Say this on ~bisento's page. thought i would give it a whirl.

Name your favorite band(s): right now they are: Justice, Simian Mobile Disco, Frog Eyes, Battles, Boris, A Silver Mt. Zion, Islands. there are others that will be on my list forever.

Name your favorite solo artist(s): Pantha du Prince, Dan Deacon, HLLO/SMN

What is your favorite album?: RIGHT NOW: Cross by Justice

What is your favorite album cover?: i cant say my favorite, but i can tell you all the daft punk album cover are the worst

Name your favorite song(s): OF ALL TIME: The Art Of Dying by George Harrison

Favorite vocalist: Karin Dreijer Andersson (with a little help...), Eleanor Friedberger, Dan Deacon, Satomi Matsuzaki.


Favorite guitarist: John Dieterich

The bad stuff

What's your least favorite genre of music? Nu-metal.

Who's your least favorite band? god. to many haha

Who's your least favorite solo artist? look above

Who’s the most annoying musician? Jack White. Just for the stunts he pulls.

f you could shoot any "artist" or "band", who would it be? Probably a new metal, but i would kill them in a way that would be so ironic. maybe in kill them using something their album is named after

Who do you think is the least talented? Nu-metal bands

Last song to be stuck in your head? We Like 2 Fite - P. Turner

Did this survey just get that song stuck in your head again? haha yes.

A good band that used to suck? well my tastes have just grown

Your musical background? Grew up listening to what my parents/siblings listened to. Some mix between public enemy/devo/white wedding by billy idol haha. I started playing blues guitar but it eventually led me to electronic music.

What was the first music you remember listening to? Live and Let Die by Paul McCartney

What type of music do your parents listen to? My mom liked new wave. My dad like mostly classic rock stuff (but now he listens to like these really bad euro-club tracks on the radio)

do you play any musical instruments, or sing? Yeah, I can play the basic band type instruments, i own some synths, i kinda play clarinet, shitty 70's solidstate organs. I can somewhat play anything i guess.

Do you take lessons for instruments or voice? took guitar lessons, but didnt really get good till i played on my own
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Do you plan to / have you gone to college for music? there is a chance. but its to expensive at this point

Who is your most recent favorite band or artist? Justice

What styles of music are you interested in learning about? Bossa Nova, Klezmer, always love to learn more about electronic music

What style of music do you already know a lot about? Electronic, rock, pop. this is what im most interested in so i would say i know a lot in many styles

Do you know much about musical theory? Some. but when it comes to writing i throw it all away

If you take lessons, do you like your teacher(s)? I did like them.

This or that

Classical or jazz? Way to hard of a question
Classic rock or modern rock? modern
Rock or Rap? well "rock" i guess. thats way to broad
Emo or Punk? Punk
Pink Floyd or Led Zeppelin? Led Zeppelin
Bob Marley or Michael Franti? Fuck Reggae, really. i hate reggae vocals so much.
Coldplay or Radiohead? Radiohead x 100
Guster or Dispatch? shitty question
John Mayer or Jack Johnson? John Mayer. another shitty question
Eminem or 50 Cent? Eminem has more talent. but not a fan of either
Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera? B. Spears
Backstreet Boys or N'SYNC? N'SYNC!!!!!!!!!!
The Beatles or the Rolling Stones? Beatles.
Beethoven or Mozart? Mozart
Rachmaninoff or Debussy? Rachmaninov.
Duke Ellington or Count Basie? Duke Ellington.
Electric or acoustic? electric X 100000000000000000000000000000
Mandolin or ukulele? Mandolin. Mostly because ukulele is such an exceedingly ugly word.
Saxophone or trumpet? trumpet

Miscellaneous

Why do you like music? i hate these types of questions in text.
When you're angry, what type of music do you listen to? Drone Metal
Has music ever made you cry? no
Has music ever made you laugh? yes
Do you like local music? oh yes.
What is the best show you have ever been to? dan deacon
Have you ever played in any shows? If so, what type of music was it? Yes. future shock electro pop core (fuck i dont know what to call it)
Do you enjoy being on stage? i like playing, but not the chatter between songs.
Do you like to sing, even if you don't consider yourself a singer? yeah kinda. i sing, but id rather stand back and let someone else do it
If you could meet any musician and ask them for advice, who would it be? Joanna Newsom. Those lyrics she writes... (i had to keep bisento's answer for this one. it is a great questions. They are so fucking good)
If you could just chill with any musician, who would it be? Dan Deacon. He was just the guys everyone wished was their friend.
What instrument that you don't play now would you like to learn next? violin
Do you like foreign types of music? Klezmer, French House. Gypsy music.