Thanks Tuta for reminding me of Guns N Roses

I have a few things to say about music. I am a listener in earnest. (Who else has listened to entire symphonies just for kicks?) When I listen to enjoy music, I enjoy progressive things. switching meters, chromatic progressions, and interesting instrumentation keep me listening. When it comes to popular stuff, I can't. I just can't. It's all just too similar. I can't stick the regurgitation of what performers are spoon-fed from the suits in my ears. I have nothing against it, I just don't listen to it; I prefer something more engaging. I'm also a sucker for the classical stuff.

RX Bandits
Beethoven
Maps and Atlases
Chicago
Holst
Westbound Train
the list goes on ... with a bunch of names that no one knows

-edit-
I also do my share of writing

time for my two cents...

- maudlin of the Well
- Pain Of Salvation
- Devin Townsend
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor
- Ulver

for more of my favourite music: www.last.fm/user/hells_kitchen

;-)

aenima says:

maudlin of the Well

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Best shit ever.

Ulver - The wolves from Norway... impossible to categorize... Garm is a genious! (Nowhere/Catastrophe)

This.

Some more:

- post-rock: explosions in the sky, mogwai, Sigur Rós, god is an astronaut, thee silver mt. zion, slint, maybeshewill..
- post-hardcore: fugazi, at the drive-in, unwound, nation of ulysses..
- indie/alternative: ...and you will know us by the trail of dead, pixies, pavement, talk talk, arcade fire, sonic youth, the dismemberment plan, belle and sebastian, built to spill, radiohead, modest mouse, broken social scene, yo la tengo, sebadoh, dinosaur jr., velvet underground, portugal. the man, morphine..
- singer-songwriter/folk: janis joplin, nick drake, pj harvey, paul simon, nick cave, vic chesnutt, bon iver..
- progressive/metal/sludge: tool, alcest, isis, baroness, system of a down, mastodon, porcupine tree, a perfect circle..
- trip-hop/electronica: portishead, boards of canada, halou, m83..
- jazz: john coltrane, miles davis, cannonball adderley..
pearl jam, pink floyd, led zeppelin, beatles, rage against the machine, battles, bad religion.....

oh and, red hot chili peppers A WHILE AGO.

So let's start a longer list here.

Avicii
Black Veil Brides
The Bloodhound Gang
Blue Man Group
Bruno Mars
Bullet For My Valentine
Deadmau5
Dream Theater
Escape The Fate
Evanescence
Fall Out Boy
Falling In Reverse
Foo Fighters
Green Day
Guns n' Roses
Linkin Park
Madeon
Martin Jondo
Michael Jackson
My Chemical Romance
Panic! at the Disco
Papa Roach
Pendulum
Peter Fox
The Prodigy
The Rasmus
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Royal Republic
Skrillex
30 Seconds To Mars

- I may add some descriptions or links to songs later. -

aenima says:
Godspeed You! Black Emperor

+ ∞

chillwave /lo-fi / garage, perfect for the end of summer: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDKh61eMMuE"]wavves[/url], [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-0TYeg9Rzc"]washed out[/url], [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYFeHVkFLBY"]vivian girls[/url], [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0pSo58K5aY&ob=av2n"]cults[/url] and [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkUQ-OBazbc"]vampire weekend[/url]

and obviously that dirty ol' rain dog. ladies and gentlemen, mr. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByomIJf5n9w"]tom waits[/url].

3 awesome bands:

Muse
Kings Of Leon
Coldplay

<3

I think I really like half-diminished chords

I them!!!

try this: f half diminished -> E 7 (major 3rd, minor 7th) -> Eb 6 (the triad with a C on top) It's funky. Play around with the inner voices and you get some sweet leading tone action.