Favorite Music

Message Authored by Dennis,

Someone asked me the other day what my favorite kind of music is. Boy, that's a loaded question!
Thanks for asking!!!

I can recall people thumbing through my old record collection and commenting that there was no rhyme or reason to my collection. Jazz, rock, soul, easy listening, Latino, Brazilian... My favorite kind of music is shamelessly eclectic. No recognizable pattern of musical taste! Actually, there IS a method to my crazy musical tastes. Most everything in my personal record collection has one thing in common: a beautiful combination of outstanding melody, harmony or beat. As long as the music hits me hard with a quality mixture of these musical components, I'm happy. Some artists in my collection (listed below in no particular order) earned a special place in what they achieved. Artists such as Todd Rundgren, who I just saw recently at the State Theatre, are W-A-A-AY up the list of profoundly great musicians. I've been huge on Todd since his days with his 60s group called Nazz. You wanna talk about an artist who can write and perform about any kind of music. Todd is the man, I can tell you that much!

Other favorite legacy artists on the "Dennis Playlist" include Laura Nyro, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Earth Wind & Fire, Traffic, War, The Beatles, The Who, Marvin Gay, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder, Ten Years After, Savoy Brown, the pre-Buckingham-Nicks versions of Fleetwood Mac...and last but certainly not least, just about anything composed by Burt Bacharach!

My favorite artists (off the top of my head), who gained fame after the end of the "Oldies" era include Basia, Sade, Eliane Elias, Martin Taylor, Ivan Lins and Jane Monheit. I graded music of the 80s, 90s and beyond very hard. But I'll admit, there are a few groups and artists who did a mighty fine job.

Did I just confess earlier that I like Brazilian music? Well, if you like music with a great beat sprinkled with gorgeous chord changes, melodies and harmony, trust me, you're a candidate for appreciating Brazilian music! I have some outstanding examples if you're ever interested in knowing more about it.

And one last category: Oldies music! How could I ever exclude it? I can't! That's where the memories are!

I was weened on the Oldies and so was Tim! In fact, Tim loves his Oldies music so much, that often times while we record our show, Tim has been known to dance in his chair and flail his arms around when we preview our songs!!! He truly is an Oldies die-hard!!!

Do you have a variety of musical favorites??? I'll be the first to proclaim...there's no accounting for taste! Feel free to comment with YOUR favorite music!