Interview with a Fellow Music Geek

For my interview, I asked my boyfriend, Danny Post, a few questions. Danny is both a tech geek and a a fan of music of the indie persuasion (he's the one who showed me the Google Arcade Fire video). He, like me, lives in a more sparsely populated area in North Carolina, and thus doesn't get a lot of exposure to different types of music outside of the Internet. So, I asked him some questions about a few of his favorite things in music and online. (Caution: Danny's answers are pretty loud, something weird was going on with Skype. Sorry!)

Here's the text of the interview:

Me: How has the internet introduced you to lesser known artists?

Danny: I use websites like last.fm  to find music and, y'know, get artist recommendations. and just kinda find artists out there.

C: What service do you use to find and/or listen to music?

D: I use Slacker and YouTube. Slacker's pretty cool because you can play, y'know, different genre stations  so, y'know, alternative, rock, electronic and you can kinda also put in, y'know, bands that you like and genres that you like and it'll give you like, a whole custom-made playlist for yourself to listen to.

C: What is the most creative music video that you've seen recently?

D: There's a video by the Chemical Brothers called "Swoon" and it's really neat just because, y'know, the whole black background and it's just people's outlines, y'know, the back and the different patterns and it's just really creative and really innovative.

C: Who's your favorite artist that not many people are familiar with?

D: I've been enjoying Ellie Goulding and uh, Gold Panda. They're both really excellent artists that have had some really cool shows and they've played some awesome sets.

C: Alright. Name an artist that has successfully used the internet to promote their music.

D: When I was in high school, I listened to a band called Rediscover, and the first two albums they put out were free, and y'know, once they started getting more popular they started charging for their music and I thought it was really cool way to go about, y'know, getting out there.

C: Alright, thanks!