do you like music?

smoothmoniker · 10-03-2009, 11:40 AM

Well, hmm.

That's a hard one for me. I would say 75% of the music I hear in a day I am actually invested in (playing, rehearsing, writing, teaching), and that does funny things to the way you listen. I don't often get to just put something on, turn off the brain, and just soak in it. I'm usually listening in order to hear and correct something.

I don't listen to music on the commute or at home much. Incidental music (elevators, malls) I usually tune out, unless I'm in a really bad mood, and then it seems like the only thing I can hear.

When I do listen to music at home, it's usually with my kids, and they rock out to the classics - Aretha, Stevie Wonder, U2, Tower of Power, all of which are 100% guaranteed to put a huge smile on my face, every time.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-03-2009, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by smoothmoniker

I don't listen to music on the commute...

No listening to the car radio, just whatever happens to be on?

smoothmoniker · 10-03-2009, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

No listening to the car radio, just whatever happens to be on?

NPR

dar512 · 10-03-2009, 11:27 PM

I like most kinds of music other than soprano opera singers - too screechy, and rap - which doesn't do much for me.

However I dislike most of the new stuff currently played on the radio and I'm bored with the same old stuff played on the oldies stations. So most of the stuff I listen to on the radio is npr jazz and folk.

smoothmoniker · 10-04-2009, 05:24 PM

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I like most kinds of music other than soprano opera singers - too screechy

May I humbly suggest that you may have been listening to the wrong operatic sopranos? My favorite currently singing is Angela Gheorghiu, and there's nothing screechy about her. The high notes just soar, both her control and her intensity are flawless. Here's one example, there are many others:

dar512 · 10-05-2009, 01:17 PM

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May I humbly suggest that you may have been listening to the wrong operatic sopranos?

dar512 humbly admits he has been listening to the wrong sopranos.

Wow, smooth. I have heard or seen maybe a half dozen operas or bits of opera and have not heard a soprano like her. Very nice.

My father-in-law is Italian and I've watched parts of operas on tv with him. I like the subtitles - makes it easier to follow what's going on.

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10-03-2009, 11:40 AM	#1
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	Well, hmm. That's a hard one for me. I would say 75% of the music I hear in a day I am actually invested in (playing, rehearsing, writing, teaching), and that does funny things to the way you listen. I don't often get to just put something on, turn off the brain, and just soak in it. I'm usually listening in order to hear and correct something. I don't listen to music on the commute or at home much. Incidental music (elevators, malls) I usually tune out, unless I'm in a really bad mood, and then it seems like the only thing I can hear. When I do listen to music at home, it's usually with my kids, and they rock out to the classics - Aretha, Stevie Wonder, U2, Tower of Power, all of which are 100% guaranteed to put a huge smile on my face, every time. __________________ to live and die in LA

10-03-2009, 11:27 PM	#4
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	I like most kinds of music other than soprano opera singers - too screechy, and rap - which doesn't do much for me. However I dislike most of the new stuff currently played on the radio and I'm bored with the same old stuff played on the oldies stations. So most of the stuff I listen to on the radio is npr jazz and folk. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

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