It’s been way too long since I’ve blogged - regular programming will resume from now. The beginning of the year has been very busy with deals we’ve almost done, due diligence that is ongoing and many exciting things at our portfolio companies. And of course over 9000 hours of experiments in MS Paint. But more on that later.
Yesterday I was out with Fred Destin and besides talking business he complained about not having the time to find new music, not least because he has three (!) kids. And a lot of board seats. So here’s the email I sent him today. You may thus consider me back with a somewhat irrelevant post that exposes my current music listening behaviour to the world. Enjoy (or criticize!). But never again say VC’s are too mainstream (actually, the most widely read VC blogger is also one of the best music bloggers out there).
P.S. I know it should be DailyMotion - quality is better there.
P.P.S. The fact that I use YouTube for music should expose a certain market reality in on-demand music streaming platforms. Please consider going out and building the music site to end all music sites. I will blog more about how in the next 100 Ideas.
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Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 20:48:50 +0100
From: “Max Niederhofer”
Sender: max.niederhofer@gmail.com
To: Destin, Fred
Subject: Music
Enjoy - got a bit carried away.
LOL, mainstream
Fall Out Boy http://youtube.com/watch?v=ueOgZPBXY4A
Sum41 http://youtube.com/watch?v=FwvEjeWX-9s
AFI http://youtube.com/watch?v=W3wH6y6-768
…Death Cab, Hawthorne Heights, Postal Service, Panic at the Disco, etc.
Post Hardcore (scene kid stuff)
Alexisonfire http://youtube.com/watch?v=jjSKIB9t0Bo
http://youtube.com/watch?v=23Ivt-ikYIk
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vJcZaS0JthA
http://youtube.com/watch?v=92B4K8zbE3U
FATA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqJIdu7jv3M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lww4zwKbjYA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z99OgmZA19A
Underoath http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ml7O8Tfc_PA
Emanuel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ACYms7FrBw
Straight Metalcore (bit more metal)
BFMV http://youtube.com/watch?v=Zi-e5XXRs6I
Electropunk / dancecore / technopop (whatever)
Medic Droid http://youtube.com/watch?v=CSq3Q3qBY0g (classic lyrics)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW0r2oaTa2g
The Faint http://youtube.com/watch?v=xv8mJfDPxuA
Breathe Carolina http://youtube.com/watch?v=1EtV4liio4I
Fantasy Goth (this is pretty sickly sweet s***)
Nightwish
http://youtube.com/watch?v=EAsqNog7pmI
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8BnbJeJ3qGE
Within Temptation http://youtube.com/watch?v=i5hDEtS_uBc
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JizBVv-J5_0
Misc?
The Shoppings http://youtube.com/watch?v=5clqhvcMl3Q
Bat For Lashes http://youtube.com/watch?v=n1wnOUH2jk8
PayTV http://youtube.com/watch?v=N41NlBZxQd4 (we know all the famous)
Dresden Dolls http://youtube.com/watch?v=YAnyYTjjhJ0
PartyBen http://partyben.com/
Jonathan Coulton http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ltjbnyvq_SI
http://youtube.com/watch?v=v4Wy7gRGgeA
Ghey White People Rap (ignore, seriously)
Uffie http://youtube.com/watch?v=TDtFdwzyEbs
Hollywood Undead http://youtube.com/watch?v=2ZD85-Z5haw
4 Comments
Thanks for writing again - there are people who actually check in every day and you made me very happy this morning :)
Great list! I would add one more group, although not sure of the best way to categorize them (chillout?). Some old some newish:
Zero 7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj6yXxVc21Y
Theivery Corp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boyMLloqrlE&feature=related or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjRvAq6K654&feature=related
Mattafix http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mtfnfQoAco
Enjoy!
Shafqat
It’s all about Muxtape for me at the moment.
Ah, the old dead parent trap…when I fell into that I subscribed to Fabric First. £7 per month and they ship cool new (excellent) beats to my house every month… the downside is they also send me free invites to the club as well (which just serves to remind me regularly that I don’t go hear live dj’s anymore…)