Party Time!

Well the Varetta Dillard song you handed to me wasn’t exactly “jazz” per say, but as you stated blues, though she has done jazz. But that’s a surprise that you have not been exposed to jazz. I was exposed to jazz in 6th grade. A middle school stage band went around to our school and performed for us and wow were they good and at that time I was playing the flute and I knew I wanted to change to play for that band when I was in that specific school. That’s exactly what I did. And in 8th grade our alto sax player (I was the tenor), he was a true prodigy, he transposed the entire Pink Panther theme for all of us to play. Wow! For the second video, I am not a fan of Mista Baaz at all and I was familiar with that song when it was originally released. I generally avoid music that is commercial extenesialism at all costs at all times. I don’t like bands and artists that are commercial and or go commercial except with very few exceptions. Why? Because what they do is they essentially sell their music to the dogpile thus selling music to the dogpile that that is unacceptable. Though I HATE Finger Eleven, fair enough I get why you like them. Understandable that you like something as a kids up until now that resonates. My reasonings why I hate Finger Eleven… its not just them, its the genre, GRUNGE. Grunge, the worst genre of all time, only bombed second to faster than disco. There’s no talent in it, no passion (anybody can get angry as there’s so much of it especially in metal and especially especially especially especially in death metal), its been done to death by millions of bands which is why it died so fast because it became so so so boring. And I was there in Seattle going to college from 1992 - 1993 taking Music Video Business. But to my surprise the music was NOT dominated by “the Seattle Sound” with Nirvana (the worst band of all time - for all the reasons above + the fact that they plagiarized at least 6 times and one was a lawsuit which is complete disrespect to ALL music), Pearl Jam (the second worst band of all time), Tad, Sadhappy, 7 Year Bitch, The Pleasure Elite, Noisebox, Sweaty Nipples, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, Mudhoney, Sky Cries Mary, Hammerbox are all from Seattle at---the---same---fricken---time!!! Thankfully all were not grunge. And there’s a few more though I cannot think of them at this time. But thankfully while I was there I pretty much got to see just about everybody that I’ve ever cared to see! Sure there’s a few here and there that I’d like to see now, but with ticket prices so sky high, I can easily skip seeing them. OK my turn… 3 here you go. All three are completely different from each other. I’m trying to think of which 12 to post because there’s far too many to squeeze into 12. Buckethead is my choice for the greatest guitar player of all time. I’ve gotten to see him 3 times thus far. I mean the guy can do things that no one else can. He wears a KFC bucket on his head. And he can play in any genre. He’s done roughly 350+ albums. WHAT? Yes you got that one ab-so-lu-tely right. Granted not everything he does is great and to me godlike, but a lot of what he does is. And if you like what I am presenting to you there’s a world of wonder that you can search youtube for. Here’s some samplings… Pike 220 Now I’m trying to be fair here. So FF to 17:00 to listen to some of the truly most awe inspiring blitzkrieg shredding that anyone has EVER done. And this guy does it ALL THE TIME!!! I unfortunately cannot chop up the album to give you the one song. But hey, if you like it, listen to the entire album as the end songs are also amazing. The first song is smooth relaxing jazz. Igorrr Wow. Contains everything including the kitchen sink. When I first heard this I was personally awe struck because its so f--ked upped and completely original. You may hate it though. - Cheval Walk off the Earth is granted, popular. But they do things in such a magnetic way that makes each of their songs/ covers (they are without a doubt the very best cover band in the world) very inspiring. This is a band that is so ridiculously mega talented that its not even funny. There’s 5 members in the band and each of them plays at least 10 different instruments. We saw (a friend of mine and I, he drove up from St. Augustine which is about an 80 minute drive or so and we’ve known each other for about 16 years, maybe longer, and we can strike up conversations on music, movies, wow can we, comic books, religion, Trump (what an arrogant a$$, guns, a little on sports etc etc etc) them live a few years ago and they were amazing. And I will never forget that these kids came onto the stage and they all had smiles on their faces as they were happy to be there. And they left the stage and they were happy to be there. And they came back for their encore and they were happy to be there. And they left the stage and they all had smiles on their faces and they---love---what---they---do. Now how rare is that? Most all other bands is a gruntled ugghghgh. And the best part? 70 year olds were there as well as 7 year olds were there. They appeal to an audience of all ages. Now I know that you go through depression. I GET IT. I’m NOT STUPID. I go through the same fricken thing. I take my pills daily like a good little boy. If I don’t take my pills, I---don’t---sleep and I can stay awake for days and be a miserable f--k. I’ve also been on all kinds of antidepressants that just don’t work. Walk off the Earth gives hope of all kinds especially especially especially when you are feeling down and low. and here’s a song to absolutely prove it… This is a band that WILL be around for a very long time. They named themselves Walk off the Earth because when you are having problems you can “Walk off the Earth”... I do not know of a single soul that dislikes this band!!! - Home We’ll GoThough I dislike the bands/ artists you mentioned - DON'T GIVE UP!!! Its to be expected. I most certainly DO NOT expect you to like Igorrr or all I am ready to present as its NOT for everybody!!!