Music Choices

[smilingcat]

Pandora doesn't support the kind of music I want to listen. Even my neighbor managed to stump Shazam. In fact another neighbor thought it was just fluke but one after another it failed miserably. My musical choices also stumped Shazam.

What good is it?

Okay so I used to listen to classical and opera a lot then started to like some country music but it drifted away from me. Folksy kind I liked, people like Mary Chapin Carpenter, Emmy Lou Harris. Also liked rock-a-billy kind of country like Highway 101... but it drifted. These days, I prefer listening to

Sissel Kyrkjebo from Norway (Angel passing through my room, Koppangen, Varen), Kale Moraeus; Lisa Nilsson (Utan Dina Andentag), Sonja Alden, CajsaStina Akerstrom (du) from Sweden; Andrea Berg, DJ Otzi, Helene Fischer, Claudia Jung... from Deutchland. None of these can be found in Pandora. Oh I also like volksmusik and Alpenmusik (Melissa Naschenweng)

My favorite still is Die Zauberflote (see even the spell checker marks as mis-spelled) von Wolfgang Mozart.

Sissel is absolutely the best. Better than Anna Netrebko me think, but Ms. Netrebko is a bonafide opera singer. Sissel is not. also like Haley Westenra from NZ.

oh I do like Pink but prefer Pink Martini.

Two versions of Over the rainbow a must listen are Israel Kamakawiwo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WFrMkPxa7I and Eva Cassidy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RDmXsGeiF8 both have died and both versions are better than Judy Garland HONESTLY.

BTW, does Asteria (13/14th century Burgundian Chanson) or Anonymous 4 come up in Pandora? both I like.

[Crankin]

No, Shooting Star, I am more boring! I basically don't listen to music. I quit using my IPod for outdoor stuff (walking, running), because I wanted to focus on being present in the outdoors. I don't even use it at the gym, if I am on a machine; I generally zone out and stare into space. I have no music on my I Phone and I truly don't have the inclintion to even learn how to download music from anywhere. I keep my radio in the car on one station, which touts itself as the "independent" radio station for greater Boston. They play a good mix of current stuff (Adelle), no rap, and introduce a whole lot of new artists. So, it's kind of an indie station. I do like classical music, instrumental, only. Actually had a 6 concert subscription to the BSO for a few years, but it was really expensive and the dates often conflicted with other stuff we had. They weren't very friendly about switching tickets, like our theatre subscription is. Can't stand opera, country, or heavy metal. I also like jazz, real jazz, not modern stuff. My dad was a jazz aficionado and played in a band with George Wein, the founder of the Newport Jazz Festival.
But, music has never been a big part of my life. I think I went to 2 concerts as a teen, and another 2 in college. I was forced into paying a little attention when I was a group exercise instructor. However, I bought my tapes pre-made, and never could answer the question, "Who sings this," when clients asked. I would have to tell them to wait until after class, so I could look on the tape.
DH is always playing music through our Apple TV device, and I am always asking him to turn it down!!!

[shootingstar]

"Two versions of Over the rainbow a must listen are Israel Kamakawiwo.." --It is a good version, smilingcat. I always feel wistfully sad (and I think of my sister when I hear it).

Crankin, I did listen to current pop, rock hits decades ago. But even as a student, I would get a headache of playing music with lyrics after 2 hrs. while studying. I focus best on intellectual tasks, with instrumental soothing music in the background. I play baroque when I do art.

I am accustomed for staring into space for hrs. ..as long as I see stuff along a trip or have people to look at. I've never been tempted to listen to iPhone, etc. music on any bike trips/rides. A person has an interior life, imagination and thoughts for me, that needs to flow and wander without distractions. Maybe it's my form of urban Zen state.