Hi, my name is Nick and this is my first post here. I found this place by searching for a forum with people who have an appreciation for the creative, innovative, and just plain thinking outside the box. I think I may be at the right place.
In any case I am in desperate need of new and creative music. There's millions of bands doing the same old thing, but as a composer/musician myself, I take the approach of creating music that involves a harmonic balance of the extremely experimental hyper-creative with an accessibly melodic beauty. I look for this same idea in the music I enjoy listening to. Something that sounds magical, really.
I was wondering if anyone could post some recommendations of music like this. I appreciate some artists of every genre, but preferably when they combine many genres, or sound completely outside of genre!
I also thought I would share some of my own work like this for anyone who likes the sound of this...
My latest project is called Coloringbook (one word). It involves taking extremely small clips from songs all throughout my music collection, and then remixing/layering/looping and putting them together in brand new ways like a puzzle, for an entirely new sound. Many artists have made sampledelica, but I try to create a brand new sound.
There is a concept behind this project, where each song is supposed to represent a
brand new color (never before seen!). In order to see the new color, you must listen to the song. This concept is inspired by a condition I have called Synesthesia, and my intention is to induce synesthesia in anybody through these songs as it is a very visual sound experience.
Here is the myspace page for listening: myspace.com/coloringbookmusic
The songs have strange titles like Wenkweur and Turflown. Each title represents the name of a newly discovered color, but you must
hear to
see 
Enjoy!
p.s. If you are thinking that this is a spam post, it is not! I promise you I am genuinely interested in sharing and communicating with like-minded people.