Topic: I organized my music!

[Pumaman]

I mean, whats wrong with that. seriously.

Well, quite. I love the way Jo (she's the second from the left, for anyone who didn't know) always has this "I can't believe I'm still doing this" look on her face, it's great. And Rachel went onto bigger things of course with her own solo career.

But what were the names of the other two, and whatever became of them? I guess we shall never know.

[Chicky]

Audioslave in Heavy metal ._.

[stuh505]

chicken: yeah thats a mistake, I move it into alternative

back to DCD...

they have submitted their primary genre as Goth on realRhapsody, with secondary genres of ethnic fusion, new age, medieval, and dream pop.  well they definitely aren't dream pop, medieval is basically the same as goth, they are LIKE ethnic fusion because they do the same thing, only they are doing it to medieval music instead of ethnic music...they are new age but that's a larger category.  They are also described in a few places as gothic music on Amazon.

[Goldmund]

Well that was more of an aesthetic statement, so I cannot accept Amazon's authority in this case.
Bauhaus, Nick Cave, Sisters of Mercy and Dead Can Dance are all gothic? And what do they have in common? That three of them were in 4ad label? Beggars Banquet?
DCD combine music from the span of 2000 years and I can hardly label them with a name that originated in 1980's.
And if DCD is gothic, is Cocteau Twins gothic as well? They're more similar than DCD and Bauhaus, yet connecting merry, etheral songs of Cocteau Twins with black-hatted gentlemen in leather coats is ridiculous.
And I'm absolutely sure that DCD are more than happy when marketers are at a loss choosing the shelf to put their CDs into.

Now I think about it, maybe they look at fans of a group to decide how to label them. Like, if your band's fans are skinny, pale, and cut themselves, your band is gothic.

[Ashen]

But what were the names of the other two, and whatever became of them? I guess we shall never know.

Hannah Spearrit (far right), is trying her hand at acting - she was in Agent Cody Banks 2, apparently, and the newest Chucky movie. Tina Barrett (2nd right) isn't doing much, though, which is kind of a shame.

The benefits (if that's the right word) of having a disturbingly good memory for useless facts, and far too much free time.

[stuh505]

That folder there called gothic is under electronica, and does not refer to all gothic music, but to the "new age electronic music with gothic influences"

While DCD and cocteau twins both have a similar medieval feel to them, the twins are rock based, whereas DCD has zero rock influence.

While DCD is primarily singing with electronic beats, with a lot of studio work, I get lost in the music and do not hear any of the electronic aspects...it sounds very medieval and not like trance or techno at all.  This is very similar to Faith and the Muse...and I think it is a definite subdivision of electronic music, which is significantly different from ethnic fusion. 

Perhaps they stray so far from electronic that maybe I should just give them their own main top-level category?  This is at the level of rock, classical, jazz, etc..

[DGMacphee]

But Muse aren't electronica gothic either. They're neo-prog rock. One couldn't be more different from the other.

[Nacho]

Hehee... I... there must be a mistake... eeer...

Where are the Monkees???

[stuh505]

DGMcaphee,

"Faith and the Muse" and "Muse" are not the same.

[DGMacphee]

Awww, I dunno. This "Faithful and Muse" band sounds like a name someone would make up just to impress people. I think what you really meant to say was Muse and some other band that has the word "Faith" in its name.

[stuh505]

Does everyone know about Muse now?  They used to be pretty underground...at least in the US...but that was several years ago.  I'm over my angst ridden years...

Faith and the Muse are for more mature and open ears -- not really a band but a very talented musical group!

Speaking of bands with Faith in the name, Faith No More will always rock my world!  Smaller and smaller!!

Goldmund, how about "modern folk"?

[Goldmund]

Well, one problem is that people (or is it only in Poland?) have this common idea about folk that it's only merry, which, of course, isn't true. But still, DCD are inspired in sacral music as well, not only secular (and folk is secular).
The term Modern Folk, if we'd like to be anal, suggests something that is reflecting the modernity and comes from the "lower" classes, so, in my opinion, Hip Hop would also fit there - unless we accept that Folk can exist only in rural areas.
Of course, there's this branch of music called "Neofolk" or "Dark Folk, or "Apocalyptic Folk" - nice bands like Current93 and Death in June - and their music is not very different in atmosphere to DCD. I'd certainly be less surprised to find DCD in "Neofolk" than "Electronica" - especially considering the fact, that DCD on most of their albums use acoustic instruments!

[stuh505]

And....you see a distinction between Modern Folk and Neofolk?  Neo=new=modern

[Haddas]

I have my music organized the way it should be. Alphabetically in a folder called "music"

[Goldmund]

And....you see a distinction between Modern Folk and Neofolk?  Neo=new=modern

Heh, well, I do... but as my nit-picking was half-serious, I don't really want to continue this argument.
After all, it's you whom you're organising your music for, not me.

[LGM]

Here is a clearer example of how I organize. I don't expect you to read the whole thing, but it's worth a skim.

http://lilgryph.sitesled.com/docs/music.txt