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Also, just to elaborate Modest Mouse released their best album, The Moon & Antartica, in 2000. Fiona Apple released her best record in the 2000's. & also I put a parenthesis after Nick Cave that specifically said just his 2000's introspective records.

Oh yes and Radiohead released In Rainbows in 2007.

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Neapolitan

The title reads "Top 50 Best Musicians/Bands Since 2000" not "albums." So I took it as the bands that formed after 2000, or at least released a debut album in 2000 if their band formed earlier.

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Debut is different than an album?

The Music Observer

Yes, the main criteria for my article was to feature musicians who have started their careers on or after the year 2000, as a way to display what today's true generation of music has brought. I'm certainly not opposed to this thread taking slightly different directions, though.

Neapolitan

I look at your website, and read some articles. I hope you don't mind if I ask a few questions:

Did you study music composition as a musician or as a music critic?

Did you listen to every album release by each musician/band in your top 50?

What genre would you say you tend to listen to more? (on your own, not something related to your blog, or what you had to listen to in college.)

What do you think is the best way to share one's taste in music, or write reviews: blog, YT vlog, music forum, facebook, or (other)?

I saw you use four categories to review music. Have you read "What to Listen for in Music, by Aaron Copland" what do you think of it?

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Thank you for visiting my website! I'm glad you have questions; it means you are genuinely interested and I appreciate that.

I studied Music Composition strictly as a musician. My fascination with music journalism/critiquing came on as an afterthought. It started as a hobby and has since gotten more fruitful. The majority of my free time is still spent writing music, though.

The process in making my top 50 list was a long one, but there was no way I could listen to every single album by all musicians for this project. Once I saw that it was going to be this big of a commitment, I gathered a huge list of about 150 musicians/bands based on who I already knew was worthy plus many suggestions from friends and emails through the website. I listened to one full album from each musician as a preliminary round (the album I decided to listen to was based off of either multiple suggestions or research into which one shows off their most notable sound). Using three of my four categories for review as best I could, I eliminated from there and then did a second listening of the remaining 70 or so, this time with another album that I either listened to fully or partially. I got down to 60 and then listened to individual songs to finish out the ranking. It wasn't the perfect way to do it, but I feel like it accomplished what I set out to do.

If it's just for enjoyment and I'm not listening critically, I tend to rotate between 60's-70's classic rock, Renaissance-era choral motets, and Romantic-era symphonies.

I'm still looking for an answer as to how to share music, and thoughts on music, in the best way. I'd say there isn't one way that's always best. Since I've had a lot of musical training and done a lot of reading/thinking about music, setting up a website as my own platform was a good way to go for me. I feel like that is best when there's a large amount of material to talk about, and if it can be formulaic in some way. I've also reached out to Facebook and sites like this one and have liked the results. As long as you believe you have something important to share, any social media outlet seems to do.

Yes, and I love that book! Some of my music collegues didn't like it much because it wasn't academic enough and it seemed to talk down to them, but I found it to be truly insightful as someone who simply appreciates music. Both Copland's book and "How Music Works" by David Byrne were important for me in learning not only how music is perceived, but how to be accepting of many different musical facets and tastes. I liked how Copland explained the music experience as being in layers. There really is no right and wrong in how to experience music; we are all simply on different layers and therefore have different experiences.

I hope this helps!