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Post by Sir Ped of Ro on Sept 9, 2005 20:52:16 GMT
to everyone i had an idea while i was thinking/starting on working on the jazz presentation albums for the community (kindly invited by Janggutt). what do you think of creating an exchange/network of music between the board members?! each one of us have a knowledge of music unique and more or less extensive which could (should) be used to share with others so...why not?! each member willing/interested on entering on this "idea/music program exchange" please step right up and care to present his/her "expert music field", so others might contact him/her and exchange (this part can be done by PM to respect privacy). after the reception/listening of the cds/albums, the members could post/present here their thoughts/opinions and/or reviews... obvious as it seems, i'm interested on sending/receiving cd's/albums. my field can be more focused on the following music fields, if they interest to any of you, please say so: - Independant pop/rock - Blues - Jazz - World music (traditional music of a certain country/culture...) these 3 fields i'm more or less confident on being able to advice/present/send some gorgeous stuff my main driven motivation is that there are some incredible and unforgetable masterpieces around the world, that it's a shame that more people don't know them! well here it is, now the ball is on your side. leave your 2 cents and sugestions best regards ps- just one word about about the above mentioned music fields: they are like ice cream, there's always a flavour for everyone tastes.  |
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Post by Sir Ped of Ro on Sept 11, 2005 16:43:11 GMT
come on guys and gals have your saying (either be positive or negative)!  |
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Post by janggut on Sept 13, 2005 5:03:36 GMT
ok, allow me to say what i think (but don't take my word for it ;D ) is my forte;
used to listen to rock music but not tied down to the specific sub-genre as i like some of this & some of that.
example; for grunge they're soundgarden, pearl jam, alice in chains, sonic youth, dinosaur jr; for classic rock they're jimi hendrix, dire straits, CCR;
brit/power-pop PetShopBoys, Depeche Mode, Smiths, Radiohead, Cure; techno/ambient Orbital, FSOL, Aphex Twins, Prodigy, DJ Shadow;
soundtracks (clash/mash of genres) composers - John Williams, Howard Shore, Danny Elfman, Yoko Kanno, Joe Hisaishi
the last category will be something i am currently & passionately into, especially for the last two composers on the list (with the second last as my favourite). Yoko Kanno's work is very much jazz-oriented with a lot of genre mixes; pop, jazz, symphonic, ambient, folk etc.
@ pedro -> world music? wow! u rock! next time u should consider visiting Malaysia, specifically my state, Sarawak, as there is an annual feature on world/traditional music which is World Rainforest Music Festival. there have been more than 40 countries participated in the festival, which has been around for a few years already. it's often a 3-day event, which starts from day till night. there are concerts, workshops, seminars etc held by the participating bands & artistes.
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Post by Sir Ped of Ro on Sept 13, 2005 20:55:00 GMT
ok, allow me to say what i think (but don't take my word for it ;D ) is my forte; used to listen to rock music but not tied down to the specific sub-genre as i like some of this & some of that. example; for grunge they're soundgarden, pearl jam, alice in chains, sonic youth, dinosaur jr; for classic rock they're jimi hendrix, dire straits, CCR; brit/power-pop PetShopBoys, Depeche Mode, Smiths, Radiohead, Cure; techno/ambient Orbital, FSOL, Aphex Twins, Prodigy, DJ Shadow; soundtracks (clash/mash of genres) composers - John Williams, Howard Shore, Danny Elfman, Yoko Kanno, Joe Hisaishi the last category will be something i am currently & passionately into, especially for the last two composers on the list (with the second last as my favourite). Yoko Kanno's work is very much jazz-oriented with a lot of genre mixes; pop, jazz, symphonic, ambient, folk etc. @ pedro -> world music? wow! u rock! next time u should consider visiting Malaysia, specifically my state, Sarawak, as there is an annual feature on world/traditional music which is World Rainforest Music Festival. there have been more than 40 countries participated in the festival, which has been around for a few years already. it's often a 3-day event, which starts from day till night. there are concerts, workshops, seminars etc held by the participating bands & artistes. Janggut Glad you drop by... i always was very interested on knowing more about Sonic Youth (since they are the "muses" of one of my favs. groups: yo la tengo - also their connection to glen branca is interesting). would also love to know the opinions/points over jimy hendrix career/albums and impact on modern music. regarding soundtracks i have a couple few of them that might be interesting to you ("Heavy" directed by the independant James Mangold which features original composed music by the leader of the sonic youth). "Dead man" directed by Jim Jarmusch and musice by the great Neil Young... and many others since you love the master behind the OST of cowboy bebop, i'm pretty sure you have some deep roots for jazz and blues Jangutt old chap. if you want some world music it would be my pleasure. also i would love to know more about "your" traditional/cultural music. let me know, regards, Pedro. |
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Post by janggut on Sept 14, 2005 7:02:59 GMT
thanks for the kind words, pedro! ;D i first listened to Sonic Youth was when they had their album Dirty out (which was about the time when there was this label called grunge came out). that album is still the most accessible of all albums from Sonic Youth as it's more straightforward & more rock than experimental, with a more conventional musical setup. as far as i know, the later albums (the earlier ones are a bit hard to get nowadays) get more & more experimental & according to Thurston Moore (the 'leader'?) & his missus Kim Gordon (also part of Sonic Youth), their influence is not rock, rather jazz. heh, so u thought it was all rock for these sonic youths. i thought so too back then till i read the interview. back then Washing Machine album just came out & it was really really not of this world yet so compelling. this is the album musically almost similar to the previous effort Experimental All Trash And No Star album which featured no bass (the bassist, Kim Gordon played the third guitar instead). so u have no bassline rhythm but very heavily layered guitar sounds. Dirty may be very very appealing to my youth yet my heart belongs to Washing Machine that is so unique & sublime. i have not listened to the later albums though i do have them as at one time i just got tired of guitar screaming & escaped to ambient then orchestral & jazz. as for the traditional music, will elaborate more later. |
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Post by Sir Ped of Ro on Sept 22, 2005 13:27:22 GMT
Jangutt
PM if you're interested on receiving a couple of cds by mail...
best regards
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