#57: My two cents worth in music: When Harmony and Rhythm speaks in tutti

Fron now on, any opinions about music will be labelled: When Harmony and Rhythm speaks in tutti.

(Another lame thing in this blog, huh?)

I believe that harmony can be itself, rhythm can also be itself, but they will never be completed if they don't come together. You listen to any kind of harmony, but they will remain as just harmony, chords or lines of music if there is no rhythm into it. You feel there is some kind of catchy rhythm, but without harmony over it, it will just be beatings only.

The simplest and earliest harmonies in this world has rhythm in it, even rubato is a kind of rhythm, a free rhythm. The most beautiful harmonies in this world will not be beautiful if rhythm were absent.

Strong rhythms in particular genre songs like trance, would not be that catchy if it lacks harmony. It will be mere metronome-ish beatings.

This is an introduction, and now for the opinion.
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If someone ask you, who is your favourite artist, or what do you listen to, what would you reply?

If it's me, I would say something else than Lady Gaga, or Beyonce, or David Archuleta, or Iyaz, or Taio Cruz. It's not Justin Bieber (and forever not!), nor Bruno Mars, nor Taylor Swift, nor any latest pop star in current trend.

Why? Why not?

I realise one fact: You may follow a trend, but that's temporarily.

What genre I listen to then? Well, quite a few actually: adult contemporary, R&B, jazz and vocal.

Not pop. Not rock. Not dance pop. (Although some of them are pretty catchy...)

They give us some sense of calmness, some sense of softness, after one hectic day out there.

They let you think, let you rest, let you truly enjoy music, and not Katy Perry or Ke$ha-type of whorish tunes, out there just to woo your money.

The genres I listed above are the type of music that is worth for my money. And for sure, I will definitely buy a few of those in the future.

Here's some examples of what I'm listening to. The first one, in the spirit of Christmas, is Jingle Bells a la Diana Krall, and it's fantastic! The second one, is by Dido, which is one of my favourite singer of all time. The third one, is a rendition by our Malaysian artiste based in the U.S., her name is Zee Avi.