Hey, I recently went to a gig with my friends and started to take an interest into music.
Of course I've listened to music, however it was very surface. Merely whether I like a certain song or not. I don't even take notice of specific artists. As you could guess, I can't play any instruments either unless you count the basic music lessons in pri school but even that, has been returned to my alma mater.
Anyways, I have now decided to take to the internet to learn more! Problem being, it's such a broad subject and I have absolutely no idea where to start. Can someone recommend me some good sites for a completely clueless newbie to start reading up on general information? Obviously I realise that it is impossible to learn everything in a month or even a year, but I need to start somewhere and just have no idea.
Some subjects I'm interested in are:
1 Differentiating between different genre.
Totally clueless in this aspect. I guess I can read up on clearly defined genres like Metal, Rock etc. on Wikipedia. But then why are bands like Green Day labled as punk and Coldplay labled as rock when they seemed very mainstream and therefore pop-ish teeney to me?
2 I have no idea how most instruments sound like! I can listen to a song and only guess piano and guiter and even then there are so many sub-types. Can someone give me a crash course somehow?
Okay, I can't seem to think of any other questions at the moment though I have so much. That is why I'm looking for some good general site to begin reading. There's just no specific topic I have in mind, but all. It will be helpful if you guys can post random bits of interesting information here too, I can get them all. Thanks!
Of course I've listened to music, however it was very surface. Merely whether I like a certain song or not. I don't even take notice of specific artists. As you could guess, I can't play any instruments either unless you count the basic music lessons in pri school but even that, has been returned to my alma mater.
Anyways, I have now decided to take to the internet to learn more! Problem being, it's such a broad subject and I have absolutely no idea where to start. Can someone recommend me some good sites for a completely clueless newbie to start reading up on general information? Obviously I realise that it is impossible to learn everything in a month or even a year, but I need to start somewhere and just have no idea.
Some subjects I'm interested in are:
1 Differentiating between different genre.
Totally clueless in this aspect. I guess I can read up on clearly defined genres like Metal, Rock etc. on Wikipedia. But then why are bands like Green Day labled as punk and Coldplay labled as rock when they seemed very mainstream and therefore pop-ish teeney to me?
2 I have no idea how most instruments sound like! I can listen to a song and only guess piano and guiter and even then there are so many sub-types. Can someone give me a crash course somehow?
Okay, I can't seem to think of any other questions at the moment though I have so much. That is why I'm looking for some good general site to begin reading. There's just no specific topic I have in mind, but all. It will be helpful if you guys can post random bits of interesting information here too, I can get them all. Thanks!
