Thread: What is Music to You?

Originally Posted by icedog

Hey Ribbs, I don't know where you dug that up but it's not much of a tribute to Etta James. Someone just took one of her songs and mutilated it. I don't think there is any tribute at all in taking a song that an artist worked very hard to record and electronically twisting it into a bizarre abstract of what it was supposed to be. The next time I get the chance to talk with her, I will ask Etta what she thinks of this sort of thing.

Well first of all you would have to dive into the deep dark mysterious and terrible world of something called "HIP HOP MUSIC". After having done so you might understand that hip hop started with two turntables and a mixer. The "mutilating" that you're talking about is actually called "sampling" which is a very popular method in music production these days. At the beginning there were no such thing as hip hop beats. Hip hop beats started primarily from "sampling" music such as jazz, classical, soul, etc.

That's a beat I made. Simple but I made it and enjoyed doing so. I sampled about 10 seconds of an Etta J song and I made a bass line, drum beat, etc. from my own samples. It is a "HIP HOP" tribute to Etta J. I think she would be honored to have a hand in the creation of such a broad new genre such as hip hop.

Hip hop is like the bastard child of many different types of music. Her music and many like it have contributed to something that has changed the world as we know it. Whether you like it or not is up to you. And I'm not taking offense but it's something you might want to venture in to or respectively agree to disagree. Thanks.

I think music can be whatever you want/need it to be. If I am feeling relaxed I might listen to Dire Straits, Clapton or Fleetwood Mac. I also enjoy Rachmaninov.

If I am wound up, or trying to fire myself up I'll listen to very heavy aggressive music like Shadows Fall, Arch Enemy or Children of Bodom.

I listen to a lot of prog metal as well, like Dream Theatre and Symphony X.

I also play guitar and I am, I suppose, what you might call a technical guitar player so I listen to players who play that sort of thing like Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert, Yngwie Malmsteen plus some of the modern super-shredders like Rusty Cooley and Michael Angelo Batio. When I play myself, I tend to play a weird fusion of prog rock, metal, shred guitar and 80's hard rock with some blues thrown in!

I also listen to blues players like Walter Trout, SRV and Joe Bonnamassa so I definately have a wide (but largely guitar based) listening palette!

I think it was Bach who said "Melody is music and music is melody" so as long as the tune has a strong melody its good!

But music, for me, really is soul food. Its definately the thing I am most passionate about and I can spend hours playing guitar. Fortunately I have tolerant neighbours!

My favorite music to me is the sound of my little girls laughter. My wife singing in the bathroom or while doing chores when she is not aware that I am listening. My oldest boys voice over the phone when he says "Hi daddy". My middle boy when he is telling a story about his day or says to his sister "I'll help you" when she is doing something a tad difficult for her.
I love the rooster crow in the morning and the bleats of the goats when they see me or the sounds of the chickens when you give them a bit of some leftovers from breakfast that they particularly like.


...I could go on and on...

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A full hollow popping hairs.

That (expletive) nut or bolt finally breaking free.

Genuine laughter from a loved one.

Breaking waves.

Of course, conventional music as well.

Gimme some raw, nasty blues. Some cool jazz. Some aggressive thrash metal. Some mournful old country. Some downtempo dub. Damn near anything, really, as long as it has soul.

I love all sorts of different music. Every thing from black metal to classic, it depends on my mood.