What you listen too...

[tubatom91]

I like listening to classical music of the Romantic era. I'm not much for anything from the actual classical era (Handel for example). I also listen to moder "alternative" music such as Death cab for Cutie and Kings of Leon. I also listen to a lot of stand up comedy (Lewis Black, George Carlin, Jim Gaffigan, etc.).

Classical Music of the Romantic Era....

Curious statement!

All of the era's are listed under the "classical genre" usually. Hell, Sousa marches are usually classified as classical under most record labels. I think of that as rather goofy.

[Arkietuba]

This thread is also interesting in that very few of you list particular tunes. "I like Mahler." All of it, or does anything in particular move you? Just another curiosity.

TZ

I love his 3rd Symphony, especially the opening statement with the 8 f-horns!!! The trombone solo is bad-a too (though most cannot do it justice). We studied the whole symphony in my Theory IV class and we listened to the Berstein/NY Phil recording and it was amazing! There was never a dull moment in the 2 hour symphony and that takes a lot considering my musical tastes. I haven't listened to much other than Symphony No 1 and I liked that too. I like some of his vocal pieces but I haven't heard much of it.

[David Richoux]

I have the most eclectic cd collection ever assembled. I have all of the Louis Armstrong "Greatest Hits" and I love anything by any dixieland group! I have all of the Frank Sinatra "hits" albums too. I even have the Spice Girls and everything by Wierd Al...I have no idea why I love all these types of music.

You have to go a lot further out than that to even THINK you have the most eclectic CD collection ever!
Do you have "The Shaggs?"
"James Reese Europe and the 369th U.S. Infantry "Hell Fighters" Band?"
How about Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music?"
Ray Charles "Genius + Soul =Jazz?"
(4 pulled at random from my shelves... not even going to the LPs!)

Just sayin'

[bort]

Listened to this on the way into work today:
http://www.amazon.com/Frederick-Fennell ... B0000057LU" target="_blank

In particular, Das Rheingold, Entry of the Gods into Valhalla is just great! Anyone know who was playing tuba at Eastman back then??

[TMurphy]

Lately, I've been listening to the album "Lateralus" by Tool an awful lot.

I love Frank Zappa, but don't listen to him much in the car, because I can't focus on the music as much as I'd like to. The Beatles get plenty of playing time, as does Billy Joel, and Dire Straits (whenever "Sultans of Swing" comes on, I just need to CRANK the volume). Pink Floyd is another favorite....

Ona warm spring day, though, there's nothing more fun than rolling the windows down, turning the volume up, and playing some Tower of Power.

[goldtuba]

Listened to this on the way into work today:
http://www.amazon.com/Frederick-Fennell ... B0000057LU" target="_blank" target="_blank

In particular, Das Rheingold, Entry of the Gods into Valhalla is just great! Anyone know who was playing tuba at Eastman back then??

don't quote me, but i think that roger bobo is one of the tuba players

[Arkietuba]

You have to go a lot further out than that to even THINK you have the most eclectic CD collection ever!
Do you have "The Shaggs?"
"James Reese Europe and the 369th U.S. Infantry "Hell Fighters" Band?"
How about Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music?"
Ray Charles "Genius + Soul =Jazz?"
(4 pulled at random from my shelves... not even going to the LPs!)

Just sayin'

Haha...well 'twas just a phrase. I meant that I have everything from one end of the spectrum to the opposite end. Not literally EVERYTHING but I don't know many people who love 50 Cent and also love Mozart or Schumann. Hurricane Chris and Galliard...Fat Joe and Berlioz...and everything inbetween. I listen to more than I own since our school has the entire Naxos library for free!!! I have about 150+ seperate albums plus the iTunes stuff I've downloaded. My taste is eclectic...is all I meant...never meant to say no one else on the face of the planet could possibly compare to me...haha I don't have that kind of a complex!

[David Richoux]

For me it has been 25+ years of working at KFJC - we have 4 rooms stuffed full of LPs, CDs, Singles and such building up over 50 years, plus most of the DJs are also collectors of obscure record and they can bring things from home to play on the air. Probably our weakest collection is "Classical/Symphonic" but that has been changing in the last few years.
http://www.kfjc.org - you can hear us live (and now recent shows are available from archive!) and check out playlists going back to the mid-1990s - VERY eclectic!

(My collection is only a few thousand LPs and around 1000 CDs - I have been cataloguing them, but it is a slow process!)

[Eupharitone]

hmm...*sifts through iTunes*

-Symphony recordings of various Video Game Composers (Uematsu, Koshiro, Mitsuda, Soule)
-Symphonic Rock (very broad term, but really anything from Metallica's S&M to Mike Batt's "The Planets" and "Bond" to Apocalyptica)
-Bands of America GN Finalist recordings
-DCI corps
-Various Eastern Asian Pop/Rock music (Utada Hikaru, Ayumi Hamasaki, Namie Amuro, Hyori, X-Japan, L'Arc~en~Ciel)
-Various Electronic Art Music (Imogen Heap, Björk, Kate Havnevik....I suppose some stuff by Blue October, Enya and Coldplay would fit into this category as well, and Philip Glass would though his stuff is a bit less accessible)
-Some Bali Gamelan, Raga and other Middle Eastern Electronica
-Mainstream Electronica (DJ Tiesto, Paul Oakenfold, Robert Miles, Aphex Twin)
-Pop (Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, M2M)
-Rap (everything from Coolio's early stuff to Lil John)
-Mahler, Holst, Stravinsky etc. etc.
-Dallas Wind Symphony, Tokyo-Kosei Wind Orchestra, The President's Own recordings
-A bunch of A'capella stuff (mostly Eric Whitacre)
-Country (Garth Brooks, Josh Turner, Taylor Swift)
-Europop (Alizee, TATU, ATC)
-Christian (DC Talk, Robert W. Smith Newsboys, Rebecca St. James)
-Modern band rep (University Bands)
-Euphonium rep
-Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals
A smattering of other stuff: Surfjan Stevens, The Mars Volta, Electronic Light Orchestra, Enrique Iglesias, Beirut, Cake, U2, Journey....gosh, I like just about everything

[tclements]

I've been listening to a lot of harp guitar - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harp_guitar" target="_blank and i have recently rediscovered the Champan Stick - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapman_Stick" target="_blank

[Chuck Jackson]

I've been listening to a lot of harp guitar

Tony,

Have you seen the Michael Hedges segment from an older Windhamhill DVD recorded at Redrocks? He plays a portion of his soundtrack to "Because it's There" on a harp guitar. Nice stuff. Hedges was an absolute genius. Let me know if you haven't and I'll track my copy down and "loan" it to you after I test out my new burner.

Chuck

[tclements]

Chuck,

Can you send me an mp3 of that? Thanks!!!!

[Chuck Jackson]

Tony,

Having trouble getting the cut off the DVD into a soundfile(I'm not too smart), BUT I will track down the cd in the next couple of days. Sorry to keep you waiting.

Chuck

[Chuck Jackson]

Hey Tony,

If you don't want to wait, you can pick up the song on iTunes.

Michael Hedges- "Because it's There" on the Beyond Boundaries cd.

If you haven't heard him play, I suggest you download both the "Beyond Boundaries" and "Aerial Boundaries" cds. He is flat out amazing. Died in a car accident in '96 or '97. Real shame, he was one of a kind.

Happy Listening.