International Music Thread
Hello!
Being the new host of TCKid, I will be putting up an interesting thread each week. Seeing as this is my first thread like this, I was sitting here, listening to my iTunes library, wondering what to post about. Then it hit me! I was listening to iTunes and I have so many different kinds of music from all over the world, so though I would ask you guys this question:
Has being a TCK affected your choice in music? Does it make your “library” more diverse than most? What kinds of music/country’s music do you like?
As for me, I have music from the US (which is the majority of the music industry nowadays, in my opinion), Finland (which people kind of look at me funny when they hear it), China, Japan, and even a few songs from Portugal, Germany, Saudi Arabia(? it’s arabic, but I don’t know which country), and spanish-languaged ones (since there are so many countries that speak Spanish..). I think being a TCK has allowed me to be more open-minded about the music choices I like. Maybe that’s why I can’t really stick to one genre! There are genres I don’t like, such as hip-hop/rap/r&b, but even those have exceptions for me. I really like a band called Zen Cafe from Finland. They’re really poetic, and honest, also the lead singer who writes the songs can’t read a single note of music!! How cool??
I’m really looking forward to hearing your responses! See you next week!
Laura
Well, I was born in Finland in 1988, lived in Germany for a year (when I was 1 year old, so I don't remember...does that count?) and then when I was 2 I moved to the US. I've lived in Finland for a year for a "foreign exchange" though I lived with my uncle's family, and I've spent a semester in China learning Chinese. (My fourth language, after English-of course, Finnish, German-studied for 6 years) OH! And I'm also a big anime fan, and I love Japanese, Italian, Finnish, and Chinese food. :)Related Posts
9 Comments to “International Music Thread”
June 29th, 2008 at 6:40 am
I think geography can determine exposure to different kinds of music sometimes. For example I never listened to Nightwish, The Ark or Kent until I came to Europe.
I’m not big into music myself so if people suggest I listen to something I’ll try it out.
Also, Youtube facilitates trying out new music as you don’t have to go invest in a CD.
In the oldern days it was a little too much to have to purchase a CD to ‘try something out’.
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June 29th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Learning I was a TCK encouraged me to make my playlists more international, BUT my taste was already fairly open minded. I’d listen to anything which sounded good to me.
I’m pretty passive about music though. I won’t seek out new artists of a genre I like, or hunt down new songs of an artist I already like.
It IS a lot easier now though, like Ayako said. Now I can just go to YouTube. And with downloading (legal or illegal), you can just get the ONE song you like, instead of a whole album you’re kind of bleh about except for that one song.
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June 30th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
Yep! My TCK/CCK experience definitely affected my choice in music. I just realized that the music collection on my iPod consists of almost 10 different languages.
Last time when I chatted with a new friend about the types of music we like. I said, “a variety of music” and when I said it, I really meant a variety of music. And my friend said she also liked a variety of music, though it turned out that she meant that she liked pop-rock, r&b, a “variety” of top-20s…
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July 2nd, 2008 at 6:37 am
Oh yeah, I listen to anything that sound good! My best friend checks out my iTunes library for new songs (she’s also a TCK though not as affected as me) and it amazes her how I have so many languages and I don’t even understand most of them.
For instance I have @Junkmail which is a Finnish or Norwegian band and music from Samira Said which is in Arabic and she always asks me why I listen to them.
The only reply I can give: It sounds nice.^_^
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July 2nd, 2008 at 6:27 pm
I think so but unfortunately I am not as diverse as I think I am. Most of my music library consists of Mandarin and English and a bit of Thai, some Korean, some Japanese (my gosh so Asian LOL), a lot of light music such as jazz/lounge/new age.
I am trying to get more but unfortunately I am quite clueless as to where to find good music. Or I just get on IMEEM.
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July 4th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
I definately have eclectic tastes but my main love is R&B/Jazz/Soul/Funk.
@ USAFINN
You don’t like R&B/Soul? So that means you don’t like Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Prince, Minnie Riperton, Labelle, Rufus feat. Chaka Khan, Phyllis Hyman, Weldon Irvine? The love ethic and political lyrics all these folks really shaped me personally…so for me it is strange to hear that people don’t like R&B when it is such a powerful form of music…
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July 11th, 2008 at 1:52 am
I usually stick to classical and soundtracks, but I LOVE Jewish music, both more Russian-Jewish and more Isreali-Jewish music styles. The former tends to have more accordians, etc, the latter more shofars and a, for lack of better words, ‘middle-eastern’ sound. I’m not sure how to describe this sound - most people would call it ‘wailing’ but that’s not correct to me, it’s more like the sound of a Canadian loon, long and hauntingly beautiful. I’m trying to think of an example and all I can come up with is the opening credits/scene with the hunting falcon of the (terribly acted and written but beautifully filmed) movie The Young Black Stallion.
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July 11th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Yes, definitely. I used to hate, as in with passion, “house music.” When I came to Mozambique I had a friend who was a DJ, and as we became closer friends I was exposed to it more and more. It kind of grew on me, now I listen to it not only in clubs but at leisure too. Also many African genres I ran into I liked, and South African and Mozambican dances as well. I fell in love with zouk music (One Love/Fiona - Kaysha, he sings in french, I recommend them). However I don’t think that the type of music you are exposed to is specific to the region you are in. The day I started to listen to John Mayer and Teddy Geiger I was on a weekend in South Africa; now they are two of my favorite artists
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July 12th, 2008 at 1:09 am
I think USAfinn means more contemporary Rn’B, which doesn’t quite have the same uplifting lyrics as from 20-30 years ago.
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