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What music genre or artist changed your life?
Like, actually influenced your life going forward?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Always wanted to get into classical music for this very reason but it's hard to find an entry point. My dopamine seeking brain doesn't help either

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I don't blame you, the dopamine chasing keeps piano boring

Although, I've personally found some really good melodic hardcore EDM and Speedcore because of it, so that's what I've been aspiring towards

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

No man please blame me, I gotta stop this vicious cycle of not being able to enjoy things I'm curious about

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You might enjoy Karl Haas' Adventures in Good Music radio show. There are some preserved on the internet archive.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Sounds good! I'm going to listen it on the way to work tomorrow morning!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Start with newer film scores that have 100% live orchestras (Zimmer and most modern film scores would be the opposite of this) and work your way backward.

John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, Elliot Goldenthal, Danny Elfman - most these men utilize classical composition and most of their scores feature live players with small exception.

Think about why you listen to your favorite music and what meaning you get out of the music. Is it to project an image of yourself to other people so they understand you? Do you listen to stay current? What are you listening for? A beat? Dissonance? Do you have to turn the music up so loud that you can physically feel it in order to… emotionally feel it? Why? Is a whisper not as powerful as a scream? What does silence mean to you? What does sadness sound like to you? Joy? Bravery? Betrayal? Jealousy? -These were all questions my music appreciation teacher asked us.