Music Room

1. Why music?
2. Psychedelic +
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3. Progessive +
- 3.1. Gentle Giant
- 3.2. Camel
- 3.3. The Moody Blues
- 3.4. King Crimson
- 3.5. Van der Graaf Generator
- 3.6. Hatfield & The North
- 3.7. Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- 3.8. Caravan
- 3.9. Magma
- 3.10. Yes
- 3.11. Can
- 3.12. Amon Duul II
- 3.13. Pink Floyd
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4. Funk +
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5. Japanese stuff +
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6. Jazz +
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7. Rock/Alt/Punk +
- 7.1. Talking Heads
- 7.2. Ween
- 7.3. Morphine
- 7.4. Joy Division
- 7.5. The Clash
- 7.6. Ramones
- 7.7. Dr.Feelgood
- 7.8. ACDC (Bon Scott era)
- 7.9. ZZ Top
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8. Other +
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1. Why music?

+What's so important about moving air? Why do we feel so much from so +little? The reason is the way the brain uses its senses to wonderstand +the world around it. Brains use large amounts of inner connected +components that serve very abstract uses. By routing information to +different parts using a high amount of innerconnectedness it can process +information in a exponential amount of ways. By sending carefully +choosen information to send to the senses you can take advanged of the +way it processes information to show whats really going on under the +hood and to cause it to route data in ways it normally wouldn't. Music +guides the geist through this chaotic complex world and shines light on +many parts of the mind and universe.
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+"If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of +energy, frequency and vibration." - Nikola Tesla +

2. Psychedelic

2.1. The Doors

+If you don't know who they are than you disapoint me. About the closest +I have to an all time favorite. When I was first learning guitar a +family friend showed me The Doors and showed me how to play a doors rift +on guitar. At first it look me to get deeper in their music but they +have always been with me no matter where I go in life. A lot of artists +haven't continued to bring me joy as my taste changes in the same way as +The Doors. If you asked me my favorite doors song I would say all of +them.
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+If you dig The Doors please check out Ray Manzarek's solo work. His solo +album The Golden Scarab is my pick for one of the most criminally +underrated albums of all time. +

2.2. Robin Trower

+Many people call him a Jimi Hendrix copy but he they are wrong. While +there are crossovers he does have his own style that is different From +Jimi. His old albums, new albums… are all master pieces. He only +continues to age like wine and is still making new music to this day +without selling out or sounding dated. +

2.3. Jimi Hendrix

+This list isn't complete without him. Jimi is like Santa, Jesus, Abraham +Lincoln… its a requirement you know who he is. Just take a look at +every artist after he got big. Jimi's greatness leaked into all music. +His influence can't be stopped by any granfalloon borders. His influence +quickly leaked into even countries that were cultural isolated from the +west. Check out Super Djata Band to see what I mean.
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+Most places say he died from overdose but that is a lie! He was murdered +by his manager who was upset that Jimi wanted to take a break from fame +and focus on himself instead. +

2.4. Babe Rainbow

+A fun little viby modern psychedelic band. Also one of the few modern +bands that have well put together albums not just great singles but +shitty albums. There music is fun to listen to and a good choice to +bring you out of a bad mood. +

2.5. Levitation Room

+Another great modern psychedelic band. I got to see them live once. The +way their guitarist plays finger style really caught my eye. I often +have their songs stuck in my head even if I haven't heard any of their +stuff for months and I don't even realize its them until I listen to +them again. +

2.6. Sugar Candy Mountain

+Its one of those great bands I forgot that exists but when I run into +their music again it always brings me great joy. +

2.7. King Gizard and the Lizard Wizard

+A very unforgotable name indeed. You may not like some of their music +but they fill quite a bit of area so don't give up on them so fast. A +lot of their songs feel a bit gimmicky for my taste but still a great +band. +

2.8. The Black Angels

+Good skateboarding music. Heavy and dark. Very nice indeed.
+Update: FINALLY GOT TO SEE THEM LIVE Very good band to see live. +101 out of 99. +

2.9. Strawberry Alarm Clock

+Its just pure 60's psychedelic extract. They got viby stuff what more +can I say. +

2.10. Frank Zappa

+Go check out Frank Zappa. Thats a threat. +

2.11. The Beatles

+The Beatles exist +

3. Progessive

3.1. Gentle Giant

+A band very few know of yet it has a cult following. They are a must for +any prog rock fans. They mix in so many sounds and really push the +limits of rock in a way even other prog bands never did. I may even dare +call them my favorite prog rock band. +

3.2. Camel

+Another prog band nearly no one knows about. Go listen to their album +Moonmadness right now. Thats a requirement! +

3.3. The Moody Blues

+Its commonly believed that they started prog rock. They are known for +their big sound and use of classical music theory. I already called +Gentle Giant my favorite prog rock band so I am going to call The Moody +Blues my favorite prog pop band. Many people don't know that prog pop +actually exists and prog pop is what The Moody Blues is. Go listen to +The Moody Blues right now! Some of their albums are a bit slow going but +thats because they are carefully created works of art. Their most well +known album Days of Future Passed is said to be one of the greatest +concept albums of all time. +

3.4. King Crimson

+They are very commercially successful for prog standards. How could you +not like a band with a name like that! +

3.5. Van der Graaf Generator

+They sound almost early Genesis. They have a strange natual darkness +that always stands out to me. +

3.6. Hatfield & The North

+I really dig their album The Rotters club. That album has a special +place in my heart and is easily one of my favorite albums of all time!!! +Wanta hear the crazy story behind it? There isn't one, I just really dig +it. +

3.7. Emerson, Lake & Palmer

+The band was started by a few law firm owners. You believed me didn't +you? They actually just have a boring name. Their music isn't boring so +go check them out! Also a lot of people hate this band for no reason. +

3.8. Caravan

+Most of these bands are British but this one is the most British. Your +welcome. +

3.9. Magma

+They write concept albumns about a race of aliens called the Kobaïan. +The lanauge they sing in is the lanauge the Kobaïan speak so not very +many people actually know what they are singing about. Yes, the aliens +are real. +

3.10. Yes

+One of the first prog bands I got into. Don't let their commerical +success scare you away. They are indeed very wonderful. +

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3.11. Can

+The greatest Krautrock band of all time. tbh its one of those bands I +really need to listen to more. +

3.12. Amon Duul II

+Another great Krautrock band. They have a bit heavier sound than Can. +

3.13. Pink Floyd

+Pink Floyd is not a prog rock band. +

4. Funk

4.1. Parliament Funkadelic

+The funkest band in the list. More funk than you can handle! p-funk is +some pretty strong stuff. Its lethal. Its actually two bands but its +members kept going back and forth and they forgot were each band started +and ended. +

4.2. Sly and the Family Stone

+A vey influential funk band ineed. They were mixed race and gender, and +they were an important part of the civil rights movement. Also their +single Thank You is the first song ever released with slap bass which +was played by Larry Graham. +

4.3. Graham Central Station

+Larry Graham created it so that means its 100 percent funk. Larry Graham +is the enbodiment of funk so anything he touches gets turned into pure +100 percent organic funk. +

4.4. Cymande

+This one is quite different than any of the funk bands on this list and +really is its own thing. Their name is a calypso word for dove which is +a symbol of peace and love. You can hear the peace and love in their +music and it flows into the ear and through rest of body. This is a band +that truly transforms their geist into energy and vibrations for rest of +the world to hear. +

4.5. Lafayette Afro Rock Band

+Another band that is so funky its lethal! They were not that well known +during their time recording but have gained much more of a following +now. Do check them out if you think you can handle so much funk! +

4.6. Average White Band

+Its hard to believe a bunch of white dudes can get so funky but they did +and its real funky! +

4.7. Jaco Pastorius

+Jaco Pastorius is one of the greatest bassists of all time. He played +for Weather Report and released some really funky solo work. +

4.8. Billy Cobham

+Billy Cobham is one hell of a drummer. He played for Miles Davis and +Mahavishnu Orchestra. You need to listen to his solo work now (thats a +threat). He also had influence on many prog artists including King +Crimson. +

4.9. Shuggie Otis

+His dad had a band and personally knew many very well known artists so +Shuggie grow up around them and learned guitar at a very young age. He +played in his dads band as a little kid and they would make him dress +like a old man so they could sneak him into bars to play with the band. +As he got older he got countless offers from some really big artists to +play in their band but he gave them all up and instead produced his own +albums and remained a small artist so he could make the music he wanted +to make. +

4.10. Janko Nilovic

+Holy fuck I forgor this dude existed for a while but dam his music is +funky! +

4.11. Eddie Hazel

+The first lead guitarist for Funkadelic. His Hendrix like playing is +very badass. He is known for his guitar playing on Maggot Brain though +he also has a great solo album which became rare not long after its +release and is often not talked about much to this day. +

4.12. Gil Scott-Heron

+As of writting this He is an artist I discovered more recently. I dig it +so far. He writes songs that are political which is quite based. +

4.13. Mandrill

+Not really my favorite funk band but still funky. And funky is good. +

5. Japanese stuff

+They get their own section even though not all this artists play the +same style because 1: this list is going to get messy, 2: they are +better than the other artists, 3: some of these artists I discovered +like yesterday or an hour ago as of writing this so I don't know what to +say. +

5.1. Kikagaku Moyo

+The best psychedelic band of all time. THE BEST. You will be ruined +for all other psychedelic music once you hear them. Sadly they broke up. +

5.2. The Pillows

+Best known for making the soundtrack for FLCL. Go watch FLCL (thats a +threat). Their music is killer and I dig it. +

5.3. Ginger Root

+Ginger Root is the bomb. I got to see them live and let me tell you it +was easily one of the best artists I have ever seen live. So much +energy!!! +

5.4. Pacific album

+This album was made by multiple artists. Its one of the best albums I +have ever listen to. Good music for when skateboarding around town +buzzed on kratom on a clear warm day without a single worry in sight. +

5.5. Unsorted short but ever growing list of Japanese artists

T-SQUARE
Masayoshi Takanaka
Naniwa Express
Casiopea
Haruomi Hosono
Shigeru Suzuki
Tatsuro Yamashita

6. Jazz

+Jazz is about the best music. A lot of this is more on the fusion side +btw (: +

6.1. Allan Holdsworth

+My pick for greatest guitarist of all time. This dude learned guitar +himself and jesus mother fucking christ he can play. Not only can he +play fast but we can still play with at least as much geist as Jeff +beck, play the most harsh finger breaking far apart scales, all while +leaving Joe Satriani and Steve Vai in the dust. Guitar was his side +hobby. His main thing we brewing. Dam this fucker got a hell ton of +autism. +

6.2. Mahavishnu Orchestra

+People will think your crazy if you tell them to check out this band, +people will think your crazy if you rock out to this. But its the bomb. +It showed me a side of music I haven't gone into before than. I was +listening to Led Zeppelin and that shit before I discovered the depths +of fusion and prog waiting for me. The best parts of life is when you +discover something new and fall deep into the depths of a rabbit hole. +Thats when the world opens up and you start to think differently and +open your mind. Thats why its good to try new things. I wouldn't be who +I am today without that push from Mahavishnu Orchestra. They are a +different breed of jazz fusion than the stuff most fusion fans are use +to. Its much harsher and almost meaner. they dis into parts of the geist +other artists stay far away from. +

6.3. Miles Davis

+You jazz peeps already know Miles Davis. If your a song writer of any +style that haven't checked out Miles yet give him a try. His music is a +good example of how to use space in music to open things up and close +them down. Compare his works and you will see what I mean. While I +haven't dug into his stuff much I really dig his album Bitches Brew. Its +very different than the smooth easy on the ear stuff people often think +of when it comes to Miles Davis. Its closer to Mahavishnu Orchestra. +

7. Rock/Alt/Punk

7.1. Talking Heads

+You need to listen to the Talking Heads. Now, its a requirement. Its a +funky silly litte band. The front man David Byre is rocking with autism +so its a given its going to be a good band. There is no band that sounds +anything like them. They have no right to be as funky as they are! +

7.2. Ween

+A wonderful little silly band. Best known for their album The Mollusk +which influenced the creation of SpongeBob Squarepants. If it +influenced SpongeBob so it gotta be good! They have other great music +though that album really stands out to me. This silly little SpongeBob +album is somehow one of the greatest pieces of music of all time! It can +easily compare to the prog and fusion stuff on this list. The mood +changes quickly but in a very musical way that paints an entire +landscape of many different colors. +

7.3. Morphine

+A really wonderful little treo. Their front band Mark Sandman plays a +bass with only 2 strings tuned in 5ths and he plays it with a slide, +their saxophonist Dana Colley can play two saxophons at once, and their +drummer is just a total vibe. +

7.4. Joy Division

+This band reminds me of my CS teacher who had a bow tie and worked at a +standing table with borderline too many monitors plugged into a little +mac book. Every morning when I walked in normal music was never playing, +it was often a mix of alt rock and EDM that was quite fitting for a +programming class. He gave everyone rubber ducks so we can have an +inanimate object to use to ask for help. He always called himself a +lizard person and was a Doctor Who fan. I assume this is a universal +experience and everyone had a CS teacher like this. He must have been a +standard issue factory made CS teacher because if a mad man with a bow +tie who jams out to Joy Division isnt your average CS teacher I dont +know what is a average CS teacher. +

7.5. The Clash

+One of the first bands I really got into. I listened to them a lot when +I was first learning guitar. They got a good sense of humor to. +

7.6. Ramones

+When I was little one of my sisters friends had a dad who was a fan of +the Ramones. He gave me a data disk full of pirated music which included +a lot of stuff by the Ramones. I instandly became a Ramones fan. I dont +listen to them much lately but they will always have a place in my +heart. +

7.7. Dr.Feelgood

+This is a mean ass band. Their music was a rebellian against the prog +rock and glam rock music that was becoming big at the time. Pub rock +bands like Dr.Feelgood went fuck it all and instead played mean raw +drunken rock n' roll. This is the kind of music I listen to when +skateboarding or when I need to get shit done. +

7.8. ACDC (Bon Scott era)

+I know what your thinking its that band with songs that always sound +the same and has sore throat sounding vocals. Well they were not always +like that. In their early days they had a better vocalist: Bon Scott. +And they fucked around with different sounds a lot more.
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+These are the Bon Scott era albums: +

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High Voltage
TNT
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Let There Be Rock
Powerage
Highway to Hell

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+Powerage and Let There Be Rock are my favorites out of all of them. +Powerage was my first CD I ever got and I keep going back to it all the +time. Its their best album by far. RIP (rock in pleace) Bon Scott. +

7.9. ZZ Top

+I dont listen to them much anymore but they had a big influence on my +guitar playing. One of my favorite albums by them is Tejas. Its a very +underrated album. I dig the darker more ambient tone of Tejas. Also go +listen to their first album. Its completely killer! +

8. Other

8.1. Jeff Beck

+While many think Jimi Hendrix is the greatest guitarist of all time many +more enlighted people pick Jeff Beck. Not that Jimi is bad or anything +but holy fuck Jeff Beck can really play guitar. He puts soooo much geist +into his music and makes the guitar sing in a way no one else can. I +still have my own pick for greatest guitarist though. +

8.2. Tipsy

+I was in a music store with some friends and one of their records was +playing in the store. Later, I wished I bought it so I went back and +they no longer had the record. They don't have very much released and +seem to be dead. They don't seem to have much of a following and they +website is down. You can find it +here +on the wayback machine. +

8.3. Messer Chups/Messer Fur Frau Muller

+A russia band I discovered recently as of writing this. I dig them so +far but I haven't checked out much of their stuff. +

8.4. Silver Apples

+They are a electric band that uses DIY synths made from miltary surplus +radio gear along with other shit. Not really something I would care to +jam to much but still a good band. +

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