The latest in the IndieWeb community’s blog challenges is the Music Questions Challenge. Similar to the last blogging challenge I did, it consists of a series of questions that I’ll answer throughout.

I got the idea from Flamed Fury & The Shrediverse (though no one “tagged” me, I’m goin’ for it anyway).

Music Challenge Questions

Here are the 10 questions that make up the “Music Questions Challenge”.

What are five of your favorite albums?

I recently wrote about my “Zero-skip albums”, but though I like each song on those albums, that doesn’t necessarily make them my favorite. Though there is plenty of cross-over between that list and the one below. Here’s my five favorites (in no particular order)…

Hybrid Theory, Linkin Park: THE formative music for me. I still love it the same as I did in like middle school.
A Night at the Opera, Blind Guardian: If you like power metal (and you should), this is the band you should listen to. This album is haunting and beautiful.
In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3, Coheed and Cambria: First heard this in highschool. Coheed is one of my favorite artists of all time and this is my favorite of their albums.
Jackpot Juicer, Dance Gavin Dance: I love every song on this album just-about. It’s one of my go-tos for working out too.
Close to the Edge, Yes: I went through a big Yes phase around my college years. This album was on constant repeat. I don’t listen to it nearly as much nowadays, but it forever remains in my top albums list.

Some honorable mentions…

The Yes Album, Yes
Us Against the Crown, State Radio
Gravity, Our Lady Peace
Happiness…Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch, Our Lady Peace
Deloused in the Comatorium, The Mars Volta
Treehouse, I See Stars
Believe, Disturbed
Random Access Memories, Daft Punk
The Afterman: Descension, Coheed and Cambria
No World for Tomorrow, Coheed and Cambria
Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Coheed and Cambria
Saturate, Breaking Benjamin
Make Yourself, Incubus

What are five of your favorite songs?

Ooph, choosing just five is tough. But here goes… (will save my #1 favorite for later, so there’s a bonus here.)

No Leaf Clover, Metallica
In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3, Coheed and Cambria
Civil War, Guns & Roses
And Then There Was Silence, Blind Guardian
Close to the Edge, Yes (The Yessongs Live version)

Favorite Instrument(s)?

I guess probably guitar.

What song or album are you current listening to?

Most recently I’ve been listening to the Weeknd’s new album, Hurry Up Tomorrow. But since writing this piece I’ve been listening to various of my favorites listed throughout this piece. At this exact moment, I’m listening to Close To The Edge.

Do you listen to the radio? If so, how often?

Nope. Though I do listen to Apple Music “radio stations” from time to time to discover new music.

How often do you listen to music?

Every day, multiple times a day. I’ll listen to music while I work, while I clean up around the house, and (loudly) when I work out.

How often do you discover music? And how do you discover music?

Not as often as I should. I go through spurts of discovery a few times a year at best. I primarly discover music through Apple Music stations that I create based on other music I like. Though I’ve been increasingly discovering music via social media. Shoutout to @jcrabapple!

What’s a song or album that you enjoy that you wish had more recognition?

This is an interesting question for me. Honestly I don’t have a great sense of what songs/albums/artists have what recognition. The album From One by Ra is amazing and I really have never heard of anyone talk about this artist before. Go listen to it!

What’s your favourite song of all time?

This one was painfully tough. But I gotta go with Stairway.

Has your taste in music evolved over the years?

In some ways yes, in other ways eh… I have a huge music library and enjoy a lot of different things. But when it comes to music I actually put on and listen to, my taste has been the same for a decent while now. I previously wrote about music that is particularly nostalgic for me, but this doesn’t necssarily reflect all I was listening to throughout the years. An attempt to “sum up” my music taste(s) throughout the years is below…

Pre-High School: Linkin Park, Papa Roach and similar stuff.
High School: Coheed and Cambria, In Flames, other death metal, Led Zeppelin, Lots of classic rock
College: Yes, State Radio
Post-College-Now: I find myself listening to a lot of rock and metal, so pretty similar to how it’s always beeen. Notably less classic rock in my routine listening fwiw.

Next up, I challenge/tag CMDR Nova & Apis Necros!

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