| The Directory For My Music Collection- By Main Genres - Basik Fakts on My Collection List - I�ve got �em as text files now. You can paste them into a spreadsheet, database, or word program if ya need to. If ya don�t, then..... don�t. Having my collection as a text file allows my page to be found by search engines, in theory that is. There are 3 main groups linked below and I�ve divided my collection up into genres - please don�t sue me if I don�t make the same assessments of musical style that you would make. Sometimes Burt Bacharach�s songs just read as gangsta rap to me. The albums are sorted by genre or style and then by artist. If you don�t already know I do trade cd�s with people through the mail (known as snail mail, postal mail, real mail, physical mail). I try to stay with .WAV files and the original source material but I�m not rigid on this. The main focus is on CD-R�s but I also will trade original discs on occasion - bartering and negotiating is something I�m willing to do. See my link below for what I expect in trading with others. [[use your back button to navigate through these 7 or so pages - I�m keeping it simple]] |
| The First Electronica, Drum 'n' Bass Page There's also: New Wave, Industrial, House, Techno, Dub, Ambient, Experimental. Trip-Hop, that kind 'o' stuff |
| The First Rock Page There's also: Gothic/ethereal, Folk, Alternative, Punk, Reggae, Country, Funk, New Wave, Grunge, Barbarian Bone Clankin' Music |
| Biographical Rambling Type Of Stuff This is Brent R. in Portland, Oregon. My first and main webpage is on Yahoo�s Geocities and it is here (in addition to personal biography escapades and collage items) where I have my music collection posted. Most of what I have is on compact disc but I also have many albums and stray tracks on tape and vinyl. I don�t compose music myself but as time goes on and I get more money (being optimistic on this point) I�ll be mixing with turntables and mix-man cd gear. After being friends with musicians and involved on the periphery of serious (and not soooo serious) music craft I�ll be moving toward creating my own dissonant creations. Being reared in the mildly-rural Midwest, with access to the infant-MTV and college radio, I developed interests in Alternative, New Wave, New Romantic, Synth-Pop, Industrial, Punk, and Ska. Thank Orpheus for getting me out of the rut of commercial radio and bands like Heart, the Outfield, John Cougar - hey, it�s not like these bands were bad or anything...... That last sentence was supposed to allude to the fact that I�m somewhere between an atheist and an agnostic. But that�s another subject...... Being close to Chicago gave me the Wax Trax! industrial stylings and I have to say that some of my true roots are here. I wasn�t close to the coasts with the hip-hop sounds of the developing genre although I dug the Beastie Boys and got under-age-drunk at one of their License to Ill concerts. Was exposed to some of the above-ground artists ala Def Jam Rec�s but didn�t really �get it� at that time. �So why all this reminiscing, old timer? Why don�t you get on with The Now?� Okay, so, like now, I�m collecting music at a rapid rate and I�ve got an ear for hip-hop and electronica of just about all sub-genres. Hearing well-crafted & tightly programmed drum �n� bass in 1997 was really a breath of fresh air. I was also excited by the artistry of hip-hop by getting Kool Keith�s projects such as Dr. Octagon, Octagonecologist and Dr. Dooom, First Come, First Served. There was unique artistry there and I was hooked. I wore out the needle in my compact disc player trying to get all of the words to First Come, First Served. And damn it, it�s hard to find replacement needles for your compact disc player. So do like the pro�s do and stay with 8-Track! _____________________ Brief epilogue that I�ve got to add regarding childhood and music: My dad got hip to the Beatles at some point in his life but I do regret the fact that my parents were into such groups as the Kingston Trio, Barbara Striesand, Harry Belafonte, etcetera, etcetera. I did crack my head open when dancing around wildly at the age of 6 to the rockin� tunes of the Simon & Garfunkel duo. It was probably Cecilia from dah Bridge over Troubled Waters album. An early form of slam dancing and mosh-pitting I�m sure! Since we didn�t have money for a doctor and stitches and that antibacterial stuff my dad had to haul out the staple gun. So if you�ve got kids - keep �em in a padded room when you crank up the dance music. |