Salamu alaykum

Nameless · 03-24-2015, 10:03 PM

Hi. Last.fm has apparently reached the limit of its usefulness in finding new music so I have come here. It can only do so much with overly broad genres, when you like free jazz you can get anything from Coltrane to Naked City. I mean, I like Coltrane and Naked City, but when you get into meaningless labels like "indie" or "avant-garde" it just becomes impractical to sift through the duds.

Hail Satan.

Oriphiel · 03-28-2015, 09:46 AM

Welcome to the ranks of Music Banter! I have a question; what time period do the majority of your favorite songs tend to come from?

Nameless · 03-28-2015, 03:10 PM

I never really thought about it before but I think the majority are actually fairly recent. Within the last 10 years at least. Drone didn't really exist in the 50s I guess.

Oriphiel · 04-03-2015, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Nameless

I never really thought about it before but I think the majority are actually fairly recent. Within the last 10 years at least. Drone didn't really exist in the 50s I guess.

I think you'd really like the sixties (but then again, I try to get everyone into the sixties

).

Anyway, here's a drone song written in the 1940s, and performed in the 1960s:

Nameless · 04-03-2015, 04:48 PM

I really never expected to see something like that. That's like... metal from the 1800s or something to me.

The 60s were a great time for music though. Bert Jansch, Bob Dylan, Sun Ra, The Velvet Underground, Captain Beefheart, Charles Manson, I think King Crimson and Townes Van Zandt got some albums in there before the end. Good times.

grtwhtgrvty · 04-03-2015, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Nameless

Hi. Last.fm has apparently reached the limit of its usefulness in finding new music so I have come here. It can only do so much with overly broad genres, when you like free jazz you can get anything from Coltrane to Naked City. I mean, I like Coltrane and Naked City, but when you get into meaningless labels like "indie" or "avant-garde" it just becomes impractical to sift through the duds.

Hail Satan.

I feel you. I gave up on last.fm when it suggested Azealia Banks, claming she was highly similar to Bjork and iamamiwhoami.

Nameless · 04-03-2015, 07:44 PM

...How do you remember your username to log in?

grtwhtgrvty · 04-03-2015, 07:58 PM

...At least I have a name..

Oriphiel · 04-04-2015, 06:13 AM

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Originally Posted by benki263

welcome you

Nameless joined before you did, so they should be welcoming you!

Overcast · 04-09-2015, 07:12 AM

Welcome to MB.

Last.fm has given me some goods recs for more simple things, but I could see why it'd fail with what you're looking for. You might find Rateyourmusic more useful in that aspect. Nice taste, btw.

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Nameless Fat girls in yoga pants Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 152	I never really thought about it before but I think the majority are actually fairly recent. Within the last 10 years at least. Drone didn't really exist in the 50s I guess.

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Nameless Fat girls in yoga pants Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 152	I really never expected to see something like that. That's like... metal from the 1800s or something to me. The 60s were a great time for music though. Bert Jansch, Bob Dylan, Sun Ra, The Velvet Underground, Captain Beefheart, Charles Manson, I think King Crimson and Townes Van Zandt got some albums in there before the end. Good times.

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Overcast . Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: . Posts: 1,531	Welcome to MB. Last.fm has given me some goods recs for more simple things, but I could see why it'd fail with what you're looking for. You might find Rateyourmusic more useful in that aspect. Nice taste, btw.