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An Experiment

April 4, 2009 at 6:35 pm UTC

I’m really curious: who are all of you nice people? Lots of visitors, great comments, but I only know a few of you personally.

So I thought that maybe we could try something, a way for me to get to know you a little better. What I’d like you to do is this: go into your iTunes music library (or whatever it is you use) and RANDOMLY select five tracks, then post the list here. (If you’ve got iTunes you can just put it on shuffle and take the first five that come up). The only rule is that you must be absolutely, brutally honest. No cheating. Here are my first five on shuffle:

  1. “Dry the Rain” – The Beta Band
  2. “This American Life” podcast (12.2.2008)
  3. “Road to Chicago” – Thomas Newman (from the Road to Perdition Soundtrack)
  4. “Dancing With Tears in My Eyes” – Ultravox
  5. “Lux Aeterna” – Ligeti

See what I mean about being brutally honest? The strange thing is, I think that’s a pretty accurate snapshot of me. (Although I have a zillion albums by stand-up comedians, and none of that came through. And also hundreds of tracks of Ella Fitzgerald, and the complete Beatles collection.)

So c’mon, post your random five tracks, and let me find out a little bit about you.

  • http://rickeyg.blogspot.com Eric Granwehr

    1. Three Madrigals – All County Chorus
    2. Runaway – Cartel
    3. The Limit to Your Love – Feist
    4. Believe Achieve – CSS
    5. Seize the Future – Walt Disney World Official Soundtrack

    not one Eric Whitacre piece? not fair.

  • http://samuelhunter.net Samuel Hunter

    1. Lord, How Wilt Thou Be Angry – Purcell (John Rutter, Cambridge Singers)
    2. Dazed and Confused – Led Zeppelin
    3. Candle in the Wind – Elton John
    4. American Pie – The King's Singers
    5. III. From Heaven Distilled a Clemency – Tarik O'Regan (Conspirare)

    That's not too bad a snapshot…

  • http://www.youtube.com/bluefunkybassman Steve Richer

    Home – Cathy Burton
    Sun, Moon & Stars – Filska
    Man – Level 42
    Beati Quorum Via, Op. 38, No. 2 – Charles Villiers Stanford
    Ethnicolor – Jean-Michel Jarre

    I do have LOADS of Whitacre in my library, honest! Damn that shuffle!

  • http://aricjohnstone.blogspot.com Aric

    1. Symphonie Fantastique, Fifth Movement, Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath – Hector Berlioz
    2. Doctrine and Covenants – Section 76 – Latter-day Saint Scriptures
    3. The Word of Your Body – Spring Awakening
    4. Gangsta – Akon
    5. After Ventus – Enya

    This was a fun little exercise for me. I didn't realize I had such an eclectic library. By the by, I love the "This American Life" podcast. I listen every week.

  • http://sullivanmt.com Matthew Sullivan

    1. No.9 Duett: Ich gehe, doch rate ich dir, from Mozart's "Die Entfuhrung"
    2. Act 2 Scene 1: My compliments, from Britten's "Billy Budd"
    3. IX. Sancta Mater, from Pergolesi's "Stabat Mater"
    4. Vom Gebirge, Well' auf Well' from Brahms' "Neue Liebeslieder" (Op. 65)
    5. i thank you God for this most amazing day, by none other than yourself, sir.

  • sparrowsong

    1. Follow You Home- Nickelback
    2. Talking Bird- Death Cab for Cutie
    3. Each Day Gets Better- John Legend
    4. Undercover- Pete Yorn
    5. In Christ Alone- Margaret Becker, Maire Brennan, Joanne Hogg

    I like this game!

  • Dinesh Gurpur

    1. Charlie – Red Hot Chili Peppers
    2. After the Bombs – The Decemberists
    3. The Word of Your Body – Spring Awakening (one of the best musicals of all time)
    4. We Laugh Indoors – Death Cab For Cutie
    5. Sing For Absolution – Muse

    eh, just an okay look at my album.

  • http://www.myspace.com/joelscottdavis Joel Scott Davis

    1. Credo from Mass for Five Voices – William Byrd (Stephen Darlington, Christ Church Cathedral Choir)
    2. Get Back – The Beatles (Let it Be…Naked)
    3. When You Come Back Down – Nickel Creek (self-titled debut)
    4. Needles in the Camel's Eye – Brian Eno (Here Come the Warm Jets)
    5. V. Sehr Langsam from Sechs Stücke für Orchester, op. 6 – Anton Webern (Pierre Boulez, London Symphony Orchestra)

    An eclectic shuffle! It begins with Byrd (not to be confused with The Byrds) moves onto late-period Beatles, gently pauses with the pure harmonies of Nickel Creek, and then plunges into uncharted waters, courtesy of Eno and Webern…

  • Chadventure

    1. Birds – M83
    2. Sister – Sufjan Stevens
    3. Hard Sun – Eddie Vedder, Into the Wild Soundtrack
    4. But who may abide – Handel's Messiah
    5. She's a rejector – Of Montreal

  • http://ericwhitacre.com Eric

    Awesome! Keep 'em coming!

    LOVE the Jean-Michel Jarre pick.

  • Sam Gallegos

    1. Something's Gotta Give – Ella Fitzgerald
    2. Scat! Vocal Improvisation Exercise by Bob Stoloff
    3. Copland: Rodeo – Buckaroo Holiday – Bernstein/New York Philharmonic
    4. To Know You is to Love You – B.B. King
    5. Garden – Misty Edwards

    Saw you in Minneapolis a few weeks ago. Keep up the good work!

  • Jonathan McLear

    1. Have Ye Not Known (Randall Thompson) – US Army Field Band Soldiers' Chorus
    2. Merry Old Land of Oz – Harry Connick Jr.
    3. As Dew in Aprille, Ceremony of Carols (Britten) – Choir of New College Oxford
    4. Lucky – Jason Mraz
    5. Roxie – Chicago (the musical)

  • k poe

    1. Immortality – Pearl Jam
    2. Manhattan Skyline – David Shire, from Saturday Night Fever soundtrack (hey, it's great for driving)
    3. Maybe I'm Amazed – Paul McCartney
    4. Pretty Polly – Josh Ritter
    5. Weil' auf mir – Nikolaus Lenau (Gerald Finley & Julius Drake)

  • Kristina

    1. Love Is Here- Tenth Avenue North
    2. We Fall Down- Chris Tomlin
    3. You Were There- Avalon
    4. Cant Take It In- Imogen Heap
    5. We are One Tonight- Switchfoot

  • Lise

    All That Sh** is Gone – Carolina Liar
    My Freeze Ray – Neil Patrick Harris (from Dr. Horrible)
    No Line On The Horizon – U2
    Dia Luain, De Mairt – Gaelic Storm
    Run Away! (Spamalot)

  • condab

    1. Steve von Till – The Acre
    2. J.S. Bach – Praeludium from BWV 546 (Weinberger)
    3. Coldplay – Lost
    4. Avishai Cohen Trio – Seattle
    5. Element of Crime – Und du wartest

    not enough loud guitars, I would say :)

  • http://www.myspace.com/patrickmurraymusic patrickmurray

    Wanted to Write a Love Song – The Cat Empire
    The Kinslayer – Nightwish
    Sizongena Laph'emzini – Kokopelli Choir (from Africa)
    Medley of Bamboleo, Volvare, Djobi, Djoba, Pida Me La – The gipsy Kings
    Ice – Sarah McLachlan

    Well that was an interesting collection. I haven't listened to some of those in forever

    Peace all!

  • Will

    …Meets His Maker – DJ Shadow
    Thick as a Brick – Jethro Tull
    Traces – The Classics IV featuring Dennis Yost (???)
    In the Summertime – Mungo Jerry
    Feel Good Inc. (Music Video) – Gorillaz

    This is odd. I don't even know what the third song is, and I've never listened to 3 of them.
    I need to reorganize my music…

  • Brandon

    1.Get Low – Ludacris
    2.Eldest of All (Paradise Lost) – Eric Whitacre
    3.Don't Say You Love Me (from the 1st Pokemon movie) – M2M
    4.Pagan Poetry – Bjork
    5.Grey Cloud Over New York (from 1000 Airplanes on a Roof) – Philip Glass

  • andy

    1. Salve Regina – Arvo Pärt
    2. Not A Day Goes By – Bernadette Peters
    3. Put It Behind You – Keane
    4. The End Of All Things (LOTR Soundtrack) – Howard Shore
    5. All That Makes Us Human Continues – BT

  • Peter Hornby

    1. Falling In Love Again – The Puppini Sisters, from "Betcha Bottom Dollar"
    2. Half Nelson – Miles Davis, from "Workin' With the Miles Davis Quintet"
    3. The Wisest Fool = Old Blind Dogs, from "Play Live"
    4. Leave A Tender Moment Alone – Billy Joel, from "Essential Billy Joel"
    5. 3rd Movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 – London Classical Players/Roger Norrington

    Mmm, moderately happy with that. Gorgeous close harmony from The Puppini Sisters, great Scottish folk from Old Blind Dogs.

  • http://hotwaterishot.blogspot.com Matt

    1. House of Cards – Radiohead
    2. Joy to the World – Mormon Tabernacle Choir & Canadian Brass
    3. Ch'ella Mi Creda Libero E Lontano – Puccini (La Fanciulla Del West)
    4. Stars and Stripes Forever – John Philips Sousa
    5. Canon a 2 from The Musical Offering – Bach

    Really weird combination.

    Matt

  • Mike Lauckner

    1. Foward to Time Past – John Williams (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Soundtrack)
    2. Creating Governing Dynamics -James Horner (A Beautiful Mind Soundtrack)
    3. Storytime – Danny Elfman (Edward Scissorhands Soundtrack)
    4. Ensurance Trap – Michael Andrews (Donnie Darko Soundtrack)
    5. The Houses of Healing – Howard Shore (LOTR: Return of the King Soundtrack)

    Apparently, I only listen to soundtracks… haha. Not an extremely accurate depiction of my music library, but I do listen to A LOT of soundtracks. I've got a wide variety of indie and classical as well.

  • Pascal

    1. Enth E Nd – Linkin Park
    2. Ghost Love Score – Nightwish
    3. Ouran Concerto Moderato marciale for oboe, 2 horns, violin and string quartet – Hirano Yoshihisa
    4. Requiem: No 1. Introitus and Kyrie: Requiem and Kyrie – Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra & Marie Arnet
    5. Lepcis Magna – E.S. Posthumus

    Sadly enough, no song from Eric Whitacre :(

  • Tabes

    1. Nevermore – "The Heart Collector"
    2. Spring Awakening – "The Guilty Ones
    3. Sodom – "Sodomy and Lust"
    4. Prince and the Revolution – "Baby I'm A Star"
    5. OBC – "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd"

  • http://www.visionofmypsyche.wordpress.com boyerling3

    1. Brandenburg-Black Violin
    2. Hymn to the Fallen-John Williams
    3. One Night Only-Jennifer Hudson
    4. Cheating on the Blues-Brooks & Dunn
    5. The Sky and the Dawn and the Sun-Celtic Woman

  • Laura

    1) Whistlin' Past the Graveyard – Tom Waits
    2) Fall from the Grace of God – The Tim Malloys
    3) The Distance – Cake
    4) Mount Wroclai (Idle Days) – Beirut
    5) El Beso – Malacates Trebol Shop

    I like how you're ascertaining who we are by means of iTunes shuffle… ;-)

  • Robbie Bennett

    1) The Water is Wide- The King's Singers
    2) Marry the Man Today- Guys and Dolls
    3) If Ye Love Me- Chanticleer
    4) Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity- Philadelphia Orchestra
    5) Pressing On- Relient K

    This is pretty representative of me, however,I would have put some classic rock or more soft rock, Muse, or Coldplay on there.

    -Robbie

  • http://kayeskinner.com Ben

    1 – "Battle of Who Could Care Less" by Ben Folds Five
    2 – "Dimension" by Wolfmother
    3 – "Prelude: The Heist" by Grasshopper Takeover
    4 – "Stand by Me" by Rockapella
    5 – "Solace" by Fuel

    i recently compililed a list of my 177 favorite songs; you own 10 spots on this list. of course, you wanted random, so you get what you got.

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/14973230@N00/ Frances

    1. Old Friends – Simon and Garfunkel
    2. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Tintinnabulist Handbell Ensemble
    3. Please Please Me – The Beatles
    4. Mio furor, non piu costretto (from Verdi's Nabucco)
    5. Es Ist Ein Ros' Entsprungen – Chanticleer

    Surprisingly, that's almost representative. I do admit to cheating by omitting a midi practice recording (of the Credo from Haydn's Theresienmesse) which turned up third.

  • Rebecca Smurawa

    1) Le Danse devant l'arch- Le Roi David, Honegger
    2) Sogno- Andrea Bocelli
    3) Gladsome Light- Gretchaninoff
    4) Blue Monday- Orgy
    5) Dreidel- Don McClean

    Very bizarre play list… hmmm.

  • http://www.erienneromaine.com Erienne Romaine

    1) "Tiny Vessels"- Death Cab for Cutie
    2)"Unchained Melody"- Righteous Brothers
    3)"Come Together"- The Beatles
    4) "Can't Take it In"- Imogen Heap
    5) "How Sweet it is to be Loved By You"- Joe Williams with Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra

    This list isn't quite representative because Eric Whitacre isn't on it. :-/
    But thanks for asking. I love you. :D

  • Price

    1. Valses nobles et sentimentales VII. Moins vif- Maurice Ravel
    2. Human Behavior- Bjork
    3. Appalachian Spring Suite- Copland
    4. Halo- Beyonce
    5. Hide and Seek- Imogen Heap

  • Vince

    1) "Above Him stood the Seraphim" – Mendelssohn: Elijah
    2)"Selling the Drama" – Live
    3) "Ecce Quomodo Moritur Justus" – Tomás Luis de Victoria
    4) "Evacuee" – Enya
    5) "Crown" – Collective Soul

  • TJ Casey

    1) Pirate Jenny – The Threepenny Opera Soundtrack
    2) Christus Factus Est – Les Choristes Soundtrack
    3) If I Can Dream – All Shook Up
    4) Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine – Elmhurst College Concert Choir
    5) The Song of Purple Summer – Cast of Spring Awakening

    This is a pretty decent representation. Number 4 was just recorded a few weeks ago. In case you are interested we are performing it April 19th at our Spring Choir Concert. You should come!

  • Corey

    Alright, lets see, I'm a bit afraid…

    1) Gnarly Buttons- III Put Your Loving Arms Around Me (John Adams)
    2)Squeeze Box (The Who)
    3) Little Birds (EW)
    4)Someone Keeps Moving My Chair (They Might Be Giants)
    5)Taxman (The Beatles)

    Actually, very representative of me. Not my favorite TMBG or Beatles tunes, but they are on the list!
    Also, I too have the Beatles entire output on my iPod. Shouldn't everybody?

  • Matt Roberts

    1)"One Step Closer" – Linkin Park
    2)Sonata no. 7 – Sergei Prokofiev
    3)"On Ice" – Chris Thile
    4)Reprise – Joe Hisaishi
    5)Lux Aurumque – You

    This is fairly representative not necessarily of my specific taste but it does portray the fact that I listen to a very very wide variety of music and will listen to basically anything that interests me musically. If it helps to familiarize myself, I'm the kid that waited twice in line to get a picture with you at the community sing in minneapolis because my first picture didn't work haha.

    -Matt

  • Tim O

    "Be Still and Breathe" – Ivoryline
    "Lotus" – Minus The Bear
    "Keep on Runnin'" – Journey
    "I'll Stay" – Augustana
    "When a Man Loves a Woman" – Marvin Gaye

    That's pretty good. Not terribly accurate.. except for #5, of course. :D

  • http://lodewitt.blogspot.com Lo

    1) "Let Down"- True Love Waits-Christopher O'Riley Plays Radiohead
    2) "Sweet Lorraine"- Patty Griffin
    3) "River"- Joni Mitchell
    4) "Triptych:III.From Heaven Distilled a Clemency"- O'Regan: Theshold of Night
    5) "The Tower of Learning"- Rufus Wainwright

  • cheekbyjowl

    Cold Turkey – John Lennon
    West Coast – Coconut Records
    All Out of Love – Air Supply
    Too Many Tears – Elton John
    Skating – Vince Guaraldi (YES.)

  • Stephen

    Harmonielehre – Meister Eckhardt and Quackie – John Adams
    Killing in the Name – RATM
    Silent Night, Bodom Night – Children of Bodom
    For Whom the Bell Tolls – Metallica
    Phantom Pt.1 – Justice

    All which showcases my weird tastes! Yes metal and classical go together in case your wondering…just look at malmsteen…gilbert…dragonforce even!

  • http://adreamofmyownmaking.blogspot.com Robert Sparks

    1) Meet Me At My Window- Jack's Mannequin
    2) Crying Shame- Jack Johnson
    3) Cirith Ungol- Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
    4) Shikasa (Girlfriend)- Say Anything
    5) Who Has Seen the Wind?- Governor's School Chorus (I don't know the composer)

  • Zach S

    This is so much fun!
    These are the first 5 that popped up in iTunes DJ:
    1. Love is Gone – David Guetta
    2. Daylight – Coldplay
    3. The Testimony – Original Broadway Cast of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
    4. Denouement – Dario Marianelli (Atonement soundtrack)
    5. Ring Them Bells – Bob Dylan

    I had to go back and listen to Atonement. ^_^
    Thanks for that!

  • Jenny

    1. Mouthwash – Kate Nash
    2. Cantata: Wachet Auf. Ruft Uns Stimme – Bach
    3. Reflections – Tim Janis
    4. Finland/Fisch Schlapping Dance – Spamalot
    5. Chaos Theory 3.0 – James Bonney

    Just a snapshot of the very eclectic 4000 songs that live in my iTunes….

  • http://homepages.dordt.edu/~benk Ben

    There's a Reason – A.A. Bondy
    Ancient Jokes – a track from Garrison Keillor's "Pretty Good Jokes"
    Way Down – Marty Stuart (from the fabulous "Soul's Chapel")
    Aria for Baritone – Charles Ives, "The Celestial Country" (St. Olaf Choir)
    A Good Idea at the Time – O.K. Go

    Yup, that seems about right.

  • http://www.myspace.com/marcusmcleod Marcus

    "Enchanted Suite" -Alan Menken
    "Somedays" -Regina Spektor
    "Ding Dong! Merrily on High" -Cambridge Singers & John Rutter
    "The Moment I Said It" -Imogen Heap
    "Who am I?" Les Miserables (Dream Cast Recording)

    I did a check, and 4 more till the first Whitacre piece. It happened to be "Go Lovely Rose" from the BYU recording.

  • lance newman

    well, these are from my iPhone…so it's already a bit shortlisted. still works, though.

    "The Tempest" – Jennifer Thomas
    "The Coolin" – Dale Warland Singers
    "Shaken" – Shiny Toy Guns
    "Mausam & Escape" – Slumdog Millionaire
    "Empathy" – A Sound Mind (GREAT band from Australia)

  • http://nickolaspickolas.blogspot.com Nick

    "Farewell" – BYU Singers, 2006-07 Archival CD
    "Sommarpsalm" = BYU Singers, 2006-07 Archival CD
    "Sweet is the Peace" – BYU Singers, "Songs of the Soul"
    "Belshazzar's Feast – If I Forget Thee" – William Walton – Andrew Litton, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    "Camp Orange" – Cornershop, "Woman's Gotta Have It"

    I also checked where the first Whitacre piece was, it wasn't for seven more spots…

  • http://bradleysteenkamp.com Bradley Steenkamp

    1. Reach Out – Laura Michelle Kelly
    2. Kathleen Mavourneen – Randy Edelman
    3. Sleep – Eric Whitacre
    4. No better way to show your love than a broken set of legs – Moneen
    5. We Are the flank – Randy Edelman

    On shuffle in itunes. I've got about 9 gig of music with only one Randy Edelman album (Gettysburg) and yet it came up twice!

  • Pratik

    I use Winamp to create manual playlists, and I'm hesitant to load the whole library into a playlist because I think it might crash, so I don't think I can do this with absolute fairness. So, I sorted my library by track title and will scroll randomly, without looking, to five tracks.

    1) "A Mad Russian's Christmas" by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
    2) "Esprit de Corps" march, by Robert Jager, performed by my high school wind symphony.
    3) "Medea's Meditation and Dance" by Samuel Barber, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra under someone named Schenck.
    4) The finale, "Toccata", from Thomas Pitfield's "Sonata for Xylophone", performed by myself.
    5) "Chinese Dance" from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite, performer unknown.

    That's actually a terrible cross-section, except that it covers some different genres of stuff. I should also say to be fair that most of my non-art music that I have on CD I've removed from my computer, to save space… but I guess that means I don't listen to it a whole lot, either.

  • Brian

    1. Just Friends – Doc Severesen
    2. Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 – Berliner Philharmoniker
    3. O Magnum Mysterium – Dale Warland Singers
    4. Serpentine – Earth Wind and Fire
    5. Excuse Me – Steve Martin's Ramblin' Man

  • Dennis Creighton

    Get Back – The Beatles
    Rent – Original B'way Cast
    Penny Lane – Vocal Express (A Capella Group I conduct)
    Galvanize the Eye of the Tiger – Mashup
    Be My Yoko Ono – Barenaked Ladies

  • Jonovitch

    Wow, I just got whiplash — take a look:

    1. Come As You Are – Nirvana
    2. One More Try – George Michael
    3. Dazed and Confused – Led Zeppelin
    4. Don't – Jewel
    5. Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles

    iTunes can be so brutal sometimes.

    Jon

  • Jason

    1. Concerto for Wind Ensemble-Steven Bryant
    2. Theoden Rides Forth-Howard Shore
    3. Annuals mvt. 2-John Mackey
    4. Noisy Wheels of Joy-Eric Whitacre
    5. Sleep-Eric Whitacre

  • http://- Jason K.

    1. London Calling – The Clash
    2. Say Goodbye – Chris Brown
    3. Doctor Doctor- Bizarre
    4. I don't Dance- High School Musical 2
    5. Little Birds-The Concordia Choir (Echo)

  • Elijah Johnson

    1. Intuition- Jewel
    2. What Wondrous love- St. Olaf Choir
    3. Hosanna!- Brainerd High School A Cappella Choir
    4. Pilgrim's Hymn- Grand Rapids High School A Cappella Choir
    5. Hey Baby- No Doubt

    Yeah, this sums it up, Lots of choral, with lots of other stuff too. :)

  • http://tomandbecca.blogspot.com Tom

    To ensure true random-ness, I went to random.org and generated random numbers from my current library of 1611 files. The results:

    1491. The world has turned and left me here – Weezer
    920. Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major: 3 Rondeau: allegro vivace – W.A. Mozart
    482. Before the Paling of the Stars – BYU Concert Choir
    57. Telemann: Suite In D, TWV 55 – 1. Overture – German Bach Soloists
    1337. Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36: Scherzo, Pizzacato ostinato – Allegro – P.I. Tchaikovsky

    Modern pop/alternative, classical, modern choral, Baroque, romantic.

    Pretty good cross section, I'd say. That I went to random.org to generate random numbers may say more about me than the 5 songs I listed…. :)

  • Brady

    1. Make our garden grow(bernstein)-Candide(original Broadway cast recording)
    2. Conversion of Saul(Z. Randall Stroope)-Florida State University Singers
    3. All the small things-Blink 182
    4. O mio Babbino Caro-Puccini(performed by Ana Maria Martinez
    5.Sleep(YOU!)-Eric whitacre extravaganza. =D

    WOOOO!!!!

  • http://www.myspace.com/pink717 Ashley Jensen

    1. Jai ho (you're my destiny)-pussycat dolls
    2. Stay-sugarland
    3. Ain't no party- ruben studdard
    4. The yellow river- lang lang :) (my fav)
    5. Come as you are- nirvana

  • Sam

    1. The Revolutionary Costume for Today – Grey Gardens (Off-Broadway Recording)
    2. Will You? – Grey Gardens (Off-Broadway Recording)
    3. Epilogue – Company (New Revival)
    4. I Miss the Music – Curtains (Original Broadway Recording)
    5. Cloudburst – Polyphony

    Wow. Just for future reference, I actually have more classical music than showtunes on my iPod. That was weird (although I love all of the songs that came up).

  • Dan

    "Ruby" – Ambrose Akinmusire
    "Body and Soul"- Charles Mingus
    "Widow of a Living Man" – Ben Harper
    "Blues" – Art Blakey/Clifford Brown/ Horace Silver/Lou Donaldson/Curley Russel (A Night at Birdland Vol. 1)
    "Ah-Leu-Cha" – Miles Davis Quintet

    I listen to a lot of jazz, but not this exclusively.

  • Tessy

    This is fun! Here's what I got:

    The Firefly (From Animal Crackers)- BYU Singers – Eric Whitacre
    Fantastique – Lionel Hampton
    Coma Girl – Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros
    Mlada: Lithuanian Dance – Rimsky-Korsakov

    This was a pretty good list, except it doesn't even touch on my lengthy collection of musicals…or 80s/90s rock. Ah well. :)

  • Tessy

    Or jazz…I have a pretty decent jazz collection too. Again, oh well. :)

  • John Wright

    OK, here goes:

    1.)Sanctus & Benedictus – Tallis Scholars – Palestrina
    2.)Off the Top (Line Dance) – Bela Fleck & the Flecktones (from Little Worlds, Disc 1)
    3.)Gold Mine – Take 6 (from the album Take 6)
    4.)The Whistle Tune – Bela Fleck & the Flecktones (from Hidden Lands)
    5.)Three Flower Songs, #3, Go, Lovely Rose – Polyphony – who else?

    I have to add a bonus #6, just because I love this group:
    6.)Slow Down Krishna – The Bobs from (Shut Up and Sing)

    By the way, Eric, I just heard your Nox Aurumque. Pure brilliance, it may be your best yet. Thanks to you and VocalEssence for making it available.

  • Tessy

    Ooops, forgot to mention track 5:

    String Quarter No.6 in G, Op. 101 – 2. Moderato Con Moto – Shostakovich

  • Tessy

    *Quartet

  • http://www.thesegentlemen.com Ozkirbas

    1. Tenant Enemy #1 – Dropkick Murphys
    2. Heart of a Dragon – Dragonforce
    3. Women We Haven't Met Yet – Minus the Bear
    4. Do It For Free – G. Love and the Special Sauce
    5. Pretty When You Cry – VAST

    Heh, sorry, none of your stuff came up.
    Put the Paradise Lost demos out for download and… well…
    Maybe the will next time.

  • http://thesegentlemen.blogspot.com Ozkirbas

    oops typed the wrong website address

  • JoeK

    1. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing – The St. Olaf Choir
    2. Can You Stand The Rain – Boyz II Men
    3. Persons With Long Ears – Camille Saint-Saëns
    4. Informer – Snow, feat. MC Shan
    5. Sanctus – Harry Partch

  • Helena

    So I did leave out the 2 second tracks from St. John's Passion that came up, as well as the stuff from the Norton Western Anthology cd, which was on there for study purposes and I couldn't identify them, so after that disclaimer:

    1. Tantum Ergo, Durufle
    2. Casino Royale, Herb Alpert
    3. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Eric Clapton
    4. Danza Triste, Segovia/Granados
    5. New Year's Day, U2

    that is a sweet list, if I do say so myself. i think i'll listen to it.

  • Jacie

    1) "Taylor" Jack Johnson
    2)"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" The Beatles
    3) "Lost" Michael Buble
    4) "This is Home" Switchfoot
    5) "The Strength to Go On" Rise Against

    "Cloudburst" was number 6!! I wanted to share that with you :-)

  • Jacqueline

    1. One Day I'll Fly Away- from Moulin Rouge
    2. If I Told You Now- Jason Robert Brown
    3. Vanessa and the Changelings- Philip Glass (from The Hours)
    4. Epiphany- Sondheim (from Sweeny Todd)
    5. Crash Into Me- DMB cover by Rockapella

    good idea for a posting- it is fun to see that there are so many other people with quality choral music shuffled in their itunes! i'm not the only one!

    looking forward to NYC in June for the DCINY concert! i'm chaperoning high school group! i'm graduating in may with my degree in music ed- it's a grad present to myself! can't wait to work with you and sing your inspiring music!

  • Bryan

    1. Glory Lord Jesus – Keith Green
    2. Finale of West Side Story – Bernstein
    3. Requiem in D minor: III Confutatis – Mozart
    4. Rutter Requiem: V Agnus Dei – John Rutter
    5. Mass No.1 in D minor: I Kyrie – Bruckner

    Yep that is actually a good representation of the music I like.

  • Ben Hill

    Recessional: Spring (From The Four Seasons)-Antonio
    I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)-John Mayer
    Young Americans-David Bowie
    Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life-Spamalot Soundtrack
    Something's Coming-The King's Singers

  • Henry

    1. "Ever Dream" – Nightwish
    2. "The Body Electric" – Rush
    3. "Don Giovani" – Rancid
    4. "Kaya" – Bob Marley
    5. "Magic Carpet Ride" – Steppenwolf

  • Tim Rosko

    1. "California Dreaming" – The Mamas and The Papas
    2. "The Way I Am" – Ingrid Michaelson
    3. "Three Is a Magic Number" – Blind Melon (from School House Rock! Rocks)
    4. "The Song Is You" – Frank Sinatra
    5. "Foreign Visitors Arrive" – Patrick Doyle (from the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire soundtrack)

    That's a pretty good representation I would say. Although, in reality it is even more varied!

  • Jonathan Thomas

    1. Blame it on the Tetons – Modest Mouse
    2. Soft Shoulder – Kaki King
    3. A Part of the Forest – Northcape
    4. Night on the Sun – Modest Mouse
    5. Silence Magnifies Sound – The Six Parts Seven

  • Eric Wagner

    Cell Block Tango – Chicago Movie Soundtrack
    Do You Dare – Kylie Minogue
    Strobelight – Darin Zanyar
    Heaven On Earth – Britney Spears
    Eh Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) – Lady Gaga

    This is the Britney Spears guy we met in NYC in March, I'm part of the Sprague High School Concert Choir. Name is Eric Wagner

  • Eric Wagner

    Will you release Paradise Lost on CD anytime soon

  • http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/cgi-bin/user_page.pl?url=thomasmotley Thomas

    1. Quem Vidistis Pastores? – Poulenc
    2. Hail Gladdening Light – Wood
    3. Crucifixus Pro Nobis (Christ in the Garden) – Leighton
    4. Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria – Britten (organ piece)
    5. Seinti Maria Moder Milde – MacMillan

    Not one pop song on there!!

  • http://www.jscottmckenzie.com Scott McKenzie

    1. Do You Hear What I Hear–Vince Gill (I'm blaming my wife for that one)

    2. Concerto for 23 Winds (Walter Hartley)–Cincinnati Wind Symphony

    3. English Dances (Malcolm Arnold)–performed by a British brass band

    4. Summertime Blues–performed by the Marching Virginians of my alma mater, Virginia Tech

    5. Corcoran Cadets (Sousa)–one of the Air Force bands

    Not too shabby a mix…

  • http://blogs.hunsbergermath.com/1141 Kyle Hunsberger

    1. "Last Resort" – Judee Sill
    2. "Dig It" (Bootleg Extended Rehearsal) – The Beatles
    3. "Bread Of Life" – 2nd Chapter of Acts
    4. "If God Is My Father" – Larry Norman
    5. "King Of The Jailhouse" – Aimee Mann

    I totally forgot I even HAD some of these tracks!

  • Bethan Thomas

    1.Palestrina: Missa Pape Marcelli – Gloria – Peter Phillips :Tallis Scholars
    2.Patapan – King's Singers
    3. Bach: St Matthew Passion BWV 244 – Sehet, Jesus Hat Die Hand – Mark Padmore, Paul McCreesh etc
    4. The Stolen Child – Eric Whitacre – NYCGB and King's Singers
    5. School – Supertramp

    Well thats a mix!

  • Nick Wright

    Story- Maroon 5
    Quatre Variations Sur un Thème de Domenico Scarlatti: Variation II- Hannes Läubin & Lukas Maria Kuen
    Stay (Faraway, So Close!)- U2
    Cryin'- Aerosmith
    This Town- Frank Sinatra

    The Quatre Variations is for my trumpet lessons I swear… I'm not a total band dork.. :)

  • http://evenstillmusic.com Brian Miears

    1. Daring Daylight Escape – Caedmon's Call
    2. How Great Is Our God – Chris Tomlin
    3. Ke'ala's Mele – Leonard Kwan
    4. I Will Wade Out – Eric Whitacre
    5. Do You Hear What I Hear – Keola Beamer

  • Melissa Hand

    "Hide and Seek" – Imogen Heap
    "In the Hands of Mortals" – John Ottman
    "Flying" – The Beatles
    "Soldier's Poem" – Muse
    "Lux Aurumque" – Eric Whitacre, of course

    Interesting.

  • http://tendrilofthought.blogspot.com Warren

    1. Lobet Den Herrn In Seinen Taten – J.S. Bach

    2. Spit on a Stranger – Nickel Creek

    3. Tous les au-revoir se ressemblent – Natasha St.-Pier

    4. On the Beach at Night, Alone – Ralph Vaughan Williams

    5. Joseph's Lullaby – MercyMe

  • Dalan Guthrie

    La Rose Complete- Morten Lauridsen

    For Good- Wicked

    Thank You- BYU Vocal Point

    If you could Hie to Kolob- BYU singers

    haha, the fifth would have been your when david heard! arg!

  • http://clairewestbrook.blogspot.com Claire

    Winter Birds – Ray LaMontagne
    She Weeps Over Rahoon – you
    The Dumbing Down of Love – Frou Frou
    No Sunlight – Death Cab for Cutie
    Hoppipolla – Sigur Ros

  • Mikel

    1.-Aglepta-Arne Mellnäs. Tapiola Choir
    2.-Mid-winter songs: Like snow-Morten Lauridsen
    3.-Island, "Deep dead blue"- Anuna
    4.-"O dolorosa gioia" Quinto libro dei madrigali- Carlo Gesualdo- Consort of Musicke.
    5.-Strioio-Einar Scheving.

    …but who the hell invented the "suffle" algorithm?
    It's so cruel… know I think I know a bit more all the people I'll never meet…

    Eric, have you ever planed a trip to SPAIN? lots of people loves your music here.

    Greetings for all!!

  • Peter

    It Don't Matter to Me – Bread
    Cool – West Side Story
    Mr. Roboto – Styx
    Eight Days A Week – The Beatles
    Goodbye Pork Pie Hat – Charles Mingus

  • Nick

    1.) "Still Hurting" – The Last 5 Years
    2.) "Grace Kelly" – Mika
    3.) "Satellite" – Guster
    4.) "Gravity" – Sara Bareilles
    5.) "Up to the Mountain" – Patty Griffin

    I'm proud of this list. I'd say it describes me quite well. I'd love to hear your opinion on these. Feel free to email. :)

  • Simon

    Johanna 2- Sweeney Todd Revival Cast
    Jigsaw Falling Into Place- Radiohead
    Stormy Weather- O.C. Times
    RoboCop- Kanye West
    The Preaching of Priamides- Crumbling Arches

  • Rachel B.

    Die Vampire, Die!- from "[Title of Show]"
    To Keep My Love Alive- from "A Connecticut Yankee"
    Don't Worry, Be Happy- Bobby McFerrin
    2112- Rush
    Sing- the Carpenters

  • Roger Kingsland

    1. Power of Equalty – Red Hot Chili Peppers
    2. I Don't Want to Know – Fleetwood Mac
    3. Introduction – Chicago
    4. Seven Come Eleven – Benny Goodman & his Orchestra
    5. When the Children Cry – White Lion

    Not as exciting as I'd hoped.

  • Bill B

    I would be surprised if Eric looked at all of these comments, but here goes.

    1-U2, I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight

    2-Shawn McDonald, Hallelujah

    3-downhere, Don't Miss Now

    4-Justin McRoberts, Backroads And Longways

    5-Fools Banquet, Either Side

  • Rachelle

    1. Harrison's Dream — Yorkshire Building Society Brass Band

    2. Persichetti Symphony no. 6 — USMC Band

    3. The Ballad of Danny Bailey — Elton John

    4. Tarantella — American Horn Quartet

    5. Appalachian Spring — Copland, Mehta, LA Phil

  • Chris G

    Everyday – James Taylor
    Why Don't We Do It In The Road – The Beatles
    Epithalamion – Ralph Vaughan Williams
    My Blue Eyed Jane – Bob Dylan (from Songs of Jimmie Rodgers)
    Heaven – Lamb

  • Peter

    1. Elgar Cello Concerto mvt. 2 (w/ Jacqueline du Pré)
    2. Toccata and Fugue – Youtube accordion version
    3. Poirot opening theme (old detective show)
    4. i thank You God – BYU Singers
    5. Schumann Piano Quartet op. 47 (I think)

    Interesting. i thank You God is actually one of the few of your pieces that I don't quite understand. I was hoping Leonardo would make the list, but oh well.

  • http://rickeyg.blogspot.com Eric Granwehr

    Eric I wanna do it again because I have nothing else to do at the moment.

    1. Zip-a-dee-doo-dah – Mormon Tabernacle Choir
    2. When I Cross Over Jordan – IIIrd Tyme Out
    3. Always – Rilo Kiley
    4. Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl – Broken Social Scene
    5. Ching a Ring Chaw – All North Jersey Junior High School Regional Choir

    I don't even live in jersey, how they ended up on my itunes i have NO idea.

  • OprEowyn

    1. My Own Summer (Shove It) – Deftones
    2. Angelus ad virginem – Tallis Scholars singing
    3. I Grieve – Peter Gabriel
    4. Si Puer Com Puellula from Carmina Burana – with Orff directing
    5. O Holy Night – arr. John Rutter, Luther College performing (yup – the whole music dept), 2000 Juletide

    A fun mix!

  • http://www.zone.ee/ziili Troy Amon

    1. David Julyan – A Man’s Reach Exceeds His Expectations
    2. Franz Schubert – Impromptu in E-flat major op.90 nr.2
    3. Belle & Sebastian – The Fox In The Snow
    4. Howard Shore – A Journey In The Dark
    5. Trading Yesterday – Shattered

  • Matt W

    1. The Longest Time – Billy Joel
    2. Breath of Life from the LOTR soundtrack
    3. Put Your Head on my Shoulder – Michael Buble
    4. Der Gutan Tag Hop-Clop from The Producers
    5. Hysteria – Muse

    If you've not heard of them, check out Muse.

  • Kris M. Sandrock

    1. Quia ergo femina mortem instruxit – Canticles of Ecstasy
    2. Winter – Joshua Radin
    3. To Ramona – Bob Dylan
    4. Through the Fires, Achilles…And Immortality – Troy Soundtrack
    5. Carmen Entr'Acte – Bizet

  • http://richardberg.net/me Richard Berg

    "A Man in a Room, Gambling" (Programme Eight) – Gavin Bryars
    Test – Cintrini
    Metamorphosen – Richard Strauss
    Phantasmagoria (on Themes From "The Ghosts Of Versailles"), For Cello & Piano: Phantasmagoria – John Corigliano
    String Quartet No. 1 In C Major, Op. 37, M41: I. Lento Assai – Karol Szymanowski

    Wow, guess the randomizer was in the mood for strings (assuming frenetic Italian electric guitars count!). I tend to be more of a brass & choral guy.

  • Eli Jones

    1. Eleanor Rigby–The Beatles
    2. Diary–Eric Clapton
    3. Hallelujah–Jeff Buckley
    4. It's Not True–William Fitzsimmons
    5. The Lighthouse's Tale–Nickel Creek

  • David Jarnagin

    1. In The Evening Time – The Blanks
    2. (Loneliness Made Me Realize)It's You That I Need – The Temptations
    3. Notorious – Duran Duran
    4. Flesh and Bone – Alien Ant Farm
    5. Shadow Of The Day – Linkin Park

  • http://www.myspace.com/anelson618 Andrew Nelson

    1. Birthday – Joe Hisaishi
    2. The Kill – 30 Seconds to Mars
    3. Les Préludes – Franz Liszt
    4. Mission Impossible Theme – Hans Zimmer
    5. Decisive Battle – Nobuo Uematsu

    heh . . love soundtracks . . .
    :]

    BAH! 6th was Five Hebrew Love Songs – What snow!

  • Justin H

    1. Don't Let Me Down – Dana Fuchs Band
    2. Chalice of Agony – Avantasia (The Metal Opera)
    3. Pharaoh – Symphony X
    4. Fiddle and the Drum – A Perfect Circle
    5. Accolade II – Symphony X

    And I thought, with my plethora of Nightwish albums, at least one song would come up.

  • http://www.stevenbryant.com Steven Bryant

    1. Big Time – Peter Gabriel
    2. (T1) Medien – Deutsch: Na Klar! (Disc 2)
    3. The Girl On Top (Of The PIano) – Spiraling
    4. How Could You Want Him – Spin Doctors
    5. Fill Her Up – Sting

    4 pop tunes and a German lesson. Seems about right…

  • Katie D

    1. "Medicine Wheel" – Between The Buried And Me
    2. "Spain" – Bobby McFerrin
    3. "Wake" – Thomas Newman (Road To Perdition)
    4. "Destiny's Path" – John Willaims (Memoirs of a Geishia)
    5. "This Time" – Jonathan Rhys Meyers

  • Marcus Baker

    -My Life Would Suck Without You-Kelly Clarkson
    -Fantasies Come True-Avenue Q
    -Lieder Das Knaben Wunderhorn: Der Tanbour'sell-Gustav Mahler
    -Symphony 1 in D Major: Kraftig-Gustav Mahler
    -Bang the Doldrums-Fall Out Boy

    Hmm…I'm surprised more dance like tunes didn't pop up.

  • Marilee

    It's so cool seeing the quite unique mix of music everyone has on here :)

    Firing up my iTunes now…and we have…

    1)Koyaanisqatsi – Philip Glass
    2)Clarity – John Mayer
    3)Slipping – Neil Patrick Harris (from Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog….wow….)
    4)Everything – Lifehouse
    5)Dancing Generation – Matt Redman

    I'm just glad my 90's boy band collection didn't show up ;)

  • Darren

    ~Music Maestro Please–Harry Connick Jr.
    ~And He Shall Purify–'The Messiah'–London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir
    ~Oh Draw Me–Selah
    ~I'll Fly Away–'O Brother Where Art Thou' soundtrack
    ~Johanna–Sweeney Todd–2005 Broadway revival cast

    Thanks again for sharing with us. I haven't been on here in a while and the updates have exploded lately.

  • drewwwww

    1. "Singing Arc" -Seabear
    2. "Take Your Time" -Buddy Holly
    3. "Relief" -Chris Garneau
    4. "From" -Dr. Dog
    5. "Lille" -Lisa Hannigan

    if you don't already know her, you should definitely check Lisa Hannigan out.

  • http://www.quinnfarley.com Quinn Farley

    1- 20th Caprice of the 24 Caprices by Paganini (Itzhak Perlman recording)
    2- Knives Out -Christopher O'Riley (piano tribute to Radiohead) AWESOME
    3- Be Still My Soul -Lisbeth Scott
    4- Summer Sun -Koop
    5- Elephant Gun -Beirut (Lon Gisland)

    Full Disclosure: I did have to edit out Hannah Montana -my tween daughter's music (catchy tunes, tho…)

  • Gus Labayen

    1 Rachmaninov – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op. 43 – 5 Var. 3 (Rachmaninov: Philadelphia Orchestra)
    2 Leal Moreira: Sinfonia (António Leal Moreira)
    3 Longview (Greenday)
    4 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude #17, A-flat (Bach, Glenn Gould)
    5 Noel Ayisyen (Emile Desamours, Weston Noble, Luther College Nordic Choir)

    Yep, this is pretty much me… Scarily accurate!

  • K. Connelly

    1. Buckbeak's Flight–John Williams, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

    2. Jitterbug Waltz–John Swana, On Target

    3. Weep, O Mine Eyes–The King's Singers

    4. The Point of No Return–John Debney/Royal Scottish Symph., Back to the Future Trilogy

    5. Storytime–Danny Elfman, Edward Scissorhands

    hahaha.

  • Briana S.

    Drink Up Me Hearties – Pirates Of The Caribbean (At World's End) Soundtrack
    She Blinded Me With Science – The Coats
    Le plus beau et le plus triste paysage du monde – Le Petit Prince
    Hyrule Castle – The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
    Professor Umbridge – Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix Soundtrack

    Yep; soundtracks, video game music, and musicals. Sounds good! (I do listen to a lot of classical, too, though…)

  • http://rickeyg.blogspot.com Eric Granwehr

    ERIC IM BACK.

    i'm doing it again, my itunes library is pretty extensive, so there is a limitless number of combinations!!!!!!!

    1. Autobahn – Anberlin
    2. Lazy Confessions – The Moldy Peaches
    3. Bring a Torch Isabella – Some piano christmas CD I had?
    4. Beyond the Clouds – from the Wintuk – Cirque du Soleil soundtrack
    5. Set me as a seal – University of Miami Chorale.

    glorious. i'm sure i'll be back for another sometime soon.

    enjoyyyyy.

  • http://www.melissaaxel.com Melissa Axel

    Hi Eric, excited to discover your blog tonight via facebook!

    We met a couple years ago at the ASCAP Expo after the panel you spoke on. I was there as press for a Colorado music magazine and since went on to focus on my own music career and found a non-profit that presents music-driven interdisciplinary arts events and workshops. Still hopeful you'll make it back this way soon as I believe my husband James and I were gone on our honeymoon when you ended up having your show here.

    In any case, here are my 10 utterly, brutally random tracks (I'm doing 10 since it's the 10th – my birthday!):

    1. "Medicine Eater" by Yōko Kanno from Escaflowne Original Soundtrack 2 (1996)
    2. "Mute" by Techno Squirrels from the Mute EP (2005)
    3. "Le Räi C'est Chic" by Cheb Mami f. Sting from Dellali (2001)
    4. "It's A World Of Prejudice" by the Lovewell Institute for the Creative Arts student cast of Taking Root: A Groundbreaking Musical (summer camp program 2005)
    5. "Golden Girls (Morley's Apollo Mix)" by Kinetic from Kinetic (1992)
    6. "???? [live]" by Zero 7 f. Tina Dico, transmusicales de rennes (2001) – this is all the tagging it has, sounds like it goes into an improv or reinterpretation of one of the songs from the album When It Falls
    7. "14 Ghosts II" by Nine Inch Nails from Ghosts I-IV (2008)
    8. "All I Want" by Joni Mitchell from Blue (1971)
    9. "Shake Those Windows" by Athlete from Vehicles and Animals (2003)
    10. "Livin' La Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin (sad, but true)

    I have no idea what these 10 tracks say about me out of some 16,000 plus in the library, but it sure was enjoyable to listen to them … and I have a feeling that now I'll be doing this for another hour!

    Hope to see you again sometime soon! :)

    All the best,

    Melissa (& James) from Denver

  • Guy

    Chansons (1931): IV. Le petit village – The Sixteen – Frank Martin
    Carnival Of The Animals: Aquarium – King’s Singers
    Ave Rex Angelorum from Ex Maria Virgine by John Tavener – Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
    Now As A Spirit from the Reqiuem – Karl Jenkins
    Interview with the King’s Singers – Preface to the Spem in Alium – King’s Singers

    With Tavener's Lamb in close sixth… I don't feel this sums me up all that well, but I guess thats the game.

  • K2

    Spanish Eyes (Single Version) – U2
    Lullaby – Dixie Chicks
    Black Like Me – Spoon
    Walk to the Water – U2
    A Boy and A Girl – Eric Whitacre

  • Dan

    African Skies – Airmen of Note
    Dance Movements (Sparke) – 4th Movment The college of New Jersey
    Legends and Heroes 3rd Movement – Pierre LaPlante
    A Night in Pidruid – Steve Weist Big Band
    Body and Soul – Eugene Rousseau
    Persichetti Symphony 6 – Fennell and Eastman
    Hush – String Tribute to Tool
    Meta March – Steven Bryant
    Metal – Nine Inch Nails

    Keep up the great art, we need more right now.

  • http://twitter.com/mooer92 Mike

    Newjack – Justice
    Linger – The Cranberries
    Final Assault – Jack Wall and Sam Hulick (Mass Effect Soundtrack)
    Symphony No. 40 – Mozart
    Surrender – Tranquility Base

  • Jake

    We Both Reached For the Gun – Chicago (Soundtrack)
    Ah, non piu!… Ah! Gran Dio! Morir si giovine – La Traviata
    Lux aurumque – Eric Whitacre/BYU Singers
    Sure on This Shining Night – Samuel Barber
    What Am I Waiting For? – Parade (Soundtrack)

    Verdi, Whitacre, and Barber!! :)

  • philip

    1. Lonesome Valley – Joan Baez
    2. I'm Yours – Jason Mraz
    3. "Kyrie" from "Mass of the Children" – John Rutter
    4. Don Giovanni – Mozart (Bryn Terfel, Renee Fleming)
    5. It's Begining to Look a Lot Like Christmas – Bing Crosby

  • Teresa

    1. Como Tu – Cantorio Alberto Grau
    2. Mid-Winter Songs, No. 3 – She Tells Her Lover While Half Asleep – Morten Lauridsen, Elora Festival Singers
    3. Una donna a quindicianni – W. A. Mozart, Me! on my junior recital (WOW I've grown since then, even in a year!)
    4. Lux Aeterna: O Nata Lux – Morten Lauridsen, Elora Festival Singers
    5. O Virdissima – Hildegard von Bingen, Goshen College Women's World Music Choir

  • Sarah

    1. Slide by The Goo Goo Dolls
    2. The Ballad of John and Yoko by The Beatles
    3. Middle of Nowhere by Hot Hot Heat
    4. Losing Grip by Avril Lavigne
    5. Do You Belive In Love by Huey Lewis and The News sung by JMU's The Madison Project

  • http://www.thisiswhatisaw.blogspot.com Kurien

    1.Keep on Loving You – REO Speedwagon
    2.Nightswimming – R.E.M
    3.Du Hast – Rammstein
    4.Baggy Pants – Teriyaki Boys
    5.Edward Scissorhands theme – Danny Elfman

  • Cassie Taylor

    let's see here…

    1. Halelujah – Jeff Buckley
    2. Shipbuilding – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
    3. Willow – Etta James
    4. You & I – Michael Buble
    5. Otherside – RHCP
    6. Say So – Israel & New Breed (I actually don't like this song)
    7. Hold You In My Arms – Ray LaMontagne
    8. Lazy Susan – Shwayze
    9. Fool Thats I Am – Etta James
    10. Pokerface – Lady Gaga

    there ya go! PS: Sleep is the required piece for state contests in Ohio for class AA. so we're singing it & love it. question: are we supposed to say darkened doooone or darkened dyooone. we had an arguement today on the pronunciation in class & nobody could remember what you said about that at Capitol University last year…. <3

  • Kurie Andros

    the dress looks nice on you- Sufjan Stevens
    Secret- Joe Purdy
    Maya's Theme- Cucu Diamantes & Yerba Buena (Heroes soundtrack)
    Black River Killer – Blitzen Trapper
    Nice Day for a Sulk – Belle & Sebastian

    And if you haven't heard him, I often bow at the altar of Andrew Bird. Check him out too!

  • Chelsea

    Hide and Seek – Imogen Heap
    When Doves Cry – Prince
    Man on the Corner – Genesis
    Vocea – Cirque Du Soleil Varekai
    Kyozo no Kehai – Shadow of the Colossus (Game Soundtrack composed by Kow Otani)

    Wow, well…That pretty much sums it up. >___> Some important sections of music missing, but that's a pretty good summation. 8D This was interesting!

    You should look up Kow Otani's music. I absolutely adore the soundtrack for Shadow of the Colossus. The orchestra is fantastically adept at creating atmospheres and feelings, chords that spirit the listener away to someplace else.

  • http://myspace.com/lindsiehardy Lindsie Hardy

    disturbia- rhianna
    walk away- franz ferdinand
    cortege- apocalyptica
    yes we can can- brian setzer
    constellations- jack johnson

    aw man, none of the boy bands popped up haha :)

    ~Lindsie

  • Alisia

    Mamadou Diaby by Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra
    New Born (Paul Oakenfold mix) by Muse
    In Liverpool by Suzanne Vega
    Laz by Omar Faruk Tekbilek
    Solo Tar by Keyvan Saket & Saeed Laari

    I have to say, this makes my music taste look far more exotic than it really is. West African, Turkish, and Persian all in one shuffle–I'm surprised. But even considering that I couldn't possibly give an overview of my music in five songs, that's not a very good representation.

  • Montario Benjamin

    Exultate – Samuel Hazo
    Soundings: Gizmo – North Texas Wind Symphony
    Carnival XV. Pantalon e Colombine – Robert Schumann
    La Valse – Maurice Ravel
    Me So Horny – 2 Live Crew…WOW.

    - Monty.

  • Sarah

    1. Don't Cry Out – Shiny Toy Guns
    2. And I Thought My Jokes Were Bad – Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight Soundtrack)
    3. Possession – Nicholas Hooper (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Soundtrack)
    4. Getaways Turned Holidays – Meg and Dia
    5. Zydrate Anatomy – Repo! The Genetic Opera Soundtrack

    That's a lot of soundtracks. And that doesn't even BEGIN to describe my love of music! My mp3 player seems to adore Repo! that sometimes every other song I turn to is from that musical. It's nuts…and I love it!!

  • Brandon

    "Look upon the stars…" (from Love Songs)

    "O Magnum Mysterium" by Lauridsen

    "I Hate And I Love" by Argento

    "All Along the Watchtower" by Corigliano

    "Quelle est cette odeur agreable" arr. Willcocks

    Choir geek…guilty as charged.

  • http://www.freewebs.com/anthonygrant Anthony

    1. Godzilla Eats Las Vegas-E:W

    2. Rap's MVP- Ludacris

    3. Quanto è bella, quanto è cara,(from L'Elisir d'Amore)-Gaetano Donizetti

    4. Pour Mon Ame,(from La Fille Du Regiment)-Gaetano Donizetti

    5. Lulu's Back in Town- Thelonius Monk

  • Ben

    Virginia Plan – Velvet Goldmine OST
    With a Lily in Your Hand – You.
    Mr. President – Janelle Monae
    The Crane Wife – Decemberists
    I am not a Killer – Evil Dead the Musical

    …since your looking for something new, I will not count Lilly in your hand as one and post something else:
    We Go – Thao with the Get Down Stay Down (I have these people live on a few occasions. I was surprised to hear one of their songs on clorox wipes commercial.)

  • Rob Henderson

    1-I Can Tell The World sung by The Choral Project

    2-I Refuse To Keep On Living -Caliban (a German metal band)

    3-Love and Addiction- Counting Crows (LOVE!)

    4-Three Songs of Praise No. 2: faith,hope,life,love (WOOT!)

    5-And The Glory of The Lord from Handel's Messiah-Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.

    I'd say that just about covers me. :

  • Rebecca Hardwick

    Ha, took me a while to catch the boat on this one… but Eric, I'm a member of NYCBG and I've been catching up on your blog ever since working with you (it was amazing by the way!) So here we go…

    1. Blessed be the God and Father – Bairstow
    2. 'The Chamber of Secrets' from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets- John Williams
    3. O Magnum Mysterium – Morten Lauridsen
    4. Not While I'm Around – Sweeny Todd Motion Picture Soundtrack
    5. Gay Bar – Electric Six

    Amazing. What more can you expect from a music student?

  • Katie Bode

    The Day Before You-Matthew West
    Not Enough-Three Doors Down
    (Another Song) All Over Again-Justin Timberlake
    Meaning-Smallfish
    Every Man Has A Molly-Say Anything

    How embarassing! Nothing that I've listened to in the past year, let alone songs that represent me! You made us promise to be honest though…

  • http://www.rudsambee.org.uk John Wexler

    Murder from Haftor Medbøe's debut CD "Charm"

    Ballybrolly Jigs and The North Star from "Rubai" by Flook

    Shapiros Korohod from "The Rough Guide To Klezmer"

    Kannunkaataja from the disc "Aitara" by the Finnish group Värttinä

    A Southern Harmony track "Webster" from "The Sound of America" by Sheena Phillips' group The Magpies

    The dice seem to have fallen in one small area of my collection. What's more, there's only one disc that anybody could buy without a difficult search. Well, if this is how I must be represented, I'll just say that they're all worth repeated listening, and lots of people would enjoy Flook and Värttinä.

    I threw the dice a few more times until they began to pick tracks of yours, but then I decided that was cheating. Besides, CD tracks don't begin to capture the thrill of hearing you conduct the National Youth Choir in Southwark Cathedral a couple of weeks ago.

    John Wexler
    Rudsambee Company of Singers in Edinburgh http://www.rudsambee.org.uk
    (currently rehearsing Cloudburst)

  • Melanie

    1. The Duel – Harry Gregson-Williams (from the movie, Prince Caspian)
    2. Lundquist-Landscape – performed on tuba by Oysten Baadsvik
    3. Sleep – Eric Whitacre (ha… that's ironic….)
    4. How Beautiful You Are – By The Tree
    5. The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme) – John Williams
    6. Break Away – Rascal Flatts

    Yay music students… :)

  • Rachel

    1. I Want Tomorrow — The Celts — Enya
    2. Other Worlds Revealed — Voices 1900/2000 — San Francisco Symphony
    3. Prologue — Les Miserables — Roger Allam, Colm Wilkinson, etc.
    4. Lascia Ch'io Pianga (funny, I'm actually doing this in voice lessons right now…) — A New Journey — Celtic Woman
    5. Ghost of a Good Thing — A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar — Dashboard Confessional

    Out of all these, I recommend Dashboard Confessional the most. :)

  • Andrew Barber

    1.Mozart: Requiem In D Minor, K 626 – 4. Sequentia: Tuba Mirum
    2.Ave Maria – Franz Schubert
    3.Some unnamed B.B. King Blues song
    4.Quem vidistis pastores? Giovanni Gabrieli
    5.Reflection Artist: TOOL, Album: Lateralus

    I'm really glad that last one got in there, or people might think I don't like rock.

  • Davis

    1. "I Can See Now" – Dead Can Dance
    2. "If I Could Only Dream This World Away" – The Woman in White – Andrew Lloyd Webber
    3. "When David Heard" – Eric Whitacre ('Twas random; I swear)
    4. "Perpetual Anticipation" – A Little Night Music – Stephen Sondheim
    5. "How Long Must This Go On?" – Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken

    Exactly what I expected. Very Strange.

  • Emily L

    1. Mahler Symphony No. 1, mvt 1 :D (LSO ;)
    2. Don't Pass Me By (from Finian's Rainbow)
    3. Open the Eyes of My Heart (Michael W. Smith)
    4. Song of Hope (from Lord of the Rings on stage)
    5. Us (Celine Dion :P )

  • James Layman

    1. Dry your Tears Afrika – John Williams (Amistad Soundtrack)

    2. Delta Dawn – Tanya Tucker

    3. Les Chansons Des Roses – Morten Lauridsen

    4. The Helm Toccata – David Holsinger

    5. Manny's Story – John Debney (Dreamer Sountrack)

  • http://www.myspace.com/deadwiegraflives Jesse Kidd

    1 "Bad" a demo by Alan Menken From little Shop of Horrors broadway revival.
    2 "Dear Friends (piano version)" from Final Fantasy V
    3 "Run, Wolf Warrior, Run" from the Wolf's Rain soundtrack
    4 "Pres Des Remparts De Seville" from Carmen
    5 "Good…Bad… I'm the Guy With The Gun" from Evil Dead the Musical

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/KDMAnderson Mike Anderson

    1)"A Child Must Grow" by Don Ross

    2)"Last Goodbye" By Jeff Buckley

    3)A Hungarian Dance by Brahms, but It's otherwise unlabeled!

    4)Section VII of "Music for 18 Musicians" by Steve Reich

    5)"Saturday Night's All right for Fightin'" by Elton John.

    This is actually a really fantastic snapshot of what I like to listen to. You've got the solo virtuoso fingerstyle guitar in there with Don Ross (Fantastic guitarist), and Steve Reich. Basically the two dudes that I wanted to be selected. I've actually never even listened to the Jeff Buckley track, funnily enough. I kinda wish that other dudes I like such as Arvo Part, Nick Drake, and Radiohead made their way into the snapshot, but it's pretty good anyway.

  • Rachel

    1. Fugue in D Minor (BWV 1080) sung by the Swingle Singers

    2. Jessica, by Ethnix (Israeli pop band)

    3. Octoot, Mvt II, by PDQ Bach

    4. The Gum Suckers March by Percy Grainger

    5. Come On! Feel the Illinoise! by Sufjan Stevens

    Surprisingly, this is fairly accurate!

  • Ron

    1) Ray Charles – Over the Rainbow
    2) Mozart – Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail, Act 2: Wenn Der Freude Tränen Fliessen
    3) Feist – Past In Present
    4) Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite, VI. Gavotta, Variazione I, Variazione II
    5) Bach – Brandenburg Concerto #2 In F, BWV 1047, 1. Allegro

  • Alyssa

    Not too late to get in on the fun :)

    Pure Imagination- a cover by Maroon 5
    Marriage of Figaro- Overture
    Avenue X- Jonathan Newman (Millersville University Wind Ensemble)
    The Rite of Spring: The Augurs of Spring- Stravinsky
    Broken Stereo (Acoustic Version)- Sean Fournier

  • Jenny

    12 Songs, Op. 14, No. 7- Ne Ver' Mne, Drug [Believe Me Not, Friend]- Sergei Rachmaninov. Howard Shelley, piano; Joan Rodgers, Soprano

    Grow Old With You -The Wedding Singer

    L'Orfeo: Act II: Choral Madrigal: "Ahi, caso acerbo" -Monteverdi

    The Impossible Dream -Leigh: Man of La Mancha. Plácido Domingo, tenor.

    Will You Love Me Tomorrow (Live)- Carol King

  • http://www.myspace.com/viciousdogproductions Stephen Barry

    Ok, so here we go…

    1. Footprints – Lonnie Liston Smith (great jazz artist)

    2. What He Wants – Trin-i-tee 5:7 (contemporary gospel group)

    3. A Maze Of Grace [Ghost Mix] – Avalon (great christian group, this is from a remix album. I love those)

    4. Everlasting Love – Cece Winans (another gospel artist)

    5. Daylight – Ten Shekel Shirt (yet another Christian band)

    I've already cheated but to no avail, so I will add two more songs in hopes that it will show more diversity

    6. Exile – Shad K (A Canadian Hip Hop artist…dude is really positive)

    7. Tehillim (Part II) – Steve Reich (Minimalist Classical Composer)

    Not quite accurate, but then I make a lot of instrumentals that involve sampling various records, so some stuff I have just for that purpose. I listen to a lot of Christian and Gospel music but I like bits of all genres.

  • Matt Mayes

    1. Seasons of Love B – Rent Motion Picture Soundtrack

    2. Otherworld – The Black Mages

    3. B.O.B. – Outkast

    4. Lincolnshire Posy: III – Rufford Park Poachers – Hope College Wind Symphony

    5. Return to Innocence – Enigma

    A pretty good snapshot, though I am surprised at the lack of classic rock on here.

  • Damien Mc Donnell

    Well hello there, don't think anyone knows me on this sight thingy, I'm a musician (Cuban and Brazilian percussion, bass guitar and a choral bass singer) from Ireland and here's my 5 random (very) tunes,
    J.J.Cale "Nowhere to Run"
    For Members Only- Tubby Hayse
    Planxty "The Well Below The Valley" (Irish trad)
    Fucik "Entry of The Gladiators" (now that IS random!!)
    Wess Mont Gomery "Movin Along" (take 5 from The Original Riverside Recordings)

  • Jake Stamatis

    Ruth – Paul Ayers (sung by Conspirare)

    On The Beach at Night Alone – sung at All-Eastern Chorus this year (2009)

    This Marriage – Whitacre!

    I Am Not Yours – Z. Randall Stroope (sung by Susquehanna University (I'll be a freshman there next fall!))

    My Soul Anchord in the Lord – Moses Hogan

    this is VERY accurate. All i listen to is chorus music!

  • Niklas

    1. Wolseys Wild – Joculatores Upsalienses
    2. Welcome to Jurassic Park – John Williams
    3. Behemesha Swing – Thelonious Monk
    4. Quella Bella E Bianca Mano – Convivium Musicum
    5. Sousa – Ale Möller Band

    It could have been worse…

  • BrianV66

    1. Time has Come Today – The Chambers Brothers
    2. Symphony No. 2 (The Big Apple) – Johan De Meij
    3. Falling for the First Time – Barenaked Ladies
    4. Afro Blue – Madisalsa
    5. Sandburg Reflections – Lewis Buckley (The Luther College Concert Band)

  • Ben Ellison

    Blake's Got a New Face – Vampire Weekend

    Touch Me – The Doors

    Hey You – Pink Floyd

    In a Little Spanish Town – Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass

    Viva la Vida (live) – Coldplay

  • Ben Ellison

    And to BrianV66, I go to Luther College, do you? Amazing music school

  • Rachel Blair

    While my Guitar Gently Weeps- George Harrison.

    Summertime- Mae.

    O Mio Babbino- Kiri Te Kanawa.

    Here In My Room- Incubus.

    You might Die Trying- Dave Matthews.

    mmmm…Dave Matthews and Mae. haha, Thats a pretty okay portrait of me. Maybe more realistic would be replacing the incubus with something choral.

  • http://www.facebook.com/pianomanjon Jon Fisher

    "Home" by FACE (Vocal Acapella)

    "Meant to Live" by Switchfoot

    "Animal Crackers Vol. II" by Eric Whitacre (HAHA!)

    "Sonata V" by John Cage (Sonatas and Interludes)

    "White and Nerdy" by Weird Al Yankovic

  • http://FeelingGoodForAChange.com J. Glenn Wright

    Rak Hahtchala by Eric Whitacre

    I believe in a thing called love by The Darkness

    Lotus Sutra (Buddhist Chant) by unknown

    Fat Bottom Girls by Queen

    Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale) By George Crumb

  • Mathew Campbell

    (On my iPod because my computer crashed before I had a chance to backup files)

    1/1532: Retrun of the Singer, Kevin Max

    2/1532: Daahoud, Arturo Sandoval

    3/1532: Must Have Done Something Right, Relient K

    4/1532: Prelude for Flute and Piano, myself, Mat Campbell

    5/1532: An American Elegy, Frank Ticheli

  • gordon

    wow, definately will be getting this album tomorrow when released. from what i heard already it is gonna be brilliant. Just been getting hooked on choral music since starting playing the halo games. anyway :

    1. Muse – Absolution

    2.Muse – Resistance Exogenisis pt1,2 and 3

    3.Dead Can Dance – The Host of Seriphim

    4.Juno Reactor – Navras

    5. Halo 2 and 3 soundtrack

  • Domino

    Jaws Theme – John Williams

    You and I – aKing

    Op die voetpad – Chris Chameleon

    Only the good die young – Queen

    Greased Lightning – Grease Soundtrack

    well, that was fun :) To think, I'm only 17 – half of this music isn't even from my era! I mean, Jaws Theme – seriously?

  • Kirsten

    Billy Goat Stomp- Johnny Dodds

    Triumph of a Heart- Bjork

    GIn Soaked Boy – Tom Waits

    Act II "Nur stille…" Magic Flute: Mozart

    Titiwa- Peter Apfelbaum and the New York Heiroglyphics

    Wow. What ridiculous and colourful titles!

  • Bryce Sinclair Johns

    1. Butterfly – Rajaton

    2. Try A Little Tenderness – Michael Buble

    3. On The Wing – Owl City

    4. Call The Man – Celine Dion

    5. When David Heard – Stephen Layton (Polyphony)

    I'd say that's actually pretty close to me…I'm glad there weren't any awkward moments in this list haha.

  • Jose

    1. The Kill – 30 Seconds to Mars

    2. Broken Heart – Falling Up

    3. Toccata and Fugue – Vanessa Mae

    4. Cassie (acoustic) – Flyleaf

    5. Buried Alive – Creature Feature

    I would encourage you to check out Buried Alive and look for the Poe reference, I'd love to hear a Wind Symphony piece or Choral piece for an Edgar Allen Poe poem.

  • Brittany

    1. The Tip of the Iceberg – my dear Adam Young (aka Owl City)

    2. Tourniquet – Evanescence

    3. To Have A Home – Darren Criss in A Very Potter Sequel

    4. Ghost of Me – Daughtry

    5. Rainbow Veins – another one of Owl City =D

    That's just a litte tid bit of what I listen to. There's also some alternative, musical theatre (mostly the amazing Sondheim), some classic rock (thank you dad), and of course your amazing music!

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