Are you into a music genre some people don't even know exist?

[Discordian 6,015]

I know the feeling. Sometimes when I say Eurobeat, and people don't understand me, I'll just say "Electronic Music", and they say, "so like pop?"

 

I hang my head. The only thing around here is pop, country, and rap. Not even the good kinds either, just Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, and the like.

 

I don't like putting others down, but THERE IS NO VARIETY IT HURTS!

So much hate when I say I listen to metal and they immediately say "it gives me headaches because of all the screamo."

 

They just don't understand that there is metal without any of that. *Shakes head*

[Sporemane 546]

Swing music.

 

People at least know what Irish music is (exactly what it says on the tin), but likely haven't heard any.

It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing.

Personally I'm really big on Big Band music. I also enjoy listening to Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, The Mills Brothers, and Louis Armstrong.

Edited January 16, 2016 by Sporemane

[N.W. 3,619]

Ukrainian Melodic Death Metal yo.

Though to be fair, it is a sub-genre of metal. 

[Envy 6,200]

Hm... I suppose there is 'Brass Rock'. If you know me, you have probably heard of it, because I'm pretty big on it. Otherwise, most people probably know of the band Chicago, but they may know them more for their sappy 80s pop, and less for their beginning. In the late 60s and early 70s, it was a big genre. We need it back. Such an amazing genre with an amazing instrumentation and great influences:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jak1hBD1edc

 

Early music is also pretty awesome. Although I'd hesitate to state that people don't know that it even exists. But it is probably true to state that most people have probably never actually heard early music, but instead the ideals of 'medieval music' put into their heads by movies and shows that don't play anything actually remotely early music. Early music can be very jarring, since it does not follow the modern conventions of tonality, but it can still be very beautiful.

 

Here's one of my favorites:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAhpXsSUYyM

 

Classical music? I'm pretty sure most people are at least aware classical music exists. I listen to Vivaldi often

 

Yes, but within Classical there are different styles/periods. This one is Baroque.

[PinkieatHeart 208]

YouTube parody songs.

 

...what? What'dya mean that doesn't count?

[SUPERFOX5 387]

I don't care what anyone says, I like chiptune music (8-bit/16-bit Nintendo/Sega)

 

Basically, anything made in FamiTracker sounds good to me.

 

[mars 4,862]

My favorite genre of music is Electroswing, which is swing music mixed with electronica.

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,789]

Not sure if this counts, but there is a particular genre that I like that I don't think many know about: Tribal Dubstep. Yup. Tribal Dubstep. Interesting genre, there are no major 'drops' or anything like that in most of what I have heard, it is mostly atmospheric and it is quite a treat to listen to. Not a very popular genre for certain.

[vampireponyprince 184]

Emotive hardcore known as "emo" music

people always know the term but not the bands involved or the sound they think its all black veil brides. when in all honesty bvb isnt even a part of it Dance gavin dance is though

same with Circa Survive and Rites ofSpring

i definitely recommend Circa Survive or DGD to anypony

[Socrates 43]

Ohboi

I listen to too much weird shit.

I love all sorts of folk music, to the point of ethnomusicology. I want to go out there, to those last places untouched by modern civilization, and record more folk songs, instrumental dances, incantations etc...

Here's a Christmas song. But I think this one is from before Christianity. We kept the pagan name of the holiday so it's hard to tell.

[Nit Pick 247]

Basically if I can daydream to it, I'll like it. So I have a whole cavalcade of random music. Some pop, rock, metal, some song on an OST to a video game, 80s, montage music. But if I had to pick a genre it would be 80's pop. There's just something about synth music that's really enjoyable to me. So 80's music is what I like that most people don't like.

[Drunk Not I Am 1,070]

https://youtu.be/lo4C9KpyCCo

Synthwave. It's got some popularity on the internet, but irl nobody knows about it. :c

 

I love Synthwave, i dunno if the video is gonna pop up on here or not because i'm horrid at this, but here the link anyways, really good song if you're into the genre. 

[Anonymous Old User Who Has Left 599]

I am into one unknown genre. most people don't realize that Islam has its own genre of music called Nasheed. as you might guess it's an arabic term. Most nasheeds use only drums and vocals, and the lyrics talk about Islam and remembrance/glorification of God.

Edited January 20, 2016 by Shabb3r

[Pulse Wave 44]

Italo Disco. The electronic resurrection of disco music in Italy in the early 80s. People might overhear it occasionally on 60s/70s/80s oldie stations, but pretty much nobody knows that it's a genre of its own right.

 

Within the bronydom, it has to be electronic genres from before Acid House was invented in 1987. I mean, who knows that there was electronic music before Deadmau5, and who knows that electronic music used to be made by playing hardware synthesisers by hand in real-time on their built-in keybeds rather than by clicking together notes in the piano roll editor of a DAW and routing them to a VSTi?

Edited August 6, 2016 by Pulse Wave

[Prospekt 11,021]

I really like ambient music. It is my go-to music when I just want to relax. I wish more people knew who artists like Brian Eno and Jon Hopkins are.

[Luminance 2,186]

I think a lot of people don't know about melodic progressive house. It's like a slower version of trance but with house influences.

[EpicEnergy 23,224]

Drumstep, metalstep, and industrial are music sub-genres that I love but aren't as popular as others.

[Sonic Shimmer 4,133]

Kawaii Metal and Pirate Metal