So tomorrow is exactly 18 months since I wrote my first journal entry on here, which was my top fifteen artists at the time. Thought I'd do an update.

The first number to the left represents the artists current place within my top fifteen, the number that follows the ^ is how many plays they have gotten in 18 months (since my last entry) and the last number to the right is the former place they were when I wrote about my top fifteen 18 months ago. Blue represents no change of place or a new entry, red represents they…

Compile a list of your top 20 artists overall, then for each of these artists, add the seven most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, then count up the number of unique entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste, while a score of 160 represents an extremely varied one.

The Birthday Massacre
- I:Scintilla
- Helalyn Flowers
- Ayria
- Mankind Is Obsolete
- Scarling.
- Jakalope
- Jack Off Jill

Nightwish
- Tarja
- Epica
-…

1. What are you listening to right now?
Sæglópur by Sigur Rós.

2. What song makes you sad?
A lot do. Illusion by VNV Nation, Limbo by Ludovico Einaudi, Wait by M83, Stay With Me by Clint Mansell… I have a playlist for songs like this. (click)

3. What is the most annoying song in the world?
I Gotta Feeling by Black Eyed Peas.

4. Your all-time favourite band?
Sigur Rós.

5. Your newly discovered band is?
Mew.

6. Best female voice?
Tarja Turunen and Susanne Sundfør.

7. Best male voice?…

I should really be doing my university assignments, but I get so easily distracted and here I find myself writing a journal. I need to focus! After this, after this. Basically, I thought I would write a little journal on how I discovered my top 15 artists (by plays) on last.fm. Pretty much because I thought it would be interesting and because I want to.

The Birthday Massacre (1,955 plays)
Discovered while dossing in college back in the middle of 2010. Me and my friend (cassidy_akira) were in the library, on the computers and watching videos on YouTube. After watching…