Tag Archive: Posts tagged eMusic
Two Lists at The New Beginning
Posted by Erundur Anwamehtar on January 1st, 2009, at 3:29pm

According to my last.fm charts, these are my most listened to artists and songs from 2008.

Top 20 Artists 2008

  1. Nuuro
  2. Radiohead
  3. Nightwish
  4. Fall Out Boy
  5. Coheed & Cambria
  6. The Weakerthans
  7. Sufjan Stevens
  8. Good Charlotte
  9. Yellowcard
  10. Metric
  11. Gnarls Barkley
  12. The Juliana Theory
  13. Matchbox Twenty
  14. Anberlin
  15. 宇多田ヒカル
  16. Starflyer 59
  17. Acid House King
  18. Thom Yorke
  19. New Found Glory
  20. The Rolling Stones

Top 10 9 Songs 2008

  1. Nightwish – Amaranth
  2. 宇多田ヒカル – Beautiful World
  3. 宇多田ヒカル – Kiss & Cry
  4. 宇多田ヒカル – HEART STATION
  5. 宇多田ヒカル – Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)
  6. Driving East – Beat It
  7. Nightwish – Cadence of Her Last Breath
  8. Nightwish – The Poet And The Pendulum
  9. 宇多田ヒカル – Stay Gold

The obvious trend this year is my fascination with foreign artists. The top four artists this year consist of Nuuro (Venezuelan electronica), Radiohead (British alternative-rock), Nightwish (Finnish orchestra-metal), and 宇多田ヒカル/”Utada Hikaru” (Japanese pop).

Towards the end of the year I acquired a lot of music through good deals on Amazon MP3 via a partnership with AbsolutePunk.net to provide “Cheap Music” from recommended bands.

Through the deals, I got good prices and picked up albums from City & Colour, Lydia, The Graduate, Anberlin, and Fall Out Boy.

I started of 2009 by picking up Astronautalis – “Pomegranate,” and albums from Coldplay, Death Cab for Cutie, and Snow Patrol.

My eMusic subscription kicked back in after Christmas and I grabbed albums from Brave Saint Saturn, Nightwish, and Pinback.

What do I expect for 2009?
I’m diving back into the pop-punk/indie scene music through AbsolutePunk’s recommendations and getting exposure to a lot of music I wouldn’t otherwise have time to track down myself. I expect that to continue.

I’m also buying a lot more digital music as stores are realizing they can sell more for cheaper prices. With my 120gb iPod, I can hold A LOT of music without taking up any extra space on my bedroom shelves. I still prefer to have the case, but if the price is $3.99 on sale vs. $9.99 or $14.99, digital will win my heart.

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Closer Than You Remember
Posted by Erundur Anwamehtar on June 7th, 2007, at 12:40pm

Paul McCartney on eMusic? Weird. Dropkick Murphy’s on eMusic? Expected.

A guy at work yesterday gave me tickets to a Sum 41 concert. I got home and realized the concert had just ended and he was wrong about what day the show was on. So much for that idea.

Today I’m chilling out. I canceled my World of Warcraft account and am gonna demo another MMORPG instead. The good news is I can always go back to WoW and get my characters back. I just haven’t been playing lately because it got boring and my friends were never on at the same time I was.

My big goals for the day are buying a couple light bulbs and laundry detergent. Thrilling, neh?

I’ve been watching a lot of Deadliest Catch lately. There’s no way I’m ever getting on a fishing/crabbing boat. I would be a terrible greenhorn. It’s a lot of fun to watch though. Aside from that, my summer shows are going to consist of Mythbusters and So You Think You Can Dance. One of these things is not like the other ones… so I wish I could break dance.

Work’s been going okay. My April performance sucked and I got talked to about it, but the initial numbers for May look good and now my boss is asking me how I’d feel about becoming a coach somewhere down the line.

“If I don’t move to Japan first, sure.” See, it’s my freshest dream. I’ve gotta have somewhere new to go. Yesterday for a few moments I thought to myself, “wow, I almost like my job today.” But it’s the urge I have to constantly seek out new worlds. My brother Isaac is the same. Either Marines or the coast for him. Jesse’s a bit different, but he wants to move to either Vegas or San Diego. One [whatever I am], one military wannabe, and one rockstar wannabe. I guess [whatever I am] is some sort of wannabe just looking for my own place in the world, too.

And if I don’t get there, who cares? As long as I don’t stop moving, I’m okay with whatever comes my way.

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