Rank The Genres

[Jerome]

I posted a reply to this but it disappeared or I did something wrong and it's in some other section. Anyway a couple of people have made statements about me commenting on Hip Hop. I haven't discussed this genre anywhere at any time. If I have please point it out. I know nothing about Hip Hop and cannot really talk about it - same goes for medieval folk music. Don't know anything about it. I cannot post a list of artists/albums because the rap music I hear is mainly on the radio/television/web etc. When it comes on the radio I turn it down because I don't enjoy it for the reasons previously listed. (lack of dynamics and lyrics). When the next track comes on (whatever genre) I turn it up. If I don't like it the volume goes down again. Traditional Celtic music is another form of music that gets on my nerves. It simply comes down to choice - if you like something, you will investigate it. If you don't - you won't. And as for the drum samples. Look at the waveform in any audio editor of a rap track (percussion/drum track) and you will see that it is static. Then look at a drum/percussion track of a live drummer and compare the two. The first one looks like a crew cut and the second like a mountain range. That's how I look at (and hear) music. Hence the name 'auralscapes'. Finally a good example (to me) of rap-influenced music, combined with ethnic instruments, and incorporating the space required for music to breathe is Peter Gabriel's 'OVO' project.