simonmoon
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| Can we make major musical discoveries at age 50, 65, or 80? There have been several studies that show, the vast majority of people stop searching out new music when they reach the age of 30, some studies show 33. Their tastes become set at that point. Here's one: Stop Discovering New Music This may not b... | |
| What were your top musical discoveries of 2024? Here are some new discoveries for me. These are artists, bands, musicians, composers, that I was unaware of until 2024. My tastes in music tend to lean toward the progressive and avant-garde, so, YMMV. Prog: Greco Bastian - With a Little Hell f... | |
| What were your top musical discoveries of 2024? @mksun I also love spiritual jazz, old and contemporary. Ingrid Laubrock is not spiritual jazz, but more in the progressive jazz vein. | |
| What were your top musical discoveries of 2024? @mksun Great call on Muriel Grossman! You should also check out Ingrid Laubrock. I think she is a better composer. Checkout "The Last Quiet Space". | |
| Favorite scream in rock? Thys Van Leer from the Dutch prog band, Focus. He does not usually scream, but on their song, "Hocus Pocus", he screams at the end of some impressive yodeling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4ouPGGLI6Q On a side note, even though this song is... | |
| Favorite scream in rock? Lead vocalist from Swedish progressive-metal band, Pain of Salvation, Daniel Gildenlow, has many great screams throughput the band's catalog, it's hard to narrow it to one. He also has amazing vocal chops overall. He has a 5 octave range, great ... | |
| Is anyone here still into live concerts these days? I am not at all into anything that would qualify as mainstream music, that would be at large venues, and cost a lot of money. My tastes run to the progressive, avant-garde, underground, musicianship oriented, type of music, that tends to have a l... | |
| Auditioned Wilson Sabrina X vs B&W 803D4 and Shocked As a few others have said, McIntosh and Wilson are not a great match. I have heard this combo for a couple of decades with different Wilsons and different McIntosh products. For my tastes, and I will state here, that I am not a Wilson fanboy, Wi... | |
| Favourite Guitarists Allan Holdsworth / Masterful technique, otherworldly imagination. John McLaughlin / Technique galore, emotive and ecstatic soloing. Steve Hackett / Great acoustic and electric playing, solos that sound like they are from another planet. Robert... | |
| Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs? Several reasons. I still like physical media. Living in LA, there are quite a few brick and mortar stores selling used CD's. And since I love a lot of obscure, avant-garde, progressive music, browsing Amoeba's, Counterpoint's, CD Trader's used... | |
| Can you recommend Jazz for some one that doesn't like Jazz? It might help to know some of your favorite genres, and artists within those genres, you currently listen to. For example: a friend of mine, who is a hard rock/metal fan, wanted to explore some jazz, and wanted some recommendations. So, since he... | |
| Top 10 Live Albums My problem is, since I listen to 3 main genres (prog, jazz and classical, and subgenres within each), I have more than 10 favorite live albums in my top 10. Here my favorite prog live recordings: Yes - Yessongs Genesis - Seconds Out Univers Ze... | |
| Music to let Your System Shine I could list dozens! I’ll start off with almost any recording from the ECM jazz label. This includes their 70’s vinyl releases, and their CD releases as well. Famous mostly for Keith Jarrett live solo piano recordings, but so much of their catal... | |
| For fans of John McLaughlin and Mahavishnu Orchestra You may be interested in the band, Aurora Clara from Madrid Spain. They certainly not trying to hide their influences, but the do it so well. They even have Jerry Goodman guest on several of their albums. This is from 2019, from their debut alb... | |
| For fans of John McLaughlin and Mahavishnu Orchestra HUGE fan here! Saw them with original lineup at the The Santa Monica Civic here in Los Angeles in 1972. And again in 1974. Saw them again with the MKII lineup in 1975. I saw The One Truth Band at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in 1979. I sa... |