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Brendan Tompkins [MVP]

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OT: Rock Music to Code By...

I've been pretty excited about music lately.  I'm always listening, but lately, in the last year or so, there's been a lot of really good rock music around.  I think there's a zeitgeist going on, because others, even .net bloggers like Scott seem to be listening to the same stuff.  There's a lot happening in the UK right now - this seems to be the epicenter or this new revolution.  To see what I mean, check out Snow Patrol, Franz Ferdinand, and The Thrills. North America seems to be doing okay too with new bands like The Stills and Interpol. And the cool thing is that many of these bands are touring the US right now, so you can see them at a venue near you! 

My theory (which is probably more obviousness than a theory)  is that the Internet, MP3 sharing and IPod-like things are fostering a growing revolution in music.  10 years ago, unless you lived in a big city, you would never find this stuff on your own. Today, the crap is slowing sinking to the bottom, and the good stuff is slowly floating to the surface. Hooray! In ten years, we'll have no more Brittany Spears... Wait, who am I kidding?  Anyway, perhaps we'll have less bands like Insane Clown Posse.

Speaking of good stuff, I have to admit that I really like some of the music on the Internet talk show DotNetRocks.  I think Rory's songs are actually quite good, especially for a coder!  His stuff is in some strange and hard to define genre (that's good right?), but it's actually very listen-able, and he sings like a young Bono.

Anyhow, enough rambling. 

-Brendan

 



Comments

Scott Galloway said:

Or Jet, a band from Australia (the one which performed the great 'Are you gonna be my girl" at the VMAs this yeat. Their whole album is pretty impressive. Oh, and I love Mr. Brishtside by the Killers - excellent 'getting ready for a big night' music. Other UK bands you might not have heard of yet include The Delays, Magnet - oh, and one old band, The Longpigs...
# September 11, 2004 12:29 AM

Brendan Tompkins said:

Ha! Well, I was going to link to you in this post, but didn't want to "OUT" you.. ;)
# September 11, 2004 9:17 AM

Brendan Tompkins said:

Thanks Kirk. I'll have to check out the Killers! I do love Interpol. Man they know how to start a song...
# September 11, 2004 9:19 AM

Brendan Tompkins said:

Scott, man we should do a Geek Dinner in the UK sometime... I'd need 6 months to plan, and we should do it the week of Reading or something...
# September 11, 2004 9:20 AM

Dave said:

I'm usually rockin' to the Foo Fighters or Chevelle or Tool, especially now that I'm working from home more now :-)
# September 12, 2004 5:37 AM

Paul Laudeman said:

Interesting recommendations! I'm checking them out now thanks to Rhapsody. Most of the time I find myself listening to a mix of alternative and metal. Definitely helps get you into the "zone" and get the creative processes going.
# September 12, 2004 3:08 PM

James Steele said:

# September 12, 2004 11:44 PM

Brendan Tompkins said:

Hi James. I did read your top artists listened to post when you first posted it.. I love a girly-sounding foot-peadling bass noodler as much as the next guy, but do you think Rush is really the most listened to band?
# September 13, 2004 2:06 AM

TomRowton said:

For those tight deadline, gotta hack it out in a hurry, client breathing down your neck coding sessions, the best I've found is the soundtrack to the movie "Hackers". It really helps me focus my mind while keeping the heartrate up enough to not get bored. Good stuff for driving, too. But not in traffic.
# September 13, 2004 4:02 AM

Scott Galloway said:

Hackers is a great movie - Halcyon by Orbital is an excellent trippy track (it's the title music). I also got the follow-up album Hackers 2 (original!) which isn't nearly as good and unfortunately features a track by Scooter.
# September 22, 2004 2:13 AM

Eric Gunnerson's C# Compendium said:

# October 7, 2004 1:45 PM

fred scellier said:

Hi,

LARGO02 is a french artist whose inspirations are 80's electro pop music,some other massive attack, bjork, sakamoto, kraftwerk, and jazz stars like coltrane and so on.
why wouldn't you discover his work on his website?
have fun.
http://larg02.over-blog.com
# March 1, 2005 10:08 AM

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About Brendan Tompkins

Brendan has been programming with .NET since the first public beta and is owner and operator of Port Technology Services, a consultancy company providing .NET application development services to the Maritime industry. In July, 2007, he was awarded the Microsoft MVP award for ASP.NET. He's also a proud co-founder of failed .COM startup Intrinsigo, and has had a hand in the failure of numerous other businesses. He currently runs CodeBetter.Com and Devlicio.us, and lives in Norfolk, Virgina with his wife Tiara and son Ian.

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