What genre to explore next?

**Frownland** · 10-18-2017, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

im not talking city, i'm talking province/state.

complete list of actual known people from nova scotia

Rocky Johnson
Hank Snow
Feist
Ellen Page
the cast of Trailer Park Boys
Alexander Grahm Bell
some hockey players

Can't forget

Brian MacKay-Lyons
Mark A. Brennan
Alex Colville
William E. deGarthe
Maud Lewis
Gilbert Stuart Newton
Edith Smith
Lewis Smith
Christopher Webb
Phil Comeau
Paul Donovan
Thom Fitzgerald
Andrew Hines
Daniel MacIvor
Sobaz Benjamin
Ezra Churchill
Cyrus S. Eaton
Alfred Fuller, founder of the Fuller Brush Company
Alexander Keith, brewer
John W. Sobey
Walter Harris Callow, inventor of wheelchair accessible bus
Charles Fenerty, inventor of wood pulp process for papermaking
Brian Ahern (producer)
Gary Beals
Buck 65
George Canyon,born Fredrick George Lays
Wilf Carter
Classified
Holly Cole
J. P. Cormier
Melanie Doane
Denny Doherty
The Ennis Sisters
Todd Fancey
Leslie Feist
J.D. Fortune
Bruce Guthro
Rebekah Higgs
Ashley MacIsaac
Natalie MacMaster
Kevin MacMichael
Rita MacNeil
Matt Mays
Sarah McLachlan
Matt Minglewood
Anne Murray
Joel Plaskett
Steve Poltz
Heather Rankin
Jimmy Rankin
Stan Rogers, from Ontario but resided in and sang about Nova Scotia
Gordie Sampson
Tara Slone
Laura Smith
Hank Snow
Scott Storch
Portia White
Georges Cooper
Bands
April Wine
The Barra MacNeils
The Rankin Family
Rawlins Cross
Sloan
Henry Alline, the Apostle of Nova Scotia
Moses E. Kiley, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee
Donald O. Hebb
Abraham Pineo Gesner
Simon Newcomb
Willard Boyle
Danny Gallivan
Paul Hollingsworth
Howard Blackburn
Joshua Slocum
Vince Horsman
Fred Lake
Angus Walters
Richard Dalton
Stephen Giles
Michael Scarola
Jillian D'Alessio
Karen Furneaux
Sue Holloway
Ryan Thomas
Cindy Phillips
Ryan Thomas
Chris Clarke
Buddy Daye
George Dixon
Ray Downey
Bryan Gibson
Kirk Johnson
Sam Langford
Carroll Morgan
Marty O'Donnell
Randall Thompson
Shawn Adams
Mark Dacey, from Saskatoon but curls out of the Mayflower Curling Club
Andrew Gibson
Rob Harris
Bruce Lohnes
Mary-Anne Arsenault
Nancy Delahunt, a Montrealer who has resided in Halifax for several years
Meredith Harrison
Colleen Jones
Kim Kelly
Jill Mouzar
Bill O'Donnell
Ian Millar
Buck MacDonald
Eddie Murray
Tyrone Williams
Stephen Hart
Ante Jazic
Ellie Black
Paul Andrea, 150 NHL games in the 1960s and 1970s
Dennis Bonvie
Eric Boulton
David Brine
John Brophy
Sidney Crosby
Mal Davis
Chad Denny
Ryan Flinn
Danny Gallivan
William Hollett
Don Koharski
Craig MacDonald
Lowell MacDonald
Parker MacDonald
Al MacInnis, Hall of Famer
Nathan MacKinnon
Cail MacLean
Al MacNeil
Brad Marchand
Mike McPhee
Dean Melanson
Glen Murray
Pokey Reddick
Bill Riley
Jody Shelley
James Sheppard
Zach Sill
Jon Sim
Bobby Smith
Colin White
Alex J. Walling
Connor Williams
Sue Holloway
Nancy Garapick
Sandy Goss
Duncan Gillis
Aileen Meagher
Rocky Johnson
Great Antonio
Madison miles

The Batlord · 10-18-2017, 07:06 PM

I hope your mother touched your sister as an adult.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 10-18-2017, 07:10 PM

nice copypasta

most of those people about as well known as WISSK btw

and that's not a compliment

Trollheart · 10-18-2017, 07:22 PM

As most people will tell you, few if anyone will rec you a classical album. It's more about the pieces. So, some of my favourites, which you may or may not already know:

Beethoven - "Moonlight Sonata"

Dvorak: "Largo" from Symphony No. 9 - "From the New World"

Grieg: "In the Hall of the Mountain King" and "Morning", both from Peer Gynt

Rachmaninoff: "Piano Concerto No. 2"

josht23musiclover · 10-19-2017, 02:01 AM

As far as classical, well I am really obsessed with the (enormous) genre. Some good suggestions have been made, but do give this one a try too:

~~MicShazam~~ · 10-19-2017, 04:30 AM

Doing a mass-response here. I've had to cut some of the videos in an effort to make this post less unwieldy.

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Then I'll rec this. Not to sound like anyone who knows this ****, but it's still cool.

Will check it out.

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

If you've literally never heard any classical before, there's so much but I'm going to start off with this, though I'm assuming you may have heard some of it already (surely "Mars" if nothing else?) - worth listening to all the way through though. I'll be back with more, but it's bedtime for Karen so I must away.

Oh I've heard classical. Not just through movies and such, but I've been trying to get into classical before. I've never really managed to truly feel at home in this genre, so there's a lot for me left to get used to.

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Originally Posted by Frownland

*hops on classical train and kills the conductor with a fire hydrant*

Arnold Schoenberg is a brilliant composer, he wrote my favourite song if you haven't already listened to it because I mention it a lot.

Spoiler for Verklarte Nacht - Op. 4:

John Cage is probably my favourite composer, but he's not always accessible. I would recommend reading his writings and listening to the songs that he discusses as you come upon them. While I love what his music sounds like, I appreciate his writing about the philosophy of his [sic] music more.

Spoiler for Credo In Us:

John Zorn composes some frantic and haunting classical music.

Spoiler for The Alchemist:

Schoenberg is the one classical composer I've made a proper connection with. I've got a very good CD with the Pelleas und Melisande pieces.
Not quite as familiar with the rest, so I've got work to do.

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Originally Posted by Aloysius

I think you may need some Hindustani (Indian classical music from the North of India) music in your life. It’s probably the only genre other than metal and flamenco that I listen to most days. Search out sitar player Pandit Nikhil Banerjee - he has tons of albums and they will often list the rags and tal (rhythm cycle) he is playing - once you get to know the ragas and tals your appreciation will increase immensely.

This is going to be interesting, because I'd say I propably haven't heard this genre before.

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

oh as for recs,

alt-country

avant-folk

post-hardcore (gotta be picky with the genre, half of it sucks)

Not sure I have any grasp on what defines alt-country. Maybe if it encapsulates artists like Neko Case? In any case, I will check these out.
Even if post-hardcore was exactly the kind of thing I tried to avoid

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

As most people will tell you, few if anyone will rec you a classical album. It's more about the pieces. So, some of my favourites, which you may or may not already know:

Beethoven - "Moonlight Sonata"
*snip*
Dvorak: "Largo" from Symphony No. 9 - "From the New World"
*snip*
Grieg: "In the Hall of the Mountain King" and "Morning", both from Peer Gynt
*snip*
Rachmaninoff: "Piano Concerto No. 2"
*snip*

I definitely know some of these; namely the Moonlight Sonata and In the Hall of the Mountain King.
I used to play this space flight game back in the 90's (Elite III: First Encounters). It had a soundtrack that largely consisted of midi renditions of classical music. Hall of the Mountain King will always be tied to space travel in my mind.

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Originally Posted by josht23musiclover

As far as classical, well I am really obsessed with the (enormous) genre. Some good suggestions have been made, but do give this one a try too:

*snip*(see see right above)

Cool, will check it out too.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 10-19-2017, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

Not sure I have any grasp on what defines alt-country. Maybe if it encapsulates artists like Neko Case? In any case, I will check these out.

sure does! i don't exactly know what qualifies an artist for the genre, but there's a lot of really good stuff under the umbrella.

Trollheart · 10-19-2017, 05:15 AM

You've got some decent suggestions for classical, so I'll go in another direction, as I already mentioned. I'm not very familiar with trad music, but some of it can be great. Again, it's more about the tracks though than full albums. Some of it is so old you'll find several artists covering the songs, though here I'll hit you up with the ones that are best known and probably the most accessible.

The Green Fields of France

Grace

A Place in the Choir

The Streets of New York

The Band Played Waltzing Matilda

Then there are your basic jigs and reels, which can be fun

And you should really check out Horslips, kind of rock but based in the trad scene:

Enough for now?

**Janszoon** · 10-19-2017, 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

he's from ****ing mount uniacke. i know you don't where that is, but it's pre funny all things considered.

he's not bad though, just weird that someone knows who he is outside of the country or province really.

He's pretty well known I think. I've been aware of him since maybe 2002. I saw him live back around that time as well.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 10-19-2017, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

He's pretty well known I think. I've been aware of him since maybe 2002. I saw him live back around that time as well.

that's wild. he dated one of my friend's mom's back in elementary school.

10-18-2017, 07:22 PM	#54 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	As most people will tell you, few if anyone will rec you a classical album. It's more about the pieces. So, some of my favourites, which you may or may not already know: Beethoven - "Moonlight Sonata" Dvorak: "Largo" from Symphony No. 9 - "From the New World" Grieg: "In the Hall of the Mountain King" and "Morning", both from Peer Gynt Rachmaninoff: "Piano Concerto No. 2" __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

10-19-2017, 05:15 AM	#58 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	You've got some decent suggestions for classical, so I'll go in another direction, as I already mentioned. I'm not very familiar with trad music, but some of it can be great. Again, it's more about the tracks though than full albums. Some of it is so old you'll find several artists covering the songs, though here I'll hit you up with the ones that are best known and probably the most accessible. The Green Fields of France Grace A Place in the Choir The Streets of New York The Band Played Waltzing Matilda Then there are your basic jigs and reels, which can be fun And you should really check out Horslips, kind of rock but based in the trad scene: Enough for now? __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

10-19-2017, 02:01 AM	#55 (permalink)
josht23musiclover Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 91	As far as classical, well I am really obsessed with the (enormous) genre. Some good suggestions have been made, but do give this one a try too: