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On 3/22/2021 at 9:09 PM, Allan Songer said:

I only listen to Jazz and country/bluegrass/blues  - 90% jazz. Never rock or classical.

 

Funny thing is I play in a blues / rock band 

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Hi Allan!! Long time no talk. Hope things are well for you.

 

BTW, in no particular order I enjoy jazz, classical, folk, bluegrass, americana, country, reggae, rockasaurus, and just about everything else this side of hip hop.

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Anything with big soundscapes.  Lately I've been spinning Dave Gilmour live at Pompeii 2016 a lot.  But I love some Devin Townsend, particularly live performances.  Early Dream Theater,  before they started self-producing.  

 

Also, whoever said men can't sing anymore is full of it. Not looking hard enough,  man. 

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On 4/2/2021 at 3:55 PM, Mike 585 said:

Actually, fear of being forced to listen to a lot of music I don't like at can't-ignore levels is a reason I have not as yet made the effort/commitment to drive my Miata to a  pilgrimage

Nobody forces anybody to do anything at Pilgrimages...even the bass fishin' is optional.:)

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My preference tends to be harder  progressive/symphonic rock.  Kamelot, One Cold Winters Night (live in Oslo), is one of my favorite CDs. Though I'll listen to any well recorded music from Mozart to Metallica depending on my mood that day. To me good music is about the artist making an emotional connection to the listener irregardless of the genre.  My ex played classical piano in school and she turned me on to classical and orchestral music.  My youngest son played in a death metal band for a while and he's gotten me into some of the newer heavy metal stuff.  I graduated high school in '75 so of course I'm a fan of a lot of music from that era. Rock, blues, soul, country,  jazz, classical, pop, I enjoy checking out any "new to me" music.

 

Unfortunately the one problem with Klipsch speakers is that if the the music is poorly recorded, you will hear it, and it makes it hard for me to listen to some of it.

 

Experiment, then listen to what you enjoy.  To hell with what anyone else thinks!!

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7 hours ago, babadono said:

Nobody forces anybody to do anything at Pilgrimages...even the bass fishin' is optional.:)

 

I forced everyone at the hotel to listen to the (deliberately) worst-engineered platter ever in Frank Zappa's Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch.  On a pair of Cornwalls...  :D 

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12 hours ago, GriffinFL said:

 

I forced everyone at the hotel to listen to the (deliberately) worst-engineered platter ever in Frank Zappa's Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch.  On a pair of Cornwalls...  :D 

You chained them to their chairs?:) I'm just saying no one is truly FORCED to do anything they don't wanna at the pilgrimage.

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I like lots of things that are:

clear, well recorded and mastered, full sounding, sound like they are going somewhere, postitive-hopefull-romantic-true to the human nature-harmony, technical excellence by the musician-s etc

I have discovered a number of things I like on our Listening now thread

 

Things I don't like are

Music that is angry, negative, going nowhere, poorly recorded-played or mastered, repetitive, loser mentality

 

Was checking out McIntosh's website and tripped over their HD Radio Station

Lots of interesting pics, many new to me.

Some I like more than others, I assume they are casting a wide net since they are selling iron.

https://players.customchannels.net/mcintosh/index.html

 

A few Oldies but goodies

See you in Sept

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JQS6H2AXdM

The Lion Sleeps tonight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQlByoPdG6c

Build me up Buttercup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvluBVhfGcw

I've Got You Under My Skin (2006 Remaster)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iApiDuMBJRM

Mary Hopkin 1969

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUsIYDcDo28

Crosby Stills Nash - Carry On

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP0VBB7BO64

Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah5gAkna3jI

Journey - Don't Stop Believin'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k8craCGpgs

Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring-Christopher Parkening.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iX8tsA0N7E

Chris Botti - All would envy (feat. Shawn Colvin) HQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IA71jNku7k

Wynton Marsailis, Standard Time Vol 3

Curtis Steigers, Let's go out tonight

Nils Lofgren, Acoustic Live

Francoise Hardy, Message Personnel 1973

Helen Merrill, You've got a date with the Blues c1956

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjWHlxBQ5gc

Carmine McRae, Torchy 1955

Agnes Obel, Citizen of Glass 2016

Chamin Correa, Cuerdas, Amor, Y Guitarra

Toshiko Akiyoshi, Desert Lady Fantasy 1994

Nirvana Unplugged

Willie Nelson Stardust LP 1920-1940s covers...

Conjure One Self titled 1st LP. electronica, all female vocals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugnv-h343gI

Enigma MCMXC, electronica masterpiece

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2YLLlHPO0g

Delerium Karma, sonic masterpiece, electronica, test your subs here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAMeXjeswWg&list=PLntS8aUvN8B0p8JOKZBAZgwQU3LMmAxbN

 

The Voyage of Life is a series of four paintings created by Thomas Cole in 1842,

representing an allegory of the four stages of human life. The paintings, Childhood, Youth, Manhood, and Old Age, depict a voyager who travels in a boat on a river through the mid-19th-century American wilderness. In each painting the voyager rides the boat on the River of Life accompanied by a guardian angel.

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John Singleton Copley’s  dramatic rendering of a shark attacking 14-year-old Brook Watson caused a sensation when it was exhibited at London’s Royal Academy in 1778.

https://www.nga.gov/collection/highlights/copley-watson-and-the-shark.html

AC+Watson+%2526+Shark.jpg

 

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Since I'm a San Francisco native and grew up in the Bill Graham era.."The San Francisco sound"..that's my favorite rock sound. I like Jazz especially Duke Ellington , Blues guitar ie Roy Buchanan,and Classical all kinds,even pipe organs.

 

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On 5/6/2021 at 12:02 PM, babadono said:

You chained them to their chairs?:) I'm just saying no one is truly FORCED to do anything they don't wanna at the pilgrimage.

 

I just snuck it on there after someone pulled a jazz record.  Cleared the room halfway through "I Come From Nowhere"...  Well, me and one other guy who was also a Zappa fan were standing there laughing.  

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I search out and listen to any genre.  I am looking for a good melody, memorable hook, good rhythm and good beat.  Give me those with a quality recording of the music piece and I will almost always enjoy it.  I look for accoustic music more often than not.  It appears easier to get a quality recording with acoustic instruments.  I've started paying attention to singers presentation lately.  I've heard much distortion on recordings because a singer isn't careful with the delivery of dynamic sections of a music piece.  Nothing a recording engineer can do about a singer over saturating a mic.  I stay away from singers where I have heard vocal distortion due to their bad technique, any genre.  I was never a jazz fan but I have bought more jazz the last 20 years because of the many high quality.  

 

 

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