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Rank/Artist & tags

1 Ulrich Schnauss - ambient chillout electronic
2 Qntal - electronic medieval fusion
3 Armin van Buuren - electronic, progressive trance
4 Above & Beyond - electronic, vocal trance
5 Ladytron - synthpop electronic
6 Falling You - ethereal ambient, female vocals
7 (tie) Dean & Britta - dream pop
7 (tie) Sey Hollo - post-rock instrumental
9 Dash Berlin - electronic, vocal trance
10 Delerium - chillout electronic, female vocals

(source: http://www.last.fm/user/jkwood/charts)

I listen to music a lot. Almost always I listen from my computer or phone, and…

1 Falling You – ethereal ambient, female vocals
2 Within Temptation – symphonic metal, female vocals
3 Shiva in Exile – ethnic electronic, female vocals
4 Burial – ambient dubstep electronic
5 Irfan – ethereal ethnic, female vocals
6 Conjure One – chillout electronic, female vocals
7 Solace – ethnic/world rhythms
8 Amethystium – ambient ethereal electronic
9 Ladytron – synthpop electronic
10 Lycia – ethereal darkwave, female vocals
11 Shiny Toy Guns – alternative electronic

(source: My Last.fm charts) (compare with last year: My Top 10 Musical Artists 2010)

1. Falling You– always a favorite, been in my…

1 Falling You – ethereal ambient, female vocals
2 Within Temptation – symphonic metal, female vocals
3 Shiva in Exile – ethnic electronic, female vocals
4 Burial – ambient dubstep electronic
5 Irfan – ethereal ethnic, female vocals
6 Conjure One – chillout electronic, female vocals
7 Solace – ethnic/world rhythms
8 Amethystium – ambient ethereal electronic
9 Ladytron – synthpop electronic
10 Lycia – ethereal darkwave, female vocals
11 Shiny Toy Guns – alternative electronic

(source: My Last.fm charts) (compare with last year: My Top 10 Musical Artists 2010)

1. Falling You– always a favorite, been in my…

Falling You has a new album out, called "Adore"! Don't miss it. I've reviewed it on my blog, if you care to view it: http://wp.me/p19ZfX-2W

Think of 20 albums that had such a profound effect on you they changed your life or the way you looked at it. They sucked you in and took you over for days, weeks, months, years. These are the albums that you can use to identify time, places, people, emotions. These are the albums that no matter what they were thought of musically shaped your world.

These are my musical influences and history, but not necessarily the albums that would comprise my current top 20 favorites of all time. Some I still listen to, and others I don't, yet they…

No, I don't mean "buzz" as in "what everyone is talking about", but that natural high, the euphoric, blissful trance that the perfect mellow song invokes in a receptive, chilled mood. I'm sure you know what I mean.

Tonight, it was Space Weaver by Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can Dance.

Lisa has a haunting alto vocal style and sings frequently in different languages. She has a voice that makes the lyrics unimportant, as the vocals are an instrument, and the most beautiful one.

1 Tara Vanflower - 18 plays
2 Within Temptation - 11 plays
3 Lycia - 6 plays
4 Dark Muse - 6 plays
5 Not Applicable - 3 plays
6 Evanescence - 2 plays
7 Falling You - 2 plays
8 Blutengel - 2 plays
9 Poe - 1 play
10 Fluffy - 1 play

So it wasn't exactly a very busy week for me musically, at least what got scrobbled. I listened to quite a bit more on my Zune, but can't seem to scrobble that. Most of what I listened to in that last week on the Zune…

If all I listened to was country/western, or punk, or metal, this wouldn't be an issue. As it is, I have pretty varied music tastes, as probably most folks do, and I'm an organization freak.

I have about 4500 tracks in my music library, including some for my kids, like The Wiggles, and some for my wife's excercise classes, and even a few lectures or books in audio format. For this reason, when I'm listening to music while doing something else, I have to pick an artist or album and listen to it through. If I put my player on…

A: adam sandler - Kind of a guilty pleasure. I can't help myself, I think it's hilarious to listen to this man curse.

B: basque - Very chill mellow music for relaxing. Honorable mention goes to bjork, a very close second for the B spot.

C: collide - Female-fronted industrial/electronic. It's sooo good.

D: the doors - Great music, great lyrics, great movie. Second choice would be dark muse, an ethereal/experimental/minimalist artist really good to chill too.

E: evanescence - Her vocals are powerful, but not overpowering, and the music is heavy, but not quite metal. Great combination,…

Well, I can't calculate my Mainstream Percentage this week, due to website problems displaying number of listeners on each artist, so I'll just give a few thoughts about my top 10 for the week.

1 leaves' eyes - 97 plays
2 Nightwish - 64
3 Not Applicable - 59
4 evanescence - 55
5 L`Ame Immortelle - 36
6 Lacuna Coil - 21
7 Estampie - 19
8 Xandria - 19
9 Lycia - 15
10 Grant Lee Buffalo - 13

1. leaves' eyes
As somewhat of a preface to the rest of this journal, I've always had an affinity…