Musicplasma
Here's an interesting little diversion: Musicplasma.
You start typing in some of your favorite musical artists, and it shows you very similar aritsts whose work you might enjoy, in a neat "map" format.
My own musical tastes are so wildly diverse I don't find this all that useful. I have about 2,000 CDs, of every musical style you've ever heard of and probably some you haven't. Still, if you find a unique artist in a style you've never heard before but that you really like, this is probably a very useful tool
That's pretty cool. I have very strange, but narrow tastes in music. The interesting that was how people I have found appear close to the few names I put it.
For example, my number one favorite is Etta James. Eva Cassidy was a recent discovery, and she came up near Etta, with new folks I've never heard of, but are very cool (Diana Krall). I put in Harry Connick, Jr, and I get smack dab in the middle of a bunch of people I like--names I've never heard of.
NEAT! Kim will hate you (music is the ONE thing we disagree on) for helping me locate more folks I like.
are there any gay songs in there?
Current CD stack:
Tony Bennet: Perfectly Frank (Sinatra standards)
The Persuasions: Frankly Accapella (Zappa instrumentals)
Stephen Hough: Cézar Franck Piano Music
By the Rivers of Babylon: Timeless Hymns of Rastafari
Robert Miller: Sound Forms for Piano (John Cage and the like)
Doc Watson: Docabilly
Dick's Picks, Volume 6: Grateful Dead, Hartford, 10-14-83
Notwist: Golden Neon
Will I just wind up with their entire database?
What are CDs?
Mrs. du Toit and Tim...all I can say is..ha,ha,ha,...oh, te..he..he..he..and he got ya guys on the dang bird! Is it any wonder I love the kid!?!
Ha,ha, (pulling my head back, laughing and sides are splitting) yep...I even do a funny snort my youngest kid sad one time...
Apparently it's dead now.
musicplasma is ok now
www.allmusic.com is similar, except it doesn't have the fancy graphics. And the left hand links to albums at Amazon on Musicplasma is a very nice feature.