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Hi hi... browsing randomly on music profiles I saw this "artists I've seen live" entries I couldn't resist to put my own list here, haha!
Not so many as I'd like, but something is something ;)


Artists I've seen live
Blind Guardian + Symphony X (support) @Canyon Club, Dallas, TX - Nov 30, 2002
Haggard @Teatro de los Héroes, Chihuahua, MX - Jan 19, 2003
Therion @Teatro de los Héroes, Chihuahua, MX - Aug 2004
Tierra Santa & support @Pistoleros, Chihuahua, MX - Oct 2004
Nightwish @Circo Volador, Mexico, DF - Dec 12 2004
Monterrey Metal Fest III @Auditorio Coca Cola, Monterrey, MX - Nov 18 2006:
Leaves' Eyes - Deicide - Edguy - U.D.O. - Blind Guardian <3 (there were more bands of course, but I actually attended those xD)
Within Temptation @Estudio Cavaret, Guadalajara, MX - Apr 5 2008
Sarah Brightman @Arena VFG, Guadalajara, MX - Nov 6 2008
(last two have been the ONLY good things happened to me in this stupid city XDDDDDDD)


Artists I HAVE TO SEE BEFORE I DIE lol
Enya (too bad it seems like she doesn't even tour ;_; )
Loreena McKennitt
Emma Shapplin
Lacuna Coil
Sirenia
Orphaned Land
Xandria
Stream of Passion
Dimmu Borgir


Artists I would like to see too!!
Finntroll
Visions of Atlantis
Draconian
Kalafina
Tori Amos
Evanescence
Epica
Rhapsody of Fire
Stratovarius
Diablo Swing Orchestra
Avantasia (will it be another tour?? ;___; )


Artists I would like to see but it will be impossible now:
Queen (Freddie Mercury was the best frontman ;_; )
The Beatles
After Forever
The old Theatre of Tragedy
Tristania in their good times ( Widow's Weeds and Beyond the Veil era...)


That's all for now!!
Currently I'm not planning to attend any concerts in a long time... I don't have the money and my priorities are other for the moment. xD

AEP: 4.45

Last.fm-Underground-O-Meter (overall top artists):
0.6% underground and 9% mainstream.

top artists:

• 1 - Epica: 24 up
• 2 - Tarja Turunen or Tarja: 0 up/down
• 3 - Sentenced: 2 down
• 4 - Poets of the Fall: 4 up
• 5 - Nightwish: 0 up/down
• 6 - Tarot: 3 down
• 7 - Sonata Arctica: 3 down
• 8 - Ayreon: 2 down
• 9 - Vanessa-Mae: 2 down
• 10 - Leaves' Eyes: 6 up
• 11 - After Forever: 4 up
• 12 - Stream of Passion: 0 up/down
• 13 - Leningrad Cowboys: 2 down
• 14 - Amorphis: 9 up
• 15 - Xandria: 5 down
• 16 - Hans Zimmer: 3 down
• 17 - Poisonblack: 11 up
• 18 - Threshold: 1 down
• 19 - Shadow Gallery: 0 up/down
• 20 - Kiuas: 11 down
• 21 - P!nk: 7 down
• 22 - Foxy Brown: 1 down
• 23 - Delain: 1 up
• 24 - Mariah Carey: 4 down
• 25 - Joss Stone: 2 up
• 26 - Lil' Kim: 4 up
• 27 - Liv Kristine: 9 down
• 28 - Katie Melua: 6 down
• 29 - Symphony X: 3 down
• 30 - Visions of Atlantis: 1 down

(the Last.fm-Mainstream-O-Meter has an error on the server)


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eclectic score:

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 (larger than 80, extreme = 100), then you have an eclectic musical preference. You can compute your own score at http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/eclectic.php


My eclectic score is currently




The 74 related artists for my profile are After Forever (4), Ambeon (2), Amorphis, Avantasia, Ayreon, Before the Dawn, Bond, Brother Firetribe, Charon (2), Circus Maximus, David Garrett, Delain (4), Diablo, Ed Alleyne-Johnson, Edvin Marton, Elfonía, Elis (2), Entwine, Epica (4), Eternal Tears of Sorrow, Fates Warning (2), For My Pain..., HammerFall, Harry Gregson-Williams, Heavy Metal Perse, Hurriganes, Insomnium, Itzhak Perlman, James Horner, James Newton Howard, Kamelot, Klaus Badelt, Kotipelto, Leaves' Eyes (3), Liv Kristine, Machine Men, Marko Saaresto, Mind's Eye, Nemesea, Nightwish (2), Northern Kings (2), Pain Confessor, Peer Günt, Playground, Poisonblack, Redemption (2), Reflexion, Remu Aaltonen, Sentenced (2), Shadow Gallery (2), Sirenia (2), Sleepy Sleepers, Star One (2), Steve Jablonsky, Stratovarius, Stream of Passion, Sunrise Avenue, Swallow the Sun, Symphony X, Tarja Turunen, Teräsbetoni, The Rasmus, Theatre of Tragedy, Theory of a Deadman, Threshold, Thunderstone (2), To/Die/For, Tristania, Turo's Hevi Gee, Twilightning, Vanden Plas (2), Visions of Atlantis, Within Temptation (3), Xandria



super-eclectic score:

Take your top 50 artists. For each of these artists, collect the top 20 similar artists (where the artist itself is the #1 most similar). The resulting number of unique artists is your super-eclectic score. You can compute your own score at http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/supereclectic.php


My super-eclectic score is currently




The most similar artists for my profile are Elis (13), Xandria (12), Leaves' Eyes (12), Imperia (12), Nemesea (12), Epica (11), Visions of Atlantis (11), Sirenia (11), After Forever (11), Delain (11)

2007:
Blind Guardian
Sonata Arctica
Evanescence
30 Seconds to Mars

2008:
Within Temptation
Nightwish
Tarja Turunen
Epica
Rufus Wainwright
Martha Wainwright
Cyndi Lauper
Paramore
Madonna

2009:
Xandria
Evanescence
Panic! At the Disco
Kylie Minogue
Lily Allen
Agua de Annique

Some or all streams attached to the following tracks have technical imperfections. Visit the Boulevard of Broken Streams for details.

^{Silent Streams}

• Flёur - Redemption

Michelle Shocked (Short Sharp Shocked)

1. When I Grow Up
   
2. Graffiti Limbo
   
3. Anchorage
   
4. The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore
   
5. Black Widow

^{Streams Which Abruptly End Midway}
Dark Moor (Beyond the Sea)

1. Green Eyes
   
2. Going On

• Eagles - Hotel California
  
• Krypteria - Time To Bring The Pain (Incursion Version) (probably just two seconds missing)
  
• Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus
  
• Nouvelle Vague - Too Drunk to Fuck
  
• Stream of Passion - Deceiver
  
• Swing Out Sister - All in Your Mind
  
• Tristania - Lotus (just a few seconds missing)

Yara (Enta Menny)

1. Jayi
   
2. Hessak A'ynak
   
3. Enta Menny
   
4. Alli La'
   
5. Hawil Marra
   
6. Bi Jimlit Elli Rah
   
7. Ma Yhimmak
   
8. Haddi A'asabak
   
9. Bahlam Bi A'inayk
   
10. Enta Menny (Remix)

^{Streams Which Play Only a Few Seconds on the Radio}
Christina Aguilera (Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade Of Hits)

1. Genie In A Bottle
   
2. Fighter
   
3. Beautiful
   
4. Hurt
   
5. Candyman

• Aly & AJ (Into the Rush)
  
• Alicia Keys - Fallin'
  
• Alanis Morissette - any?
  
• Amy Winehouse - any?

^{Streams Which Skip Repeatedly}

• Natalie Dessay - Der Holle Rache
  
• Luca Turilli's Dreamquest - Dreamquest
  
• Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Mas que nada
  
• Sleepthief - Entre Ciel et Mer
  
• Xandria - Now & Forever

^{Streams Which Keep Losing Synchronisation}
Bullet (Bite the Bullet)

1. Pay the Price
   
2. Roadking
   
3. Nailed to the Ground
   
4. City of Sins
   
5. Waste My Time
   
6. Rock 'N' Roll Remedy
   
7. Rock Us Tonight
   
8. Wheels Keep on Turning
   
9. The Rebels Return

• Týr - Ten Wild Dogs

^{Streams Which Emit Unusual Pops, Squeaks and Static Noise}
After Forever (After Forever)

1. Evoke
   
2. Transitory
   

Piet Klocke (Das geht alles von Ihrer Zeit ab)

1. Ankündigung und Einleitung
   
2. Werbung 1
   
3. 1. Stilart I
   
4. 1. Stilart II
   
5. 1. Stilart III
   
6. Abschied
   
7. Zugabe
   
8. Das Lied
   
9. Am Hafen
   
10. Satellite

• Level 42 - Lessons In Love
  
• Level 42 - Running In The Family
  
• Rhapsody - Warrior of Ice (redirected to Rhapsody of Fire - Warrior Of Ice)
  
• Swing Out Sister - Love Won't Let You Down
  
• Marcos Valle - My Nightingale

^{Streams Which Sound Like They Were Ripped From a Skipping CD}

• Demonic Resurrection - Behind The Mask Of God

^{Streams Which Keep Repeating Parts of the Song}

• Klaus Nomi - Samson And Delilah (Aria)

rakkel17's top albums (overall)
1. Epica - The Divine Conspiracy (423) 2. After Forever - After Forever (297) 3. Within Temptation And The Metropole Orchestra - Black Symphony (295) 4. Nightwish - Dark Passion Play (291) 5. Tarja Turunen - My Winter Storm (291) 6. Nightwish - End of An Era (273) 7. Epica - The Classical Conspiracy (265) 8. Trail of Tears - Bloodstained Endurance (257) 9. Tristania - Illumination (254) 10. Tristania - World of Glass (241) 11. Epica - Design Your Universe (239) 12. Epica - Consign to Oblivion (228) 13. Draconian - Turning Season Within (221) 14. Villieläin - Julma Satu (195) 15. The Gathering - A Noise Severe (191) 16. Nightwish - Wishmaster (189) 17. Epica - We Will Take You With Us (188) 18. Nightwish - Oceanborn (186) 19. Stream of Passion - The Flame Within (186) 20. Markize - Transparence (185) 21. Within Temptation - The Heart of Everything (175) 22. Lacuna Coil - Shallow Life (173) 23. Amberian Dawn - River Of Tuoni (171) 24. Anneke van Giersbergen and Danny Cavanagh - In Parallel (161) 25. Xandria - Salome The Seventh Veil (159) 26. After Forever - Invisible Circles (159) 27. Within Temptation - Mother Earth (157) 28. Draconian - Where Lovers Mourn (148) 29. Agua de Annique - Air (143) 30. Krypteria - Bloodangel's Cry (143) 31. Epica - The Phantom Agony (140) 32. Delain - Lucidity (131) 33. Within Temptation - The Silent Force (126) 34. Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell (123) 35. Lacuna Coil - Karmacode (123) 36. Tristania - Widow's Weeds (120) 37. Moonspell - Night Eternal (118) 38. Sirenia - The 13th Floor (112) 39. Sirenia - Nine Destinies and a Downfall (111) 40. Nemesea - Mana (109) 41. Within Temptation - Enter (106) 42. Moonspell - Wolfheart (105) 43. Leaves' Eyes - Lovelorn (105) 44. Xandria - India (105) 45. Anneke van Giersbergen - Pure Air (105) 46. Amberian Dawn - The Clouds of Northland Thunder (103) 47. In This Moment - Beautiful Tragedy (102) 48. Anneke van Giersbergen - In Your Room (102) 49. Nightwish - Century Child (98) 50. Elis - Dark Clouds in a Perfect Sky (98)

First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.

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01. Versailles
- Juka
- D
- Matenrou Opera
- Moi dix Mois
- Phantasmagoria
(5)

02. the GazettE
- SCREW
- alice nine.
- SuG
- Sadie
- Dio-distraught overlord
- D'espairsRay
- 12012
(7)

03. アンティック-珈琲店-
- 雅-miyavi-
- 少女-ロリヰタ-23区
- シリアル⇔NUMBER
(3)

04. Children of Bodom
- Inearthed
- Norther
- Arch Enemy
- Kalmah
- In Flames
- Warmen
- Ensiferum
- Wintersun
(8)

05. 新興宗教楽団NoGoD
- ネガ
- xTRiPx
- DELUHI
- Vidoll
- ClearVeil
- アヲイ
- 秋葉原少年団☆電脳ロメオ
(7)

06. LM.C
- 176BIZ
(1)

07. Emilie Autumn
- Hannah Fury
- The Birthday Massacre
- Helalyn Flowers
- Angelspit
- Ayria
- Rasputina
- Jack Off Jill
- Zombie Girl
(8)

08. DecoLa Hopping
- ＡＬｉＢｉ
- Ａｄｍｉｎｉｓｔｒａｔｏｒ
- DIS★Marionette
- ジュリエット
- ダリス
- Zip.er
(6)

09. お遊戯ゎが魔々団×【PaRADEiS】
- 愛狂います。
- Pizzcato.
- キャンゼル
- Himeyuri
(4)

10. LAREINE
- NEW SODMY
- IZABEL VAROSA
- MALICE MIZER
- BAISER
(4)

11. HIZAKI grace project
- Schwardix Marvally
(1)

12. Ayabie
- Megamasso
(1)

13. Nightwish
- Tarja Turunen
- Within Temptation
- Delain
- After Forever
- Visions of Atlantis
- Leaves' Eyes
- Sonata Arctica
(7)

14. Epica
- Xandria
- Sirenia
- Tristania
(3)

15. Kaya
- Schwarz Stein
- another cell
- Hora
- Velvet Eden
- GPKISM
- BLAM HONEY
(6)

16. Dir en grey
- lynch.
- La:Sadie's
- MUCC
- RENTRER EN SOI
- UnsraW
- kagerou
(6)

17. Sonata Arctica
- Stratovarius
- Northeren Kings
- Avantasia
- Kamelot
- HammerFall
- Rhapsody of Fire
- Edguy
(7)

18. Buono!
- berryz koubou
- °C-ute
- morning musume
- High-King
- 月島きらり starring 久住小春(モーニング娘。)
- Aa!
(8)

19. The Birthday Massacre
- I:Scintilla
- Dope Stars Inc.
- Vanity Beach
(3)

20. Danger☆gang
- exist†trace
- Licker
- CELLT
(3)


Total: 98

Ayy; I tought it would be worse ^^
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★★☆★☆★☆★

So, as I'm going to download get a lot of new CDs, I want to take a look first at my charts, to see how they may change, and to review a little bit those artists I tend to listen to more =D Just a few words about them and if I think they may stay in my charts longer...

Soooo here we go


1- Emilie Autumn -> Oh my goddess... Well I think she is not only an exceptional singer but the best example of an artist, she makes art out of anything. And her music is just like woah! She is not easy to describe, some of her songs are very classical, some are a sweet voice and a violin (she's an excellent violinist), some of them are industrial, she can even grunt! if you want to listen to her you must know that you probably won't like her a first (it depends on the song you chose...) but listen to 3 or 4 songs from her (it's better if they're from different albums, at least some from Enchant and some from Opheliac) and you'll end up LOVING her, I promise :) (at least I do love her) Btw, seen once live, and it was the best show Ive ever been to. Long life to EA in my charts :)

2- Xandria -> Oh Xandria, this is like my tragical love story with a band. Its my favourite band, no doubt (i know they are not #1, but anyway). Oh Lisa, my Lisa, why did you left Xandria?! Everytime I think about it tears come to my eyes (ok Im exagerating lol but you get me). The new singer doesn't sound bad, but she is not Lisa, and we all know Lisa was more than a voice. NEVER seen live, and thats killing me (again, exagerating :P). And even if they come to Spain (which I doubt) it will never be the same... OH GOD! Well, long life to Xandria in my charts (at least the released CDs, can't promise to keep on listening to the new stuff with the same intensity...)


3- Epica -> I LOVE EPICA. Everybody loves Epica. And I love every single member of Epica! Well they are great musicians and great people (not that ive got to know them, though lol) Their new CD is a masterpiece to me, love love love it. I love their old stuff as well, but they all have improved sooo much in so many aspects... Well, Ive seen them 4 times, (the last time was last week, without Simone) and Ioved all their shows. Long life to Epica in my charts.


4- Jonathan Larson -> I should be ashamed that this is my #4 lol. Actually, this is the OST from the musical film RENT. It's not a masterpiece but it's nice, and if you get to identificate to one of the characters you will really FEEL the movie. And therefore, the one thing that's left to you is the songtrack (which wouldnt be any valuable if it wasnt because of the movie). But once the addiction dissappears, this doesnt make much sense. So sorry, the addiction has dissappeared. No much more Jonathan Larson in my charts.

5- Lyriel -> Yeah! Great and unfairly unknown band from Germany. I first listened to them thanks to my favourite Xandria's song "Like A Rose On The Grave Of Love", which features the singer from Lyriel. Love its celtic sound. Yeah, I hope they came to Spain, but i think its difficult... anyway, long life to Lyriel in my charts!

6- Within Temptation -> One of the first Symphonic Metal bands I heard about (as everybody, I guess), I used to love them, and I still do, but Im too used to them, they need to release some really new stuff... anyway I have to get their "new" CD (the acoustic one) because I dont want to lose them but im a bit tired of them... Anyway, long life to WT in my charts!

7- Sonata Arctica -> I dont know why they are in my #7... I mean, they are probably my favourite power malefronted metal band but i can't think of more than 10 songs from them... they are quite repetitive anyway... So I dont know... Ive seen them live once, and im going to see them again next month. Ill give their new CD (which is said to be more symphonic) a try, to see what happens... So, I dont know about their future in my charts!

8- Nightwish -> Oh, Nightwish! (how can they be below SA in my charts??) Anyway, the eternal discussion. Well, let's say it: I like both, their old and new stuff, but for me they are different bands. Ive seen them live once and for me, Anette singing Wishmaster is like... no!... well, sing your songs and leave Tarja alone! lol. The same would happen if Tarja sung Amaranth, but lets hope that never happens lol. Anyway, long life to both nightwishes in my charts

9- Mägo de Oz -> xDD No comments. Made in Spain, what could you expect? Theyve got some good stuff, and some terrible stuff. I had my "Mago de Oz era" but I guess now its over. I listen to some songs of them from time to time when Im on "random play" but nothing else...So no much more Mago in my charts.

10- Blind Guardian They are good, but I can get tired of them soon... Power malefronted metal hum... thats a bit tiring. But, yeah, objectively, they are better than SA...I also had my "Blind Guardian era" too. I wont give up listening to them but not as "woooooah Blind Guardian!". So Im not sure about their future in my charts.

11- Stream of Passion -> Great songs, great faliures lol. Love some of their songs from "Embrace the Storm", but I haven0t listened to their new stuff. It cant be the same without Lori, but Ill give them a try. The bad thing of them is that they've got too many slow songs...

12- Sirenia -> Great band too. Doesnt matter what they say, I preffer their new stuff (both last albums). I saw them life a couple of moths ago and, ok, Mortem should speak less lol, but apart from that, theyre good! Ailyn rocks, no matter what they say, and she's spanish! (yeah we can do good things too uuU). Michael is great! And well all of them are nice and rock. Long life to Sirenia in my charts.

13- Grup de Teatre Salesians de Sarrià -> Lol! Thats my theatre group! We do musicals and as Im part of the orchestra (I play the bass) i have to listen to the songs! So thats why this is here.Ill try to remove the songs from the new play so it doesnt appear here anymore.

14- AFI -> I was OBSSESSED to this band like more than 3 years ago. Now I listen to the from time to time. Yeah I sometimes like what they call "emo" music (not that I like the emo concept...). But no, no much more AFI in my charts.

15- Paramore -> Yeeeeaaaah I know. They are the typical band that teenagers love to see on MTV saying "look at us, we are rebels". But, musically, they are GOOD! I dont know why, I like them (yeah, hate me if you want to uuU). Ive been listening to them for like 2 months and they're already #15 :S. They wont be as high forever but i dont think theyll dissappear...

16- Evanescence -> I havent listened to antire album from them for ages. They were good, now... I dont know. They will be on my charts deppending on their new releases, if they release something, for Im not sure if they still exist... (they = Amy) (seen live once)

17- Delain -> Loooooooooooooove them. Ive seen them live once (without the singer - Charlotte) and loved them. And I hardly knew some of their songs went I went to the concert but now I love them.. Long life to Delain in my charts. End of story lol. (Btw Im seeing them again next moth)

18- Amanda Palmer -> Another great ARTIST difficult to describe. Love her songs, but she needs new stuff... Long life to Amanda Palmer in my charts.

19- Amberian Dawn -> Great band with a great live performance. Ok, they may not be very energetic, Heidi (the singer) NEVER does headbanging, but she doesnt make a single mistake in their shows (seen them twice) and they do a guitar solo in almost all their songs! great musicians, good tunes, strange but good lyrics (about mythology and such). Yeah very interesting band (of course, they're finnish). Long life to Amberian Dawn in my charts.

20- HIM -> What the hell are those guys doing here? I used to listen to them like... 6 years ago? lol. Well, I have only listened carefully to one of theire albums (I think it was a recopilatory, vol 666 i dont know what else). They had good stuff, I guess I have to listened to them some more. I dont know about their future in my charts lol

Ok so, 18 bands (my theatre group and jonathan larson doesnt count).Seen live: 9. 50%, not thay bad... (hey we're in spain, bands dont play here every week!)

Lets see what happens in the next months...

Qui sap, qui sap, podria ser que ...? (this is from Utena, in Catalan, I HAD to put this lol)