Seems to be a wider range these days, I can even enjoy Dylan and Mozart which I never used to be able to. Even serialism gets a look in sometimes. Most forms of rap are still a closed book and I think I’m content to leave it that way.
Classical, Rock, Jazz etc. are your tastes evolving with time?
In being and Audiophile, where do you find your music likes/tastes to fall. Are you more of a one type of listener or do you feel you listen to a variety of music styles?
To fess up for myself, I find my taste/likes have both evolved and re-visited favorites as time has passed. I believe I used to be more narrow but have come to appreciate a wider range of styles and eras.
To fess up for myself, I find my taste/likes have both evolved and re-visited favorites as time has passed. I believe I used to be more narrow but have come to appreciate a wider range of styles and eras.
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Yes I believe it opens up and you give different types of music a chance.You may not of when you were younger.My Grandfather listen to music from the 20s and 30s,my uncle was a dollop guy and soul,my step father 50s60s popular music and Bway music,my father a country guy.in grammar school hootenanny, then 60s Rock.i worked nights and this guy would play Jazz all nite long.i loved movies and I bought movie soundtracks...but I liked Beatles, led Zeppelin, Cream,Sones ,Prog Rock ,Yes.Rungout at Discos so Disco Music...I love Soul and Blues ....Never liked Rappa crappa.Not really into the music that's out now and couldn't even name a group or singer.I live on Long Is,NY so I'm not in the sticks ....But yes ,I like to heard music. |
There has never been a "favorite type of music" but rather "favorite artists or songs". Hey, I even count Mistadobalina as one of my guilty pleasures. Along Copacabana, Beethoven’s 5th piano concert (Claudio Arrau), Achy Breaky Heart (yes, I just said it), Sergio Endrigo, My Way by Sid Vicious, and a few more you would probably not even be able to Google successfully. All of those have not changed, they just got added along the way. Having said that, most of the obvious inner change was brought by spending a few years in the area with strong music history. After leaving, some music from there simply felt like "mine". Not that I had anything against it prior to being there but it had not connected. By the way, hot dog vendors, not to mention Halal Guys and fruit-stand guys, are up 24/7/365 in New York, too. Not that it has anything to do with anything but not to be unfair to their hard work. |
Classical, European folk evolved into country and rock came from parts of Europe including England. Jazz is American, and much of the world from Copenhagen to Paris to Japan embraces American Jazz, especially from Scott Joplin through the Be Bop era. Some of the best American Jazz I was able to ever see was at Jazz bars in Kovenhavn at 3 in the morning. New York City is sometimes referred to as the city that never sleeps, Kovenhavn seriously does not sleep. Even the hot dog vendors on the street are out in the "wee" hours. |
"Billy Gibbons..." Well, Billy can groove some Bluesy Jazz https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=Awr9D25gPqJdVgUAY6u5mWRH;_ylu=X3oDMTByZ2N0cmxpBHNlYwN... The REAL test of a musician...sit with Les Or B.B. Stevie can play too. https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=Awr9ImMIQqJd7JMABD_BGOd_;_ylu=X3oDMTByNWU4cGh1BGNvbG8... |
That line from Yes was sponsored by Weight Watchers. I've been a guitar tone freak for about 5 decades which explains why I've owned piles of guitars and amps over the years, and yesterday I was enjoying one of my favorite all time "tone monster" LPs...Yo Yo Ma playing solo Bach...that album is one of my "go to" tone demos, and I can't not sit there for the entire thing once I put it on the table. For me he's the Billy Gibbons of the cello. Go Yo Yo! |
"Smooth Jazz..." whatjd- I redeemed myself being a long time guitar playing hack during that period. I was saved by Charlie Christian thru Wes Montgomery-AMEN! Straight ahead for Jazz for me. Not much in my collection past the 70's. Im actually spinning Yes-"Close to the Edge" while doing laundry. "I get up, I get down"...cue pipe organ at max volume-religious experience. |
The most concerning thing to me is my tolerance for SOME 80's pop/alternative, which I dismissed. SOME is surprisingly listenable,comparing the last 2-3 decades. Still think performers like...Madonna are not happening. That period forced my listening to "grow up" and let go of my beloved "Classic Rock" and learn where rock came from. The Blues, Jazz ,Classical and others. A brief misstep in the mid 80's "Smooth Jazz" fortunately didn't stick. Now more than ever, my ears can understand/appreciate my parents generation of 60's and earlier music genres. All this however, hasn't changed the desire to now and then crank a pristine, original copy of the Stones,Zep,Who... |
Mostly it’s Classical for me. My latest interest is discovering Non Serial Composers from the mid20th Century, many of whom wrote Film as well as Concert Music, such as William Alwyn, Nino Rota, and others. When I do listen to pop Music it’s usually streamed from my phone via Bluetooth. I grew up listening to this stuff on car and transistor radios and it just sounds weird to me to play something like a Phil Spector song on my high end system. |
@OP> define ‘evolving’. meandering? roaming? migrating? simply being bored and investigating another genre? Certainly. guilty of all these scenarios where music is concerned with one exception… I’m simply unable to abide what ever the genre is being termed lately where the ‘artist’ merely talks, yells, mutters, and refuses to actully sing. or when the supposed chorus simply claps hands to the beat. moreover, if the lyrics are objectifying or cruel and deroggetory, like ‘face don . ass up … let’s kill a cop nonsense it doesn’t play on my equipment. or won’t ever play on it a second time, if a friend has voiced his or her desire to play it, for instance. Americana as its being termed of late has my attention. that and bluegrass, and yeah, folk. big band jazz and blues still grabs me. as does anything which has passion, artistry and intelligence to the arrangement and or lyrics. I will likely always default to some hard rock or blues pretty regularly, but many genres doors have been opened by sheer curiosity or boredom thru the decades. the sole issue with music genres lays with the rcording. some recordings just lay flat on playback and as such don’t grab me or pull me in. this is especially evident when diving into a new genre. if it sounds flat or drab fidelity wise, or typical, I’ll usually just click onto something else. Evolved? maybe I’ve ‘evolved’ into more of a fidelity snob. the only ‘fix’ I’ve found for ‘lesser’ quality cuts has been to play them on lower fi gear. ala, desktop, iphone & blu tooth HPs. |
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Oddly, I've been attending live concerts and such much more regularly since I retired from my lifelong home town of L.A. to tiny Hilo HI. Sure, when I was in L.A. I saw top flight artists such as the Vienna Phil, the Berlin Phil and Vladimir Horowitz. I saw Miles Davis, the Doors, the Byrds, Springsteen and CSN...with guest artist Neil Young(!) Joni Mitchell was the opening act. I had season tickets for the L.A. Chamber Orchestra at the Ambassador Auditorium. I saw Joe Pass at a small club. I was a regular at the Troubadour and the Whisky. I saw Bob Marley and the Wailers at the Roxy. I took my fiddle to various jam sessions at bars & such practically every week. Nevertheless, this little town has a vibrant live scene. I've seen a couple of musicals. I've seen classical chamber music. Quality has been surprisingly high. Here, I'd thought my live music days were over. Uh-uh. Now, I just got to find some jam mates... |
When I lived in Phila, attended the Phila Orchestra several times each month, and was exposed to a vibrant classical chamber and early music scene, I mostly listened to classical music. In DC when I now live, the classical music scene is lackluster (IMHO) while the jazz scene is vibrant. This explains the shift in my listening preferences. On the other hand, I have been a Paul Simon fan for decades and have attended all of his concerts; I listen to his music past and present. Same for Leonard Cohen. Clearly my exposure to live music influences what I play at home. I gravitate to the best of what I can hear live. |
I still love good rock, but have leaned in heavily on classic jazz, no time for smooth jazz, and also like classical piano and chamber music more than full orchestra usually. I also go back to bands I love from the old days and buy material I never owned, as well as stuff from long ago that I read about, like John Martyn. I really like "filling in the blanks" you might say. |
Between my pre-teen years and my early to mid-20s my listening was about 80% pop & rock and about 20% classical. During my mid-20s it transitioned to about 90% classical and 10% pop/rock/miscellaneous, and has remained pretty much the same ever since. My wife had some training in classical piano during her school age years, and her influence contributed to that transition. Best regards, -- Al |
I've been listening to 90% classical on my home system and attending the Philadelphia Orchestra performances for a number of years. Since subscribing to Tidal, then Qobuz, I've been revisiting music from my past Rocker days. This includes all types of rock, from heavy metal to New Wave. My tastes evolved from rock to jazz to classical over my lifetime. But, right now I'm just having fun. |
I've been a multi-genre guy beginning from the time I outgrew children's records at about age 4, 60 some odd years ago. I started branching out with the styles of my mom and dad and listened to -- Classical, MOR and Showtunes. I found rock when the Beatles arrived in '64. From that point on, I steadily added genres (oh, I hated C&W for soooo long) until I got to the point where genre/style ceased to be a limiting factor for me. Now, the only thing important to me is whether it speaks to my soul...or other various parts of my being. |
