What Are You Listening To Today?

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My first instrument was the keyboard, when my parents bought me one of those little toy ones from the local department store or whatever. A friend of mine showed me how to play the intro from "Take on Me" by A-Ha, then I taught myself some chords, and the rest is history!

In high school I took up playing bass guitar because I was absolutely obsessed with Sid Vicious, and even dressed up as him for the Halloween school dance! (That REALLY made me popular, especially with the jocks, LOL!) I soon found it to be boring though, and switched to 6-string.

I did the acoustic singer/songwriter thing for a number of years, but never tried or even wanted to try making a living from it. The highlight of my "career" was probably when I received a standing ovation from 500-600 people at a children's benefit concert held at the local college auditorium.

I also played drums in my last band, mainly because nobody else wanted to do it! :D

Lately I've been recording a lot of trippy instrumental stuff in my "home studio", an 8-track digital recorder with hundreds of built-in effects that I'm still discovering even after years of enjoyment.

Lol, this reminds me of the first 'piano' my parents bought, a little Casio thing with removable ROM cartridges that contained songs like Greensleeves haha.

Well, I'm impressed mate, sounds like you've had quite a bit of fun. Do you ever feel the urge to perform in front of audiences any more? The biggest audience I ever had was playing morning hymns on the piano for our local primary school =D
 
Some nice choones above. Never heard the Beach Boys one before K-N, an unexpected gem.

Always liked this song, the lyrics are pretty deep for a pop song too:

 
V.O.C (voice of change) by Love Equals Death from the album Nightmerica

 
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Some nice choones above. Never heard the Beach Boys one before K-N, an unexpected gem
That one played through the end credits of the movie 'Almost Famous'. I was surprised when I looked it up and found it was by the beach boys. Some nice effects in there, gives it a bit of a haunting vibe but not in an unsettling way. I like the lyrics too.

Just listened to this one, a full symphony orchestra rocking a set of classic club tracks.
 
Speaking of Royksopp, there was a song on the X-Box SSX3 snowboarding video game called "Poor Leno (Silicone Soul Remix)" that became THE soundtrack to the autumn of 2003... just that one song! I changed my settings to just keep playing it on repeat and it went perfectly with the trippy, bird's eye view visuals.
 
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Poor Leno - that brings back some memories :) I forget where the last 16 years have gone 8o
 
Today it's the Ace of Base album "The Sign", because it was my first "workout" album when I got into bodybuilding back around 1994. I made pretty good gains (120 to 165lbs in under two years), then got lost in drugs & alcohol and gave it up within a few years.

I just lifted today for the first time in years, hence the Ace of Base album :D
 
I'm listening to Invaders by Iron fucking Maiden off The Number of the Beast. Goddamnit, this has one of the great basslines in rock/metal. Check the awesomeness during the verses:

 
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