Breakdown of an absurd estimate
Today I realized I had little idea of the difference between Kid Koala and Kid 606 but that I was familiar with both of the names. This set off a set of mental excercises and estimates. Here I write about them, just to put them down somewhere.
I estimate I am familiar with about 9700 bands/ groups/artists by name.
The breakdown of the estimate is as follows:
- 1500 bands that I like or have liked in the past
- 200 bands that have opened for bands that I like but that I otherwise have no opinion/ memory of
- 500 bands that I like the songs that I’ve heard on the radio but am unfamiliar with any of their other songs
- 1500 other bands that I like what I’ve heard, but haven’t investigated further
- 1000 bands that I haven’t liked what I heard, but have heard very little of
- 1000 bands that I have a distinct opionion that I don’t like
- 2500 bands that I’ve heard or read about in passing and have some idea of their genre, but haven’t heard them at all
- 1500 bands that I know I’ve heard of but wouldn’t actually have an idea of what they sound like
- 20 bands that friends have been involved in and band that they’ve been connected to
- 6 bands that I’ve been involved in or pretended to be involved in
In approximate decending order, the number of bands I’ve heard of come from the following genres: indie rock/ pop, oldies/ classic rock, radio rock/pop, old-timey/ bluegrass/ country, irish/ celtic music, jazz, hip hop, comedy/ novelty, classical musicians, (south) african, other world, indian music, electronica, metal. I’m probably forgetting a few here.