Do you want to expand your taste in music?
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Dorsetmike
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That may well be so for the "common herd" who only know what is forced upon them by the media, chart driven radio stations and magazines etc.
Those of us that can think for ourselves make our own choices, and are prepared to search out music to our own tastes.
By the way black text on a dark blue ground is almost illegible, what's more it's difficult to read
Those of us that can think for ourselves make our own choices, and are prepared to search out music to our own tastes.
By the way black text on a dark blue ground is almost illegible, what's more it's difficult to read
. . . By the way black text on a dark blue ground is almost illegible, what's more it's difficult to read
I've edited that just now, Mike ... should be more readable.
@BenJB - Welcome to the forum :wave:
Personally, my tastes in music continue to change over time ... I am in my mid sixties ... although I continue to loathe rapcrap, metal, and other "noise" makers, my interests in the Classical side of things has continued to evolve. In my own field, that of being a professional organist, I have started to take a liking to the lesser known composers for organ and using those in my church for preludes, postludes, etc. My congregation is very receptive to anything I play and do comment about the music, and tell me about likes or dislikes or ask for more information about the composer. I always include the born/death year of the composers in my titles.
Up to the point where I was age 25, my tastes were greatly influenced by my parents ... we are an all Classical music family ... after age 25, my horizons have continually expanded ... that is, where Classical music is concerned.
Kh ♫
cwemb
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I am in my thirties and I still like rap music, especially Eminem http://www.eminemsongs.net
I have tried also to expand my horizons in music over time ... I still like the favourites of mine: The Beegees, Karen Carpenter, John Denver, Robert Goulet, Doris Day, etc.
Some neo-classical is now on my listening list ... mostly organ neo-classical. I also enjoy using more contemporary composers in organ music, Camille Van Hulse, Flor Peeters, David Johnson, Randy Runyon, Carl Best, Max Reger (to a limit on Reger - some of his stuff is way beyond my means of capability and/or lack of instrument resources.
Of course, anything Frederik Magle composes is right up there next to Buxtehude ... as well as the works of another resident organ composer, Jean-Paul Verpeaux (aka Musicalis)
Kh ♫
Some neo-classical is now on my listening list ... mostly organ neo-classical. I also enjoy using more contemporary composers in organ music, Camille Van Hulse, Flor Peeters, David Johnson, Randy Runyon, Carl Best, Max Reger (to a limit on Reger - some of his stuff is way beyond my means of capability and/or lack of instrument resources.
Of course, anything Frederik Magle composes is right up there next to Buxtehude ... as well as the works of another resident organ composer, Jean-Paul Verpeaux (aka Musicalis)
Kh ♫
teddy
Duckmeister
I grew up listening to classical and what might be called light entertainment music. My only exposure to pop was Sunday night Radio Luxumberg playing the Top 20. At fourteen I discovered jazz and loved it. At fifteen it was R&B and POP thanks to Radio London and then when we moved down here,Radio Caroline. Yes, there is certain music which I grew to love as a youngster but I have continued to listen and learn over the years. It is only since I have joined this forum that I have learnt to really appreciate pipe organs. Still listening, still learning. Still enjoying the experience.
teddy
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ArmstrongtoZappa
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For me, it's been an ongoing and every changing process. For example, it took many years of listening for more safe jazz and popular music to reach out to "free" jazz like Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman, etc. I used to turn WKCR off when the free segment came on, now I'm almost the opposite. and the funny thing since I'm not a musician, I still don't understand most of it, but it's different. I guess Charles Mingus and John Coltrane (pre free) were the bridges I crossed into the free world.
John Watt
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BenJB heard most people are set in their musical ways by the time they're 25.
I heard that everyone is born singing and dancing, but most lose it by the age of 5.
What BenJB is probably referring to is what could be called "comfort music".
ArmstrongtoZappa! As Cheryl Crow sang, "I derailed my own train with Coltrane".
Congratulations on getting into improvisational jazz without being a musician.
That's something that really should be experienced live.
You don't hear about psychiatrists losing the couch and being only online or on the phone,
and live jazz has as much psychology and more musical consciousness as that profession,
just being laid back, not laying down.
And as Frank Zappa sang, "They're so laid back they formed a heap".
I heard that everyone is born singing and dancing, but most lose it by the age of 5.
What BenJB is probably referring to is what could be called "comfort music".
ArmstrongtoZappa! As Cheryl Crow sang, "I derailed my own train with Coltrane".
Congratulations on getting into improvisational jazz without being a musician.
That's something that really should be experienced live.
You don't hear about psychiatrists losing the couch and being only online or on the phone,
and live jazz has as much psychology and more musical consciousness as that profession,
just being laid back, not laying down.
And as Frank Zappa sang, "They're so laid back they formed a heap".