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Music Questions Challenge <p>The latest in the IndieWeb community’s <em>blog challenges</em> is the <strong>Music Questions Challenge</strong>. Similar to the <a href="https://shellsharks.com/get-to-know-my-blog#title">last blogging challenge</a> I did, it consists of a <a href="https://shellsharks.com/music-questions-challenge#music-challenge-questions">series of questions</a> that I’ll answer throughout.</p><p>I got the idea from <a href="https://flamedfury.com/posts/music-questions-challenge/">Flamed Fury</a> & <a href="https://blog.shrediverse.net/posts/music-questions-challenge-repost">The Shrediverse</a> (though no one “tagged” me, I’m goin’ for it anyway).</p><h1 id="music-challenge-questions">Music Challenge Questions</h1><p>Here are the <strong>10</strong> questions that make up the “<strong>Music Questions Challenge</strong>”.</p><ol><li><a href="https://shellsharks.com/music-questions-challenge#what-are-five-of-your-favorite-albums">What are five of your favorite albums?</a></li><li><a href="https://shellsharks.com/music-questions-challenge#what-are-five-of-your-favorite-songs">What are five of your favorite songs?</a></li><li><a href="https://shellsharks.com/music-questions-challenge#favorite-instruments">Favorite Instrument(s)?</a></li><li><a href="https://shellsharks.com/music-questions-challenge">What song or album are you current listening to?</a></li><li><a href="https://shellsharks.com/music-questions-challenge">Do you listen to the radio? If so, how often?</a></li><li><a href="https://shellsharks.com/music-questions-challenge#how-often-do-you-listen-to-music">How often do you listen to music?</a></li><li><a href="https://shellsharks.com/music-questions-challenge#how-often-do-you-discover-music-and-how-do-you-discover-music">How often do you discover music? And how do you discover music?</a></li><li><a href="https://shellsharks.com/music-questions-challenge#what-song-or-album-are-you-current-listening-to">What’s a song or album that you enjoy that you wish had more recognition?</a></li><li><a href="https://shellsharks.com/music-questions-challenge#whats-your-favourite-song-of-all-time">What’s your favourite song of all time?</a></li><li><a href="https://shellsharks.com/music-questions-challenge#has-your-taste-in-music-evolved-over-the-years">Has your taste in music evolved over the years?</a></li></ol><hr/><h1 id="what-are-five-of-your-favorite-albums">What are five of your favorite albums?</h1><p>I recently wrote about my “<a href="https://shellsharks.com/notes/2024/09/13/zero-skip-albums">Zero-skip albums</a>”, but though I like each song on those albums, that doesn’t <em>necessarily</em> 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)…</p><ul><li><a href="https://album.link/us/i/528436018">Hybrid Theory</a>, <strong>Linkin Park</strong>: <strong>THE</strong> formative music for me. I still love it the same as I did in like middle school.</li><li><a href="https://album.link/us/i/1463553489">A Night at the Opera</a>, <strong>Blind Guardian</strong>: If you like power metal (and you should), <em>this</em> is the band you should listen to. This album is haunting and beautiful.</li><li><a href="https://album.link/us/i/365400149">In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3</a>, <strong>Coheed and Cambria</strong>: First heard this in highschool. Coheed is one of my favorite artists of all time and this is my favorite of their albums.</li><li><a href="https://album.link/us/i/1612119036">Jackpot Juicer</a>, <strong>Dance Gavin Dance</strong>: I love every song on this album just-about. It’s one of my go-tos for working out too.</li><li><a href="https://album.link/us/i/1049014094">Close to the Edge</a>, <strong>Yes</strong>: I went through a <em>big</em> 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.</li></ul><p>Some honorable mentions…</p><ul><li><a href="https://album.link/us/i/1049017157">The Yes Album</a>, Yes</li><li><a href="https://album.link/us/i/104575301">Us Against the Crown</a>, State Radio</li><li><a href="https://album.link/us/i/192898041">Gravity</a>, Our Lady Peace</li><li><a href="https://album.link/us/i/158537764">Happiness…Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch</a>, Our Lady Peace</li><li><a href="https://album.link/us/i/1440736868">Deloused in the Comatorium</a>, The Mars Volta</li><li><a href="https://album.link/us/i/1647226960">Treehouse</a>, I See Stars</li><li><a href="https://album.link/us/i/1030144485">Believe</a>, Disturbed</li><li><a href="https://album.link/us/i/617154241">Random Access Memories</a>, Daft Punk</li><li><a href="https://album.link/us/i/1500769750">The Afterman: Descension</a>, Coheed and Cambria</li><li><a href="https://album.link/us/i/266363140">No World for Tomorrow</a>, Coheed and Cambria</li><li><a href="https://album.link/us/i/307654866">Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV</a>, Coheed and Cambria</li><li><a href="https://album.link/us/i/1440871444">Saturate</a>, Breaking Benjamin</li><li><a href="https://album.link/us/i/187454164">Make Yourself</a>, Incubus</li></ul><h1 id="what-are-five-of-your-favorite-songs">What are five of your favorite songs?</h1><p><em>Ooph</em>, choosing just five is tough. But here goes… (will save my #1 favorite <a href="https://shellsharks.com/music-questions-challenge#whats-your-favourite-song-of-all-time">for later</a>, so there’s a bonus here.)</p><ul><li><a href="https://song.link/us/i/579377477">No Leaf Clover</a>, <strong>Metallica</strong></li><li><a href="https://song.link/us/i/365400459">In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3</a>, <strong>Coheed and Cambria</strong></li><li><a href="https://song.link/us/i/1389971322">Civil War</a>, <strong>Guns & Roses</strong></li><li><a href="https://song.link/us/i/1460726104">And Then There Was Silence</a>, <strong>Blind Guardian</strong></li><li><a href="https://song.link/us/i/604865358">Close to the Edge</a>, <strong>Yes</strong> (The <a href="https://album.link/us/i/604864905">Yessongs</a> <em>Live</em> version)</li></ul><h1 id="favorite-instruments">Favorite Instrument(s)?</h1><p>I guess probably <strong>guitar</strong>.</p><h1 id="what-song-or-album-are-you-current-listening-to">What song or album are you current listening to?</h1><p>Most recently I’ve been listening to the Weeknd’s new album, <strong><a href="https://album.link/us/i/1793654348">Hurry Up Tomorrow</a></strong>. But since writing this piece I’ve been listening to various of my favorites listed throughout this piece. At this <em>exact</em> moment, I’m listening to <a href="https://song.link/us/i/604865358">Close To The Edge</a>.</p><h1 id="do-you-listen-to-the-radio-if-so-how-often">Do you listen to the radio? If so, how often?</h1><p><strong>Nope.</strong> Though I do listen to Apple Music “radio stations” from time to time to <a href="https://shellsharks.com/music-questions-challenge#how-often-do-you-discover-music-and-how-do-you-discover-music">discover new music</a>.</p><h1 id="how-often-do-you-listen-to-music">How often do you listen to music?</h1><p><strong>Every day</strong>, multiple times a day. I’ll listen to music while I work, while I clean up around the house, and (<em>loudly</em>) when I work out.</p><h1 id="how-often-do-you-discover-music-and-how-do-you-discover-music">How often do you discover music? And how do you discover music?</h1><p>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 <a href="https://dmv.community/@jcrabapple">@jcrabapple</a>!</p><h1 id="whats-a-song-or-album-that-you-enjoy-that-you-wish-had-more-recognition">What’s a song or album that you enjoy that you wish had more recognition?</h1><p>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 <strong><a href="https://album.link/us/i/1443510204">From One</a></strong> by <strong>Ra</strong> is amazing and I really have never heard of anyone talk about this artist before. <em>Go listen to it!</em></p><h1 id="whats-your-favourite-song-of-all-time">What’s your favourite song of all time?</h1><p>This one was painfully tough. But I gotta go with <strong><a href="https://song.link/us/i/580708180">Stairway</a></strong>.</p><h1 id="has-your-taste-in-music-evolved-over-the-years">Has your taste in music evolved over the years?</h1><p>In some ways yes, in other ways eh… I have a huge music library and enjoy <em>a lot</em> of different things. But when it comes to music I <em>actually</em> put on and listen to, my taste has been the same for a decent while now. I previously wrote about <a href="https://shellsharks.com/notes/2024/05/15/nostalgia-music">music that is particularly nostalgic for me</a>, 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…</p><ul><li><strong>Pre-High School</strong>: Linkin Park, Papa Roach and similar stuff.</li><li><strong>High School</strong>: Coheed and Cambria, In Flames, other death metal, Led Zeppelin, Lots of classic rock</li><li><strong>College</strong>: Yes, State Radio</li><li><strong>Post-College-Now</strong>: 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.</li></ul><hr width="50%"/><p>Next up, I challenge/tag <a href="https://mkultra.monster">CMDR Nova</a> & <a href="https://www.vzqk50.com/whoami/">Apis Necros</a>!</p> https://shellsharks.com/music-questions-challenge