What genres of music do you listen to - please read post first!

[alexkerhead]

Which genre's of music do you enjoy mainly.
I know most of us are versitile for music choices, but what is your preferred types of music?

If you listen to opera, jazz, and classical mostly click them only please, don't check every box just because you have listened to them a little..lol
Just whatever you catch yourself playing by yourself when you are alone.
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[Andyman]

Need a place for Blues and Folk, and Reggae needs to be away from Rap.

[alexkerhead]

Need a place for Blues and Folk, and Reggae needs to be away from Rap.
You're going to have to consult a mod on that, I don't have sufficient privilages to edit a poll.
If you like blues and folk, click other and specify.
Is it that hard?

[Scorpion8]

Need to separate out Smooth Jazz and 70's/80's Hair Metal too.... Classic rock ain't the same that today's crapola is ....

[alexkerhead]

Need to separate out Smooth Jazz and 70's/80's Hair Metal too.... Classic rock ain't the same that today's crapola is ....
I only get 10 options to work with bro :thmbsp:

[Scorpion8]

I only get 10 options to work with bro :thmbsp:

I know, but some of the options doesn't have a place in my music rack. It's all personal choice, but I could call out enough separate rock categories to make up 10 choices alone. Old School baby! :music:

[Tonedeaf]

Rock :guitar:
Alternative
Punk
Industrial
Metal
Classic

Blues and Jazz comes in at a very close second and third.

[tentoze]

I know, but some of the options doesn't have a place in my music rack. It's all personal choice, but I could call out enough separate rock categories to make up 10 choices alone. Old School baby! :music:

Easy way out- make your own poll with your preferences spotlighted- that's all this one is. Seems like polls are everywhere on the forums suddenly. No reason you can't have one of yr very own.

[Billfort]

‘Other’ because I mostly listen to Jazz (but not swing), Blues, Reggae (but never Rap), Alternative (but not dance), Rock, Classical and a few types that don't fit here.

[alexkerhead]

Imma just going to go jump off my L100 stack...-going crazy-

[luvvinvinyl]

Rap and Reggae are now split. Blues and Folk choices are in place.

I voted.

[luvvinvinyl]

Now you see where divisiveness gets one.

[Dusty Chalk]

At work: Classical, electronica/ambient, and instrumentalism (instrumental music, a la GYBE, Mono, Do Make Say Think, Hanged Up, Album Leaf, Tristeza, et al)

At home: pop/rock/metal and "difficult listening" (Laurie Anderson, later Talk Talk, et al, any contemporary pop/rock/indie/alternative with dynamics)

In the car: pop/rock/metal

[alexkerhead]

Now you see where divisiveness gets one.
Thank you for taking the time to modify this poll.
It is much appreciated. :yes:

[Filmboydoug]

Fav is and always will be Classical, Romantic to be more precise. Then Blues and rock.

Lately tho my playlist has been dominated by opera metal.

[Infinitoid]

Other than the big band jazz and Classical, late Romantic, that I voted for, the three types of music not listed on the poll that I listen to frequently are Drum and Bugle Corps, Bluegrass, and Barbershop. I like music that makes me grin.

Greg

[Fran604g]

Predominantly Rock in many of it's manifestations (fussion, alternative, country,) Classical and Bluegrass :banana:

[whyaskit]

kinda hard to answer because I get a song or artist in my head and i go grab the cd/lp/cassette and I usually grab what ever cd/lp/cassettes are next to them, without paying attention

Two examples, today I got home with Middletown Dreams (Rush, Power Windows) in the noggin and that lead me to THe Steve Miller Band, U2 and a different Rush cd

Yesterday I wanted to give my Oingo Boingo lp (Dead Man's Party) a spin and the lead to The Police, Paul Simon, Dave Brubeck and Miles Davis (that was nice). I like the randomness of it and it works as I have no filing system in place and when I do, it stays for the shortest of time periods.

[cubdog]

What no Post Bop category? :D

cubdog

[Arkay]

What's the difference between "Dance/Alternative" and "Techno/Rave"? UNLESS "dance" refers to Tango, Cha-Cha, Samba and such, these seem like much the same thing to me.

Of course, I'm aware that younger people try to classify "Techno/Rave" much further into sub-genres like "Drum and Bass", "Swing" (which to me means Artie Shaw, Bennie Goodman, etc...), etc.... but frankly it's all in the same general category to me.

[opt80]

My collection is basically duplicates of what Tozer buys.(Toze is a cd buying genius)I like roots music,mostly acoustic. The rraspier the singers voice the better.I do like female jazz vocals lately.

I think of myself as a completist,all of Tom Waits,all of Dylan,neil Young.It is the equivalent of collecting vintage gear,I guess.

[Dusty Chalk]

The rraspier the singers voice the better.In that case, you have to at least hear Rob Dougan. May not be yours or toze's cuppa, but worth at least hearing. Just do a google, I'm sure you'll find something.

[Grainger49]

Other in my case is Bluegrass. No, it isn't Country.

[TocoTamer]

80's music
Seems I stuck in the 80's
Rock first, then let the chips fall as they mite as long as it's the 80's BABY!
:banana: :beer: :smoke:
:butt1::butt1::butt1:
:drunk::music:

:grnbounce:yippy::grnbounce

Wooo Woooooo!:lmao:
Rick:screwy:
:D :D

[theblackknight]

I listen to mostly classic rock--the eagles, dire straits, reo speedwagon, jethro tull, bruce springsteen, styx, etc.

I really like Christmas music--so voted one in the "other" category.

And I like rap at parties.

[macaltec]

Heavy Metal for my "other" choice, but mostly Jazz and Rock at this point with some classical occasionally.

[JoeESP9]

My collection includes almost everything except for Bluegrass and Gospel. Both of those types of music make me want to cut my ears off and run away.:D

[thisOne]

Well, I vote for Opera as I sit here and listen to Johnny Winter do the thing on his metal body acoustic guitar. But when you really think about it, it all comes back to Opera:music:

[joekid]

When am buy myself I listen to Do Woop. When the wife is around its what ever she wants

[AFpay]

I listen mostly to Jazz. I grew up on Motown and R&B, and as I matured, I drifted to jazz. Let me clarify. There are many forms of jazz, I am a mainstream jazz kind of guy. No smooth, no Kenny G, no avante garde stuff, I listen to small combo stuff from the late fifties to present. As all of you probably already know ,stereo started to rear it's head around 1957, so I am more into after 1957 jazz because of the sound. (Some mono jazz is great though, check out Sonny Rollins' "Saxaphone Colossus")

The musicianship of many of the jazz artists is incredible. No drum machines, no overlays, or studio tricks, just straight music.

I have listened to rock, (in college) and I can do classical every now and then, I still listen to my R&B, but mainstream jazz is my deal.

[jaymanaa]

Other in my case is Bluegrass. No, it isn't Country.


What he said.:thmbsp:

[Brian4561]

Jazz--primarily 'bop, though I have lots of different styles

Rock/pop--I have something of an 'eclectic taste' in music. Everything from the Velvet Underground to fleetwood Mac to CSNY.

And my 'other' selection -- Indie/alternative rock.

[onepixel]

I listen to everything, as long as it's good.

Variety is the spice of life.

[doctorbongo]

I listen to quite a bit of bluegrass. It's what modern country should be, seeing as modern country is just pretty face pop music with a twang. Bluegrass has great instrumentals and some nice harmonies

[Dusty Chalk]

Where is 'speedchant'? :nono:

[Kiwick]

Country Music, and some 70s rock

Francesco (Italy)

[zenith2134]

I voted in for Rock, Alternative, and Classical.

Truth is I listen to New wave and Retro rock mostly. Glad to see that Rock is the majority on AK. I used to enjoy some rap, but realized just how silly it is. Reggae is cool stuff, but not enough for me to vote in on it

[sleddogman]

Classical, Jazz/Swing, Rock, Blues
Other would be things like the majority of the Windham Hills catalog, Beaver & Krause, Acoustic Alchemy, Celtic music, etc.

[deaner33]

Listen to a lot of Stoner/Doom and 70's metal.

[KeninDC]

Anything with wah-wah guitar.

[DaWoofer]

I voted rock, but I listened to the Jazz CD I got at the AK Fest 2007 and really liked it. The DVD was great too, as it sounded good on the HT setup. I'm more open to Jazz now than ever in my life. Cool tunes!

[Jovinyl]

Rock, Blues, Dance. techno. All of the above, at any given time.

[Luckyman]

I voted for Rock,Classical, Jazz,folk ,and New Age (other)

[Yamaha1]

Classical, Jazz, oldies and whatever that appeals to my ears and sounds good.

[hakaplan]

Neil Diamond! :thmbsp:

Oh, wait, that's a different poll.

Lawrence Welk! :thmbsp:

[john_w]

...Other would be things like the majority of the Windham Hills catalog, Beaver & Krause, Acoustic Alchemy, Celtic music, etc.

Same here. Plus Bluegrass as others mentioned. I think if you ran a Bluegrass tune through a supercollider (atom smasher) you would get folk, jazz and maybe a few other things out the other end. Historically, traditional Bluegrass isn't derived from any of those but that doesn't necessarily matter. Plus I'm not that stuck on the traditional variety either. So I voted for folk, jazz, rock, blues, etc.

But I'm mostly into rock. Specifically prog, and some other classic stuff. 50s through today - there's at least SOMETHING good in every decade! :thmbsp: I also really enjoy most things I didn't pick, but I had to draw the line somewhere as "favorites".