I had previously heard my father play Beethoven and Mozart and just could not appreciate this at all. I bought some electronic music albums at the time which featured such artists as Stockhausen and Babbit. In the 70s, many rock bands had an orchestral kind of sound using synthesizers as a base. Recently, I have obtained CDs of ambient and techno groups such as Autechre, Orbital, Aphex Twin, Future Sound of London and Spacetime Continuum. I have also re-discovered some of the solo CDs from Tangerine Dream members Christophe Franke, Edgar Froese and Johannes Schmoelling.
Musical genres come and go.
Although I've had a long-time love of music, I have not been in a good position to create my own music due to a lack of technology and equipment expense. With inexpensive sound cards such as the SoundBlaster 32 and AWE32, suddenly, a person with an interest in electronic computer music finds himself with the right tools. I highly recommend it if you are in the market for a PC card. If you get it, get two extra speakers for the 3D environment. This was boring.