uhm sometimes i listen ... but when i am not listening into it,, i found myself singing any song ..haha .. maybe my brain wants a rhythm haha...
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BACH + SHOSTAKOVICH =
Bach + Shostakovich = A limited selection, but a good start.
Well Bach basically owns everyone because he just does, and Shostakovich is kind of like the modern reincarnation of Bach.
contrapunctus wrote:
Well Bach basically owns everyone because he just does, and Shostakovich is kind of like the modern reincarnation of Bach.
Well ... no ... on both counts. Don't get me wrong, I like both composers. But they are but two on a fairly long list of greats. As great as Bach was, he doesn't "own" everyone by any means, and Shostakovich was a very different composer for a very different time and place. Personally, I can no longer limit my choice(s) of favorite(s) to one or two. There is far too much great classical music -- much of it virtually unknown to the masses.
Bur_Oak wrote:
contrapunctus wrote:
Well Bach basically owns everyone because he just does, and Shostakovich is kind of like the modern reincarnation of Bach.
Well ... no ... on both counts. Don't get me wrong, I like both composers. But they are but two on a fairly long list of greats. As great as Bach was, he doesn't "own" everyone by any means, and Shostakovich was a very different composer for a very different time and place. Personally, I can no longer limit my choice(s) of favorite(s) to one or two. There is far too much great classical music -- much of it virtually unknown to the masses.
Yeah I guess your right but if I had to pick a composer I would pick Bach, wouldn't you? Your name suggests so.. :)
contrapunctus wrote:
Yeah I guess your right but if I had to pick a composer I would pick Bach, wouldn't you? Your name suggests so.. :)
Not really. The Bur Oak is my favorite tree. The fact that it sounds a little like "baroque" is an unfortunate coincidence. I went through a phase of listening to a lot of baroque music -- Bach, Telemann, the Scarlattis, Handel, Zelenka, Vivaldi, etc. I burned out on it. Too much of it began to sound like "music for the washing machine." High on my list of the greats would be names like Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler and several others everyone would recognize.
After listening to a lot of the "standard repertoire" for many years, I grew more interested in hearing music I didn't know. I explored obscure works by famous composers, and works by obscure composers, and found a whole universe of little known and undeservedly ignored wonderful stuff, especially 19th Century and more approachable 20th Century works.
Picking one favorite from all that is impossible.
Bur_Oak wrote:
contrapunctus wrote:
Yeah I guess your right but if I had to pick a composer I would pick Bach, wouldn't you? Your name suggests so.. :)
Not really. The Bur Oak is my favorite tree. The fact that it sounds a little like "baroque" is an unfortunate coincidence. I went through a phase of listening to a lot of baroque music -- Bach, Telemann, the Scarlattis, Handel, Zelenka, Vivaldi, etc. I burned out on it. Too much of it began to sound like "music for the washing machine." High on my list of the greats would be names like Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler and several others everyone would recognize.
After listening to a lot of the "standard repertoire" for many years, I grew more interested in hearing music I didn't know. I explored obscure works by famous composers, and works by obscure composers, and found a whole universe of little known and undeservedly ignored wonderful stuff, especially 19th Century and more approachable 20th Century works.
Picking one favorite from all that is impossible.
Well if Bach sounds like a washing machine, then he must be a very expensive and high class washing machine 
pink floyd is good while playing chess it helps to stay concentrated on the game.
hell yeah! as i lay dying ruuuules:)
but to be honest i never tried it out!
whenever i play i turn off the volume
or mute ... but i guess it won't help:)
rather distract me and bang! hahaha
cheerz from europe, mark