Alantic Soul

Motown Sound

Philly Sound

Chicago Sound

Stacks (Memphis) Sound

Rock & Roll

R&B

Soul

Funk (Go-go and all sub genres)

Disco

Chicago House Music

Negro Spirtuals

Gospel Music (pre WII & after)

The Blues (preWII & after)

Acoustic Blues / Delta Mississippi

Delta Mississippi / Chicago Blues

Memphis Blues

Arkansas Blues

Kansas City Blues

Texas Blues

Piedmont Blues

JazzMusic

Ragtime

Dixieland Jazz ( a.k.a Hot Jazz, Early Jazz, New Orleans Jazz)

Pre WWII Jazz

Big Band

Swing

Bebop

Cool Jazz

Hard Bop

Modal Jazz

Free Jazz

Jazz Fusion

Acid Jazz (I hate this defintion but )

Post Bop

Smooth Jazz ( a lil' goes a long way)

Brazilian "Jazz"

Latin Jazz

Bossa Nova

Afro-Peruvian Music

British Invasion (rock & roll, beat, rock&pop)

Psychedelic rock

Heavy Metal ( a lil)

New Wave (a lil' bit)

Folk music

Singer Songwriters of the 70's

Soft Rock

Techno

Traditional Country, Gospel & Bluegrass ( a lil bit)

Acoustic Guitar fingerstyle and fingerpicking

Classical Music

Baroque music & Chamber music. (BIG fan)

Baroque Opera's

I'm not a listener of Grunge, Punk ,New Jack Swing, Rap, Minneapolis sound.

Pretty diverse here too.

For me it has never been about the genre, but the music itself. Genres don't matter to me.

I gravitate more towards specific artists, than whatever genre an artist is tied around. Once I listen to music I like, I would sometimes go out and find every piece of music by that artist regardless what section or category.

802 said:

Maze said:

how is it possible that orgers like nearly every kinda music out there in 1001 different genres, but on the other hand most orgers will agree that practically everything you hear on the radio and the charts is rubbish?

Because they're lying.

I wonder how much the ipod/itunes component of today’s music plays into people’s sense of diversity in their musical library. With the ability to download a single song so easily and pile tons of music onto an mp3 player, some people may feel that because they have a single song from Marvin Gaye, K’Naan, Iron Maiden, and Journey on their headphones that they have broad musical tastes. I guess I am wondering how many people are looking at the outliers, if you will, to find diversity, rather than the core of their musical collection. It is my experience that most people listen to a core type of music. And I don't find anything wrong with that.

I only like GOOD music.

119 said:

802 said:

Because they're lying.

I wonder how much the ipod/itunes component of today’s music plays into people’s sense of diversity in their musical library. With the ability to download a single song so easily and pile tons of music onto an mp3 player, some people may feel that because they have a single song from Marvin Gaye, K’Naan, Iron Maiden, and Journey on their headphones that they have broad musical tastes. I guess I am wondering how many people are looking at the outliers, if you will, to find diversity, rather than the core of their musical collection. It is my experience that most people listen to a core type of music. And I don't find anything wrong with that.

I agree that some people are exxagerating. That being said, there are many who do have diverse taste in music. Sometimes i like listening to a pop ballad, other times hard rock, then maybe funk and disco or something. But i cant pretend to like everything, i can't stand grunge music and i dont like regaee too much either except a few bob marley songs.

802 said:

Maze said:

how is it possible that orgers like nearly every kinda music out there in 1001 different genres, but on the other hand most orgers will agree that practically everything you hear on the radio and the charts is rubbish?

Because they're lying.

Maybe, but I don't think this is necessarily it. The wide criticism of popular radio is that it not only fails to represent a true diversity of music, but gives voice only to immediately accessible -- and therefore often quite trifling -- examples of certain fixed genres.

Even the biggest pizza fan in the world (and maybe particularly the biggest pizza fan in the world) would get sick of the same Domino's pepperoni night after night.

[Edited 5/17/11 7:08am]

PatrickS77 said:

gemari77 said:

It depends... I tend to like individual artists, who happen to fall within' a genre.

I don't consider myself a Metalhead---yet, Iron Maiden, King Diamond/Mercyful Fate, Megadeth, Death, Carcass and Metallica are some of my favorite bands.

I don't consider myself a country fan, yet I love Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley.

I don't consider myself a fan of AOR or Pop/Metal... but, I love Kansas, Journey, Dokken and Europe.

Truly not a fan of Christian or Gospel music, but love Crystal Lewis, Michael Tate and Mary Mary.

I'm not generally a fan of R&B solo artists who just stand up and sing and don't play instruments, yet I love Eric Benet, Shanice and Kelly Price.

My favorite artists span all sorts of genres.... classic 70's soul, 80's Pop, English New Wave, 60's British Invasion, Fusion, Progressive, Smooth Jazz, Acoustic singer-songwriter, Shred Guitar, Blues Rock...

Yeah! I kinda agree with that statement... not word for word or artist for artist, but the general meaning! I don't care for genres... it's all music and as long as I like the songs, I don't care what genre it is!

Yeah, that's what I was trying to say... If something strikes me--either an artist or song, I don't care about the label. And I like many, many different types of artists.

119 said:

802 said:

Because they're lying.

I wonder how much the ipod/itunes component of today’s music plays into people’s sense of diversity in their musical library. With the ability to download a single song so easily and pile tons of music onto an mp3 player, some people may feel that because they have a single song from Marvin Gaye, K’Naan, Iron Maiden, and Journey on their headphones that they have broad musical tastes. I guess I am wondering how many people are looking at the outliers, if you will, to find diversity, rather than the core of their musical collection. It is my experience that most people listen to a core type of music. And I don't find anything wrong with that.

Good point... Personally, for me, I'm an album guy. I can't consider someone a favorite artist unless I have complete CD's and in most cases, complete discographies on physical Cd's or vinyl.

I do have single Itunes tracks too though, for the occasional song I here on radio, but not willing to take a chance on purchasing the whole album---usually people like Kesha or general one hit wonders.

Lammastide said:

802 said:

Because they're lying.

Maybe, but I don't think this is necessarily it. The wide criticism of popular radio is that it not only fails to represent a true diversity of music, but gives voice only to immediately accessible -- and therefore often quite trifling -- examples of the genres.

Even the biggest pizza fan in the world (and maybe particularly the biggest pizza fan in the world) would get sick of the same Domino's pepperoni night after night.

[Edited 5/16/11 8:15am]

TD3 said:

Alantic Soul

Motown Sound

Philly Sound

Chicago Sound

Stacks (Memphis) Sound

Rock & Roll

R&B

Soul

Funk (Go-go and all sub genres)

Disco

Chicago House Music

Negro Spirtuals

Gospel Music (pre WII & after)

The Blues (preWII & after)

Acoustic Blues / Delta Mississippi

Delta Mississippi / Chicago Blues

Memphis Blues

Arkansas Blues

Kansas City Blues

Texas Blues

Piedmont Blues

JazzMusic

Ragtime

Dixieland Jazz ( a.k.a Hot Jazz, Early Jazz, New Orleans Jazz)

Pre WWII Jazz

Big Band

Swing

Bebop

Cool Jazz

Hard Bop

Modal Jazz

Free Jazz

Jazz Fusion

Acid Jazz (I hate this defintion but )

Post Bop

Smooth Jazz ( a lil' goes a long way)

Brazilian "Jazz"

Latin Jazz

Bossa Nova

Afro-Peruvian Music

British Invasion (rock & roll, beat, rock&pop)

Psychedelic rock

Heavy Metal ( a lil)

New Wave (a lil' bit)

Folk music

Singer Songwriters of the 70's

Soft Rock

Techno

Traditional Country, Gospel & Bluegrass ( a lil bit)

Acoustic Guitar fingerstyle and fingerpicking

Classical Music

Baroque music & Chamber music. (BIG fan)

Baroque Opera's

I'm not a listener of Grunge, Punk ,New Jack Swing, Rap, Minneapolis sound.

Forgot to mention soft rock.

If you have a wider cultural exposure.... you tend to have a broader palette. One should not assume their life journey has been the same for all.

I believe myself to be decently diverse.

I enjoy Rock, Pop, R&B, Hip-hop, Soul, Classic Rock, Disco, Latin Boogaloo, Salsa, Merengue, Guaguanco/Rhumba, Boleros, Mexican Rancheras, Mexican mariachis, Latin pop, Latin rock, Cumbia, Punta, Marimba, and probably a few others that I can't think of right now.

I dislike Heavy Metal, most Country, and can't get into Gospel.

Timmy84 said:

TD3 said:

Alantic Soul

Motown Sound

Philly Sound

Chicago Sound

Stacks (Memphis) Sound

Rock & Roll

R&B

Soul

Funk (Go-go and all sub genres)

Disco

Chicago House Music

Negro Spirtuals

Gospel Music (pre WII & after)

The Blues (preWII & after)

Acoustic Blues / Delta Mississippi

Delta Mississippi / Chicago Blues

Memphis Blues

Arkansas Blues

Kansas City Blues

Texas Blues

Piedmont Blues

JazzMusic

Ragtime

Dixieland Jazz ( a.k.a Hot Jazz, Early Jazz, New Orleans Jazz)

Pre WWII Jazz

Big Band

Swing

Bebop

Cool Jazz

Hard Bop

Modal Jazz

Free Jazz

Jazz Fusion

Acid Jazz (I hate this defintion but )

Post Bop

Smooth Jazz ( a lil' goes a long way)

Brazilian "Jazz"

Latin Jazz

Bossa Nova

Afro-Peruvian Music

British Invasion (rock & roll, beat, rock&pop)

Psychedelic rock

Heavy Metal ( a lil)

New Wave (a lil' bit)

Folk music

Singer Songwriters of the 70's

Soft Rock

Techno

Traditional Country, Gospel & Bluegrass ( a lil bit)

Acoustic Guitar fingerstyle and fingerpicking

Classical Music

Baroque music & Chamber music. (BIG fan)

Baroque Opera's

I'm not a listener of Grunge, Punk ,New Jack Swing, Rap, Minneapolis sound.

Forgot to mention soft rock.

That's OK Timmy..... brotha we have so much music, our memories can't process it all on a moments notice.

I forgot Pop Music, Movie Soundtracks and yes, I like elevator music too.

To everyone, don't start messin' with me about my love of elevator music !!

TD3 said:

Timmy84 said:

Forgot to mention soft rock.

That's OK Timmy..... brotha we have so much music, our memories can't process it all on a moments notice.

I forgot Pop Music, Movie Soundtracks and yes, I like elevator music too.

To everyone, don't start messin' with me about my love of elevator music !!

I like a bit of elevator music too so you got my vote. I usually like the kind they play on "The Weather Channel".

gemari77 said:

119 said:

I wonder how much the ipod/itunes component of today’s music plays into people’s sense of diversity in their musical library. With the ability to download a single song so easily and pile tons of music onto an mp3 player, some people may feel that because they have a single song from Marvin Gaye, K’Naan, Iron Maiden, and Journey on their headphones that they have broad musical tastes. I guess I am wondering how many people are looking at the outliers, if you will, to find diversity, rather than the core of their musical collection. It is my experience that most people listen to a core type of music. And I don't find anything wrong with that.

Good point... Personally, for me, I'm an album guy. I can't consider someone a favorite artist unless I have complete CD's and in most cases, complete discographies on physical Cd's or vinyl.

I do have single Itunes tracks too though, for the occasional song I here on radio, but not willing to take a chance on purchasing the whole album---usually people like Kesha or general one hit wonders.

That's me, and I define my musical tastes based on what I own in album and regulalry listen to. If you look at my itunes purchases, that is actually very "diverse" but in my opinion, not at all representative of my core music tastes. Those songs are for the most part, one offs-songs that I liked from many different people but who did not have music that I enjoyed in a significant enough way to purchase an entire album. For the most part if I look at any individual artist or song in my itunes purchases, they are not essential to my musical tastes, but sort of "nice to have".

My taste is pretty diverse, but at the same time I can be pretty narrow-minded within a genre. I honestly try to avoid that "criticize before opening eyes" syndrome, so I don't mouth off about things I don't know fully.

Very diverse:

Blues, rock(depending if it has that Jimi vibe) and blues-rock;smooth jazz;not too much into poppy-ass, bubble gum music.

Blues/soul, some r&b, some, calypso, various forms of salsa, and depending on the artist; reggae-depending on the vibe/artist

I'm a bit all over the place with what I like, but I'm rarely ever into reggae or celtic music.

Mostly listen to:

Pop/Rock ( at least 20 subgenres incl. New wave, New Romantic, Soft Rock, Adult Contemp., Bubblegum of the 60’s, Hard Rock 60’s &70’s)

R&B/ Soul (at least 15 subgenres incl. Freestyle, Disco, Funk, Neo-Soul)

Jazz-Pop

Smooth Jazz

Girl Groups

British Invasion/Psychedelic

New Jack Swing

Traditional Gospel

Golden Age and Alternative Rap

Getting into:

Trip Hop, acid jazz, classical, Christian Kane (country)

2elijah said:

various forms of salsa

Most people don't realize how diverse Salsa can be.

I'm partial to Cuban Rhumba/Guaguanco-based "Salsa", the stuff from Fania Records in the 70's (Hector Lavoe, Celia Cruz, etc.), and even the Columbian Salsa (Joe Arroyo, Fruko ys sus Tesos, etc.).

Even though New York City is the birthplace of modern Salsa, I really don't like the stuff that was being put out in the 80's here. Too heavy on the brass and they got rid of the ivory.

It wasn't until Gloria Estefan rediscovered her Latin roots and put out "Mi Tierra" and Marc Anthony abandoned freestyle to put out his classic salsa hits, that USA-based salsa got a shot in the arm.

Not very diverse to be honest. I (appreciate) a lot of musical styles, but the ones I emotionally/financially invest in are few.

The joy of finding stuff I wasn't aware of/exposed to previously is still there, which is good enough for me.

...diverse enough to open my own F.Y.E.

I listen to most music, with the exception of heavy metal and most rap;

however, I'm working on being more open to these genres.

All music has something to say, so I'm tryin' like crazy to hear the different voices!

Timmy84 said:

TD3 said:

That's OK Timmy..... brotha we have so much music, our memories can't process it all on a moments notice.

I forgot Pop Music, Movie Soundtracks and yes, I like elevator music too.

To everyone, don't start messin' with me about my love of elevator music !!

I like a bit of elevator music too so you got my vote. I usually like the kind they play on "The Weather Channel".

Uh, you know you can purchase the Weather Channel music.

http://www.weather.com/tv/music/

I know... you're welcome.

TD3 said:

Timmy84 said:

I like a bit of elevator music too so you got my vote. I usually like the kind they play on "The Weather Channel".

Uh, you know you can purchase the Weather Channel music.

http://www.weather.com/tv/music/

I know... you're welcome.

Other than Prince...

Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Radiohead, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, all Motown including (but not limited to) all Jacksons, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Temps, Supremes, etc. I love old school rap.

TD3 said:

To everyone, don't start messin' with me about my love of elevator music !!

I'm going to mess with you about it from now on.

No, I would never do that. Even though I don't like elevator music, I do respect the fact there are talented musicians that make elevator music. But at least you know that a lot of people consider it as "uncool" music and have a sense of humor about it. You're secure with yourself.

However.......don't be offended when I use it as a weapon to compare to shit hop (tempo-wise) by using a genre of music that is considered "uncool" to compare to shit hop to make it's listeners not want to feel like a bunch of dorky geeks for listening to shit hop. That's always been one of my faaaavorite tactics against them......."You know I could put a shit hop record on one turntable and a classical record on another turntable and I would have to slow the tempo down on the classical record in order to mix and blend the two. Now you know y'all some dorky ass motherfuckers when you're slower than classical music".....Hey, nobody wants to be considered "uncool" and I've seen some of them (the shit hoppers) get pissed. And of course, I just say to myself, "mission accomplished".

vainandy said:

TD3 said:

To everyone, don't start messin' with me about my love of elevator music !!

I'm going to mess with you about it from now on.

No, I would never do that. Even though I don't like elevator music, I do respect the fact there are talented musicians that make elevator music. But at least you know that a lot of people consider it as "uncool" music and have a sense of humor about it. You're secure with yourself.

However.......don't be offended when I use it as a weapon to compare to shit hop (tempo-wise) by using a genre of music that is considered "uncool" to compare to shit hop to make it's listeners not want to feel like a bunch of dorky geeks for listening to shit hop. That's always been one of my faaaavorite tactics against them......."You know I could put a shit hop record on one turntable and a classical record on another turntable and I would have to slow the tempo down on the classical record in order to mix and blend the two. Now you know y'all some dorky ass motherfuckers when you're slower than classical music".....Hey, nobody wants to be considered "uncool" and I've seen some of them (the shit hoppers) get pissed. And of course, I just say to myself, "mission accomplished".

vainandy said:

TD3 said:

To everyone, don't start messin' with me about my love of elevator music !!

I'm going to mess with you about it from now on.

No, I would never do that. Even though I don't like elevator music, I do respect the fact there are talented musicians that make elevator music. But at least you know that a lot of people consider it as "uncool" music and have a sense of humor about it. You're secure with yourself.

However.......don't be offended when I use it as a weapon to compare to shit hop (tempo-wise) by using a genre of music that is considered "uncool" to compare to shit hop to make it's listeners not want to feel like a bunch of dorky geeks for listening to shit hop. That's always been one of my faaaavorite tactics against them......."You know I could put a shit hop record on one turntable and a classical record on another turntable and I would have to slow the tempo down on the classical record in order to mix and blend the two. Now you know y'all some dorky ass motherfuckers when you're slower than classical music".....Hey, nobody wants to be considered "uncool" and I've seen some of them (the shit hoppers) get pissed. And of course, I just say to myself, "mission accomplished".

Don't make me have to send you some of my Weather Channel "cuts".

Timmy, hold me back!

TD3 said:

vainandy said:

I'm going to mess with you about it from now on.

No, I would never do that. Even though I don't like elevator music, I do respect the fact there are talented musicians that make elevator music. But at least you know that a lot of people consider it as "uncool" music and have a sense of humor about it. You're secure with yourself.

However.......don't be offended when I use it as a weapon to compare to shit hop (tempo-wise) by using a genre of music that is considered "uncool" to compare to shit hop to make it's listeners not want to feel like a bunch of dorky geeks for listening to shit hop. That's always been one of my faaaavorite tactics against them......."You know I could put a shit hop record on one turntable and a classical record on another turntable and I would have to slow the tempo down on the classical record in order to mix and blend the two. Now you know y'all some dorky ass motherfuckers when you're slower than classical music".....Hey, nobody wants to be considered "uncool" and I've seen some of them (the shit hoppers) get pissed. And of course, I just say to myself, "mission accomplished".

Don't make me have to send you some of my Weather Channel "cuts".

Timmy, hold me back!

Hey, back when I had cable, at least some of those Weather Channel songs had a little snap to them. I'd much rather hear them than clips of those damn "American Idiot" contestants catterwalling away while the TV listings scroll underneath their videos on the TV Guide Channel.