern art pop with punk roots. Half Japanese is fun. I am a pro musician and find that what interests me as innovative fun intelligent music, is not represented by anything on the radio. That’s more like fast food, maybe immediately gratifying, but not nourishing for your soul or intellect. And wimpy. For classical, Eric Satie piano music is magnificent. Or, Ravel was great. I like the American composer, Charles Ives, who by the way, gave up professional music because he was too ahead of his time to make a living from it. He went on to invent equity life insurance, but continued to compose on the train, on his way to work. Much of the music I have mentioned works best if you can give it your undivided attention. It may be too interesting and challenging to work as background music. "Object 47" by Wire, will give you "in your face" rock beats and great lyrics. Anything by Wire rules lyric land, in that the imagery is strong and the words sound great, but the interpretation is up to you. "Charged" and "Tabla Beat Science" are instrumental, but no one makes beat music as good as Bill Laswell. He also was at the forefront of Dub and DnB as well as experimental rock. The Residents are an education for what art in music really means. There is no one like them. They have been an inspiration to many of the great artist of today. People like Les Claypool, or Matt Groening, or Penn and Teller, have all been influenced by the Residents unique take on our culture, and the distillation of human truth through music. Not that it’s always pretty. I would consider them all to be "musician’s musicians". Welcome to my world!
December 16th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
For a "change" try listening to Mad Caddies if you like reggae. Its kind of a mix with scar music.
For movie based music try songs by Hans Zimmer. He’s a great composer.
Your welcome.
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December 16th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
reggaeton TRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA TTTTRRRAAAAA TTTTTTTTTTTTTRRRRRAAAA
me gusta el reggaeton Como soy adolescente, generalmente las personas se impresionan cuando les digo que, ¡no me gusta el reggaetón! Es que los adultos piensan que ese tipo de música es parte obligatoria de la vida de un joven de esta época.
Y peor aún, cuando les digo que en mi iPod y en mi equipo celular sólo tengo grabadas canciones de Ricardo Arjona, Maná y algunos grupos de rock, se ríen como si fuera un chiste.
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December 16th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Try some songs from Broadway musicals. Some really good composers are Stephen Sondheim (his song unworthy of your love (from assassins) is good, Send in the Clowns (from A Little Night Music), Being Alive (from company)
Jerry Herman’s songs from La Cage Aux Folles (We Are What We Are, La Cage Aux Folles, I Am What I Am, A Little More Mascara)
Andrew Lloyd Webber has done a lot. Evita is really good (Oh what a circus, high flying adored, don’t cry for me argentina)
Kitty/Yorkey’s Next to Normal is amazing (superboy and the invisible girl, i miss the mountains, song of forgetting, aftershocks, the break, i am the one.)
Sheik/Sater’s Spring Awakening (mama who bore me, b*tch of livng, all that’s known, and then there were none)
These are all some really good ones.
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December 16th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
Try "Charged" or "Tabla Beat Science" by Bill Laswell. If you want something really different, try The Residents, "Demons Dance Alone" or "Duck Stab" for earlier work. They invented art music based in Rock. "Object 47" by Wire kicks butt for post modern art pop with punk roots. Half Japanese is fun. I am a pro musician and find that what interests me as innovative fun intelligent music, is not represented by anything on the radio. That’s more like fast food, maybe immediately gratifying, but not nourishing for your soul or intellect. And wimpy. For classical, Eric Satie piano music is magnificent. Or, Ravel was great. I like the American composer, Charles Ives, who by the way, gave up professional music because he was too ahead of his time to make a living from it. He went on to invent equity life insurance, but continued to compose on the train, on his way to work. Much of the music I have mentioned works best if you can give it your undivided attention. It may be too interesting and challenging to work as background music. "Object 47" by Wire, will give you "in your face" rock beats and great lyrics. Anything by Wire rules lyric land, in that the imagery is strong and the words sound great, but the interpretation is up to you. "Charged" and "Tabla Beat Science" are instrumental, but no one makes beat music as good as Bill Laswell. He also was at the forefront of Dub and DnB as well as experimental rock. The Residents are an education for what art in music really means. There is no one like them. They have been an inspiration to many of the great artist of today. People like Les Claypool, or Matt Groening, or Penn and Teller, have all been influenced by the Residents unique take on our culture, and the distillation of human truth through music. Not that it’s always pretty. I would consider them all to be "musician’s musicians". Welcome to my world!
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http://www.myspace.com/tidbitunlimited Brad Rapp