Do you only listen to classical/erudite music?

[perprocrastinate]

I do. I'm worried that this might be dehumanizing me. Heh.

[faulty_damper]

I used to listen to only classical music, especially piano music.  Now, I listen to all kinds of music from pop, rap, R&B, latin, and most recently, classical tango.  I think my varied interest is mainly because I understand music much better than I once did.

Listening to Western classical is like only being able to speak/write in English.  But listening to a variety of music, and understanding them, is like being able to speak a dozen different languages and understanding the meaning behind the sounds.

[lloyd_cdb]

I was a classic rock fan growing up, enjoyed the 80's and into the 90's rock.  When that began to give way to crap and Poop, I started to ignore most modern music and spend more time listening to classical.  Still enjoy jazz and the music I liked growing up, but I'm a bit out of touch with the modern world.  It can be an entertaining conversation piece, but you need to be able to do it without alienating people that are dancing to 'call me maybe'.

[j_menz]

Not all the classical music I listen to is erudite, not all the erudite music I listen to is classical, and not all the music I listen to is either.

[zezhyrule]

I had to look up erudite.

Silly big words.

[j_menz]

I had to look up erudite.

Silly big words.

7 letters is big? 

[49410enrique]

i don't know what erudite is. but if this is erudite. then no. no no no no no!

-i linked to it becuase the comments are freakin hilarious, yes the yt comment feed is the gutter of the net but there are some gems to be found in the street right now lol
def one of those things you can't 'unhear'
apologies if your ears bleed and this new 'rebecca black' gets stuck in yourhead (it is actually hilarious once you get over the terrible song, like singing into a drumstick, the chorus that reminds me when holidays fall on what month (man i always forget!), and i won't comment on the creepy singular adult dude hanging out with a bunch of kids.....

[zezhyrule]

7 letters is big? 

For me, yes 

Six is my limit.

[j_menz]

For me, yes 

Six is my limit.

We'll all call you zezhyr from now on then. Wouldn't want to strain you. 

[zezhyrule]

We'll all call you zezhyr from now on then. Wouldn't want to strain you. 

Thank you, I appreciate that. I don't know why I picked this name, I can't even begin to pronounce it.

[mikeowski]

i don't know what erudite is. but if this is erudite. then no. no no no no no!

-i linked to it becuase the comments are freakin hilarious, yes the yt comment feed is the gutter of the net but there are some gems to be found in the street right now lol
def one of those things you can't 'unhear'
apologies if your ears bleed and this new 'rebecca black' gets stuck in yourhead (it is actually hilarious once you get over the terrible song, like singing into a drumstick, the chorus that reminds me when holidays fall on what month (man i always forget!), and i won't comment on the creepy singular adult due hanging out with a bunch of kids.....

This is obviously an ingenious comedy video. I mean no one seriously uses a turkey leg as a microphone. I refuse to believe anyone would be crazy enough to think up such an idea, then film it, look at it and then actually decide to go with it, except if for a comedy video.
Also, gotta love the girl with this look of utter disgust/fear/confusion on her face when she starts to rap (2:35). "Now she's finally gone complete nuts." Again, great comedy.

[perprocrastinate]

Vote ratio: 3 to 10

At least I'm not alone!

[starstruck5]

Not only do I like Electronic Dance Music -but I have been known to write a few tunes in the genre -I always come back to Classical -it is like the Sun to me -everything else orbits it and is a slave to its gravitational pull -

[ajspiano]

Not only do I like Electronic Dance Music -but I have been known to write a few tunes in the genre

I have a friend who is into this..  he did a composition degree..  writes pretty reasonable fugues without too much intense thinking and chooses to spend most of his time in this genre..  its a very erudite version of electronic dance music.

Edit:
Last time I caught up with him he was showing me a work that explored temperment/tuning..

essentially he programmed the audio software to make minor alterations to the pitch of certain notes at certain times creating a work that had always perfect consonant harmony, no temperament tuning.. and highlighted the bending of the pitch as part of the composition..  so you always felt like the pitch was flailing all over the place and yet it always stayed in clear harmony..     I think he was bending certain notes in context with specific modulations or something..

[austinarg]

Prog metal FTW. Listen to Tool, I just discovered them this month, if is the closest thing to a spiritual journey in music.

[vsrinivasa]

I listen mostly to Western Classical, but also Indian classical music, Chinese and Japanese traditional music, Indonesian gamelan, Southeast Asian traditional music, occasionally Bollywood (if I'm really tired, to wake me up) and North African music. My favourite of these world genres has to be Japanese music. it's so calming.

[iansinclair]

Hardly!  At any given random moment you may find me listening to romantic piano, twentieth century orchestral (though not atonal, thank you)... grand opera... or Gregorian chant or US country gospel.  It would be easier to say what I don't listen to much!