So, I've recently started looking for good acoustic/instrumental artists (came across this while watching Simpsons, liked it), and I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations. Basically, something soothing, with guitars or classical instruments (probably no electric guitar, no other electric instruments). No heavy vocals. I like Mason Williams and Don McLean so far.
Jethro Tull. His most known songs will not satisfy you, but his Acoustic work is simply amazing. Stuff like "Pastime in Good Company" (but I couldn't find a good YouTube performance). Jack Johnson. Andy McKee. Look for the soundtrack album "The Fountain" by Mogwai and Clint Mansell.
This was mostly for the acoustic part. Now, for instrumental, you must take a look at the post-rock, it's beautiful. The best "applied" post-rock technique is made by Yndi Halda (their only demo-album can be found @ Pirate Bay). But since I love 'experimental' artists, Godspeed are the best to me. http://www.staredit.net/topic/10448/
There's also a phew good hits from the Gold Rock era. Stuff like: Horizon - Genesis Pigs on the wing - Pink Floyd Wild Horses - Rolling Stones Castellorizon - David Gilmour
As for the Classical Guitar era, go on and search for Fernando Sor and Carcassi.
Patrick Watson may also impress you, though he does use vocal. I recommend: Weight of the world Man under the sea The great escape Bright shiny lights
Well, if we can go get some Jazz stuff, you may like St. Germain's album "Tourist". If you liked stickynote's stuff, go on and search for Bonobo: he has some great music for you.
Eric Clapton, extreme's More Than Words, anything from Adeaze. Look for people on youtube doing guitar covers of songs without singing them, then you get the guitar without the words if you don't want lyrics.
Red classic.
"In short, their absurdities are so extreme that it is painful even to quote them."
Drums are usually synth, and obviously the bass is electric. Béla sometimes drops his banjo and plays an electric guitar. Futureman occasionally switches from drumitar to drums.
Jethro Tull. His most known songs will not satisfy you, but his Acoustic work is simply amazing. Stuff like "Pastime in Good Company" (but I couldn't find a good YouTube performance).
"They", not "him". Ian Anderson is "him".
I know a few people who really like Stanley Jordan, all of whose stuff I've heard is entirely guitar or at least instrumental. But I never really pay attention so I can't really say much more than that.
Symmetry -- I dreamed about that as a kid. The idea of a computer capable of analyzing a starcraft map and calculating the fastest possible way to hit the victory condition
NimoStar -- plus most of the human APM is just spam clicking APM inflation
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NimoStar -- the thing with the "*12" thing is completely misleading. The AI isn't using two control groups, it can use each of those actions to command a single unit individually and issue different commands to each single unit.
NudeRaider shouted: Oh_Man Artosis hasn't caught on how devastating the perfect focus fire is. With the mutas he was like "the Mutas always seem to have less hp than against a human". But he didn't notice that the flock he had selected always just had one muta that was hurt. Same with the wraiths here. He's talking about how valks+wraith is gonna destroy Pluto's valks, then 5s later he's dumbfounded the human player's air is just gone and he never figured out why. And for some reason didn't even think to go back and look at the battle.
Artosis hasn't caught on how devastating the perfect focus fire is. With the mutas he was like "the Mutas always seem to have less hp than against a human". But he didn't notice that the flock he had selected always just had one muta that was hurt. Same with the wraiths here. He's talking about how valks+wraith is gonna destroy Pluto's valks, then 5s later he's dumbfounded the human player's air is just gone and he never figured out why. And for some reason didn't even think to go back and look at the battle.