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Originally Posted by TechnicLePanther
You were explaining how you learn about new music. Someone asked you something about why you haven't heard Radiohead yet. In the original post, you also made reference to how you've never heard any Gnarls Barkley. Sorry for the vagueness.
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Oh, right. Well, as I mentioned before, in my earlier days, before finding Music Banter, I had a set collection of CDs I listened to on rotation. I tended to buy only albums by artistes I liked, and didn't do much in the way of downloading, free or otherwise. So I was sort of stuck in the one groove, listening to what I liked and not moving, or particularly wanting to move, beyond that. I never liked the radio or pop music in general (radio in Ireland was and is pretty much dominated by the top forty, not much change in thirty-odd years).
Then a website called AllofMP3.com opened and I discovered I could buy albums for a dollar or less, so started downloading based on their recommendations for the music I liked. I ended up getting into some (for me) fine bands this way, such as Arena, Ten, Mostly Autumn and Kamelot. Then I found MB, and people began to educate me. I didn't want to be educated, but slowly, like a massive rock that refuses to move but people keep pushing at it and trying to lever it down the hill, I began to roll and have been slowing rolling ever since, picking up new musical influences and interests as I leave the summit of my ignorance and tumble down the side of the mountain of musical exploration.