Re: CHAT: Philip Glass Knockin'

On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Barry Garcia wrote:

> CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
> >For me it depends on the soundscape.  Some really *are* pretty boring to
> >me.  However, *in general* I like fast, martial music (best exception is
> >Barber's "Adagio for Strings"), so it isn't just soundscapes.
>
> I'm not really at all into western classical music, and of plain melodic
> foreign traditional music, I find Japanese Koto Music to be pleasant. But,
Haven't heard it, alas.  I do like a lot of Western classical, but I've
also enjoyed jazz, Celtic à la Loreena McKennit, throat-singing, J-pop
(occasionally)...I also really like pentatonic music.  The whole SATB
choral harmonic thing doesn't do much for me.

> my musical tastes are primarily electronic (Trance, House, progressive
> house, drum and bass, trip hop), but I enjoy Spanish Guitar music (I
> havent gotten too much into it, but i like what i've heard). A favorite
> group of mine is called Alabina (I've mentioned them before). They play a
> mix of Flamenco/middle Eastern. It's really quite good, and they have some
> traditional sounding arabic songs.
Haven't heard of them myself, but I should look for them.  Guitar is
great (I took classical guitar for a few summers and enjoyed it
immensely, though "Recuerdos a la Alhambra" killed me--I never did master
tremolo).  I don't know what kind of music they fall into, but Gypsy
Kings (?) is fast-paced and fun.  If I knew how to dance, it's the sort
of music I'd dance to.

I've liked some electronic pieces (heck, I wrote one--at least, in real
life kalimba, dulcimer, "choir aah's" and ocarina wouldn't mix!) but
actively dislike heavy metal and techno with a heavy beat.  There's
something about strong, rhythmic bass that gives me a headache real
quickly, and I'm an absolute wimp about headaches.  I don't know if
that's the kind of electronic you're talking about, though.  I was raised
with country (yes, I do listen to country, and it isn't for the lyrics--I
never hear lyrics anyway) and Tchaikovsky, so you might say my musical
upbringing was heavily biased.

Oh, and if you find U.S. musico-political satire at all amusing (I do),
the Capitol Steps (http://www.capsteps.com) are great.  =^)

But hey--all sorts of kinds of music for all sorts of kinds of people.

YHL
theoretically saving up money to acquire more throat-singing CDs