Musicals/Soundtracks. I find them inspirational for my game development. I can't really post the others, I like an awful lot of genres, if Im honest. Les Mis is my latest interest, I guess, in terms of musicals.
I like the 2nd and 4th songs. They have a great atmosphere to them. I think one of my favorite songs from any soundtrack, though it's hard to pick just one especially from this soundtrack, would be:
It's the perfect song to kill a colossus to. SotC is one heck of a great game all over.
I like all kinds of music. When I was younger I was a die hard metal head, now I'm a bit more docile.
I've been listening to a lot of Serj lately. You might just consider him his own category
Living colour also does some of that random Genre thing
All in all, I like to kick back and wind down with some George Winston, which is kind of a jazz/classic/newage piano
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I personally don't like the existence of genres. It is artistic racism and half the time the musicians involved are pretty bummed out by it. To me there is only good music and bad music, the rest is made up by people who either don't know what is good or want to sell something. I shouldn't talk too much about this as it seems to annoy people somehow.
He does have a good point though. Some of us now laugh at the first digital photographs (1993-ish) with their low resolutions and such and even today most professional photographers stick with analog cameras. The only reason we don't laugh at mp3 is because most of us don't have very good ears, but it IS a terrible ripoff. Same for CD-audio.
I actually have 21st century schizoid man on LP (it was recorded from the back of a VW van if I remember correctly) and it does sound way better than this digital, compressed version of it.
Hayo obviously has good music taste by having a King Crimson track on LP!
I really can not stand most digital formats (some of the higher sampling rate stuff is not bad mind), youtube vids sound awful IMO, as does MP3. I still prefer Vinyl over CD. Before people roll out Nyquist's theorem as proof that CD is fine, any DSP engineer knows 4 or 5 times the maximum frequency as a sampling rate is required for good signal reproduction, and 4x/5x is typical on Lab oscilloscopes.
Also my friend brought this "awesome" digital amplifier that had been getting rave reviews in the mags. I had a look at the specs of it, and THD (total harmonic distortion) was well over 3% before even getting to full rated power. My old Leak amps from the 60s have 0.1% at FULL power out.
Complete rubbish, but people love the digital bandwagon! (some of it is decent, but people just go it's digital therefore its great without even looking into things). Same with cameras, a good slow-ish film even on 35mm is still well over 12MP (ASA 50 is ~ 18 MP, and that before we go to larger formats) and film's dynamic range is much larger. I use digital for photos I dont care about, but anything serious I will get one of my film cameras out
Wow look at that all those different types of songs, loving it, must check them out! I like all types of music to it really depends on the song, i do enjoy listening some of the rapy/dancy stuff lately
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people who go on about how analog is better than digital make me smile...I bet even they would not hear the difference! Good luck trying to get your reel-to-reel tape machine going while we enjoy lots of music on YT and itunes.
I can't believe people are still having this discussion...
Yes, you can tell the difference, but that's not the point.
The point is that mp3 sounds good enough, and is vastly more convenient to share and carry around - last time I checked, the best portable analogue media player you could buy was a cassette walkman .
It's like a full roast dinner is going to taste better than a microwave meal - everybody knows; nobody cares; so just stop banging on about it, as if it makes you some kind of musical connoisseur.
Moving on...
Most of the stuff I listen to is either a female soloist, or band with a female lead singer. Generally stuff with a little bit of a rock or country/folk edge though, rather than pure pop or RnB. I also tend to like Scandinavian singer-songwriter types, who always seem to have really beautifully clear voices - eg. Lene Marlin, Lisa Miskovsky, Emiliana Torrini, etc.
Beyond that, I don't really have a favourite genre - I just pick and choose from all different kinds of music.
In terms of dance music though, the late '90s were defnitely a golden era - so much amazing trance and happy hardcore (you look at most "classic dance" compilations now, and about half the tunes are from 1998-2000).
Demetori <3. Ignore the background . . . the music is from Touhou games, but Demetori isn't the original composer, they just make awesome versions of songs from a bunch of games etc.
Mainstream (I guess?) 90s rock/punk rock/punk. Not really a genre preference, but I vastly prefer 90s stuff over pretty much anything today. I'll post two videos since I really don't listen to music all that often and I really just prefer a select few bands etc.
This video cracks me up.
WTF THEY CENSORED THIS. Probably could have picked a different song but meh.
Originally Posted by Sketchy I can't believe people are still having this discussion...
Yes, you can tell the difference, but that's not the point.
The point is that mp3 sounds good enough, and is vastly more convenient to share and carry around - last time I checked, the best portable analogue media player you could buy was a cassette walkman .
It's like a full roast dinner is going to taste better than a microwave meal - everybody knows; nobody cares; so just stop banging on about it, as if it makes you some kind of musical connoisseur.
Moving on...
Most of the stuff I listen to is either a female soloist, or band with a female lead singer. Generally stuff with a little bit of a rock or country/folk edge though, rather than pure pop or RnB. I also tend to like Scandinavian singer-songwriter types, who always seem to have really beautifully clear voices - eg. Lene Marlin, Lisa Miskovsky, Emiliana Torrini, etc.
Beyond that, I don't really have a favourite genre - I just pick and choose from all different kinds of music.
In terms of dance music though, the late '90s were defnitely a golden era - so much amazing trance and happy hardcore (you look at most "classic dance" compilations now, and about half the tunes are from 1998-2000).
Izal (http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/household-products/izal-toilet-paper/) is also considered good enough by some and is also commonly used outside the home. Would I want to use it in my own home (or ever again) ? Hell no! I very rarely listen to music on the move, so I am rather biased haha!
I am no musical connoisseur (by a long shot) but I am an electronics connoisseur/pro/cowboy (take your pick), with my room at my parents being ram packed with audio electronics - and I have designed quite a few of my own amplifiers and built them - my best buddy is using a talk box we built together, he built the box I did the electronics . I guess my main point is people using digital class D et al amplifiers in the home (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switching_amplifier#Uses). Only reason they exist is because they are cheap to design and build (very power efficient so only a tiny PSU is needed along with hardly any cooling).
I have been tempted to do a little study on cassette, reel to reel, vinyl, MP3, CD with a spectrum analyser / Digital Storage Oscilloscope. Anyway enough technical guff from me.
I have started liking synth music lately too such as
@Hagar: Fair enough. I think most of us, the main time we listen to music is on the move - in the car, on the bus, out running, at the gym, etc.
@Adam: Thanks for posting that Marit Larsen track - it's really cool. And she's so cute (how old is she?). Demonstrates the point I was making about Scandinavian girls having really lovely, clear singing voices.
I have an IT education, I work in IT, I create games, I make music on my computer and I still believe that the best music is played with actual instruments.
I love rock:
I'm also very fond of thrash metal:
As my 3 genre it's a tie between death and black metal.. This is the band Death:
I like all genres, really.
Especially electronic music, not that much into metal. I like some Riot and Judas Priest though.
The only genre I really dislike is black/death metal, which is the only genre my country is known for.
So even though I'm not so much into rock, I recently rediscovered this:
If you don't like it you're bad, and you should feel bad.
Roncho if you cannot hear the difference between a youtube vid/MP3 (which usually exhibits terrible compression artefacts especially on symbols as symbols are quite broadband) and CD or a record - I do not know what to say! . I do use an MP3 player in the car sometimes (encoded myself from real albums on CD/Records) but that's about it. I usually listen to music on my hifi whilst working and I have got somewhat accustomed to its quality.
I do love the fact on youtube I can check out or reference pretty much any track I fancy mind!
He might have been exaggerating - even I would have to agree there is a very noticeable difference in quality...
...although I didn't have a clue what you were talking about for a minute there - symbols? (cymbals )
Your post on toilet paper reminded me of something too...
"Going for a wax and edge" is ski tech slang for "going to the toilet". This is because part of the procedure for a wax and edge (the most common service provided), is to run the skis over a wet belt sander, which uses very abrasive sandpaper belts - much like the toilet paper you find in pub toilets in the Alps.
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PS: I absolutely agree with Hayo about music genre. I hate trying to describe the type of genre I like. I like music that I think sounds good. I could love one song, and hate every other song in that particular genre.
I've just discovered the recently formed Apex Manor. They're a surprisingly good band! You can listen to the full album free here if you've got the time.
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I'm totally remembering that one.
SotC is one heck of a great game all over.
