You can compute your own score at http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/eclectic.php

Take your top 20 artists. For each of these artists, collect the top 5 similar artists. The resulting number of unique artists is your eclectic score. If the score is small (extreme = 5) your musical preferences are very limited, and if it is large (extreme = 100), then you have an eclectic musical preference.

My eclectic score is currently

62/100

The 62 related artists for my profile are 3 doors down acceptance afi angra armor for sleep (3) as tall as lions ayreon beyond twilight brand new cartel (2) casey…

Lame as I am, seeing a similar entry in a another one´s journal, I have stolen the idea to make such a little thread for you. Just choose between the given bands and answer with your preference into my journal =]
Certain bands might appear several times, but in different constellations. Sure, you do not need to deal with each number, if you do not want.

1.
a) The Receiving End of Sirens<—
b) The Dear Hunter

2.
a) Saosin<—
b) Don't Look Down

3.
a) Saosin
b) Circa Survive<—

4.
a) The Used<—
b) My…

The Receiving End of Sirens

It is scary to experience that I get into the most bands first after having listened to them a certain time. And it was the same with The Receiving End of Sirens and their album Between the Heart and the Synapse.
At first the band could not impress me at all and I was listening just a bit to the catchier poppy song Planning a Prison Break. But more and more I got startled by the amazing quality of the other songs and the whole album at last. Especially the lyrics and the…

Well, surely you haven´t heard of me, yet. But I would rather wonder if you had. My name is Roman Schneider and I am playing the guitar since 5 years. Six months ago I´ve started with singing and writing songs at the same time.
I would call the style some kind of "emo-song writing" because it is still only guitar music combined with vocals. I always liked very emotional music and that´s probably why my own one is extremely such kind - maybe ExtrEmo =D.

I´ve uploaded some songs on my artist page, so you can give it a try…

Hey doods,

i got two groups i still need a lot of members to join. if you are so kind to do me a favor please do so. =]

1. sadnessless

2. happinessless

have fun and listen on
roman

Saosin is a part of sordid emo history. Anthony Green´s new project Circa Survive differs much from the older one and discloses a completely groundbreaking art of composing melancholic, spherical and athmospheric music.

I have got to admit honestly my first impressions of the album Juturna has been miserable. Nearly all songs sounded similar to me and the whole thing had not enough punch inside. I really have been wondering why my buddy adored this band that much. Nevertheless I listened on to it and after having payed the group some more attention I started to like it somehow. Its…

In the past few weeks I´ve been listening closer to the band. The All-American Rejects have released two lps which differ very much from each other. While their first album The All-American Rejects features pretty simple and in my humble opinion very naive pop/emo songs, the band obviously seems to have grown up, the last one Move Along has much more to offer in my musical point of view. Especially songs like the homonymous Move Along, It ends tonight, Straightjacket Feeling and Cant take it let one suggest a clear development from the former childish punk style to…

At the current moment I listen to the band again and I feel heavily obliged to write a journal especially for My Chemical Romance. I really have to say that their songs are always able make me sentimental. =] Just so crazy, how Gerard´s voice sounds and how much power he puts in it. He knows how to emphasise a situation dramatically or tragically.

But it´s not only Gerard´s voice which makes MCR´s music so unique and wonderfully great. Obviously the singer could not become sentimental at all, while performing, if his lyrics do not have any influence on…

I'll just list some of my favourite guitar players and comment on their style by mentioning what I like most of it.

1. Tony MacAlpine

I love his whole character and all his playing manners. He actually is a pianist but his skills and compositions with the guitar are very formidable. Tony shows much innovation in his pieces; every composition has something unique. If you go for great harmonies and melodies and also love overdriven guitar sounds with long sustain it should appeal to you.

Premonition
Evolution
Violent Machine
Maximum Security
Edge Of Insanity
Chromaticity

2. Vinnie Moore

His music…

After having recommended this great album to another user, cause it's my absolute favourite of Time Requiem, I afterwards came to the nonsensical idea to create my own top list of all songs from The Inner Circle Of Reality.

1. Hidden Memories

2. Quest of a Million Souls

3. Definition of Insanity

4. Dreams of Tomorrow

5. The Inner Circle of Reality

6. Reflections

7. Attar of Roses

8. Bach Prelude Variation (J.S. Bach)

9. Voulez Vous

How would you have placed the songs?