Recent content by jasonpiano25

Of Devin's solo stuff, my favorites are Synchestra and Infinity. For the heavier stuff, nothing can beat Alien, followed closely by City.

Devin Townsend (all of his bands) Alice In Chains Behemoth Nile Tool Acid Bath Zyklon The Shins Vintersorg Emperor/Ihsahn etc.

Not that your argument isn't valid, but, just so you know, in the music theorists circle, Bach is regarded as a god. If you start a debate amongst music theorists as to who was the greatest composer, it will almost certainly come down between Bach and Beethoven. Bach's music is amazingly...

This is what I like about Opeth's music. You can ask 9 different fans about their favorite album and it's a good possibility that you will get 9 different answers. How many bands can you say that about? Usually there is a consensus amongst fans about the top 2-3 albums. This just shows the...

Throw-away music is any music that reveals itself immediately or almost. Basically everything you hear on the popular radio stations. I wasn't joking. It certainly is relevant as I was defending the use of the word Baroque. How can one do so if they don't have such a background in music...

High art is secondary to pop art in today's society. I find that unfortunate. It wasn't always this way. It's disheartening to know that so much potential is wasted on throw-away music that reveals all of its secrets (if any at all) upon one or two listens. I like my music to be challenging...

Well, with my 7+ years of musical education I will disagree with your assumption. And sure a language will evolve, but does that mean that no word is safe or sacred? Should we just abondon the meanings of all words at the leisure of whomever wants to change them? I say nay! I am a...

"Heavy metal" had no previous connotations in the world of music. Baroque most certainly does. Just like "Romantic," which certainly had previous uses and meanings, none of which regarded music, was later applied to the music of the 19th century. It's fine and dandy to label a genre of music...

Because Baroque is specific. As with any genre-identifying term, the label must mean something. You can't just assign arbitrary terms at a whim and expect it to fly. Just because some idiot in 1960 thought he understood what baroque meant and attached it to "pop" does not make it right...

Oh, is that so? And do you have the slightest fucking inclination as to what "Baroque" really entails? Because I'd really love for you to find anything in any of the music of those bands that have even the slightest resemblance of Baroque music. And simply using a lute or a harpsichord does...

A disgrace to the word Baroque.

Chopin, Chopin, and Chopin. The end-all, be-all of romantic piano. The epitomy and absolute pinnacle of expressive music for the piano. Nocturnes, Preludes, Waltzes, Mazurkas, Polonaises, Ballades... listen to them all. Then if you want, check out Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Debussy, Schumann...

Agalloch certainly are not death. They are a folk-black metal band at best.

Time of death on the joke: now.

So... you want death metal without the death metal vocals? Here's my advice: Keep trying on the death vocals. Most people have trouble getting into them, myself included, but eventually I got to the point to they were about all I preferred. If I can understand your lyrics then I probably...