Member Interviews: Interview Thread (soundtrack, tickets, electronic, blues, dance)

[TheBig3]

jove.janszoon: I think it's a product of growing musical hunger to be sure. The more I hear, the more I want to hear. But technology is also a big factor too. It's so much easier than it used to be to get a ton of music fast. Pretty much if you have a slight interest in something you can get a hold of it almost instantly whereas it used to be that you'd have to take a trip to the record store and, at least in my case, spend a couple hours perusing the racks.
Sent at 1:32 PM on Wednesday

me: Ha! Would you like a minute to put a "back in my day" rant in here?
Do you feel as if you're less likely to give albums a chance these days as opposed to what you might have given them in the past?
Sent at 1:33 PM on Wednesday

jove.janszoon: No, I think it's the reverse actually. Because music is so easy to get a hold of now I think I more likely to check something out on a whim than I used to.
Sent at 1:35 PM on Wednesday

me: Oh sure, but lets say the first 3 tracks don't do it for you. Do you listen to track 12?
Sent at 1:36 PM on Wednesday

jove.janszoon: Usually, yeah. I try to listen to every album I check out all the way through at least once. Sometimes I do start skipping around a bit if it's really not doing it for me though.
Sent at 1:38 PM on Wednesday

me: Is there a style you don't listen to very much, just something that never got its claws into you?
Sent at 1:41 PM on Wednesday

jove.janszoon: Probably modern R&B, by which I mean R&B from the 80s or later. I like the occasional modern R&B artist, like Jill Scott, but overall it's a style of music that bores the pants off me.

me: and humorously, its heavily electronic.

jove.janszoon: Sort of.

me: The impression I get from it most times its the heir to the Disco style, very Producer heavy, not much in the way of substance, just sort of a dance number to keep the crowd moving
Sent at 1:46 PM on Wednesday

jove.janszoon: A lot of it is very centered on the vocals too and it often turns into what I perceive a the vocal equivalent of Steve Vai wanking away on a guitar.

me: And now with Auto-tune
What would the MB posters be most surprised to hear you're interested in?

jove.janszoon: Musically?

me: No, zoologically
Yes musically

jove.janszoon: Pandas.

me: You seem like more of a fish kind-of-guy

jove.janszoon: But seriously, I'm not sure. Maybe Billy Idol? I've been a huge Billy Idol fan since I was in my late teens, which was probably during the nadir of his popularity.
Sent at 1:52 PM on Wednesday

me: Should I ask how you felt about "scream"?
Sent at 1:54 PM on Wednesday

jove.janszoon: It was pretty good but there are a couple songs I like better on that album. That's said, it's easily his worst record.

me: Old age can do that to people.
So I've kept you now for ~ 2 hours. Is there anything you'd like to throw out there we haven't touched on?
Sent at 1:57 PM on Wednesday

jove.janszoon: Yeah, old age and heroin.
Sent at 1:58 PM on Wednesday

jove.janszoon: As far as something else we haven't touched on, I guess maybe it's the people who helped get me sucked into MB when I did first get sucked in back in 2008: Jackhammer, Urban, Right-Track, Minstrel (where ever he/she has gone), Mr Dave, you... and I'm sure there's a bunch of people who aren't springing to mind after several drinks here.
Sent at 2:03 PM on Wednesday

me: Minstrel...Not familiar. Must be a denizen of one forum only

jove.janszoon: Minstrel was great low-profile poster. Really knowledgeable and very easy to talk to.
Sent at 2:05 PM on Wednesday

me: We lose quite a few great posters and I'm never sure why. I get that people leave, but to never check in once in awhile seems odd to me
Sent at 2:07 PM on Wednesday

jove.janszoon: Yeah, it's a bummer.
Sent at 2:08 PM on Wednesday

me: Alright man well thanks for chatting it up with me. I'm going to throw this up there. I'm hoping to get these things a little more directed. Maybe interviews about movements in music. If I can, I hope you'll come back for those.

jove.janszoon: That sounds like a cool idea, let me know if and when you do it. Thanks for chatting!
Sent at 2:11 PM on Wednesday