Easy Listening

1. Easy Listening?

Jazz doesn't sell many new CDs so music stores become lazy and group them with something else. Be glad they aren't grouped with folk music.

2. What is classified as easy listening music?

Folk-sy, singer-songwriter music. Something that is relaxing and makes you want to fall asleep (in the good way). This is my own opinion in easy listening artists (they're mostly indie) IronWine Meiko Joshua Radin Ingrid Michaelson Norah Jones

3. What are some good easy listening guitar songs, like Jack Johnson, but maybe even more instrumental?

Here's a few suggestions...maybe you'll like some of them. :) Jose Gonzalez Rocky Votolato Iron Wine Elliott Smith Bright Eyes/Conor Oberst (probably not so easy-listening sometimes, but one of my all time favorites, so I had to include him. :)) M. Ward Sufjan Stevens Devendra Banhart DeVotchka (If you search for this, there's also a punk-ish/hardcore-ish band called Devotchkas, just so you know the difference...DeVotchka was the main artist in the soundtrack for the movie Little Miss Sunshine, if you're familiar with that...) Nick Drake Jolie Holland Andrew Bird (unique combo of violin guitar...he's awesome.) Damien Jurado Ray LaMontagne David Gray Gary Jules Two Gallants (more bluesy rock guitar most of the time) Katie Melua Bon Iver Bonnie Prince Billy Ben Harper Glen Hansard/Marketa Irglova/The Frames Laura Veirs Anna Ternheim Emiliana Torrini Vashti Bunyan Seabear Alexi Murdoch Vetiver Sun Kil Moon Red House Painters Mark Kozelek I'm sure you'll find at least a few you'll like there, or at least I hope so. A few of them use piano more than guitar, and some use other string instruments, but it's the same nice mellow sound. I could probably come up with hundreds more, really. These are just off the top of my head, and I'm sure I'm missing quite a few who I'd consider favorites. :P You could probably find something by most of them on youtube. Maybe I'll add some links to videos later. If you're not already familiar with Pandora.com or last.fm, you might want to check them out. Great ways to discover new music...

4. Who composed the easy listening song Memory?

5. Has anyone heard the medley of easy listening songs that recently came out?

I haven't heard them. Im so glad your back. I missed you :)

6. What are some good easy-listening Christmas songs?

Turn on Yahoo Music (which wasn't working today) or www.live365.com. Both will offer a variety of music that you are looking to hear you can try some stuff out. My personal favorite are: Nat King Cole Bing Crosby The Carpenters The Lettermen Michael W Smith If you go to Target you can buy a wow CD that provides one CD will the old timers listed above (and Ella Fitzgerald) then a modern version on the other CD. Sarah McLaughlin has a great winter cd James Taylor.

7. What are you favorite easy listening accoustic songs?

1.) Walk on the ocean-Toad the Wet Sprocket 2.) Love Song- Tesla 3.) She Talks to Angels-The Black Crows 4.) Shiney Happy People- R.E.M. featuring Kate Pierce of the B-52's 5.) God Gave Rock n Roll To You-KISS 6.) I'll Stand by you-The Pretenders featuring Chrissy Hynde 7.) Smog Moon-Matthew Sweet 8.) If I should fall behind-Bruce Springsteen (this 1 is from the tunnel of love album when he ditched the E. Street Band) 9.) Candi-Iggy Pop featuring Kate Pierce of the B-52's 10.) Everybody hurts-R.E.M.~

8. What is an easy listening song by a female artist about a mother's hopes for her child? ?

I don't know if this is the song you heard, but I have a beautiful song for you. It's called Lullaby by the Dixie Chicks. If you would like me to e-mail it to you, please e-mail me and let me know if you want it. I will send it to you as an attachment.

9. What artists are considered adult contemporary, jazz or easy listening?

Artists such as Sade, Etta James, Amy Winehouse They are soulful, smooth, the music is timeless!!!

10. Where can i find so good easy listening native American music?

11. What is my easy listening music called now?

Yep - my wife and I had the same problem. So, we borrowed, bought and hired various cd's of this type of music (you can hire them from your public library) and put them all on to DVDs. You need to buy the software to do this - try Power 2 Go, you can download it fairly cheaply. We now have 6 DVDs with 900 tracks on each. That's 5,400 different tracks of only music we like. No adverts and no DJs prattling on. Reckoning that a track averages 4 minutes which is probably about right for this type of music - that's 360 hours of music. If you play them for 8 hours per day, 7 days a week, they will only repeat every 6 weeks. Play them for 4 hours a day and that goes up to every 3 months. Of course If you have the equipment (and it's not too expensive) you can transfer old LPs and tapes onto DVDs. and as you probably know you can pick those up in charity shops for next to nothing.

12. What sort of people like easy listening music?

People who like elevators. People 50 and up? You must not know many of us.... People with tin ears. People who want to focus on work and not be distracted by music (elevator music is white noise-just patterned sound to distract focus, so the listener can be molded into focusing on something else.

13. I'm looking for some really mellow, easy listening, put me to sleep music

14. Are there any stations in the US that still play 1970s style easy listening music?

15. What song is this, easy listening/soft rock?

maybe u r talking bout iris by goo goo dolls, not sure though http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsK90GWBVLY

16. What are some good easy-listening music groups?

My recommendations: -Adiemus (often mistakenly mixed with Enya) -Secret Garden (very Celtic!!) -Eri Sugai (from Japan) -Loreena McKennitt (again very Celtic) -Moya Brennan (she's Enya's sister!) -Miriam Stockley (the ex-soloist of Adiemus has some solo albums) -Sissel (what a voice!) -Libera (if you like angelic boy choirs)

17. what are some relaxing easy listening songs?

nina gordon esp. tonight and the rest of my life, also norah jones

18. Where are the people who LOVE Easy listening music?

In my experience, people who love easy listening-type music simply like it better because they don't have a passion for other styles of music, and it's easier on their ears.

19. Please give me one of your favourite Easy-listening songs!?

Into The Night....Benny Mardones Love Is Blue....Paul Mauriat Orchestra Unchained Melody....Righteous Brothers

20. What software do I need? I want to do voice recording and overlap it onto a easy listening cd, what do I need

Try Audacity; its freeware which means it doesnt cost anything