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Points: 15559 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote David_D Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 09 2021 at 13:37
Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

I might have go through quite a few before I find one new to me that really works 

After nearly 50 years of very intense music interest, and always looking for new music, and trying to broaden my musical taste, I'm today in fact in that situation that it has become very difficult for me to "find one new to me that really works". So, right now I'm just listening to my small (about 450 albums) collection and wonder what next. 
Plus, after a very long break, I've returned to PA forums for some talk, discussions and appreciation of Prog, and it already looks like that it'll be very good for my further music loving.
And in fact it's rather exiting, too, what will happen next, and, like the last years, how, when and what I'll find as the"one new to me that really works".


Edited by David_D - November 09 2021 at 15:30
                      quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
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Points: 37232 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Logan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 09 2021 at 14:41
I don't spend much time each day listening to music and while I have thousands of albums in my collection, I rarely listen to the majority of them.   I have been very into all of those at one time, but my tastes shift. On a daily basis my tastes might vary. I generally find it easy to find new-to-me music that interests me if I have good idea about the kind of music I want, and I also quite regularly have some nice surprises that might change the direction of my music interests (at least for a while). I am interested in far more than Prog, although a lot of what I like I think has similarities with Prog. Pram is a band I got very into over the last couple of years and I see it's now been suggested to PA. If you try the Interactive polls, you might also discover some interesting-to-you music, and I like how it gets you thinking about and considering the music you know. A while go I was most into William D. Drake and related music.

My point though (an aside to ongoing discussion) was that charts (aggregate ratings and rankings) can be useful to me when I can, and the more I can, fine-tune the parameters / the more specific my search is. For instance, I might be craving a modern jazzy tropica art pop release with psychedelic qualities and so search using those kinds of tags. Google searches for artists like so-and-so are useful to me as well, ofthen that will take me to reddit.

Hopefully people here will help to recommend music to you the better they get to know your tastes and personality. I have had a large amount of amazing to me music recommended to me here. I don't really want to discover as much new-to-me music as I used to, but when in the mood, I do find it quite easy to at least find something that fits my current interests very well that I hadn't yet known and I often do find new things to me that open up new avenues of interest and exploration.

Good luck with your music journey.
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Points: 4232 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Mirakaze Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 09 2021 at 16:13
I don't pay much attention to generalized/average top ** lists. I too would rather get recommendations (direct or indirect) from specific people whose tastes have something in common with mine; that will give me a better idea of what's in store for me and it puts me into contact with more artists and albums that are off the beaten path, so to say. On this forum, I think Nogbad The Bad, Silly Puppy and Man With Hat are the people whose musical recommendations I find the most consistently rewarding.
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The biggest problem with only getting recommendations from people who have the same tastes as you, is that you might miss out on a gem that's outside your echo chamber. I've discovered, or more accurately, been turned on to, music outside my world that opened my eyes to a whole other avenue of music.
Life's like that in general. Explore what others find enjoyable and try to understand where their joy comes from.

So how many point I get for that pearl David?
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Points: 6052 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote jamesbaldwin Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 09 2021 at 18:16
Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

The present state of our rating result is following:
Lewian  -  666 + 250 = 916
James  -  538 + 220 = 758
David  -  486 + 180 = 666 
JD  -  474 + 190 = 664
Nogbad  -  460 + 180 = 640
P. Paul  -  422 + 180 = 602
Nick  -  430 + 170 = 600
Mirakaze  -  436 + 140 = 576
Cristi  -  406 + 120 = 526
Prophesy - 308 + 70 = 378  
Essexboy - 256 + 60 = 316 
Grumpy  -  224 + 40 = 264
Shadowyzard  -  118 + 20 = 138
progaardvark  -  150 (for independence)
suitkees  -  50 (for originality)

Am I James?

How I finished second?
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Points: 15559 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote David_D Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 09 2021 at 23:14
Originally posted by jamesbaldwin jamesbaldwin wrote:

Am I James?

How I finished second?

Yes, "James" here.

David_D wrote:
"I have assigned each person a number of points which are the sum of points assigned all the albums chosen plus additional points depending on the number of albums chosen and the similarity of one's ranking with the ranking on the top 30 list."
                      quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
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Points: 15559 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote David_D Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 09 2021 at 23:26
Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

The biggest problem with only getting recommendations from people who have the same tastes as you, is that you might miss out on a gem that's outside your echo chamber. I've discovered, or more accurately, been turned on to, music outside my world that opened my eyes to a whole other avenue of music.

good point

JD wrote:
"Life's like that in general. Explore what others find enjoyable and try to understand where their joy comes from."

very constructive life approach

JD wrote:
"So how many point I get for that pearl David?"

my comments
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