Music you like

[Markio]

I just like music.  At least I'm pretty sure I do.  Classifying certain songs to certain genres just confuses me.

[Sapphira]

Ah, the age old question that I hate being asked, since I'm never sure how to respond.

I'm more about individual songs than a particular music genre.
However, music I tend to like the most songs from is Soft Rock / Contemporary / whatever-that-kind-of-music-is called, so if listening to the radio, it tends to be a station that plays that type of music. I don't listen to the radio often, though; I prefer listening to stuff on my own playlist.

Other music I really enjoy comes from these genres: Video game, Christian (Contemporary), and Orchestrated/Instrumental (I guess Classical could be included?). I suppose "Soundtracks" would fit under these? Some rock, pop, and country is okay, but it tends to be the songs that cross over into the soft rock genre.

I don't like Rap, Hip Hop, R&B, and that loud metal rock or whatever where all they do is scream and roar. I also hate it when a song has a really cool beat/melody, but the lyrics are awful (this includes any profanities, too). :(

If I had to give a simple definition of what music I like, I'd say "pretty" music. Vague, open-ended, and subjective, but meh. If a song has piano, strings, and/or electric guitar, I'll probably like it. Wind instruments are good, too. All that stuff's usually "pretty," as I define it.  I'm not big on acoustic guitar, though.

[dude677]

Where is rap?

Where is the love for Eminem and 50 cent?

[Khold]

I forgot to add that I like spriritual music. I think what Sapphira said by 'pretty music', she meant spiritual. It's supposed to be relaxing. I really like Egyptian spiritual music. It puts my mind into a trance.

[GiftedGirl]

The kind of music I really like isn't here... movie soundtracks.

[Vidgmchtr]

I also like the music that's played on the channel guide channel. It's usually a jazzy song, but it's light, and sometimes they play "soundscapes" which are also nice. I like to fall asleep to that music sometimes.

[Chupperson Weird]

I find it most hilarious that Sapphira finds electric guitar to be "prettier" than acoustic.

[Sapphira]

What? I don't like the sound of the acoustic. It's too...mellow and "blah," IMO. Electric gives more passion.

[Khold]

Acoustic isn't 'mellow', it's just a lot softer. I like to play acoustic-y songs sometimes. When I put up a few more of my songs, you won't think it's bad anymore. ^_^

I was actually surprised that my 'The Music Topic' didn't go too well. There's other topics, this for example, that talk about music.

After I fix my mic, I'll post a few songs. Right now I'm working on a remixed Mario song. It's really hard, though. I'm not sure if it will come out nicely or not. >_> I'll also make a mixed track that I use to  'trance' people. Listen to it if you're tired and can't sleep. XD

[Sapphira]

I never said acoustic was bad; I just don't prefer the sound of it compared to other instruments.
I'm very familiar with the acoustic guitar's sound, as my brother loves it and plays it all the time---either on his or listening to music with it.

It's a lot better than other instuments, but it doesn't really do anything for me. Usually music with it is okay. Not great, not horrible, just...meh.

[Khold]

Oh, I see. I do prefer disortion rather than acoustic, but acoustic is also very good.

What kind of music does your brother play? You said acoustic, but what else?

[Sapphira]

Uhh... any kind of music he likes. That's a really wide range. He gets tabs off the internet and a lot of times writes his own stuff. Autodidact. Kind of like me with keyboard/piano, 'cept I teach myself songs by ear, rather than reading it.

[Khold]

Playing by ear is really tough to learn. The only songs I can play by ear is very slow or focused notes. I learned the first couple notes of the Mario song by ear, and it sounded accurate. After that, I transferred an MIDI to sheet music with GuitarPro. I was really surprised how close I was. O_O

Most of the songs I play repeatedly are those from my favorite band: Dream Theater. I'm actually not very good when it comes to writing my own songs. Though it seems easier to write a song if I mess around with my friend's piano.

I found out something a little strange, for lack of a better word. After playing guitar for around three years, and without playing a piano very often, it would seem that people can be "experienced" pianists just by playing a guitar. It's a little hard to explain. For instance: I just got back from my friend's house today. I was playing the piano alot. I was just playing chords from my guitar to the piano, and made really good riffs in a few seconds. It's really strange.

Like I said, it's hard to explain. If you know what I mean, has anybody else realized that it's a LOT easier to start playing another instrument after having plenty experience with a different one?

[Chupperson Weird]

That's not necessarily true. But playing one instrument can give you enough of an abstract knowledge of music in general that it's not too hard to figure out other instruments. I used to think I was pretty good at the piano until I started taking lessons.

I myself learned to play music by ear, and then learned to read music a few years later. So it's really very easy for me to play something once I hear it. But that also comes with familiarity with instruments.

I would say acoustic guitars with gut/nylon strings are mellow, but steel strings are much brighter.

[Khold]

It's not really the hearing of music that makes me better when playing the piano; when I play, I play random keys in an order that sounds good. Then I put together a few chords, and in less than a minute, I've got a good riff. But like I said, it's hard to explain. XD

If you learned to play by ear before you learned to read music, you truly amaze me. It takes most musicians at least a year before they can play by ear. Especially if they can't read music. If this is true of what you say, then if you practice often and try hard, you could be really good.