re: How would you generically describe the music you like?

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So you don't like to really work on stuff?
A bunch of people don't.

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How do you mean?

Rock, Pop rock, classic country

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quote:
So you don't like to really work on stuff?
A bunch of people don't.
How do you mean?

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I guess now after thinking about it, I can try to give you a better answer: A lot of times I'll come up with an idea, usually a chorus surrounding a certain phrase and sit down with my guitar and pick out something that will work pretty quickly. Then I finish writing the verses and build a story. Then I'll do a rough recording and listen to it. I'm almost never satisfied with it, even if it works OK.
So I start twisting up my chord progression a bit, turning around some chord changes, using some different chords in certain places. Trying to build suspense or lift and giving more impact to(what I perceive as) important lines.
I'll do that over and over, even transpose it into two or three different keys, use different guitars, until I find what works best for the lyrics.
It drives my friends crazy, but I like to make sure the point of the song comes through. It's usually worth the extra effort.

I mean, it changes drastically depending on mood, weather, soberness, listening environment, time of day, day of the week, what I’m doing while listening….you name it, it’s going to have me pulling from a pretty eclectic library of musical tastes.

That said, I love the blues. I love rock. I love jazz. Bluesy jazz jam bands (a lot of Grateful Dead). I love surprising chord changes. I’m not a lyrics guy but an amazing voice is just another instrument to enjoy. My inner rhythm is fast but I’m very outwardly chill….songs where there’s a driving, aggressive, emotional low end with a calm, teasing, building high end are typically songs I’ll love. A song like Interpol’s “Untitled” kind of epitomizes what I’m trying to describe.

Yea, I like power pop a lot. Matthew Sweet is one of my favorites.

But I also love Van Halen, Allman Bothers, The Cult.

Evil

Anything other than opera and rap/hip hop.

Wide ranging.

I like almost everything from the 1920's onward with the exception of rap due to so much debasing lyrics.

Country, rock, pop, jazz, metal, folk, R&B, soul, blues, singer-songwirter, rockabilly. Love it all.

Late 90’s /early 00’s indie music

Rock