Discussions → Which other libraries might be interesting for you? (work in progress)

Hello,
I'm building a map of musical neighbours for this group.

For more info see this example and
if you want to help: see group 6 degrees.


For the moment we have this small chain (group members are large font).
I'll keep this post updated over time (I know one small chain does not tell much yet, but keep thinking of the bigger picture in the future ;-))

Your thoughts and suggestions are welcome!


Erkan-Yilmaz -> altan317 -> renklikalem -> very_foreign -> BlackAmnesias -> ozyreus -> esinesen

Harry_01 -> mkoutsoubis490 -> kidxchemicals14

RadioFloyd123 -> ThePunisherGE -> dumshuk -> JunkyardRock -> JeanValjean1830 -> component -> deborah_die

hey, im afraid you did not state the purpose of the thing. what are the benefits in short?

Interesting idea - tried both radios and my thoughts are:
fernandodio: Lots of artists I had heard already but one or two new ones that I found interesting
zeitenzauberer: Many artists I had not heard before, most of which did not appeal despite our tastes being 'Super'.

This looks quite an interesting project. My own neighbours list seems to be based on a very narrow selection of artists, most of which I have played a lot recently.

Anyway, at the moment I am listening to the library of ratmankey. I am quite high in his neighbours list, but he doesn't appear in mine at all. Our compatability is stated to be Medium.

I heard a range of music I was familiar with - a handful ofpunk bands and many that would fit under the genral description of "Indie". Of those, ratmankey's taste tended more towards Grunge / Alt Rock / Post-Hardcore than what I regularly listen to, so I got to hear several artists of interest. I also heard quite a lot of music I don't normally listen to - Soul / Funk / Pop and some Hip-Hop.

Our tastes quite clearly overlap in just a few areas, so the medium compatability rating was I think fair. Overall, I listened for just under 5 hours while doing other things. Such a listeners library is fine in those circumstances, but for dedicated listening I would probably want someone with higher compatability.

My other recommended neighbour does have that, and I will post again when I get the chance to check his library some time later this week. I'll probably also do the same for one of my own neighbours to compare at some time as well.

Very interesting information! Thank you!

You can also filter personal libraries by tags now, so you can e.g. only listen to the classical music of any Last.fm user. See this support forum thread for more info, as it is not fully implemented in Last.fm yet.

Statistics.

That seems to be the number one thing. I can say that about my experiences with last.fm. Although I'm not schooled in this science, my rudimentary grasp of the subject enabled me to reach goals in creating a successful social networking scene, far superior to facebook or myspace.

I feel rewarded with regard to the musical experience, and most of the people I've interacted with, have enjoyed a mutually beneficial state of awareness.

As far as this group is concerned, although I don't understand it all, I find the hidden tools to last.fm, accessible through this group, to exceed previously held expectations regarding last.fm.

I have one neighbour in this group. The music is good, but it amuses me, because these are tunes I have forgotten about, for decades, literally.

I also appreciate that last.fm is tolerating everything going on here. It either shows great awareness and acceptance on their part, if they know what's going on, or conversely the opposite, if we are completely 'under the radar.'

So, once again, thanks for creating this group.