What Are Your Sources? (house, metal, pop, rap, rock)

Strummer521 · 02-04-2007, 08:14 PM

Certain members here (ex: Moon Pix, Urban Hatemonger, Cardboard Adolescent) seem to have fairly vast storehouses of knowledge when it comes to music. Many of you guys are incredibly well versed in multitudes of genres (or rather, subgenres of Rock mainly) and seem to have a very solid sense of music history. I used to be fairly comparable, but I haven't been reading up on things as voraciously as I used to, so I've lost touch a bit with what's new, and forgotten a lot of what I knew about the past. I guess I feel a bit out of my depth here sometimes, and I'd like to catch up. So what I'm asking is...where do you guys get information about music? Are there certain magazines, books, particular writers that you find very valuable? Even single articles would be of great use to me if there's a link to them online.

To get things rolling...here's a link to one of my favorite pieces of rock criticism: http://www.harbour.sfu.ca/~hayward/v...ws/astral.html

sleepy jack · 02-04-2007, 08:16 PM

I've learned everything I know from musicbanter and various members, paticular ArtistInTheAmbulance, A_Perfect_Sonnet, and Franscar.

tdoc210 · 02-04-2007, 08:16 PM

i find things by looking. through crap.
AKA i don't use sources, except other bands.

Ma Cherie · 02-04-2007, 08:21 PM

urban hatemonger, right- track, and crowquill (beleive it or not)

i don't have relly enougth money, or much variation where i currently live on music, all i hear is the generic pop and rap bullshiit, and southern rock, not my favorites granted i like classic rock, gothic music and japanese rock/metal

Urban Hat€monger ? · 02-04-2007, 08:23 PM

Allmusic.com is probably the best site.
I raid sharing threads on a few forums a lot of the time i`ll just download something without even knowing what it is ,sometimes i`ll go to blogs stuffed full of downloads.Occasionally i`ll download a torrent with anything from 10-20 new releases on it , go through it & just delete what I don`t like.

As well as that i`ll listen to influences of bands I like , read autobiographies , biographies , listen to other people , and have about 20 years of reading music magazines stored in my head.Up until recently I had every copy of Melody Maker from 1993-1999 until I ran out of room & chucked them out.

_Spinning_ · 02-04-2007, 08:32 PM

Books.
Here.
Last.fm.
Wikipedia.

Occasionally I'll find a random torrent and give it a listen.
Most of the music I get into, I get told about by people. (I.E: Ethan.)

Loser · 02-04-2007, 08:34 PM

Buy as many albums as possible and read the booklets and also look at other artists that sound like them.

cardboard adolescent · 02-04-2007, 08:38 PM

So much from allmusic. I also have a subscription to Wire and I do get quite a bit out of MusicBanter. I also quite enjoy markprindle.com, and I do occasionally find out about new music from people in real life (gasp) such as my friends, and, believe it or not, teachers.

Loser · 02-04-2007, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cardboard adolescent

teachers.

They have a life

Ma Cherie · 02-04-2007, 08:46 PM

^ yeah i have teacher like that, a few were still asses though

02-04-2007, 08:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
Strummer521 Pepper Emergency! Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 493	What Are Your Sources? Certain members here (ex: Moon Pix, Urban Hatemonger, Cardboard Adolescent) seem to have fairly vast storehouses of knowledge when it comes to music. Many of you guys are incredibly well versed in multitudes of genres (or rather, subgenres of Rock mainly) and seem to have a very solid sense of music history. I used to be fairly comparable, but I haven't been reading up on things as voraciously as I used to, so I've lost touch a bit with what's new, and forgotten a lot of what I knew about the past. I guess I feel a bit out of my depth here sometimes, and I'd like to catch up. So what I'm asking is...where do you guys get information about music? Are there certain magazines, books, particular writers that you find very valuable? Even single articles would be of great use to me if there's a link to them online. To get things rolling...here's a link to one of my favorite pieces of rock criticism: http://www.harbour.sfu.ca/~hayward/v...ws/astral.html __________________ "Caffeine is so ridiculous right now." RZA

02-04-2007, 08:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,617	i find things by looking. through crap. AKA i don't use sources, except other bands. __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

02-04-2007, 08:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
Ma Cherie The Forums Sadistic Ghost Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: beyond midnight, in the abyss of time, the syren in the night Posts: 457	urban hatemonger, right- track, and crowquill (beleive it or not) i don't have relly enougth money, or much variation where i currently live on music, all i hear is the generic pop and rap bullshiit, and southern rock, not my favorites granted i like classic rock, gothic music and japanese rock/metal __________________ I'm not a freak on a leash, I'm just the freak holding the leash. http://www.myspace.com/yukiko_mori

02-04-2007, 08:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Allmusic.com is probably the best site. I raid sharing threads on a few forums a lot of the time i`ll just download something without even knowing what it is ,sometimes i`ll go to blogs stuffed full of downloads.Occasionally i`ll download a torrent with anything from 10-20 new releases on it , go through it & just delete what I don`t like. As well as that i`ll listen to influences of bands I like , read autobiographies , biographies , listen to other people , and have about 20 years of reading music magazines stored in my head.Up until recently I had every copy of Melody Maker from 1993-1999 until I ran out of room & chucked them out. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

02-04-2007, 08:46 PM	#10 (permalink)
Ma Cherie The Forums Sadistic Ghost Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: beyond midnight, in the abyss of time, the syren in the night Posts: 457	^ yeah i have teacher like that, a few were still asses though __________________ I'm not a freak on a leash, I'm just the freak holding the leash. http://www.myspace.com/yukiko_mori

02-04-2007, 08:32 PM	#6 (permalink)
_Spinning_ Inexplicably Back Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 830	Books. Here. Last.fm. Wikipedia. Occasionally I'll find a random torrent and give it a listen. Most of the music I get into, I get told about by people. (I.E: Ethan.)

02-04-2007, 08:34 PM	#7 (permalink)
Loser The Professor Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New York City Posts: 1,113	Buy as many albums as possible and read the booklets and also look at other artists that sound like them.

02-04-2007, 08:38 PM	#8 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	So much from allmusic. I also have a subscription to Wire and I do get quite a bit out of MusicBanter. I also quite enjoy markprindle.com, and I do occasionally find out about new music from people in real life (gasp) such as my friends, and, believe it or not, teachers.