What Do You Hear in These Sounds?
I was bored all day today, and also feeling a little mopey, so I decided to drown my sorrows in music, both by listening to it and researching my tastes with the help of last.fm and its applications.
The first site I went to was xochy.org, which breaks down the nationality statistics of the bands and artists you listen to, and the pie graph below represents my listening habits.
4540 Canada
1886 Australia
1817 Germany
1088 Belgium
960 Sweden
835 Netherlands
773 Russia
585 Italy
537 France
462 Ireland
369 Poland
364 Japan
357 New Zealand
304 Norway
277 Spain
209 Finland
172 Iceland
135 Denmark
The first site I went to was xochy.org, which breaks down the nationality statistics of the bands and artists you listen to, and the pie graph below represents my listening habits.
Being an English speaking American, this is unsurprising for the most part, though I'm a bit surprised that I listen to quite that much American music, and that I don't listen to more German music. Outside the Anglosphere, I really like the music of Central Europe, which is probably due to my burgeoning taste in industrial, progressive, and electro[nic] music. I don't actually know if there's more of those types of music coming out of Central Europe, but it's where I find most of the good stuff.
The numbers below are the total plays from each known country with over a hundred plays. I currently have a little over 56,000 plays on last.fm.
The numbers below are the total plays from each known country with over a hundred plays. I currently have a little over 56,000 plays on last.fm.
29678 United States
8850 United Kingdom4540 Canada
1886 Australia
1817 Germany
1088 Belgium
960 Sweden
835 Netherlands
773 Russia
585 Italy
537 France
462 Ireland
369 Poland
364 Japan
357 New Zealand
304 Norway
277 Spain
209 Finland
172 Iceland
135 Denmark
However, this site tells me that my musical mecca is Bermuda, which it says I have a 17% compatibility with. That does not necessarily mean I need to listen to Bermudian music because the people there probably listen to lots of music from other countries, but I'll have to listen to some more Heather Nova just to see if I've missed something.
Next was last.fm milestones, which is pretty self-explanatory.
Next was last.fm milestones, which is pretty self-explanatory.
1st track :
Sarah Bettens - Not Insane
5th track :
Sarah Fimm - After the Blue
10th track :
Sarah Fimm - Bombay Cafe
50th track :
Pete Yorn - Just Another
100th track :
Holly Cole - River
500th track :
Vienna Teng - Mission Street
1000th track :
Covenant - Call the Ships to Port (club version)
5000th track :
Heather Nova - Walk This World
10000th track :
Damien Rice - Green Eyes
15000th track :
Damien Rice - 9 Crimes
20000th track :
Carissa's Wierd - You Should Be Hated Here
25000th track :
Moonspell - Subversion
30000th track :
Bic Runga - Good Morning Baby
35000th track :
Poe - Control
40000th track :
The Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown
45000th track :
Vanessa-Mae - Night Flight
50000th track :
Xavier Rudd - Fortune Teller
55000th track :
The Romanovs - Sonnet
Sarah Bettens - Not Insane
5th track :
Sarah Fimm - After the Blue
10th track :
Sarah Fimm - Bombay Cafe
50th track :
Pete Yorn - Just Another
100th track :
Holly Cole - River
500th track :
Vienna Teng - Mission Street
1000th track :
Covenant - Call the Ships to Port (club version)
5000th track :
Heather Nova - Walk This World
10000th track :
Damien Rice - Green Eyes
15000th track :
Damien Rice - 9 Crimes
20000th track :
Carissa's Wierd - You Should Be Hated Here
25000th track :
Moonspell - Subversion
30000th track :
Bic Runga - Good Morning Baby
35000th track :
Poe - Control
40000th track :
The Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown
45000th track :
Vanessa-Mae - Night Flight
50000th track :
Xavier Rudd - Fortune Teller
55000th track :
The Romanovs - Sonnet
Nothing really surprising here. My top artist, Sarah Fimm, still has under a thousand plays on my profile, so I wouldn't expect anyone to pop up too often on something like this.
This site looks at your top 50 albums and then tells you "how old" your music is by album release year. My top albums were released in 1979 (Singles Going Steady by Buzzcocks), 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, and 2000 through 2008, with the most releases being in 2002, 2004, and 2006. 2002 has the most with eight releases, which are albums by Sarah Fimm, Eminem, Vienna Teng, Stevie Wonder, Lacuna Coil, Frou Frou, Tegan and Sara, and Mirah.
The chart below is from diozaka.org and shows my decade by decade listening habits. I'm surprised I listen to so much 80s music. Must be all the synthpop.
The same site has a tag cloud, which shows the genres of music I mostly listen to:
Heat Haze calculates Unique Tracks Listened (UTL) and Song Repetition Index (SRI) based on last.fm profiles, and are an indicator of how active your music listening habits are. A high UTL and a low SRI are an indicator of active listening habits, and mine were 17,301 and 3.282. The numbers increase along with tracks scrobbled, so they're only really helpful with people who have a similar number of tracks scrobbled. A friend who has roughly the same number of tracks scrobbled as I do has a UTL of 11,128 and an SRI of 4.773.
On the same site, I found an application that generates a table of the most played artists per month.
I find this very interesting since it doesn't really trend with my top artists list. Sarah Fimm is number one as she is on my top artists page, but Tegan and Sara have 160 more plays than K's Choice, which they're tied for on here, and Regina Spektor and Vienna Teng are my fifth and sixth most played artists behind Tool at four, but they only show up once on the table when Regina shows up three times and Vienna does twice.
The Underground-o-meter takes your top artists and calculates how "underground" you are based on their number of listeners. My overall top artists are 24% mainstream (and 0% underground), but my overall top tracks are only 13% mainstream. What does this mean? I don't know, but it's kind of neat.
Then there is the age calculator, which calculates the age of your neighbors, who are the other last.fm members that have similar musical tastes. My average age is 25 (and 24:19 Female to Male), which is close to my own age, so I guess I fit in with my demographic.
And, finally, there is the million track calculator, which says at an average of 59 racks a day, I will reach 1,000,000 tracks on June 4, 2053. I will be 71 years old.
This site looks at your top 50 albums and then tells you "how old" your music is by album release year. My top albums were released in 1979 (Singles Going Steady by Buzzcocks), 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, and 2000 through 2008, with the most releases being in 2002, 2004, and 2006. 2002 has the most with eight releases, which are albums by Sarah Fimm, Eminem, Vienna Teng, Stevie Wonder, Lacuna Coil, Frou Frou, Tegan and Sara, and Mirah.
The chart below is from diozaka.org and shows my decade by decade listening habits. I'm surprised I listen to so much 80s music. Must be all the synthpop.
The same site has a tag cloud, which shows the genres of music I mostly listen to:
90s acoustic alt country alt-country alternative alternative metal alternative rock american americana australian belgian belgium blues blues rock british cabaret canadian chillout classic rock classical country dark cabaret darkwave electronic electronica emo female female fronted metal female vocalist female vocalists folk goth gothic gothic metal gothic rock grunge hard rock hip hop hip-hop indie indie pop indie rock industrial industrial rock lo-fi metal new wave piano political pop post-punk progressive progressive metal progressive rock punk punk rock rap rock seattle singer-songwriter symphonic metal synth pop synthpop
Heat Haze calculates Unique Tracks Listened (UTL) and Song Repetition Index (SRI) based on last.fm profiles, and are an indicator of how active your music listening habits are. A high UTL and a low SRI are an indicator of active listening habits, and mine were 17,301 and 3.282. The numbers increase along with tracks scrobbled, so they're only really helpful with people who have a similar number of tracks scrobbled. A friend who has roughly the same number of tracks scrobbled as I do has a UTL of 11,128 and an SRI of 4.773.
On the same site, I found an application that generates a table of the most played artists per month.
| Dec 2006 | Sarah Fimm | 73 |
| Jan 2007 | K's Choice | 78 |
| Feb 2007 | K's Choice | 33 |
| Mar 2007 | K's Choice | 54 |
| Apr 2007 | K's Choice | 38 |
| May 2007 | Tegan and Sara | 33 |
| Jun 2007 | Regina Spektor | 20 |
| Jul 2007 | Regina Spektor | 41 |
| Aug 2007 | The Romanovs | 67 |
| Sep 2007 | Tegan and Sara | 19 |
| Oct 2007 | Regina Spektor | 17 |
| Nov 2007 | Tegan and Sara | 65 |
| Dec 2007 | Tool | 57 |
| Jan 2008 | Lennon | 34 |
| Feb 2008 | Curve | 51 |
| Mar 2008 | Vienna Teng | 33 |
| Apr 2008 | Thea Gilmore | 37 |
| May 2008 | Tegan and Sara | 47 |
| Jun 2008 | Sarah Fimm | 60 |
| Jul 2008 | The Beach Boys | 39 |
| Aug 2008 | Emilie Autumn | 38 |
| Sep 2008 | Grand Ole Party | 56 |
| Oct 2008 | Sarah Fimm | 84 |
| Nov 2008 | Grand Ole Party | 44 |
| Dec 2008 | Sarah Fimm | 65 |
| Jan 2009 | Kings of Leon | 52 |
| Feb 2009 | Milla Jovovich | 31 |
| Mar 2009 | Vienna Teng | 67 |
| Apr 2009 | Sarah Fimm | 34 |
| May 2009 | April March | 67 |
| Jun 2009 | Sarah Fimm | 28 |
| Jul 2009 | The Decemberists | 59 |
I find this very interesting since it doesn't really trend with my top artists list. Sarah Fimm is number one as she is on my top artists page, but Tegan and Sara have 160 more plays than K's Choice, which they're tied for on here, and Regina Spektor and Vienna Teng are my fifth and sixth most played artists behind Tool at four, but they only show up once on the table when Regina shows up three times and Vienna does twice.
The Underground-o-meter takes your top artists and calculates how "underground" you are based on their number of listeners. My overall top artists are 24% mainstream (and 0% underground), but my overall top tracks are only 13% mainstream. What does this mean? I don't know, but it's kind of neat.
Then there is the age calculator, which calculates the age of your neighbors, who are the other last.fm members that have similar musical tastes. My average age is 25 (and 24:19 Female to Male), which is close to my own age, so I guess I fit in with my demographic.
And, finally, there is the million track calculator, which says at an average of 59 racks a day, I will reach 1,000,000 tracks on June 4, 2053. I will be 71 years old.
