www.gnoosic.com - give it three favorite artists, it'll spit back a list of artists, one at a time, that it thinks you might like.

If you know the artist, select "like" or "dislike" to continue.

Else, select "don't know".

In the end, you'll be presented a summation which you can use for discovery.

Alternatively, one could sample each of the "don't know" artists on the fly and then answer as to whether they fell in to the like or dislike categories.

Here's the results from the first round:
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The first suggestion was Gaudi, which I immediately recognized as a…

Recommended Songs (sorted by most recommended songs)

Over Our Heads : Zero 7 (Score = 139.92)
Silent Running : Carbon Based Lifeforms (Score = 96.08)
Central Plains : Carbon Based Lifeforms (Score = 94.82)
Ramblin' Man : Lemon Jelly (Score = 77.63)
Let Go : Kosheen (Score = 77.34)
Good Bye Emily Feat. Gabriella Hanninen : Parov Stelar (Score = 77.34)
Sunset Spirals Take 2 : Xploding Plastix (Score = 76.55)
The Shen : Infected Mushroom (Score = 66.15)
Radian : Air (Score = 64.71)
People in the City : Air (Score = 63.21)
Billy The Kid Strikes Back :…

Recommended Songs (sorted by most recommended songs)

Over Our Heads : Zero 7 (Score = 139.92)
It Could Be Sweet : Portishead (Score = 120.54)
Let It Go : Boney James (Score = 111.77)
Hypnotic : Boney James (Score = 105.25)
Infinite Regression : Quantic (Score = 97.47)
The Dream : David Sanborn (Score = 95.34)
Schmaltz Herring : Shpongle (Score = 94.11)
The Total Experience : Boney James (Score = 87.8)
Levitation Nation : Shpongle (Score = 85.95)
Angels : Wax Poetic (Score = 85.64)
Frozen Angels : Zoë Keating (Score = 83.41)
Long Road Ahead : Quantic (Score…

Ok, so a significant part of the draw to Last.fm has always been the recommendations.

You listen to a bunch of tracks that you like and through the magic of databases, algorithms, and other listeners with similar tastes; you're presented with artist recommendations courtesy of the machine.

Their used to be a sweet feature subset of the recommendation engine that allowed groups and other users to send you recommendations to which you could also mix in to your musical discovery journey.

Unfortunately with the most recent 'overhaul' of the site, group recommendations went away completely and personal recommendations went to…

Acoustic Eidolon (173) make, as their name might suggest, idyllic music of an acoustic nature.

Joe Scott (on guitjo - a hybrid two-neck acoustic guitar) and Hannah Alkire (on cello) write and/or arrange nearly all the compositions in addition to performing, engineering, mixing and producing all their releases. When the artist is capable of seeing their creations through from vision to finished product without undue influence or interference from other parties, the resulting body of work is usually quite the better for it.

Acoustic Eidolon's creations exemplify this ideal.

Both instrumentalists bring with them a rich and varied background of…

Summer is here,
the Crawfish are plentiful,
and the beer is cold.

http://www.mudbugmadness.com/img/logo.jpg

And all these folks are here to entertain:
(*) indicates link off site

On the Madness Stage, featuring the best in Cajun and Zydeco music:
Along for the Ride
David Egan & 20 Years of Trouble (David Egan)
Red Beans & Rice Revue*
Buckwheat Zydeco
Cajun Dixon Line*
Hunter Hayes
Big Al & the Heavyweights
Jamie Bergeron & Kickin’ Cajuns*
The Zydepunks
Jeremy & the Zydeco Hot Boyz
Cajun Nation (Cajun Nation*
Rockin Jake
Knight Train
Amanda Shaw & the Cute Guys
Red Stick Ramblers…

Last.fm-Mainstream-O-Meter result

• 1 - Acoustic Alchemy: 5,908 listeners
• 2 - Zero 7: 224,579 listeners
• 3 - Kilauea: 37 listeners
• 4 - Ehren Starks: 1,314 listeners
• 5 - 3rd Force: 1,016 listeners
• 6 - Thievery Corporation: 192,833 listeners
• 7 - Collective Soul: 81,718 listeners
• 8 - Fourplay: 8,292 listeners
• 9 - Rippingtons: 1,830 listeners
• 10 - Bob James: 12,948 listeners
• 11 - AIR: 347,189 listeners
• 12 - Delerium: 95,556 listeners
• 13 - Fariborz Lachini: 4,213 listeners
• 14 - Spyro Gyra: 9,714 listeners
• 15 - Jeff Kashiwa: 2,437 listeners
• 16 - David Benoit: 7,626 listeners
• 17 - Enya: 181,096 listeners
• 18 -…

Ever listen to a song and think it sounds familiar even though you've never heard this exact song before?

Inspiration perhaps, but not about copying. I'm not refering to covers (or standards), sampling or even re-mixing.

This is more about borrowing the elements, the parameters or feel of one song and using that to inspire a completely different work.

I notice it all the time, and am making a list of a few recent discoveries here for sake of posterity.

alma de la calle sounds like one.
Don't laugh if you're familiar with one or the other or even…

For those of us in or near the Ark-La-Tex there's an annual event fast approaching which we all look forward to.

http://redriverrevel.com/images/logo.gif

The advent of the Red River Revel (official site) brings with it not only a cornucopia of fun food, eclectic art and a mix of marvoulous musical talent; but also the beginning of a respite from the arduous heatwave that is summer in Louisiana.

Diversity of experience is a lot of what the yearly Revels are all about.

There's artist galore bringing their craft from all points far and wide. The culinary offerings cover the gamut of taste…

I should call this my extended personal recommended list.

The sole purpose of this journal entry is to store a handful of artists / albums / tracks which have been recommended to me or that I've stumbled across and would like to review.

These may have been personally recommended to me from friends, neighbors or fellow group members. They also come from similar artists (on a liked artist page), something I heard on my launchcast radio station, etc.

Only at the time of their addition to this list they are not yet streamable on last.fm

This clutters up my recommended…