Artists that made you want to explore different genres?
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Fishbone-It made me explore more ska-based music. I was already familiar with reggae, soca, and calypso (courtesy of my dad-he listened to it religiously), but didn't start listening to ska until I heard Fishbone. I then went out and started buying ska albums (including stuff by Ska revivalists the Specials, Selecter, etc.) by artists such as Prince Buster and the Skalites!
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As of late, I've been enjoying Mates of State, The Concretes, Final Fantasy, and various others -- all definitely worth a bit of time to check out. The new Flaming Lips album is a good listen, too.
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I'm not sure exactly an answer to your question but what you can do is go look under different genre's of music and find something you may be intrested into and listen.
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Pop , Rock and HipHop.....R&B is also my fave
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You should check out Yanni!  He is a VERY talented musician!  But not as talented as myself, for I am the best!
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try going to Pandora.com... its a cool program that you type in a band name, and then they travel along to new artists and stuff that have similar qualities to the band you typed in, to help you discover new music. its pretty cool.
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I love some of them like Utada Hikaru... Ayumi Hamasaki... It's about different taste my dear.. I'm from Malaysia and my latest addiction is French pop singers like Anggun & Alizee
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Mine was Under the Bridge Downtown by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I just connected with it on a visceral level, being from the suburbs I longed to live in a big city like L.A. or New York and live the life of a rock chick on the streets. That song always made me feel like I was home.
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Just in the last couple years my favorites that I've gone to have been:\nTori Amos (4)\nA Perfect Circle (3)\nNine Inch Nails (2)
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totally, like when your listening to music and you think of one artist you just have to hear right then and there. i luv them
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I LOVE my hip hop and r&b, but for the past 6 months probably I have been listening to more country. Why? I don't know! My taste in music changed slightly I guess. But it's good to expand genres like that.
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You need to broaden your listening a little bit.  Knowing the genres will help you figure them out.  Look at the bands in any particular genre and see what their sound has in common. :-)
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I am very open to all kind of music but I like pop more ..\nOh and I like one of your songs too much ..."I turn to you"
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A site that might be able to help you is pandora.com  I love this site.  You can type in a musical artist and it will bring up other people that play the same style of music or sound similar to them.  It has allowed me to find some really great artists.
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I'm open to a bunch of different types of music. I mostly like R&B music. My favorites are Destiny's Child, Alicia Keys, Rihanna, Mariah Carey, Usher, Omarion, Ciara... people like that. I like Rap music too... not as much, but certain things with great beats are nice like 50 Cent's music & all of G-Unit, Bow Wow, Black Eyed Peas, Jay-Z and some others. Pop is def. another group of music I like. Everything from Justin Timberlake to Britney & Christina... Jessica Simpson, Nick Lachey (I shouldn't group them together anymore), the Pussycat Dolls, Kelly Clarkson (love her), Avril Lavigne, Hilary Duff & a bunch more. So around that type of music.... but I do own the Carrie Underwood CD and that is country and some others I like.... I guess if I listen to it and like it, then I like it!
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I've found through personal experience that my more intelligent friends tend to search beyond the top 40 or what is hot right now.  They tend to be a little more dedicated to finding a suitable song or artist that fits their style, instead of just listening to whatever everybody else thinks is cool.  I would love to see a study conducted on this theory sometime.
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try the music category.