hmmm what a fun thread^^

Bauhaus, Delibes, Bach, Beethoven, Wagner, Maria Callas, Puccini, any rave/hard house/acid, Love and Rockets, Mario Lanza, Tchaikovsky, Radiohead, Waterboys, Gang of Four, Queen, 50s-present, and some old country.

Growing up in household with 3 generations afforded me the oppurtunity to listen to a wide variety of music. My mother focused more on opera and classical while the teenagers in the house listened more to Elton John and the Beatles.

Hello everyone,

Beatles, Rolling Stones, Moody Blues, Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, Charlie Danials, Black Oak Arkansas, Deep Purple, Bad Company, Boston, Marshall Tucker Band, Crosby, Still & Nash, Peter Frampton, Styx, Warrant, Tesla, Van Halen, Scorpians, Krokus, Waylon Jennings, Judas Priest, The Fix, Talking Heads, Crowded House, Lou Graham, Foreigner, Pat Traverse, Saigon Kick, Third Eye Blind, Tonic, Sugar Ray, U-2, Archangel, Def Leopard, Night Ranger, Eric Clampton, Cream, Bind Faith, Grand Funk Railroad, Rush, The Tubes, The Allman Brothers Band, Journey, Heart, Pat Benatar, Faith Hill, Yes, GTR, Mike and the Mechanics, Genesis, The Goo Goo Dolls, Matchbox Twenty, The Marz Volta, Thursday, AFI, Coheed and Cambria, Brazil, Sparta, and The Who, just to name a few.

Love always,
Elizabeth

elizabeth,

wow that was a great list. i didn't even think of some of those, but now that i've read it i'm going to go download some tunes for the computer. (there's about 9 i could have added to!) my list was far from extensive, but i can't believe i didn't put one of my all time favorites...

i was SO excited to see you put coheed and cambria down!! what's your favorite song of theirs?

i've been following them for a long time. my co-worker introduced me to their music, had me listening to it for awhile and asked me what i thought of them. i told him that i loved their music, it's original and it's great that they're telling a story through out all of their albums. that day he told me that his brother used to play with travis stever (the guitarist) in arizona when they were in high school (around that age). now he could have just been making it up, but he's really not that kind of guy... plus he had signed cd's, pretty cool stuff. hope they come to canada soon. they're not going to on this tour, but i hope in the next 2 years they do.

-tino-

I like classical music, opera, jazz, and the pop/rock/folk music of the 50's and 60's.  Bach is my favorite composer, Puccini is my favorite for opera, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong for jazz, and Simon and Garfunkle in pop music.  My taste in classical music is quite varied, my CD collection includes Wendy Carlos and the Kronos Quartet, as well as Yo Yo Ma, Leonard Slatkin, Glen Gould, etc.  For the last several years my wife and I have had season tickets to the Kansas City Lyric Opera--they do four productions a year.  The first performance of the Fall will be "Madame Butterfly"--one of my favorites.  If you are in need of a good cry I recommend Butterfly's aria "Un Bel Di"--if you have a dry eye after listening to that then you are emotionally dead.

Hi tino I haven't been here for a while nice to meet you
Im into classic rock, jazz, blues, and a little country do you play an instrument

hi jaded,

yes, i do play a couple instruments. i used to play the drums for awhile in jr. - sr. high (as well as trumpet in our dorky little band).

i've been playing guitar since i was 14. the first one i bought was a fender acoustic electric, then i went to a fender strat. i play a lot of country and write a lot of my own songs on my acoustic. i love my strat for hendrix, guns n roses, coheed and cambria, metallica, foo fighters, and nirvana.

what you about? any instruments? if not, what would you want to play?

nice meeting you officially

-tino-

hi tino i play drums since i was 8 and i also play guitar, piano and other percussions i also write songs and music 
why did you stop playing drums?

i loved the drums, but i always felt that i was meant to write and sing music and i thought the best way to do that was to learn the guitar. i play the piano since i was 3 years old until i was 14. i didn't go the full classical route like my brother and sister, instead when i was 9 i switched to jazz and composition. learned a lot of theory and rhythm. looking back i'm really happy i did go through those 5 years of intense lessons and work because i was then able to apply that to my guitar and picked it up really quickly. i can play by ear because of the piano as well.

i can't remember a single thing on the piano anymore (wierd huh?), but i'm sure that if i got back on a drum set i would be good to go.

how long have you been playing guitar for? what kind of music do you write?

-Tino-

First, to Elizabeth:  Wow that is quite an extensive list.  I'm with Tino, there were several on there that I would have put on my list, but I must have been brain dead when I originally posted.  You put Tesla on there.  They are one of my all time favorites.  The really rock!  Modern Day Cowboy is one of the best tunes!

Now, to Tino:  You have a Fender Strat...well here's another parallel for you.  I have one too.  What color is yours?  Mine is off white with a light neck.  I got it back in 1986 when my dream was to be in a rock band.  Now, here's the difference.  You can play yours, and I can't.  I guess I should say I just haven't put the time needed to learn into it.  I too played the piano when I was younger.  That is where I learned to read music and all the theory stuff, then I played the clarinet and oboe in our dorky huge band at school.  I picked up the clarinet and oboe very quickly, but when I went to the guitar, I wasn't catching on and was getting frustrated.  I can play smoke on the water and that's about it.  Hey...it's never too late, I will learn it someday.

Pam

hi all I play  guitar for 5 years but my main focus is drums I write very depressing music which is strange because im not a very depressed person most of the time I just sit back and enjoy the ride:)
Once I transition the only big depressing thing  in my life will be behind me I wont have to freak out every time I take a shower n stuff



Posted at: June 18, 2006, 01:47:48 AM

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ironically i write allot of stuff in the shower and when i do laundry is that weird?

jaded,

write anytime, anywhere. i have a notebook around at all times because i never know when i'll get some inspiration or some really great lines will come to me. i have a pad of paper filled with random lyrics and ideas that come to me. most of the time i never use them, but atleast they're there just in case i feel i need to bank on that one day.

and to pam,

my strat is black with white. all of my guitars i've ever had have been black and white (i like sticking to my little box of "color"). when i used to do gigs, i would wear black pants, black dress shirt, white beater underneath and a white tie loose around my neck (not a big tie fan, so not always). i would love to get a white fadora if i do ever end up back on stage... i'm also trying to get amy to let my grooms men wear them at the wedding!!!!

and maybe i can give you a few power lessons when you come out here in april. i've taught a few people to play when i went to "camp" a little while ago (that's what my family likes to call my little trip). you do have 28 days to teach someone, that's lots of time.

-Tino-

Wolfie,

Because I always listen the the entire record, album or Cd, I rarely know that names of songs. I really like the new Coheed and Cambria CD, particularly track 13, but I really like the whole CD and have listened to this in my car exclusively for the last month. I am now on to the previous CD which I almost like as much as it is a great record also.  All in all, the new one is my favorite.

Love always,
Elizabeth

Quote from: MarcosGirl on June 17, 2006, 10:51:59 AMbut when I went to the guitar, I wasn't catching on and was getting frustrated.  I can play smoke on the water and that's about it.  Hey...it's never too late, I will learn it someday.

Yea, I've tried guitar... and finally had to accept it just wasn't going to happen.

I can play "Stairway to Heaven" reasonably well, and I do a pretty mean "Wish You Were Here" (which is GREAT to play/sing when you've just had it with the world, lol)... and then my fingers cramp and callous and I give up

I can play guitar as well, but not very well.  I decided to give up on it.  Piano is really my "Forte".  I used to also play clarinet.  The nice thing about these particular instruments is that they are not gender oriented and I'm not afraid of telling people I used to play them while out as female.

Melissa

Rather than lising bands, I'll just list my fav. genres. So here goes: Heavy Metal, Jazz, Gothic, Electronica, Industrial, New Age stuffs, Tradional East Indian and Japanese music, Soundtracks, Musicals, etc... I own about 40 gigs of music. So I'll just put down that I have eclectic tastes. lol


Jennifer

I like video game and anime music.

I like way to many genres to list so here are the ones I do not like, Rap, HipHop, Death Metal, R&B with the exception of old school R&B back in the day when Berry Gordy was running things down at Motown.

Indie, Freakfolk, Electropop, anything that seems to give my mom a headache seems to match up to what I like.

Wow, a thread brought back from the dead after almost 6 years.

And I just posted in the "reincarnation" thread.  Now I'm posting in a reincarnated thread.

Weird.