Grover Washington Jr, Mister Magic. DEOTADO, Prelude Deodato

I love The Animals' version. I'll have to check this one out.

Thanks for including the genres

This is probably pushing a bit too close to the pop line, but Dirty Loops have a few albums with some incredibly dope bass and kit playing on them. Def super groovy and they do employ a bit of jazz harmony since they're all jazz school grads, but like I said they mix it in with a pop veneer on top.

Billy cob ham spectrum

I don’t think you should necessarily learn drums first, but drums take a while to get good at. The issue isn’t that drums are hard, they’re pretty easy all things considered, but you have to learn what good drums are and why they are good. And that takes a long time. So I’d get started early, even if it’s not your main focus. Just a practice pad, a pair of sticks, and learning your rudiments will go a REALLY long way when you get behind a kit.

There’s a band that blends orchestra and death metal, they’re all classically educated and have a dedicated pianist, might not be what you’re looking for, but they do a helluva job

My town got a proper ISP in 1994, that's about the time I started. I don't even remember the format the music was in, this was before MP3s, but it didn't sound great. Shit I might have just been listening to MIDIs for all I can remember.

SAULT's whole discography

Angelique Kidjo - CELIA

Hugh Masekela - Hope

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1916 by Motorhead. Lemmy wrote the song from soldiers perspective.

…and Waltzing Mathilda by The Pogues

What Happened to Virgil- Lil Durk Outside-YEAT Ft: Young Thug Nav- Last of the Mohicans

Agreed! But throw those effects on sometimes to rock out and give yourself a confidence boost. Hearing it sound really nice/cool will help keep that drive going to keep playing

Drink Before The War by Sinead O’Connor

The Flood (feat. Blake Bedsaul & Morgan Rose) - Burden of the Sky

Blender - Five Seconds of Summer

Infinity - Jaymes Young

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It’s funny, but I frequently listen to jagged little pill and all killer back to back. Not really sure why, maybe cause they’re both 10/10 albums to me.

Hurt by Johnny Cash (covering NIN)

For funky fusion jazz, I’d highly recommend: Roy Ayers, Bobby Hutchinson, Freddie Hubbards CTI albums, Eddie Harris, Herbie Hancocks 70s period was amazing too. The Meters, Earth Wind & Fire, Ramsey Lewis, Donald Byrd and the Blackbyrds.

Also Brazil put out amazing funk/fusion jazz artists in the 70s: Marku Ribas, Tim Maia, Marcos Valle, Toni Tornado etc.

That’s all I got for now. But there’s so much more.

Motörhead - 1916

Vaxis Act II-Coheed and Cambria

Impera-Ghost

Zeit-Rammstein

Dusty Springfield is a better singer than Beyonce and Adele.

Just to rile up my fellow jam band fans lol…influence aside, John Mayer is a better player than Jerry.

That's my take on Hurt basically. I feel the best part about Cash's version is the music video which I think is phenomenal. But the cover itself doesn't work for me, especially next to the original.