Twoism musical genius list

mechanismj · Post by **mechanismj** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 6:31 am

ME!

The Other · Post by **The Other** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 7:00 pm

saurus wrote:I fancy rebooting this thread. I was rather surprised nobody added any of these chaps

Son House

Robert Johnson

Any other of the blues greats really. The Delta bluesmen are the most vital recording artists since the classical composers and ever in the history of recorded music in my opinion!

I mentioned Robert Johnson....and yes couldn't agree more for both of these guys.

noshferatu · Post by **noshferatu** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 7:36 pm

frederic chopin
he was without a doubt a genius

fujee · Post by **fujee** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 2:45 pm

This is a really cool thread, so im just bumping it.

I agree with everything in here.

Snufkin · Post by **Snufkin** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 4:00 pm

This thread is missing someone very special...

Nick Drake

fujee · Post by **fujee** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 5:15 pm

Olivier Messiaen

Charlie Parker

Nas

Brian Wilson

Syd Barrett

TaoTapeTao · Post by **TaoTapeTao** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 5:16 pm

Tom Waits.

fujee · Post by **fujee** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 5:27 pm

Capt. Beefheart

Django Rheinhardt

Fela Kuti

Miles Davis

Frank Black/Black Francis

Lee Mavers

Jonny Greenwood

Monk

Art Tatum - all the more incredible when you listen to his recordings and know he was completely blind.

pianoforte · Post by **pianoforte** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 4:21 pm

After some consideration, I have decided to re-do my list as follows.

In no particular order:

Kurt Cobain : Because besides being a great songwriter, he could do the absolute best anti-guitar-solos of all time (Example)

Chris Simpson (of Mineral) : Much lesser known than Cobain, but just as good of a guitarist, if not better. He also has the most charmingly off-key singing ever.

Richard David James : Goes without saying. I believe that in three hundred years, children will be taught about Edison, Newton, Bell, RDJ,... He is quite possibly the absolute best at drum programming, ever.

Sean Booth + Rob Brown : Collectively, these two rival RDJ's beat-programming skills. I am really fascinated by how they have managed to come up with music which is as (mostly) spartan and entirely unemotional as it is while still being created by human beings.

Tim Hecker : I can't claim to be an expert in ambient/drone by any stretch of the imagination, but Hecker is my absolute favorite of the genre from what I have seen. His music is essentially a rainstorm, a blizzard, a walk in the fog, and death at the same time.

Nils Frahm : The absolute epitome of modern classical piano genius. His works, especially the record Wintermusik, are universally beautiful. My ultimate hope is that someday I can be half the musician that he is.

edit: And, of course, the Brothers Boards.