I tend to like to post a list of music I like listening to in the hope I may run across more people I've yet to hear that aren't mainstream and/or aren't that well known. I guess I should also put up a warning that I have a tendency to prefer slower/more emotional stuff(although I do have a small number of tracks which are just fun to listen to
), preferably those that have either interesting lyrics/thoughts(Moby/Laura Veirs/Tom Waitz come to mind, even if their execution isn't for the casual listener.) or just a nice voice to listen to(A fair number of japanese artists fall under this, even if I only understand maybe 30% of what they say xD;)
I should also note that I may need to upgrade this list sporadically, ~_~; my old laptop died and took about... 30 gigs of music ranging from random video game osts(of which I really really miss my Chrono Cross ost... ;-; ) to artists I really like and are relatively rare(CAGNET)
I'm hoping for a nice simple format of Artist->Reason I like them + an example of the music they produce.
Christina Perri -> Lovely voice + really interesting lyrics. I love the fact that she doesn't try to show off a huge vocal range but rather sticks to a style of music that suits her voice. Doing a large number of covers is a plus as well for those that dislike her original stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNsZVO6Yy0k&ob=av2eMartina Mcbride -> Ran across her by accident wondering around the net looking for more music. (before someone berates me for not knowing her, I'm not American
I don't get to listen to country music that often) Gotta love her voice and the style of music, much like others on my list, I do like that she uses songs as a way to convey emotions and thoughts on serious topics as well as entertainment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsJn-nsXTI4Pat Benatar -> She's fun to listen to, she occasionally runs over to actually saying something interesting to boot. Mostly though, it's because she's a classic and fun to listen to xD;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRbXMWYMNnoAllison Krauss -> I'm unsure if she even releases anything of her own, but her record of winning a LOT of grammies(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aw ... son_Krauss -> 26 out of 38 nominations~) pretty much speaks for the quality of her voice. What really sold me though was her compilation album between her and Robert Plant. Easily one of my most played albums.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7a85yBt4WkJoan Osborne -> Never really searched for more of her stuff, I was quite taken with her song "One of Us" though, sadly, everytime I tell myself I should go find more of her stuff, I tend to find something else to do... Still, the song itself is wonderful in my opinion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZEO1Lug25sSteve Conte -> Ran across em actually due to being interested in a different artist. Never regretted the decision of finding more of his stuff though, his voice has a pretty magical tone to it, his own works(the example I gave is a colab between him and a well known Japanese composer, Yoko Kanno) have a charm to them (they tend to be a bit more upbeat than what Kanno does ;P) that he doesn't really show off here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peLlO1UCy6AMaaya Sakamoto -> <3 one of the people I can blame for my rampant love of Record of Lodoss War, she's got a fair number of songs I enjoy in addition to them but Umi no Kiseki has and probably always will carry a special place in my heart. Personally she's one of my favorite Japanese artists for some odd reason.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux90A4YDLdoKokia -> She's got pretty insane range and good control. Pity most of her songs don't take advantage of that...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tehrLcmRMwAAs an extra, here's dandelion which just made me scratch my head since she sings with practically no background music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k44LAvUWW8YProbably a lot more people I can dump here, I just can't recall em off the top of my head at the moment hmm... Possibly VG stuff too if anyone cares about that
We'll see as we go along.
Oh yes, in case it's not apparent, feel free to chime in with anything else you want from any genre, post what you love listening to, not what you think we/I'd enjoy. Part of the fun of life is clashing points of view on things we're passionate about, be it games, music or anything else for that matter particularly if this leads us to a greater appreciation of a something we've never considered before.