Hi

Hey, just wondering what kind of music ya'll listen to. Like regular music, not just classical or whatever. And, if you want, you can attach a song you like or whatever. YKB, can you put some on here that you like that you don't consider to be conpemporary??? I'm trying to copy some music my brother brought home from college to see if you like it.

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I don't think I have any small enough files to put on here, but I listen to Show Tunes, when I'm not listening to Classical. If I ever get tired of musicals, though, I usually listen to country. But that's hardly ever.

Possibly my favorite musical of all time, is Sunset Boulevard (created by Andrew Lloyd Webber...it's actually a remake of the movie Sunset Boulevard, by Billy Wilder). But only the London Cast version...with Patty LuPone, who, by the way, is an AWESOME singer!!! She was also the first person to play Eva Perron in Evita, also by Webber.

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"A great man once told me that love has a funny way of screwing you over. But after years of consideration, I realize, he lied. I'm more in love than I've ever been before, and than I ever will be. Hopefully this time, it'll be real."

You can zip the files to make them small enough. Fabrizio said he made it so we can attach files up to 10MB, I haven't been able to attach anything over 3MB though. I used to listen to country music ALL the time! I loved it!!! Then I woke up and realized that those songs were putting thoughts and images in my head that didn't need to be there and they were promoting things that I don't agree with. So I stopped listening to all country and just stick with Christian, not the "Christian rock" or anything like that but the good old songs that really glorify God. Since I stopped listening to country music my relationship with my Lord and my family has GREATLY improved!!!!!!!!!!!

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God, Give me the serenity to accept the fabrics I cannot sew with, The courage to sew with the ones I can and the wisdom to know all the different textures.

Yeah, like I said, I don't listen to country very much anymore...mostly classical and musicals. lol

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"La musique est ma vie et ma maniere..."

~Francesca Lee Williams~

"A great man once told me that love has a funny way of screwing you over. But after years of consideration, I realize, he lied. I'm more in love than I've ever been before, and than I ever will be. Hopefully this time, it'll be real."

Good idea!

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God, Give me the serenity to accept the fabrics I cannot sew with, The courage to sew with the ones I can and the wisdom to know all the different textures.

Besides classical, I mostly listen to "alternative" rock (I hate that term, but that's the label it has), electronic, celtic, folk, other international (I guess "world music"), and some bluegrass. I'm not a fan of contemporary country music, but like artists like Johnny Cash and Hank Williams (Sr. not Jr.).

I guess I should add "celtic punk" to that or whatever they call it since I've been listening to a lot of Flogging Molly and Dropkick Murphys lately (and, of course, the Pogues before them).

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I think music is one of the most powerful mediums out today. Alot of experts will agree with me. What rock music and all the other un-classical music trys to do is to control your emotions. For example, go to a piano and do the following: hit a C major chord (C,E,G) then hit a Cm chord (C,E-flat,G). After that put both chords together(C,E-flat,E,G and see what it sounds like. IT SOUNDS REVOLTING. I don't know one sane person that would willingly listen to that chord. It makes you want to become .
YET, that is a VERY popular chord in rock music. That chord brings a feeling of unrest, inward violence etc. It is a very UN-natural chord. So, with that and similar chords (various 13th chords not used properly and the like...) these rock-composers try to control your emotions. Don't believe me? Go to a rock concert and see for yourself!!! All the other styles (jazz,pop,etc.), to a certain degree imitate what rock music trys to do. That's why, Smiley, you felt what you felt when you listened to country. I will gladly debate the above statements that I made.

YKB

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Surprisingly, I agree with you about rock music. It is all about controlling your emoitions. That's why I don't listen to it, I want God and God alone to control my emotions.

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And classical music doesn't attempt to provoke an emotional response?

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It is the melody which is the charm of music, and it is that which is most difficult to produce. The invention of a fine melody is a work of genius. - Joseph Haydn

There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. -
Douglas Adams

Yes it does, but not the same emotion rock music does.

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