Reading eljefe's journal

I'm proud to admit I'm a music junkie. See, I just love music. Music is my world. I listen to it all the time (winamp is my most used application :P), I play the trumpet, am planning on picking up the guitar over the summer, and just generally love all forms of music (except for Rap and Country... just can't get into Country's whiny style, and rap doesn't seem to take skill to make... just 10 minutes in fruityloops, that plus I prefer nice solos on guitars and other instruments, and I don't like to hear songs about gangstas and pimpen').

My friend (who, in my opinion, has EXCELLENT taste in music) will send me from time to time music over AIM. And when I hear it, almost all the time I fall in love and am like MORE MORE MORE.

Recently he sent me Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child o Mine", and now i'm getting "Civil War" from him. He got me hooked on just about all the rock bands I love from Megadeth, to Pantera, to Blue Oyster Cult (some I found on my own like Chicago, Santana, Queen, Godsmack, The Seatbelts [they are the band that did the music for the anime 4 part "Blue Sub #6"] i believe is the name, and others).

I'm a hopeless case, addicted to music. No amount of rehab can wane me off of it, and I frequently try and pass what music I have found on to other less exposed souls.

Now to find some Boston stuff (yes, sadly, I havn't listened to them yet) and some Blood Sweat and Tears (which my Dad has). Maybe I'll see why my Dad likes Toto so much...

Pistol Grip Pump In My Lap At All Times

and just generally love all forms of music (except for Rap and Country... just can't get into Country's whiny style, and rap doesn't seem to take skill to make... just 10 minutes in fruityloops, that plus I prefer nice solos on guitars and other instruments, and I don't like to hear songs about gangstas and pimpen')

I competely agree that rapping takes no skill. it is basically talking fast in rhythm to a 4-bar beat that is repeated over, and over, and over, and over, and over. there is no creativity involved. guitar on the other hand, takes quite a bit of skill, it takes time to write music, it takes time to master the instrument, and it takes an actual musician to play one(well). I picked up the guitar a few monthes ago because it is an instrument I admire very much, but im struggling ^^;;. I suppose with time I shall get better, but it obviously isnt like rap (which I found out im pretty good at) which takes about 10 minutes of slapped together poetry and a goofy beat on the computer.

there is a thing that most people call "beatboxing" that I think for being so closely related to rap, takes quite a bit of skill. ive always found that interesting, and always have fun trying to make interesting beats with just my voice.

other than that, rap sucks. I agree.

"Wishing on a star that's already burned out..."

My friend (who, in my opinion, has EXCELLENT taste in music) will send me from time to time music over AIM. And when I hear it, almost all the time I fall in love and am like MORE MORE MORE.

Knowing someone who has your taste in music better nailed down than yourself is an invaluable asset. Unfortunately it has nothing to do with how much two people understand each other.

'Yeah, That's what Jesus would do. Jesus would bomb Afghanistan. Yeah.' - snowlion