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 mounts of inner connected compents 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.

"If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration." - Nikola Tesla

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Favorite artists

This list isn't in any real order. I like most of them too much to rank them.
This is an incomplete and ever growing list.

Psychedelic

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Black Angels

Good skateboarding music. Heavy and dark. Very nice indeed.

Strawberry Alarm Clock

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

Frank Zappa

Go check out Frank Zappa. Thats a threat.

The Beatles

The Beatles exist

Progessive

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.

Camel

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

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.

King Crimson

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

Van der Graaf Generator

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

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.

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.

Caravan

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

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.

Yes

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

Can

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

Amon Duul II

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

Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd is not a prog rock band.

Funk

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

Average White Band

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

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.

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.

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.

Janko Nilovic

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

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.

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.

Mandrill

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

Other

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.

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.

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.

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.