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ChocloManx

On March the 9th, 2008 I posted in this thread saying "Who?" (referring to Radiohead), you know, trying to be funny. I had never listened to the band then, other than Creep I suppose. A few months ago I got a box full of cassettes with three Radiohead records in it: The Bends, OK Computer ...

ChocloManx

Basically anything by Boards of Canada. (also good for listening while watching old footage (especially old educational films about the dangers of cycling and the importance of tin))

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I've always found the offstage random clattering in Mahler's 6th somewhat disturbing, but very cool. I'm surprised no one has mentioned Stravinsky's Rite of Spring (maybe it's too obvious? I feel like a noob now :P) Also Ionisation by Edgard Varèse (get a load a' them clusters!!) . Worth mentioning ...

ChocloManx

Classical guitar is the best kind of guitar. And Julian Bream is king.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJETmCQI2fA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZNIOErYqSA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1i_2HYmJkA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDXznf-sk-g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vGH2tdBNqo

ChocloManx

Arvo Pärt might be right up your alley: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnzHmCcnioA also maybe Ástor Piazzolla http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbdakZjHTys or Philip Glass http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcyTyLqkvoU Debussy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLbpQl1cCl8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_7loz...

ChocloManx

Midnight wrote:A... those are the same thing.

ONE two THREE four FIVE six = ONE and TWO and THREE and

They are of equal length, but 6/8 is actually ONE two three FOUR five six

ChocloManx

Electric cello definitively sounds different than an acoustic one This is a good example.. It's not a huge difference, though.
You should try one out at a music store, even if it's not the exact same model you want to buy.

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hahaha, GA-10 4 lyf.

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Foundation series - Isaac Asimov The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien Salome - Oscar Wilde Ficciones - Jorge Luis Borges The Gods Themselves - Isaac Asimov Cien Años de Soledad - Gabriel García Márquez Siddhartha - Herman Hesse The Silmarillion - JRR Tolkien Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov 1984 - George Or...

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I used to play rock. Less ridiculous rock than that, though, but it's the only example I could find. Now I mostly use my guitar in the improvisation band I'm in. My rig: Epiphone G400 Sometimes (maybe half the time) a cheap Behringer distortion pedal, something like a failed big muff copy. Epiphone...

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His sampling King Crimson is one of the best things about him. That and having Portishead as a major influence on Late Registration. He tries things which nobody else would think of. Not quite, to be somewhat anal. I've only listened to the track that sampled 21st century schizoid man. It was okay ...

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Paul Hindemith's book, What's the title of it? Also...this discussion has gone over my head! :P It's called "A Concentrated Course in Traditional Harmony: With Emphasis on Exercises and a Minimum of Rules". You can get it on amazon for like 20 bucks, but you can probably find it on a libr...

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wtf, modes are hella important Not if your goal is to understand any composer from JS Bach through Wagner. The melodies from Bach's chorale harmonisations are largely modal, and the phrygian cadence, used extensively by various composers from the period you mentioned has modal origins. Liszt used m...

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wtf, modes are hella important, and in a diatonic context, they're not that many. If you want to learn harmony, I recommend Paul Hindemith's book, but you need to know a bit about intervals and such before getting into that. Learning intervals is important by the way, it will help you immensely: int...

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Midnight wrote:The best thing to do with odd meters is make them sound like they aren't odd meters. Gavin Harrison, the drummer for Porcupine Tree, is particularly good at this.

Also Dave Brubeck and Dave Holland. Huh, two Daves.

ChocloManx

Ponyta are a pretty good band. I don't know if it classifies as noise rock, but I think it's the closest I know to the videos linked. you can download their album Friendship and Self-Discipline for free here.

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I know there are a lot of Herbert haters out there, but I quite like Karajan's version with the Berlin Philharmonic on Deutsche Grammophon or Decca, I don't remember.

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What the hell, free time is totally cool.

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Hm. Knowing music theory and how to play an instrument to at least some degree. The only thing I found in common in all the examples you gave is that at the places you point, something changes, or the melody is embellished, or does something slightly unexpected. I don't know what else to say, it's t...

ChocloManx

Schumann, Grieg and Hugo Wolf are pretty great. Silvio Rodríguez also, at least some of his stuff.

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I like them all, really, they all have their place, but 10 and 7 and 13 are somewhat more fun to play for me, on occasion.

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King Crimson and Lady Gaga (whoah)
Red Hot Chili Peppers and Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers
Flaming Lips and Talking Heads
Niggas with Attitude and Average White Band
The Meters and Miles Davis

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El Teorema de Thales is hilarious and educational, if you know spanish

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I've been to the opera once, to see Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle and an opera by an Italian composer whose name I can't remember. It was pretty alright, but I didn't fall in love with the genre. Although I recently listened to Debussy's Pelleas et Melisande and I loved it completely. I wish they woul...

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carlt wrote:Stuff

What? Their guitar playing is fine, they're actually talented. And the singer is pretty okay too. The style and show are not for me, but it's a decent band.

ChocloManx

Eh, I rather despise that sort of shred based music, except for Vai, whom I respect a lot as a guitarist but not so much as a composer.

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Amie wrote:Backstreet Boys. *Prepares for trouble, makes it double*

I can't help it. They were the first "band" I heard when I was little and I am not ashamed to say that I still like some of their songs.

I like them too.

ChocloManx

Um. this is my band :oops:

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The Rite of Spring isn't romantic, though.

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Dudes, everybody loves The Doors, The Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, The Talking Heads, the Beach Boys and Sonic Youth.

everybody.

Some people do (or would, rather) hate Penderecki's early-ish work.

ChocloManx

top three... that's a tough one...

I'd say Brahms' German Requiem, Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde aaaaand Dvorák's Symphony nº9

Or something like that.

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As I told a friend: I'd like to like them to chat up girls and what not, but they're a bit too sissy for my tastes. I mean, they're not bad, it's pretty music but I dislike the imagery that comes with their music.
Please don't kill me.

ChocloManx

Benny Goodman's Carniege Hall concert is incredible.

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Yay. Here are some of Leo Brouwer's estudios sencillos and El Decamerón Negro. (played by my guitar teacher :D) Bach's fugue from his violin sonata BWV 1001 arranged for guitar. Tico Tico, of course. A rather beautiful arrangement for guitar duo of Debussy's Clair de Lune. The Marsh, by Bert Lams pl...

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What exactly do you mean by trance?

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It was pretty crazy, I was alone in my house, my sister is in the south, nearer to the epicenter and my mom was in a 10 story building. Thankfully nothing happened to us (not even one broken dish). So far 214 or more people have died, and many more are hurt or had their homes destroyed, right now Im...

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Part's Berlin Mass is incredible, I had the luck to see it performed live. Also: Webern' five pieces for orchestra Bartok's concerto for orchestra and his sonata for solo violin, particularly this movement right here Peteris Vasks' "distant light" violin concerto ( I could only find this, ...

ChocloManx

holy shit there are a lot of bands.

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I think minimalism is somewhat associated with rock music so that might be it?

ChocloManx

To play I use an Epi G400 (sg)
To record I use this (it has a mic and records cassettes)

To listen I use a pretty lame set of Genius speakers+subwoofer or a pair of Samson headphones.

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