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So as of late I was thinking about music and just exactly how great it is. It is a language and one that all cultures can understand and grew off of. Why else would 80,000 people gather and be able to have an amazing time and be on the same wave, because we all love and understand music. So tell me, why is it, or what was it that got you started on your love of music. Was it your first cassette tap or recored of some obscure band that made you see the light? Or were just a weekid when you were forced to play the recorder as a kid that got you interested the spirit of music? So what got you started?
For me it was when I was about 6. My parents forced me to take up the piano. It was fun at first but i wanted to stop after about 3 months. Well 7 years later i finally was able to convince them i didn't want to play anymore. About 3 years into the piano I started up the cornet and have been playing that ever since. it was through these that i learned how deep and precise music has to be and I can appreciate all types of music. I will say I still like my brass music and classical roots. (cant wait to see Rebirth Brass Band)
So what got you all started on your ways to be music lovers?
Post by papageorgio on Apr 12, 2006 16:59:30 GMT -5
Loved music from as far back as i can remember.in the jungle the mighty jungle,jerimaih was a bullfrog,jungle love steve miller, then it was on to kiss , bob seger , ted nugent, grew up near detroit, I started playing drums pretty young and got into heavy metal, After seeing the grateful dead live the first time Iwas hooked and went on too many more shows. there is something about hearing music live its a spiritual experience for me.
Post by mikesthong on Apr 12, 2006 17:54:03 GMT -5
i really enjoy music, i've been playing piano, on my own since I was about 4, though I can't read music very well, I improvise constantly. I'm currently in three bands (music you can hear at our website jeopardyfilms.org/sack.htm ). Since my discovery of Bit Torrent and iTunes a, I have been listening to lots of different kinds of music, my favorite being Jazz. I've seen probably about 20 or 25 shows in my lifetime, varying from Phish and Pat Metheney to Belle and Sebastian and P-Funk. I really, really, enjoy listening to music. I'm the person at parties who gets stoned and puts on Jeff Beck and then almost passes out listening. I got accepted to the Hartt School of Music, but am currently unsure of where exactly i'm going to go.
I've loved music since the day I was born. When I was a kid, my grandmother lived with us, and, I listened to all of her records - Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, etc. I also LOVED the Beatles, as my dad was a huge fan, and my mom was into David Bowie and The Who so I was diggin on that, too. I think it was my parents who helped me really appreciate and enjoy music.
I've also got a family history of musicians. My grandfather, Lynn Vernon, was a local jazz musician, and could play pretty much any instrument. In fact, there's a CD out there with some of his old recordings. You can find it here: www.raucousshop.co.uk/static/PID3921.htm
He made his living as a guitar/piano teacher, and even taught Larry Raspberry! He also designed a guitar later used by BB King. I think it's in a casino somewhere.
My great great grandmother, I am told, was a child prodigy and could play freakin Beethoven at the age of 6 after hearing it for the first time. She made her living by playing the piano to movies in the slient theater.
My uncle is a musican also, and he plays the drums and sings, and tunes pianos for a living. He actually bought me my first guitar, and has all of my grandfather's old instruments.
So, I guess music is pretty much my destiny. I play the guitar and mess around on the piano occasionally. Too bad I push paper for a living, though....
Interesting thread leghanhoj... I exalt you just for making me think about this...
I think my musical "journey" has really picked up a head of steam within the last few years, and I'm way more into music now (in my early 30s) than I ever was in my teens and 20s. And for that, I must thank the internet, Steve Jobs, and the digital music revolution.
I'm not musically talented myself, although I was in the HS band (trumpet, drums). My dad has a nice singing voice and would sing us kids to sleep when we were little, so I got a nightly dose of Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Simon & Garfunkel, Beach Boys, etc compliments of my dad.
I went to a small rural HS in Missouri, where metal and country were the default music choices. I actually thought I was being "alternative" because I liked Depeche Mode, U2, and rap music. In college I got exposed to a wider variety of music, and really got into Jane's Addiction, RHCP, The Cure, New Order... typical college radio fare. I became known as the guy with the huge CD and movie collections.
I always went to more concerts than most of my friends, always loved live music. But none of my friends were ever into music that much. I went to a lot of shows by myself because my friends just weren't interested. Looking back, I should have sought out other music nerds who might have turned me on to a lot of new stuff earlier.
Thank god for the internet. My appreciation of music has exploded just in the past 7 years or so because of it. I now realize just how much amazing music there is out there, a lot of it produced by people most people have never heard of. And as far as I'm concerned, this is a "golden age" for music. I'm consistently blown away by the original and interesting sounds coming from new artists. I like the music of the 00's way more than the 80's and 90s. In fact it's almost overwhelming, there's so much I want to check out and just don't have time.
When I moved back to CA in the late 90s, I got the chance to see more shows (there's so many venues here, there's always a good show). And it was around then that I first saw Radiohead and the Reverend Horton Heat, two shows that were real turning points for me and made me realize that live music is one of the few things that I'm truly passionate about. I've seen RH & RHH about 10 times each since then. They were the original 2 members of my "must-see" list, (a list of acts that I refuse to miss if they are playing anywhere within 150 miles)
A couple other big influences have been going to Coachella every year, which always turns me on to new stuff. And Indie 103.1 FM here in LA has finally given me a reason to listen to the radio again. It's a phenomenal station. (I'm listening to it right now - the last 2 songs they played were RH - sit down stand up and MMJ - off the record... is that great or what?)
basically I could go on and on about how much i love music, i suppose i could have answered this question by just telling you to watch High Fidelity and telling you that I relate more to Rob Gordon (John Cusack) than any other movie character...
But I think I really got passionate about new music and the open possibilities in 1989 when I discovered both Kind of Blue and Pretty Hate Machine. Both blew my mind in different ways.
When my two year old air-drums, I nearly weep with joy.
To alo say what kind of music i listeined too, i had a weird progression in my music tastes. I just remember hearing oldies on the radio and such ( I still think Son of a Preacher man is an underrated song. And Steppenwolf Magic Carpet Ride is dear to my heart) I also remember the first cassette i bought. I know it was bad but it was All Saints. So young and stupid was I, but in my defense i felt bada$$ buying my own music at like age 9 and the girls looked cute. I honestly can listein to everything now because of all my freind i have had throughout the years. I have gone from Punk to Oldies to Classic Rock to Metal to whatever. I always sort of listeined to what my friends did mostly just to hear different types of music. I can listein to al lmusic because I just love music. It is all good (well, speakin musically almost all of it) and for that reason it should all be appreciated. Just had to add my two cents, well my quater as this may be, about the stuff i would listein to back in the day. I'm glad i found my music niche now. Damn i cant wait to hear OysterHead.
Kampy, I've recently started listening to Indie 103.1 FM on the net. I think it's fantastic.
Yeah, for a commercial radio station, you can't really ask for anything more. sure, some of the songs get repeated, but at least they're good songs. for the most part they do a great job of mixing it up. The best thing about Indie though are all the different shows. Theres Jonesy's Jukebox every day at noon (hosted by Steve Jones of the sex pistols) and a ton of other weekly shows, including shows hosted by rob zombie, danny masterson, henry rollins, the crystal method, dave navarro, the suicide girls, etc. all of them are free to play whatever they want. They have shows devoted to reggae, electronic, new wave, unsigned locals, punk, there's even a legal advice show geared towards musicians and artists. the best is the "camp freddy" radio show, which is basically navarro and a bunch of other musicians from various bands (STP, Jane's, Velvet Rev, Cult, G&R,) all just hangin out with great guests and oftn jamming together. The other night gwyneth p was on, and talking about how phil selway (RH's drummer) was her musical hero. one night ozzy o was the traffic reporter
seriously, i don't think it could get any better if i programmed the station myself
the amazing thing is, theyre owned by clearchannel. but clearchannel completely leaves them alone.
i dont really remember where my music tastes came form. there is a video tape of me and my sister when we were like 3 and 5 getting into the car to leave my grandparents house my grandma asks "whats the first thing you do when you get into the car?" and we screamed "turn up the radio!!" she then told us to buckle our seatbelts. my parents were hippies so i got alot of exposure to good music. they like lots of newer stuff (newer at the time) also though. i remember michael jackson thriller was my first favorite album. we listened to alot of jimi, stones, bob seger, bruce hornsby, talking heads so basically all sorts of stuff. we had one of thos plastic record players with one song plastic records with the monkeys and the beatles. when my parents divorced my moms new boyfriend took us to several bluegrass festivals and although i hated him the bluegrass festivals really helped form my opinions about community and music so i am thankful for that.... then i got into van halen and quiet riot for a bit, then gnr, skidrow, warrant etc... went throught the rap phase which was mostly icp dre, 2pac, and nwa.
the jambands are my current favorite and i still love bluegrass. i am getting back into hip hop more and more after seeing that incredible j5 show last year, i even busted out chief rocka the other day just cuz i found my old lords of the underground tape
i enjoy all music for the most part, short of boy bands and britney stuff, there are bands i dont care for but i can find something that i like from every category of music... country was hard for me, unless you consider blue grass country which i dont, but shooter jennings and a few others have become favorites of mine recently so i guess i owe it to a lifetime of listening and parents with wideranging tastes.
Post by futurecowboy on Apr 13, 2006 8:41:40 GMT -5
Musical milestones of my life: 3 yrs old - Born in the USA - The Boss 8 yrs old - got The Humpty Dance single 9 yrs old - got Kool Moe Dee's "I Go To Work" single 12 yrs old - heard "Too Many Puppies" (Primus) for the 1st time 13 yrs old - 1st Hendrix Album, 1st Guitar 17 yrs old - 1st Phish show
i have always had a ton of music surrounding me, when i was a little kid my mom would excercise to her MJ thriller record, we had a lot of chickens and everytime that a coyote would kill one my dad would come in pop in his queen 8 trac and play another one bites the dust, i would always listen to the greatful dead while going places with my aunt. I remember being really young and listening to Pink floyd when my parents were not home because i thought i was doing something naughty...the naked girls made me think that i would get in trouble for even touching the 8trac. my first live concert was MC Hammer world tour where they introduced boys 2men and jodecy (sp?) i thought i was so cool with my oversized concert shirt. A lot of impact in music for me was just moving as much as i did, i was always meeting new people who would show me new music and just a large variety in musical taste. Needless to say life would suck with no music
Two things made me fall in love with music when I was 7...We were in the process of moving and we were cleaning out the attic when I found my dad's old dreadnought and his record collection (my dad died in the 83 Marine Barracks bombing in Lebanon). So I started fooling around on the guitar and eventually took some lessons, but I must have played his copy of The Dead's American Beauty 1000 times. To this day, Sugar Magnolia is still one of my favorite songs - I know it's one of their more mainstream, but it's sentimental to me.
Since then I've completely fallen in love with music - everything from Zeppelin to the Dead to Sublime. Few things make me feel the way I do when I just lay back and listen to some good tunes.
Post by papageorgio on Apr 14, 2006 20:02:49 GMT -5
Shortly after my Dad died I was at a dead show in Chicago and they played (hes gone gone and nothing gonna bring him back)(sorry dont know name of song) but it brought tears to my eyes, would love to hear Phil play that song at roo. Also American beauty is a great album its in my my cd player in my car and been known to sing it in the shower.
