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WHITE DEVIL

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What are some artists who broadened your scope in music?

DJ Shadow got me into trip-hop and electronica...

When I discovered Kaki King I got into acoustic guitar music, now I listen to Andy McKee, Justin King, etc

I used to listen to nothing but rap / rnb until Korn's self titled album in 96. Lame, I know.
 
Cranky

Cranky

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The band that really expanded my horizons and made me investigate rock was TOOL. I listened exclusively to rap for YEARS. I used to think rock sucked until I purchased Tool's catalog and got really into them. From there all I pretty much listen to is rock.......

Good topic, by the way.....
 
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Cranky

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I'd have to add Spice 1 to my answer. Spice 1 back in like '93 or '94 when I saw his video on The Box I couldn't believe how tight he was. He opened my mind to less ordinary music. I had never really heard hardcore music like his (Strap on the Side). He pretty much made me realize I needed to have an open mind to music in general........
 
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scraper707

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^^Aesop is borderline with me^^ Ive got friends that are into him. I cant seem to be too engulfed in his music.

muse opened up a different genre for me.

andre nickatina(old school shit) got me into the underground bay area rap scene.

zion i turned me on to more lyrical rap.

I look for new music constantly. I havent contributed too much to this section, but I scan it all the time for music.
 
SRD420

SRD420

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I never listened to rap until I heard my cousin bumpin' Bone Thugs N Harmony... so they pretty much opened me up to rap. And I still to this day don't care for a lot of rap... I'm more of a rocker than anything.

I used to get made fun of by all my friends cuz I'd always be bumpin' oldies... like The Temptations, Diana Ross and The Supremes, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones.... shit like that. All of my friends were like, "I can't believe you actually listen to this stuff and know the words to these songs." I used to get laughed at on the daily... ha. That's what I grew up with though.

Artists that stand out to me that have broadened my musical horizons are artists such as... Jason Becker, Yngwie Malmsteen, Marty Friedman, Billy Sheehan (bass player), Steve Vai, and Joe Satriani. I never respected guitar players more than these guys, they are simply amazing! They opened me up to classical music, something I never ever thought I'd get into. The technicality of their music is just insane. The shit they do, is not easy and takes years on top of years to master. I honestly can sit and watch these guys play for hours and hours in aw.

But yeah... I think listening to oldies throughout my whole life opened me up to a wide variety of music. The blues and Jazz too...

Rap has always come in last place to my musical likings. To me, it takes a lot more "talent" to play like Becker, Friedman, Vai or Malmsteen than to rap over some beat. These mfkrs have spent their whole lives mastering the guitar, playing chords that are hard as fuck (you should see some of the reaches on these chords, its nuts)... something you'll never see a rapper do. That's just my opinion though... I remember getting into it on the Sista side with some people about talent with rap vs rock. I really don't feel like goin' there again.
 
marty50

marty50

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nu metal, 311, miles davis, motown, late 80s early 90s college alternative rock, british rock from the 90s. ive opened up when rap was dying years ago. music is music, if it sounds good to you play it.
 
marty50

marty50

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nin - head like a hole video. first time a saw it last year. just amazing, im not into the whole nin thing, but that thing has so much primal energy, i feel like i de-evolutionalized myself back to a neanderthal.

i read nin wiki and this guy was ahead of his time, he was doing this shit like in 87-88. doing all the instruments himself. fuccin incredible.

yea, big turning point was this video and nu metal. everything else fit into one big piece after that. just started connecting all the sounds and noises of all genres after that. similarties and diffrences, but a lot of similarites across all genres. pandoras box has opened up for me.

i will hear a bone instrumental done back in the 90s on a jazz guys cd that was recorded in 2006, and wonder if he ever listened to that bone track, or if its a seperate coincidence that they sound similar. like two people coming up with the same idea at different times, but never meeting or sharing the idea in the first place.

it's happened in history with darwin and some other guy later on down the road taht came up with the same theory for evolution.

i will never know, but the music is still great, and that is what it is all about, the music.
 
marty50

marty50

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i cant forget rap music opened me up to all other generes. i really didnt care for wha tthe rapper had to say, but the beats are amazing.

the late 80s early 90s when the rap was sampling everything from oldies to classical music. this sampling got me interested in other genres. i would here vibraphones on mic geronimos masta ic and in my mind it looked like a bunch of stairs going down to a bsement and then upstairs to an attic.

celblock compilation had a sample form a song that went like 'my life my life in the sunshine'

crucial conflict 'smokin on hay' was from arock sample by i think the who.

geto boys - my mind playin tricks on me, from some old funk cut.

rap music is the gateway genre of all genres for me, like weed or alcohol is supposedly the gateway drug for all drugs.
 
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