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Topic: most popular music/band FROM each state |
b0b
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Roddy Ring
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Posted 26 Mar 2014 8:36 am The State of Music |
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Aside from the numerous entries that I have to categorize as "I'm not familiar with" or "I've never heard of", it seems to me that this list is better suited for the "Humor" section, or Dnt Undrstnd.
I find the selections for NY and Michigan particularly disturbing.
Bruce Springstein, never heard of that guy. Must be a tribute band. |
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Bill McCloskey
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Posted 26 Mar 2014 9:22 am
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| George Winston is hot in Montana? I didn't know they had a lot of new agers there. |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Ken Campbell
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Ferndale, Montana
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Posted 26 Mar 2014 11:31 am
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| Bill McCloskey wrote: |
| George Winston is hot in Montana? I didn't know they had a lot of new agers there. |
Who the heck is George Winston? |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 26 Mar 2014 2:29 pm
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| Bill McCloskey wrote: |
| George Winston is hot in Montana? I didn't know they had a lot of new agers there. |
| Ken Campbell wrote: |
| Who the heck is George Winston? |
He's famous as a mellow-sounding piano player. I'm mostly familiar with him through his Dancing Cat label, which produces many slack-key Hawaiian artists.
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Brint Hannay
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Maryland, USA
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Posted 26 Mar 2014 3:30 pm
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| Nat King Cole in Mississippi?? |
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Ken Campbell
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Ferndale, Montana
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Posted 26 Mar 2014 4:37 pm
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| b0b wrote: |
| Bill McCloskey wrote: |
| George Winston is hot in Montana? I didn't know they had a lot of new agers there. |
| Ken Campbell wrote: |
| Who the heck is George Winston? |
He's famous as a mellow-sounding piano player. I'm mostly familiar with him through his Dancing Cat label, which produces many slack-key Hawaiian artists.
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Seems weird that he would be the most popular artist in Montana, don't make no sense.... |
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Barry Blackwood
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Dave Mudgett
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Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 26 Mar 2014 7:24 pm
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b0b, I think you're misinterpreting this map/article, which started here - http://musicmachinery.com/2014/02/27/favorite-artists-vs-distinctive-artists-by-state/ and http://musicmachinery.com/2014/02/25/exploring-regional-listening-preferences/
From what I read, that map you posted is the 'most distinctive artists' for each state, not 'favorite artists'. This was discussed on the forum here in February - http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=261424
I looked at their methodology - it made absolutely no sense for 'favorite artists'. I sort of see what they're driving at about 'distinctive artists' - the methodology seems to be looking at artists who are particularly popular in ONE location but unpopular in ANOTHER location. One chart shows how they were looking at artists who were distinctively popular in New England and not popular in Tennessee - hence the notion of 'distinctively' popular in one place and not others. Hence Phish and Neil Young in Vermont and Massachusetts, respectively, and (who the hell is?) Juicy J in Tennessee. You see, I'm from Massachusetts, so I get the Neil Young thing, but have no clue about Juicy J, even though I spend a fair amount of time in Tennessee. BTW, Juicy J is apparently a rapper.
That's the way I'm interpreting this. If you just want to talk about popularity, here's the right map (according to this methodology, at least):
As you did, I scaled it down to fit. Full pic is here: http://musicmachinery.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/distinctive_artist_map-4.png |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Alvin Blaine
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Picture Rocks, Arizona, USA
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Alvin Blaine
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Picture Rocks, Arizona, USA
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Clyde Mattocks
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Kinston, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 26 Mar 2014 8:59 pm
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I've never heard of some of these states.
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 26 Mar 2014 9:54 pm
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There is some confusion here. For each state, it shows the most popular musician or band who is "from" there. George Winston isn't the most popular musician in Montana, he's the most popular musician from Montana.
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Doug Beaumier
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Posted 26 Mar 2014 10:27 pm
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| b0b wrote: |
| There is some confusion here. For each state, it shows the most popular musician or band who is "from" there. George Winston isn't the most popular musician in Montana, he's the most popular musician from Montana. |
But b0b, your Title for this thread is Γ’β¬Εmost popular music/band in each stateΓ’β¬Β. You said "in", but the map says "from". That's probably where the confusion started.
Anyway, the marketing idiot who dreamed up these confusing maps should be fired! 
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Ken Campbell
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Ferndale, Montana
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Posted 27 Mar 2014 3:59 am
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Thanks b0b... I was a little concerned.... |
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Dave Mudgett
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Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 27 Mar 2014 6:27 am
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Ah, this must be yet a different demographic 'study' (dare I use the term? last.fm is hardly the arbiter of musical popularity). Yes, I was confused by the thread title also.
Based on this and a lot of other internet blather I routinely see, I have two conclusions:
1. There are a helluvalotta people out there without enough real work to keep them busy.
2. There is way too much data out there and a gajillion ways to misuse it. "Big data" does not imply "Big information".
On this particular map - I am emphatically not astonished at the variety. By this criterion, there must be 50 distinct artists and many states have produced obviously dominant artists over the last 50-60 years who will crush any other contender. The very definition guarantees diversity.
IMO, the real picture of diversity in popular music is given by the map I referenced - it is essentially non-existent, and almost completely dominated by 4 or 5 (if you count eminem) acts, who are all rappers with the exception of electronica purveyors Daft Punk in 4 center-of-techno/intelligentsia states (MA, CA, OR, and MN). |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 27 Mar 2014 7:20 am
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Jay-Z over Buddy Emmons in Indiana? Blasphemy!   |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 27 Mar 2014 8:24 am
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| b0b wrote: |
| Bill McCloskey wrote: |
| George Winston is hot in Montana? I didn't know they had a lot of new agers there. |
| Ken Campbell wrote: |
| Who the heck is George Winston? |
He's famous as a mellow-sounding piano player. I'm mostly familiar with him through his Dancing Cat label, which produces many slack-key Hawaiian artists.
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George Winston became famous for his recordings on Windham Hill, founded by acoustic guitarist/carpenter Will Ackerman in Palo Alto in the '70s, years before the existence of Dancing Cat Records. He was already very well established before Dancing Cat came along.
The map seems kind of silly. What constitutes where an artist is from? Is it the state where they were born? Or is it the state where they grew up, if it happens to be different? James Taylor was born in Massachusetts, and moved to N.Carolina at the age of three. Then he later moved back to Mass. toward the end of his teenage years. Being "from" Mass. it seems a pretty safe bet that he's more "popular" than The Pixies, or having spent his formative years in N.Carolina surely he's more "popular" than Nina Simone. I'd be willing to bet that if one did a man on the street poll showing a photo of Simone in Raleigh or Charlotte, a very high percentage of people could not identify her and all the poll taker would get is a blank stare.
One could spend the rest of the day poking holes in the thing. Red Hot Chili Peppers, most popular from California? I think only one guy from the original band is a Calif. native. That being the case, The Eagles with original members from different states but formed in Los Angeles would seem to easily be more popular than the Chili Peppers. Or the Beach Boys - many more people can sing along with Beach Boys (and Eagles) songs than they can with Chili Peppers songs. Four of the original five Beach Boys are Calif. natives.
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Bill McCloskey
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Posted 27 Mar 2014 8:28 am
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"he's the most popular musician from Montana."
That makes more sense. It is probably a pretty small list. |
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This map looks like a marketing gimmick to draw more people to their site.