CAn anyone reccomend me some Steve Vai?

I quite like [I]Passion And Warfare[/I].

Riva is right. If you're gonna get a Steve Vai album, 'Passion and Warfare' is the one.

I've really gotten into blues and jazz, what are some albums I should get.

[QUOTE=gohugatree]I've really gotten into blues and jazz, what are some albums I should get.[/QUOTE]
What kind of blues? Like blues rock?

[B]Jazz[/B]

John Coltrane - Giant Steps
Django Reinhardt - Djangology
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew, The Complete Birth Of The Cool, Sketches Of Spain

[QUOTE]Originally Posted by [B]classicrockman[/B]
What kind of blues? Like blues rock?[/QUOTE]

Yeah, stuff like S.R.V. and B.B. King.

Try out Buddy Guy - [I]Damn Right I've Got The Blues[/I].

I would also try some Robert Johnson.

Thanks for the suggestions.

You could also try some Gauntlet, if you're looking for something a bit heavier...it's rather heavy, but it's still very blusey.

Check out these artists:

Eric Clapton
Robert Cray
Muddy Waters
Gary Moore

Come to think of it, he should pick up the Crossroads Guitar Festival DVD.

Hey, got a project and im having to make a mix cd of the music i've studied over the semester.

I have to use different genres, and i dont want to use the songs that we've studied in class, so I'm going to make a list of genres that I need to use, and you guys can give me your fave songs for the different genres!! Thanks if you guys feel like doing this, I have most of it covered but there's some types of music that i'm no expert on. I'll list most of the genres anyways cause i might change my mind if you bring up a good song.

To Add to this, in some of the genres I already know the artists, but why don't you guys suggest some good songs that I might use for them!


Genres:
[b]
Psychedelic Rock
Funk
Soul
Glam
Disco
Power pop
Early 70s Rock
Folk although im definitely choosing neil young so just give me a song
Early Punk
Metal (all subgenres too i guess lol)

[/b]
As far as the bands i have going right now:

NoFX, Nirvana, The Beatles, Bob Marley, In Flames, gimme some songs that really represent these groups... their whole sound.

THanks if you guys feel like doing this.

[B]Psychedelic Rock:[/B]
Jefferson Airplane- White Rabbit, the Byrds - Eight Miles High, Pink Floyd - Flaming, Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man
[B]Soul:[/B]
Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay, Sam Cooke - A Change is Gonna Come, Aretha Franklin - Respect, The Four Tops - Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got), The Temptations - Ain't To Proud to Beg
[B]Glam:[/B]
New York Dolls - Looking for a Kiss or Personality Crisis, Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes or Momma's Little Jewel, T. Rex - Bang a Gong (Get it On) or Mambo Sun, David Bowie - Rebel Rebel or Ziggy Stardust
[B]Power pop:[/B]
Big Star - September Gurls, Cheap Trick - I Want You to Want Me,
[B]Early Punk[/B]:
Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK, Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop, Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love, The Clash - London Calling

I'm taking Early 70s Rock literally....
Rolling Stones - Bitch or Brown Sugar, The Guess Who - American Women, Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song or Rock and Roll, Velvet Underground - Rock & Roll, David Bowie - Changes, The Who - Baba O'Riley, Aerosmith - Dream On

The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Helter Skelter.

[B]Psychedelic Rock[/B]

Pink Floyd- Instellar Overdrive
The 13th Floor Elevators- You're Gonna Miss Me
The Beatles- Tomorrow Never Knows
Cream- Tales of Brave Ulysses
The Doors- Soul Kitchen
Jefferson Airplane- White Rabbit
The Byrds- Eight Miles High
Donovon- Hurdy Gurdy Man
Traffic- Dear Mr. Fantasy

Psychedelic Rock might be my favorite genre and I could give you hundreds of other songs, but that should get you started.

[B]Funk[/B]

Funkadelic- Maggot Brain
Parliament- Give Up the Funk
Rick James- Superfreak
Curtis Mayfield- Superfly
Car Wash and Brick House (no idea who did these songs)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Higher Ground (or the Stevie Wonder orginal)
Sly and the Family Stone- I Want to Take You Higher

[B]Soul[/B]
James Brown- Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
Aretha Franklin- Respect
Marvin Gaye- What's Goin' On
Wilson Pickett- In the Midnight Hour
The Temptations- Ain't Too Proud to Beg
Sam and Dave- Hold On! I'm Comin'
Otis Redding- That's How Strong My Love Is

I might add some more later. But I'm tired of typing now. Hope that helps.

If I may dominate the Metal part of that list, Jetpack.

Iron Maiden - The Trooper
DragonForce - Fury of the Storm
Autumn Leaves - The Reign Supreme
Immortal - Cursed Realms of the Winterdemons
Dark Tranquillity - Punish My Heaven
Behemoth - The Reign ov Shemsu-Hor
Haggard - Per Aspera Ad Astra
UneXpect - In Velvet Coffins We Slept
Andromeda - Crescendo of Thoughts

Fix'd because he wanted songs.

He wants songs, not albums though...

[B]Metal Classics[/B]

Black Sabbath - Children of the Grave
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
Dio - Holy Diver
Iron Maiden - Phantom of the Opera
Iron Maiden - The Trooper
Judas Priest - Hell Bent for Leather
Judas Priest - Breaking the Law
Megadeth - Hangar 18
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Ozzy Osbourne - Mr. Crowly
Scorpions - Blackout
Yngwie Malmsteen - I Am a Viking

i want to get into de Gothenburg melodic death scene, but i just know in flames, so what other bands are good??

[QUOTE=Jetpack]Hey, got a project and im having to make a mix cd of the music i've studied over the semester.

I have to use different genres, and i dont want to use the songs that we've studied in class, so I'm going to make a list of genres that I need to use, and you guys can give me your fave songs for the different genres!! Thanks if you guys feel like doing this, I have most of it covered but there's some types of music that i'm no expert on. I'll list most of the genres anyways cause i might change my mind if you bring up a good song.

To Add to this, in some of the genres I already know the artists, but why don't you guys suggest some good songs that I might use for them!


Genres:
[b]
Psychedelic Rock
Funk
Soul
Glam
Disco
Power pop
Early 70s Rock
Folk although im definitely choosing neil young so just give me a song
Early Punk
Metal (all subgenres too i guess lol)

[/b]
As far as the bands i have going right now:

NoFX, Nirvana, The Beatles, Bob Marley, In Flames, gimme some songs that really represent these groups... their whole sound.

THanks if you guys feel like doing this.[/QUOTE]
/goes for the metal:

Necrophagist - Stabwound
Immortal - Unsilent Storms In the North
Arcturus - For To End Yet Again
My Dying Bride - The Cry Of Mankind/Croen Of Sympathy
Dream Theater - Learning To Live
Immolation - Unholy Cult (song)
Burzum - Jesus' Tod

A nice list :)

[QUOTE]i want to get into de Gothenburg melodic death scene, but i just know in flames, so what other bands are good??[/QUOTE]
Dark Tranquillity, Arsis, At The Gates and Callenish Circle.
I'm not big on this, this will get you started though.

What Mars Volta album should i start off with?

I'd go for the first one, De-Loused in the Crematorium. I'd say I prefer it to Frances the Mute in some ways.

I've currently been digging Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Kayo Dot, Gong and in a similar vein, though off at a bit of a tangent, Screaming Headless Torsos. Does anyone have some more recommendations for cool Avant Garde groups?

[QUOTE=NicetoKnowyou]What Mars Volta album should i start off with?[/QUOTE]

I'd say go with De-Loused in the Comatorium.

[QUOTE=Jetpack]Hey, got a project and im having to make a mix cd of the music i've studied over the semester.

I have to use different genres, and i dont want to use the songs that we've studied in class, so I'm going to make a list of genres that I need to use, and you guys can give me your fave songs for the different genres!! Thanks if you guys feel like doing this, I have most of it covered but there's some types of music that i'm no expert on. I'll list most of the genres anyways cause i might change my mind if you bring up a good song.

To Add to this, in some of the genres I already know the artists, but why don't you guys suggest some good songs that I might use for them!


Genres:
[b]
Psychedelic Rock
Funk
Soul
Glam
Disco
Power pop
Early 70s Rock
Folk although im definitely choosing neil young so just give me a song
Early Punk
Metal (all subgenres too i guess lol)

[/b]
As far as the bands i have going right now:

NoFX, Nirvana, The Beatles, Bob Marley, In Flames, gimme some songs that really represent these groups... their whole sound.

THanks if you guys feel like doing this.[/QUOTE]

For the folk part i can recommend to listen to:
Mago de Oz- Satania or Hasta que El cuerpo aguante this is a spansih group bu they are awesome i really recommend this group

[QUOTE=Lemuria]For the folk part i can recommend to listen to:
Mago de Oz- Satania or Hasta que El cuerpo aguante this is a spansih group bu they are awesome i really recommend this group[/QUOTE]


I thought Mago de Oz were power metal?

[QUOTE=Duman]I thought Mago de Oz were power metal?[/QUOTE]

They are.

Folk and Power are often very closely linked. Look at some of Galloglass' songs on their debut album [I]Legends From Now And Nevermore[/I].

[QUOTE=Riva]Folk and Power are often very closely linked. Look at some of Galloglass' songs on their debut album [I]Legends From Now And Nevermore[/I].[/QUOTE]

I thought Folk was more closely tied with Viking metal? Those are the two I have trouble deciphering from each other, anyway.

Power/Viking/Folk/Black all tend to get blurry. There's the very genre specific bands that are easy to tell apart, then you have acts like Falkenbach, Mithotyn, Galloglass and Melechesh.

[QUOTE=Spat Out Plath]Irish folk is the only folk worth a folk in this town.[/QUOTE]

Enya for the loss...

[QUOTE=Riva]Power/Viking/Folk/Black all tend to get blurry. There's the very genre specific bands that are easy to tell apart, then you have acts like Falkenbach, Mithotyn, Galloglass and Melechesh.
[/QUOTE]

I've never really confused Black Metal with Power Metal...Darkthrone and DragonForce sound pretty different to me. But I see where you're coming from.

Well, as I said there are the genre specific bands. Dragonforce and Darkthrone are both the archetypes of their genres.

[QUOTE=Spat Out Plath]Enya's new age celtic mysticism or something. She doesn't count. :angry:[/QUOTE]

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Can anyone Reccommend me some blues of all types? Thanks.

[QUOTE=FuryInArt]They are.[/QUOTE]
No, they're not.

[QUOTE=Txus]No, they're not.[/QUOTE]

How are they not power metal?

[QUOTE=FuryInArt]How are they not power metal?[/QUOTE]
They have some PM touches in there, but they aren't entirely PM at all. They have more Irish/Folk resemblance than anything else. Which album do you have? Gaia?

[QUOTE=Txus]They have some PM touches in there, but they aren't entirely PM at all. They have more Irish/Folk resemblance than anything else. Which album do you have? Gaia?[/QUOTE]

Gaia and Jesu. I see a lot more power metal in them than folk, and I see little to no Irish folk in it, considering they're Spanish...

[QUOTE=FuryInArt]Gaia and Jesu. I see a lot more power metal in them than folk, and I see little to no Irish folk in it, considering they're Spanish...[/QUOTE]
Oh, I need to send you some more then. You need Blefast and Finisterra to really see what I'm talking about. :p

[QUOTE=The Cynic]Can anyone Reccommend me some blues of all types? Thanks.[/QUOTE]

Look back about two pages. Tons of recommendations.

[QUOTE=Txus]Oh, I need to send you some more then. You need Blefast and Finisterra to really see what I'm talking about. :p[/QUOTE]

Alright, thanks! Although you really won't be able to send me anything until the end of May. :( I'm at school and they block YSI, AIM, megaupload, etc.