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Re: Music Fandom Maps

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Post by excalibur »

hammock wrote: post #9
vmarshall23 wrote: post #4

Wow. Other than Metallica, I don't own an album by any of these people, and other than Metallica and Michael Jackson, I don't think I'd be able to name a single song by the few others that I do recognize the name. Oh, and I'm using the word "album". That probably explains it all ... :-)

You're using the word album, you're referring to "owning" music, and appears you're unfamiliar with any new music from the last 20 years. Time to switch to spotify.

I'm in almost the same boat. (I can name some Linkin Park songs, but I'm not thrilled about it.) I have of course listened to plenty of new music in the past 20 years, but at this point I rarely pay attention to anything other than new releases from bands I already enjoy (and limited attention at that). Today I primarily listen to Pandora, which I naturally have tuned to my own tastes.

While it's surely attributable to me getting older, my experience remains valid, and in my experience the overwhelming majority of new music is shit. I'm not completely unaware of Bruno Mars' existence and poised to be blown away when I sit down and listen to his stuff, because I've heard it, and it's terrible. The same goes for quite a few (but by no means all) of the acts mentioned in the article.

Re: Music Fandom Maps

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Post by TheTruestKyle »

jbob2000 wrote: post #6
vmarshall23 wrote: post #4

Wow. Other than Metallica, I don't own an album by any of these people, and other than Metallica and Michael Jackson, I don't think I'd be able to name a single song by the few others that I do recognize the name. Oh, and I'm using the word "album". That probably explains it all ... :-)

Their analysis is biased. Young people predominantly use digital services to consume music, whereas older generations still use CDs and the radio. As an anecdote, the older I get, the less music I listen to. It used to be a big part of my identity, but now I just listen to music if it sounds good or if I need something to drown out the noise around me.

What are you considering old in this situation?

Re: Music Fandom Maps

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Post by DKnoll »

excalibur wrote: post #11
hammock wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're using the word album, you're referring to "owning" music, and appears you're unfamiliar with any new music from the last 20 years. Time to switch to spotify.

I'm in almost the same boat. (I can name some Linkin Park songs, but I'm not thrilled about it.) I have of course listened to plenty of new music in the past 20 years, but at this point I rarely pay attention to anything other than new releases from bands I already enjoy (and limited attention at that). Today I primarily listen to Pandora, which I naturally have tuned to my own tastes. While it's surely attributable…

What bands do you enjoy?

Re: Music Fandom Maps

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Post by Gargoyle »

brookside wrote: post #7
the_cat_kittles wrote: post #5

are these maps using county boundaries? i would prefer something like kernel density or normalizing for county population or something... but still very cool. mississippi louisiana alabama georgia seem to be one pole, and everywhere else the other.

Likely correlating with race: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_African...

Even more specific, you can see the Black Belt very clearly in a lot of the maps. Some artists correlate very positively, some very negatively.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Belt_(U.S._region)

Re: Music Fandom Maps

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Post by Gargoyle »

the_cat_kittles wrote: post #5

are these maps using county boundaries? i would prefer something like kernel density or normalizing for county population or something... but still very cool. mississippi louisiana alabama georgia seem to be one pole, and everywhere else the other.

Edit- No, it's actually not counties. There are more divisions on the map in Northern Arizona than there are counties there. Not sure what the divisions are. Zip code maybe?

Re: Music Fandom Maps

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Post by CharlesW »

hammock wrote: post #9
vmarshall23 wrote: post #4

Wow. Other than Metallica, I don't own an album by any of these people, and other than Metallica and Michael Jackson, I don't think I'd be able to name a single song by the few others that I do recognize the name. Oh, and I'm using the word "album". That probably explains it all ... :-)

You're using the word album, you're referring to "owning" music, and appears you're unfamiliar with any new music from the last 20 years. Time to switch to spotify.

> You're using the word album, you're referring to "owning" music, and appears you're unfamiliar with any new music from the last 20 years.

"Album" is just a collection, and applies whether or not you own it. The word is used all over Spotify, iTunes, and other online music services as an organizational unit.

Fun fact: "Record album" used to mean a literal album — a bound collection of sleeves containing records. This was necessary since 12-inch 78s only held about 4-5 minutes of audio per side.

Re: Music Fandom Maps

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Post by thrownblown »

akhilcacharya wrote: post #18
landonalder wrote: post #3

Montanans really love their Eminem

Fun thing to think about - someone on twitter brought up that the Eminem map looks a lot like the Obama to Trump swing map. From what Maine, Michigan and Pennsylvania look like I think it's a decent match.

Roughnecks love them some Eminem.
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