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Old 04.29.2011, 10:40 AM   #1
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Someone has mentioned something about standards of good music. But I havenīt read anyones definition about that. So whatīs yours?

Hereīs mine:
1. Artists have to make me feel. The song can be very skillful played and have a interesting structure, but if it doesnīt make me feel, it has no value to me. I also demand strong feelings. Many prog music takes me somewhere away from the moment, "somewhere over the rainbow" (for example Wigwam, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Yes). I also like a lot kind of weird feelings music gives (for example Velvet Underground, the Stooges, the Birthday Party). Some artists can do me both (for example Sonic Youth, King Crimson, Tom Waits, Captain Beefheart, Dr. John) and maybe thatīs the reason why I like them the most! Somehow I also like sad, dark, kind of "bluesy" feelings more than positive feelings music brings. But I donīt like music that is too cold, warm music warms also my heart. But itīs better music irritates me than it is indifferent to me. I think there is too much indifferent music these days.

2. Artist have to be him/herself. It is easy to heard when artist try to be something else he/she is. Also I think artist have to play music he has skills enough. It sounds so sad when somebody has made for example aggressive song and somebody plays in that song drums like he is meditating. Of course if music only reason is to show, how skillful someone is (for example Dream Theater) it doesnīt work.

3. Artist have to sound natural. Thatīs the reason why I like fifties/sixties/seventies music so much. Nowdays most of the music is overproduced. Of course there is bands I like that not sound like 50-70eens stuff, but quite many have there some "old" element in the modern environment (for example Portishead, New Order).

4. Artist must have diversity enough. I donīt mean every artist has to have repertoire from symphony to punk. I think for example Rolling Stones and Sonic Youth have diversity enough (for example in EVOL journey is quite long between Starpower and in the Kingdom #19). I think nowdays many artist have personal, good song, but then rest of the album songs is made in that same method and I think it is very boring. To me always the whole albums is much more important than one song.

Of course there is artists I prefer that are outside these definetions. But itīs long time I have become a fan of such an artist (maybe Madonna is the latest).
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Old 04.29.2011, 10:49 AM   #2
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I like music that's dope (AKA not Lil Wayne).
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Old 04.29.2011, 02:25 PM   #3
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I like music that I like.
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Old 04.29.2011, 03:10 PM   #4
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anything that attacks me directly in the face

alternatively, anything that steers well clear of my face
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Old 04.29.2011, 03:42 PM   #5
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I like music that I like.

I don't have a formula for music. I like many kinds of different sounds.
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Old 04.29.2011, 03:46 PM   #6
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anything that attacks me directly in the face

alternatively, anything that steers well clear of my face


^

Yeah, I tend to lean towards anything that'd piss people off if I played it loudly - noise, death/black metal, gangster rap.

But that doesn't necessarily define my tastes as a whole.
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Old 04.30.2011, 12:28 AM   #7
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I have a few "standards", artists I come back to and cite as the best of all time.. fahey, the fall, crimson, boredoms, beefheart, harry partch,autechre, scg.. people who I feel really kinda pushed music forward at some point...

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