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Entry: Groups to grove to! - A835977
Author: Ineffable, The-Gallivanting-Head-Of-The-Past-Events-Of-Somewhere-Or-Another, In Disguise!!!! - U203753

Hi, I'd like it if this could be reviewed, please... it is simple, yet to the point!

Firstly, it's "groove", not "grove".

Secondly, you put this into GuideML, but you never added in all the tags that make it readable. You'll have to put at the start of each paragraph and at the end of the paragraph. Put at the end of each line in the list. Then people might be able to read what you have written.

Hehehe (reddends), Yes, of course...

I was just about to try those tings!

Groups to grove to! There are so many genres and styles and types and trends of Music nowadays, that it's become quite hard to classify them without sounding like a weirdo. I have a list of approximately 70 Groups worth checking out. The genres vary among 4 groups: HIP-HOP RAP ACID JAZZ (New Generation) D and B Here goes: 1. Thievery Corporation(Chill) 2. Talvin Singh(Eastern Beats) 3. Autechre(Chill) 4. Sound Tribe Sector 9(Chill) 5. Morcheeba(Trip-Hop) 6. Lamb(Chill/Trippy) 7. Olive(Chill/Trippy) 8. Massive Attack(Trip-Hop) 9. Portishead(Trip-Hop) 10. Amon Tobin(Eastern Beats) 11. Jori Hulkkonen(Chill) 12. Boards of Canada(Chill) 13. Orbital(Chill) 14. Funky Porciny 15. Kemistry and Storm (D and B Sessions) 16. Moby(Chill) 17. Tricky(Beats and Offbeats/Acid Jazz) 18. Square Pusher 19. Dieselboy 20. Takako Minekawa(Japan) 21. Bjork 22. Children Of The Bong(Chill) 23. Kruder and Dorfmeister(Chill) 24. Air 25. BT 26. DJ Dara 27. Chemical Brothers 28. The Orb 29. The Pharcyde 30. Daft Punk 31. Gorillaz 32. Basement Jaxx 33. The Prodigy 34. Knoc-Turnal(Hip-Hop) 35. Kurupt(Hip-Hop) 36. Bubba Sparx(Hip-Hop) 37. Roni Size Reprazent (D and B Hardcore) 38. Loop Guru 39. Omar Santana 40. Mocean Worker (Yeah!) 41. Soul Hooligan 42. Cornelius 43. Dr.Octagon 44. Octoscope 45. SPM 46. Kosheen 47. Goldfrapp 48. Felix Da Housecat 49. Hive 50. Plaid 51. Aphex Twin 52. Tortoise 53. Add N to (X) 54. Looper 55. Hefner 56. Aphrodite 57. Mouse on Mars 58. The Baldwin Brothers 59. DJ Rap 60. Drama 61. Hive 62. Bomb The Bass 63. Pan Sonic 64. Beth Hirsch 65. Cirrus 66. Bass Mekanik 67. Mr.Len 68. Disjam 69. Goldie 70. Genesis (put this one in to make 70, but still, it's really good....) Listen up, enjoy, and let me know!

This looks very much like a 'zombie entry'.

It's dead and the author has unsubscribed but Scouts can't remove it from a review forum because the author is still around. So, no progress is made and the '2 months offline rule' can't be applied. This here entry looks like a living, er... sorry, *un-dead* example

I fluffily propose to have this thread moved back to the entry

I'm bored with fluffy - I second it in a furry manner

Oh, so that's where the 'furry' came from. That's what I get from reading my conversations in the wrong order

So if I get this, it sucks?

No, not at all. There's a lot of good information here. With music styles diverging and mixing all the time it's no longer a case of 'pop', 'rock' and 'metal', and you have taken the time to classify many different styles and to give an example of what group does what. That's a good thing. However, there's still a lot of work to do before this goes into the Edited Guide.

I suggest you try and write a more substantial introduction to give the reader a stronger flavour for your subject matter. You know, a little bit more about the history of music styles and why they've become so divergent, etc. It needn't be too heavy - it's just that a better introduction would make the entry more approachable. Secondly, and this is the clincher in my opinion, why don't you write a couple of lines about each style. Maybe put each style in a header tag then go on to describe this sound and then give your example of the band that plays this kind of music. For example:

Trip Hop

Trip Hop is a slower style of techno music that came out in the early nineties characterised by a dark, deep, 'scary' vibe (*I'm making this up by the way*) sometimes called the Bristol sound because of the famous Trip Hop artists that come from that area.

Trip Hop Artists and Recommended Albums


Portishead - Portishead
Massive Attack - Blue Lines



Adopt this kind of style for the information you've already researched and you'll find that you'll have a potentially excellent entry on your hands! Good luck.

Sam

Thanx Sam.. I will, however, truly have to do "more" (to not admit I haven't) research...

Soon, Soon... I'll find a way... however, I ain't too good with the XML / HTML /H2G2ML stuff...

No worries - if you need a hand with the GuideML holler on my personal space.