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moshkito wrote: Hi,   Some people just never quit, or even read anything on this board. How sad. Treating all this like top ten! Exactly what the music that we love is not at all, and doesn't want to be!   With that said:   No favorite bands since all the music is good, and I love music, not prog! No Prog Sub-Genres or Types since these are not even close to what most artists are about, and tends to limit what any artist is capable of doing. So Vincent Price is only a horror actor and an idiot as a serious actor, just because that's all you can accept? How would you feel if you were him? Or Christopher Lee? No Favorite Non-Prog Genres since music is music, and saying that eastern music is worse than rock'n'roll or Eric Clapton is so ethnocentric that you would get a failing grade in school. No Favorite Decades in Music since there has always been music in the history of mankind. But I am not sure that you can appreciate a lot of it.   I'm of the opinion that those kinds of questions are not serious enough for you to discuss "music"! That simple! But if you want to write a book on the socio-economic bs of these for your dissertation go ahead. Hint .. you might only be able to do this in Berkeley! Because too much of the stuff that you wish to honor is not even considered, and I'm not sure that you have any idea as to why that is so!

Took you a long-ass time to say nothing.


Edited by Epignosis - April 27 2010 at 17:35

splyu wrote: Favorite Non-Prog Genres: Minimal Music, Chiptune

May I ask what either of those mean?

J-Man wrote: splyu wrote: Favorite Non-Prog Genres: Minimal Music, Chiptune May I ask what either of those mean?

Sure. Minimal Music is a bit of a misnomer; the big names here are Steve Reich, Philip Glass, and Terry Riley. It's not really that "minimal" at all; it can seem repetitive at first, but really it just develops over longer periods of time.

Chiptune is any music directly or indirectly related to 8-bit computers like Commodore 64, Nintendo Entertainment System etc, or more rarely 16-bit computers like Commodore Amiga and Atari ST. That is, music either made on those computers (or a combination of them), or covers of old video game music with any kind of instrumentation, or just music loosely inspired by it.


Edited by splyu - April 27 2010 at 18:25

tamijo wrote: Silverbeard McStarr wrote: Favourite three prog sub-genres: King Crimson, folk prog, avant-prog

I second that . That was funny haha

Edited by TheGazzardian - April 27 2010 at 20:12

Favorite Three Bands: Obviously changes all the time, but for now: Tom Waits, The Smiths, The National
Favorite Prog Sub-Genres or Types: I really don't know. I like KC, JT and Harmonium.
Favorite Non-Prog Genres: Post-Punk, Post-Rock, Ambient
Favorite Decades in Music: 80s, 00s, 70s

Slartibartfast wrote: TheGazzardian wrote: splyu wrote: J-Man wrote: splyu wrote:   Favorite Non-Prog Genres: Minimal Music, Chiptune May I ask what either of those mean?  Sure. Minimal Music is a bit of a misnomer; the big names here are Steve Reich, Philip Glass, and Terry Riley. It's not really that "minimal" at all; it can seem repetitive at first, but really it just develops over longer periods of time. Chiptune is any music directly or indirectly related to 8-bit computers like Commodore 64, Nintendo Entertainment System etc, or more rarely 16-bit computers like Commodore Amiga and Atari ST. That is, music either made on those computers (or a combination of them), or covers of old video game music with any kind of instrumentation, or just music loosely inspired by it. I have to put in a shameless plug - a buddy of mine (who does the audio in games that we make together) does chiptunes under the name of "Bit Rat". He recently released his first full length album under that name and apparently it has been getting pretty good reviews, even being compared to some of the big names (I think) in the scene (although I don't know who they are, as I don't really listen to chiptunes myself xD).  You might be interested - his site is here: http://www.josiahtobin.com/bit_rat/index.html Not if we can't illegally download it.

GY!BE, Genesis, The White Stripes

TheGazzardian wrote: You might be interested - his site is here: http://www.josiahtobin.com/bit_rat/index.html

Nice stuff. I like a bit of chiptune goodness every now and again, but I've yet to discover someone who's really pushing it into new territory. These guys are pretty good, but it's all a wee bit inanely poppy. Ultimately, it all just sounds like fantasy game music, but I'm sure one day it could go way beyond that.

moshkito wrote:   I'm of the opinion that those kinds of questions are not serious enough for you to discuss "music"! That simple! But if you want to write a book on the socio-economic bs of these for your dissertation go ahead. Hint .. you might only be able to do this in Berkeley! Because too much of the stuff that you wish to honor is not even considered, and I'm not sure that you have any idea as to why that is so!

F*ck you too

I did my damn History thesis on a prog album at Berkeley.