response 26 of 231:

Feb 25 17:02 UTC 1997

Right now I'm studying radio at the State University of West Georgia, but I've
decided not to continue here, because the radio station here runs primarily
satellite programming on public radio, and I think I would rather work more
in the mainstream.

response 28 of 231:

Feb 26 20:49 UTC 1997

When I was fourth grade, I caught hell for telling the teacher I thought
going to see a stringed quartet was stupid.  Last night, I waited in line
for almost an hour to see my favorite Tuvan throat singers, a vocal
ensemble/stringed quartet from another country.  Wouldn't my fourth grade
teacher be proud of me, now?

response 30 of 231:

Mar 2 04:37 UTC 1997

Hallo!  I am a Jennifer  (yes, as you can tell by my name, i was born int he
70's!)  My music likes are really broad, from classical, to techno, to
strings, to punk/ ska, oldies, and anythingi take a liking to!   I am proud
ot say i went to my first Folk concert this past Tuesday and throughly enjoyed
myself, noit i want to get into folk music as well.   I am big  o n celtic
but i am very much a novice and freely admit it.  No need for Ego from me!
Well, anywyas... i am a me, your a you and that is the way the earth turns
about till someone finds the brake....

response 32 of 231:

Mar 9 23:58 UTC 1997

Um, well, I'm Twila, and I have absolutely no musical talent or training. 
I did enjoy singing in grade school and high school (which culminated in
singing in the chorus when the local college did _The Messiah_), but I
am not good enough to join a choir when one has to audition. When I was
a child and teenager, I wasn't terribly interested in music -- my parents
liked country a lot, and I don't. I did hear most of the current Really
Big Stuff (like the Beatles) but I never paid much attention to it. I began
to get into musicals in college, when my room-mates were theatre types.
Mostly things like Godspell, 1776, Camelot, etc. I also began to listen
to the radio, and managed to find a lot of things I liked there, but 
the biggest thing that happened in college was that I heard Steeleye Span.
Suddenly, I was exposed to folk music. I loved it, but I didn't really
start buying a whole lot of stuff, since we were poor. 
I actually began listening to music intensively in the early eighties,
since I got a job in Ann Arbor that involved a lot of concentration and
the office practice was to listen to radio/cassettes. Suddenly, I had
eight hours a day to listen to music. And I did. (Still do, actually!)
I began to buy things slowly. This accelerated after I read _Moonheart_
by Charles de Lint and heard of all these Celtic bands I'd never known
about. (Ditz that I was!) So suddenly I was going to Schoolkids and
buying Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span and Tannahill Weavers and
Battlefield Band and.... suffice it to say that I have a LOT of cassettes
from the Eighties. 
In about 92, I met Ken Josenhans via the internet, after deciding that
I *needed* to replace my old Horslips album that I'd killed by playing
too much. Found out that it wasn't available, but then he started turning
me on to a lot of British folk-rock that I hadn't been aware of. Again,
geeze, what a ditz! 
Meanwhile, I started volunteering at the Ark and finding all sorts of
new music through that, and *finally* about four years ago, I joined
the CD age, quite late. Though I've been making up for lost time in
spades. 
Favorites (at the moment, this changes from day to day, mood to mood):
The Tansads, Utah Phillips, Caswell and Carnahan, Mr. Fox, Garnet Rogers,
James Keelaghan, Dougie MacLean... 
Probably the people I'd put in my must buy box are Dougie, Garnet, and 
the Keelo-man, though the Oyster Band, Clannad, Mary Chapin Carpenter,
and Archie Fisher are also in there. 

response 34 of 231:

Mar 19 20:02 UTC 1997

Yeah!  I had heard that he had retired from performing due to an enlarged 
heart; on the other hand, he probably needed the money.  Doc Watson was 
supposed to retire over five years ago, too.

response 36 of 231:

Mar 23 16:34 UTC 1997

        I probably introduced myself before, but I'll be breif.  Thanks
for the new activity in the music conference.
        I'm Tim Ryan, I like a wide variety of music.  My collection
contains a lot of Top 40 hits (a wider variety than the WOMC/WKQL
libraries), a lot of Classic rock (more variety than WCSX) have 
more Christmas CDs than a lot of people have total CDs.  Been 
into Country Music, listen to Young Country every now and then.
I can appreciate classical music, but don't seek it out.  I can
like Jazz, though again I don't collect it or seek it out, however
I find myself enjoying live Jazz, ususally on an invite from freinds.
I am a big collector of demented music, the kind you hear on Dr.
Demento, and the kind Dr. Demento has/had yet to hear.  Sometimes
the current attuitude/history of America ends up in these fun songs
than the current Top 40 playlist stuff.  I am in my second decade 
of my third discovery of folk music; summer camp and college being
the first two.
        I used to be a disc jockey on a variety of radio stations
("I was a teenage Polka Pal"), put I went sane.  I don't have 
much musical talent, but I try.  I can be found doing karaoke
from time to time.  I am an active/avid fan of the music of 
science fiction and fantasy: Filk -- kinda like folk music where
the future is sung in the past tense.
        It's Palm Sunday and time to dig out Jesus Christ Superstar
for a listen or five; later.

response 38 of 231:

Mar 26 20:58 UTC 1997

        Hi, I'm Jovan living in MA and I'm just wondering if we can create
another subtopic here in the MUSIC conference and talk about musicians and
not just the music they play. Example, if you are a guitarist, you can talk
about Lee Rit...., Earl Klugh, Eddie Van Halen, Joe Satriani and the rest.
        Let's discuss techniques and styles of playing these different
instruments. If you know of any musician who is not popular but is very good,
you can bring his name up here and share what you know about him or her.
        I would love to share my knowledge in some of the musicians that I know
and I would love to hear from you too..
        By the way, I'm a musician myself (bass player) and I love jazz,
alternative, contemporary music and practically all types. Thanks and I hope
I'll hear from you soon.

response 40 of 231:

Mar 27 07:58 UTC 1997

  I'm yet another example of Ken strong-arming friends and acquaintances
  to re-join the music conference..  Although I used to be quite active
  on Grex in the early days I don't think I've signed on more than once
  or twice in the past four years but I promised Ken & Leslie I'd poke
  my head in and see what's up..

  Personally I'm interested in a wide variety of music, though I sadly
  lack any sort of performing skills.  Lately I've been listening to
  a lot of primarily instrumental music especially dub, surf, early 60's
  Jamaican ska (a perennial favorite of mine..), and the occasional
  Beethoven symphony just to keep the mix completely psychotic.

response 42 of 231:

Mar 28 06:35 UTC 1997

Jovan, I set up item #36 for the discussion you wanted.  Yes, "enter"
is the correct command if you want to start your own discussion item,
rather than having me do it.  

response 44 of 231:

Mar 28 23:26 UTC 1997

I'm Larry Kestenbaum.  I'm not a musician, but I'm married to a choral
singer.  I grew up with folk music (Chicago, early 1960s), and though I
like many kinds of music, folk is my baseline.  I used to serve on the
board of directors of Ten Pound Fiddle, which puts on folk concerts and
dances in the Lansing area.  I have been at times an avid folkdancer.

response 46 of 231:

Mar 29 15:12 UTC 1997

I can't remember if I've introduced myself in this item or not already, but
here I am.
I've been playing piano since more or less the beginning of time (read 'second
or third grade'), both fairly decent classical and painfully mediocre jazz.
I also have some experience writing music.  I'll listen to more or less
anything, and my tastes range from nice mainstream normal stuff to the truly
bizzarre.
If I did actually introduce myself here before and just forgot about it,
anything I said in my previous introduction still applies.

response 48 of 231:

Apr 1 03:41 UTC 1997

glad to be of service