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Alucard Lazy? from Vancouver, BC Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
MasterInferno It's Like Arguing on the Internet from Tomb of Malevolence Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#77: Jan 15th 2012 at 5:52:04 AM

wild mass guessLike, when a song has thunder and rain sounds in it?wild mass guess

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pagad Sneering Imperialist from perfidious Albion Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#78: Jan 15th 2012 at 5:53:23 AM

  • Complex instrumentation
  • Diverse array of sounds and textures
  • Chunky riffs
  • Fucking around with time signatures
  • Solos and lots of them
  • Concept albums
  • Science-fiction themes
  • Antireligious lyricism
  • Lengthy songs
  • Atmospheric ambient sections

Yes, I like progressive rock/metal, why do you ask?

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WhoNeedsSleep from the wing of this plane. Since: Aug, 2011
#79: Jan 15th 2012 at 7:03:34 AM

Like, when a song has thunder and rain sounds in it?

Yeah, pretty much. Like just as a minor seconds long sorta backing thing. I don't know why, it's just awesome to me.

  • And I've gotta add multiple meanings/bits of meaning to my list.

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JHM Apparition in the Woods from Niemandswasser Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hounds of love are hunting
Apparition in the Woods
#80: Feb 28th 2012 at 12:58:40 PM

Just realised that, the many non-guitar related things that I am obsessed with aside, I have a subconscious fixation on fast, clipped, rhythmic guitar melodies just off of major in key. Not sure what that means.

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NilAdmirari I CAN'T MUSIC Since: Feb, 2011
I CAN'T MUSIC
#81: Feb 28th 2012 at 8:48:16 PM

If there's one thing that's my biggest draw, it's a hypnotic effect.

  • Hypnotic dissonance
  • Intensity building, usually by repeating phrases and stacking it, better with some occasional drum variations when necessary
  • Deep, danceable grooves, nearly the same as my previous point though not always the case
  • Intense ambience (this tied in with hypnotic repetitive intensity = why I like drone music, I guess)
  • Jazz... I can't get much more specific. Anything with a jazzy soul generally puts me in the zone

Oh, also...

  • Spacey, pretty vocals
  • Very smooth track transitions in albums
  • Analog warmth, vinyl scratchiness, and exotic instruments when used to improve ambience

edited 28th Feb '12 8:53:25 PM by NilAdmirari

inane242 Anwalt der Verdammten from A B-Movie Bildungsroman Since: Nov, 2010
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#82: Feb 28th 2012 at 8:56:24 PM

Hmm, I should redo my list....

  • Deep bass

  • Tuplets &/or interesting syncopation (*I'd just say interesting syncopation, but Hardstyle...*)

  • Unique instrumentation

  • Harsh atmospherics

  • Weird genre crossovers

  • A strong ability to inspire emotion

Oooh, these are good too.

  • Analog warmth, vinyl scratchiness, and exotic instruments when used to improve ambiance

Everything is better with analog.

edited 28th Feb '12 8:57:31 PM by inane242

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JHM Apparition in the Woods from Niemandswasser Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hounds of love are hunting
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#83: Feb 29th 2012 at 10:34:33 AM

[up][up] I think that we are going to get along quite nicely, Nil.

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Alucard Lazy? from Vancouver, BC Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#84: May 4th 2013 at 6:01:32 PM

So I'm starting to find I have a taste for Britpop with cynical lyrics and danceable industrial metal. Didn't expect either of those.

StillbirthMachine Heresiarch Command from The Womb ov Impurities Since: Mar, 2012
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#85: May 4th 2013 at 6:09:09 PM

Long arching lead harmonies, polyphony appreciated.

Thick and not too reverb heavy rhythm guitar sound.

No verse chorus structures - linear and narrative instead.

Jarring and unpleasant dissonance/atonality in contrast to normative melody.

Clear but torn, dry sounding harsh vocals.

Un-catchy songwriting putting an emphasis more on overall development than hooks.

Higher range melodramatic falsetto vocals.

Non-clean and occasionally incredibly filthy, putrid production that's still fairly easy to hear.

Floaty, pseudo-jazz/fusion drumming.

Mythic/metaphorical lyricism.

Altering levels of intensity and harmonic density.

edited 4th May '13 6:11:15 PM by StillbirthMachine

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PhysicalStamina ain't nothin' but a party y'all (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
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#86: May 4th 2013 at 6:58:03 PM

Awesome chords and guitar solos.

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Twentington Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Desperate
#87: May 4th 2013 at 8:57:54 PM

Let's see:

  • Hammond organ solos.
  • Horn sections.
  • Truck Driver's Gear Change.
  • Lots of harmony.
  • Strong bassline and/or drums
  • Lots of steel guitar

I get those first five in country a lot more than you'd think.

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#88: May 4th 2013 at 11:22:50 PM

I can't really nail down any specific attributes but if its cool, romantic or disorientating, I'm there

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Wheezy @TheCSJones on everything else. from West Philadelphia, but not born or raised. (Elder Troper) Relationship Status: How does it feel to treat me like you do?
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#89: May 5th 2013 at 3:14:51 PM

If no one's noticed yet, I'm into almost anything ominous, gloomy, or creepy. In every medium, but especially music.

It's kind of complicated, though, because that kind of music can easily descend into narm or macho posturing.

I also tend to fall hard for musicians that go for a balance between technical talent and musicality, like Frank Zappa, Primus, and Protest The Hero in rock, and Aphex Twin and Squarepusher in electronic.

I'll also listen to almost anything with a bass solo.

Or really awesome drum work. I'm a sucker for the double-kick, even though it's cliched, and I think it's kind of sad that I don't seem to hear it in metal as much as I used to, or in any other genre.

Besides that, I have a hard time defining what attracts me to certain songs, besides that I think they're good.

edited 5th May '13 3:19:56 PM by Wheezy

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Xeroop Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
#90: May 5th 2013 at 3:42:15 PM

Let's see what I can come up with:

Gospel-style large choruses.

Complex drum beats, not necessarily progressive time signatures or anything, but a little something to vary from your basic 4/4 rock beat.

Echoing 80's guitar.

Lyrical Dissonance, especially when the music is upbeat and the lyrics grim.

Literary or mythological references in the lyrics.

Mixing different genres together.

I'll probably come up with twice as many examples just as I post this.

SmytheOrdo Wide Eyed Wonderman from In The Mountains Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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#91: May 5th 2013 at 6:42:01 PM

Orchestral arrangements in rock/metal

Slap bass

Double bass pedal

Outros where the drumming is first and foremost.

Guitar solos with harmonics

Bluesy outros

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Twentington Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Desperate
#92: May 5th 2013 at 9:20:26 PM

I like nostalgic songs a lot. There are a ton of songs reminiscing about some lost teenage lover, and I'm a sucker for those. But other nostalgia is great too, like Kenny Rogers' "Twenty Years Ago".

tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
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#93: May 5th 2013 at 9:59:22 PM

One word: banjos.

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coldrolxnd Since: May, 2013
#94: May 24th 2013 at 7:45:53 PM

I love high-pitched and breathy singing. Piano's are always great, loud horn sections, strong vocals, loud drum and climatic sections.

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JHM Apparition in the Woods from Niemandswasser Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hounds of love are hunting
Apparition in the Woods
#95: Jun 2nd 2013 at 12:34:43 AM

@Wheezy: Fondness for double-kick aside—how very death metal of you; the boyfriend would approve—you and I seem to be drawn to pretty similar things aesthetically speaking.

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AcesoldierZero Acesoldier Zero from Vicenza, Italy Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I wanna know about these strangers like me
#96: Jun 9th 2013 at 6:49:24 PM

  • Swag Rap with interesting/avant-garde production - particularly A$AP Rocky and some Lil B, but I love just about anything produced by Clams Casino
  • sampled drum breaks in rap music
  • Shoegazing, and any type of rock music with immensely distorted sounds
  • Armenian rock music

Since my main genre is rap, however, I'll take people with better songwriting and production over less-technically skilled lyricists.

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PhysicalStamina ain't nothin' but a party y'all (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
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#97: Jun 14th 2013 at 11:35:02 AM

Slap bass.

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TopographicOcean A Pathetic from the colo Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: I'm Clockwork and she's Quartz
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#98: Jun 16th 2013 at 11:14:07 PM

  • Epic Rocking
  • 70s sounding analogue synths
  • High range/power vocals
  • Political lyrics

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Alucard Lazy? from Vancouver, BC Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
Lazy?
#99: Aug 30th 2013 at 11:10:55 AM

So I'm suddenly realizing something about myself: I seem to like high-pitched, nasally singers. Maybe because that kind of describes my own singing.

Twentington Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Desperate

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