Comments on: Changing gears #2: Listen to your least favorite genre of music http://www.zeigen.com/blog/2008/07/changing-gears-2/ The Mack Family experience. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:09:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: slacy http://www.zeigen.com/blog/2008/07/changing-gears-2/#comment-119148 slacy Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:32:16 +0000 http://www.zeigen.com/blog/?p=789#comment-119148 Following-up on a long lost post here, because of some weird serendipity. I really like Rilo Kiley (alt-country? femme rock?) anyway, I saw that amazon was having a deal on the lead singer's solo albums, so I spent the $1.99 and downloaded it. Turns out that its sort of christian country. So, if you're a Rilo Kiley fan and you're looking for something thats different but still familiar, you could check this out. Oh, and in the genre of country, you should also check out the band "Hem" (hemband.com) which is really great. Again, not old-school country like Cash, but country nonetheless... BTW, ping me for a login to my music server, where you can stream a lot of this stuf... Following-up on a long lost post here, because of some weird serendipity. I really like Rilo Kiley (alt-country? femme rock?) anyway, I saw that amazon was having a deal on the lead singer’s solo albums, so I spent the $1.99 and downloaded it.

Turns out that its sort of christian country. So, if you’re a Rilo Kiley fan and you’re looking for something thats different but still familiar, you could check this out.

Oh, and in the genre of country, you should also check out the band “Hem” (hemband.com) which is really great. Again, not old-school country like Cash, but country nonetheless…

BTW, ping me for a login to my music server, where you can stream a lot of this stuf…

]]> By: Kimberly http://www.zeigen.com/blog/2008/07/changing-gears-2/#comment-116584 Kimberly Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:04:56 +0000 http://www.zeigen.com/blog/?p=789#comment-116584 I'm listening to gangster rap right now. Some of it is outright laughable (like this one where they're rapping over top of "Sweet Home Alabama") and some of it makes me ears bleed. I started by browsing iTunes user contributed playlists then moved over to Pandora with a few artists. I hate to say it, but having been a music major in college, I think my music horizons are about as expanded as they're going to get. I’m listening to gangster rap right now. Some of it is outright laughable (like this one where they’re rapping over top of “Sweet Home Alabama”) and some of it makes me ears bleed.

I started by browsing iTunes user contributed playlists then moved over to Pandora with a few artists.

I hate to say it, but having been a music major in college, I think my music horizons are about as expanded as they’re going to get.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.zeigen.com/blog/2008/07/changing-gears-2/#comment-115467 Stephen Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:38:11 +0000 http://www.zeigen.com/blog/?p=789#comment-115467 Give it a listen and tell me what I should try... Give it a listen and tell me what I should try…

]]> By: Kimberly http://www.zeigen.com/blog/2008/07/changing-gears-2/#comment-115434 Kimberly Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:49:48 +0000 http://www.zeigen.com/blog/?p=789#comment-115434 What if gangster rap is the only genre we *don't* listen to? :) I suppose I could give it a shot. Great suggestion though! I love live jazz... The Poor House Bistro in San Jose has some grest live music! I wonder if there's any live bluegrass around here? What if gangster rap is the only genre we *don’t* listen to? :) I suppose I could give it a shot.

Great suggestion though! I love live jazz… The Poor House Bistro in San Jose has some grest live music! I wonder if there’s any live bluegrass around here?

]]> By: Stephen http://www.zeigen.com/blog/2008/07/changing-gears-2/#comment-115431 Stephen Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:36:34 +0000 http://www.zeigen.com/blog/?p=789#comment-115431 It counts if you skip to a genre you normally don't listen to! Of course, in the spirit of changing gears week, what I recommend for you individually is to change your usual practice this week, and listen to a single album today and for the next five days. It counts if you skip to a genre you normally don’t listen to!

Of course, in the spirit of changing gears week, what I recommend for you individually is to change your usual practice this week, and listen to a single album today and for the next five days.

]]> By: slacy http://www.zeigen.com/blog/2008/07/changing-gears-2/#comment-115420 slacy Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:02:32 +0000 http://www.zeigen.com/blog/?p=789#comment-115420 I regularly listen to my entire music collection on 'random'. I've got about 160G of music in 32,000 songs. Most of it is stuff that I've downloaded and never listened to, like the SXSW collections, etc... Does that count? (Probably not, I digress, since even I don't have much rap music in my collection...) I regularly listen to my entire music collection on ‘random’. I’ve got about 160G of music in 32,000 songs. Most of it is stuff that I’ve downloaded and never listened to, like the SXSW collections, etc… Does that count? (Probably not, I digress, since even I don’t have much rap music in my collection…)

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