Music Exploration – 30 Artists, 90+ new songs

• January 13, 2020
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I decided that last quarter I wanted to do an exploration of music I’d never heard before. I decided to try at least 30 artists with at least 3 songs from the artist that I’d never heard before. Sometimes I knew of the artist, but I didn’t know any songs they produced. Sometimes I even know of the artist, knew of some songs they’d written. I didn’t want to include those songs I had already heard here, but I felt I still wanted to explore more of their music. However, this exploration was mainly artists that I’d never heard before – especially as I kept going. The main goal was to listen to at least 90 new songs in the quarter. It took me longer than the quarter, but I’m glad I completed it. I also wanted to stay completely away from RnB and rap music because I listen to so much of those genres already. These are in the order that I explored them in.

Before I list the songs, here are some things I’ve learned throughout all this:

• Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference between Rnb and Pop. I wanted to steer clear of Rnb and rap, but that wasn’t as easy to do as I thought.
• Some songs are too dark and murky for me. At a point in my life, I might have listened to them, but some were borderline agonizing to listen to.
• I like what I like. I still like Rnb and Rap. The songs I really liked and wanted to keep in rotation (there were some) had an Rnb feel to them.
• The extremes stood out and were therefore more memorable…even if I didn’t necessarily like them. I guess this is because we remember what violates our expectations.
• This exploration showed me how many ways you can actually deliver value through music. It was great to get exposure to the many different ways individuals expressed themselves through this medium.
• This made me really appreciate Rnb and rap even more and start looking for more songs. I found some new great Rnb artists I like and more music from Rnb artists I already knew. It was like venturing out made me appreciate what I have even more. I heard this from open relationships too? I wonder what people in open relationships think about this.

Cher  – Have heard a lot about her, but never payed attention to her music

• Song For Lonely
• Bang Bang
• Half Breed
• If I Could Turn Back Time (pretty cool music video here)
• Woman’s World
• We All Sleep Alone
• Gypsy’s, Tramps, & Thieves

Prince  – Wonder what the mystique is all about

• Let’s Go Crazy
• U Got The Look
• Erotic City (my favorite of the prince songs I heard)
• The Beautiful Ones (interesting screaming at the end)
• Pop Life

Lenny Kravitz  – Have been curious about his music

• Are You Gonna Go My Way
• Believe
• I Belong To You
• Rock & Roll is Dead
• Mr. Cab Driver – interesting song about a racist cab driver

Rema  – Amazon Music recommendation

• Corny
• Dumb
• Iron Man

Robert Schuman

• Kinderszenen, Op. 15 (played by Martha Argerich)
• Fantasie, Op. 17 (by Evgeny Kissin)
• Kreisleriana, OP. 16

Madonna

• Crazy For You
• La Isla Bonita
• Into the Groove
• True Blue
• Borderline

The Beatles

• Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
• You Never Give Me Your Money
• Penny Lane

Elton John

• Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me
• I’m Still Standing
• Don’t go Breaking My Heart
• Bennie And The Jets
• Crocodile Rock

Ya know…with Madonna, The Beatles and Elton John I feel like I’ve heard their music in so many places, but many times didn’t connect the music with that particular artist.

Harry Styles – my style of music but more pop style, recommended by Google Play Music

• Adore you
• Watermelon Sugar
• Lights Up
• Cherry

Thomas Rhett – saw him on Kennedy Center Honors

• That Old Truck
• Look What God Gave
• Center Point Rd (ft. Kelsea Ballerini)

Depeche Mode – couldn’t get into this type of music, at least not these songs I listened to

• Just Can’t Get Enough
• Enjoy the Silence
• Everything Counts

Bonobo – like that there weren’t words in many of his songs (if not all?), but great music

• Linked
• Cirrus
• Kong
• Kiara

Daft Punk – blend between techno / and RnB

• Give Life Back to Music
• The Game of Love
• Giorgio by Moroder

I am Jen – unique style, really like the intro music

• Broken in all the right places
• Neon Zee
• At the Same Time
• Blowing My Mind (like this piano intro)

Ben Folds – pretty funny music…might be the most memorable for me so far :joy:

• Effington
• Bitch Went Nuts
• Brainwascht
• Kylie from Connecticut (I like this one)

Nils Frahm – I could see this music used in slow parts of movies…not really feeling it though

• Familiar
• Some
• Our Own Roof

Infected Mushroom

• U R So Fucked (probably not the best idea to start with this one…this is scary)
• Serve My Thirst – sounds like it could be used on a video game…they got skills
• I Shine
• Drum n Bassa

Daneil Padim

• Harmonics Got Crazy
• Waiting For You
• Fridays Beauty

Dido

• Hurricanes
• Take You Home
• Some Kind of Love

Ionnalee – kinda dark and quirky

• Open Sea
• Wipe It Off
• Some Body

Marmozets

• Why Do You Hate Me? (interesting screaming sections)
• Captivate You
• Play
• Born Young and Free (very stark and definite contrast between melody park and screaming section)

Led Zeppelin

• Immigrant Song
• Stairway to Heaven
• Rock and Roll
• Black Doll (like this one because of the off beat unusual rhythm that works)
• Ramble On (like this one too)

Muse – I like the album art…colorful

• Uprising
• Madness
• Starlight

Franz Ferdinand – every artist below this point was found by Google Play Music

• No You Girls
• Take me Out
• Do you want to

Justice – like this

• Pleasure
• Alakazam!
• Fire

Tori Amos – too dark

• Broken Arrow
• Cloud Riders
• Up the creek

Janis Joplin

• Down On Me
• Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)
• Cry Baby

Patti Smith

• Free Money
• Redondo Beach
• Kimberly

Bee Gees

• How Deep is Your Love
• Jive Talkin’
• Night Fever
• More than a woman

Billie Eilish

• bad guy
• bury a friend
• when the partys over
• lovely