Mixed Music Genre Scavenger Hunt

This is an interesting idea- do you need to fill ALL the categories? I think I could do all but 1 or two of them... Alyson

Thanks =), yes you will need to find a song for each genre I have listed. If you are stuck on a genre please let me know and we could change one or two of them to match your preference.

Ok, slap me if I am just a total airhead, but what is "lo-fi"

Everyone has their own "idea" of what Lo-Fi is, for me it's easy listening (jack johnson, Jason Mraz, etc)..

what's an example of tribal music?

African Tribal (drums, earthy music) Whatever you choose.

I like this idea but may find it hard to come up with songs from some of the categories. Can we say choose 10 or 12 genres out of the 15?

Yeah that will work.

Lo-fi is what exactly? Is it like Barry Manilow or Neil Diamond - I've never heard of that type of music genre prior to this swap.

As well, can tribal be North American Aboriginal Dance Music?

Went and hunted out a definition of lo-fi - basically, if you listen to mainstream music, you will never have heard of any of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ListofLo-fi_bands

I looked up the definition for 'retro' music, and it's a little confusing: Here's the wikipedia deifnition:Retro music Retro, during the 1980s, referred to a new genre of music, particularly dance music, popular in the U.S. at the time and originally termed New Wave music which was in part an outgrowth of the Punk rock genre of the late 1970s and early '80s and Psychedelic genre of the late 1960s and 70's. Many of the songs and albums termed retro at the time came about during great advancement in the development of generating music electronically (that is, with computers and electronic equipment - or Electronic music - rather than with either traditional or electromechanical instruments) and the popularization of this type of music in the mainstream. Ideas as to how broad and inclusive the Retro category of music is vary; nonetheless, not all music - not even all dance music - from the decades of the 1980s were considered Retro music. Now, in fact, retro music is only that of which came out of the retro era. The retro era today is considered the time frame between 1966, the Beatles' release of "Rain" and "Tomorrow Never Knows," and 1977, when California became the final state to outlaw LSD. This psychedelic style of music is still widely listened to today.

Does that mean all music from 1966 to 1977, or what exactly - the defintion confuses me with the release of Rain and Tomorrow Never Knows - what exact time frame is that - or what do you define as retro - or what exactly is the difference between retro and oldies?

You know what.. do your best, Im pretty flexible. Its up to your judgement =) Its nice to see everyones unique perspective on music genres.