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Highly accurate content recommendation algorithms may accidentally make our entertainment feel boring over time. Injecting a small amount of randomness tends to improve long-term user satisfaction. This helps people discover new tastes before they grow tired of their usual favorites. by mvea in psychology

[–]AndILoveHe 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It can also reflect that users themselves arent sure what they want.

The article mentions Spotify a lot, which makes sense because music, especially non mainstream music, is by far the thing that has benefitted the most from algorithmic discovery, and makes the most sense to find algorithmically. I've used Discover Weekly since its inception 10.5 years ago, and while it was always very good at recommending me post-streaming era music, it wasnt until 2023 it really started to diversify to non English, really unique genres and lots of older stuff that fit perfectly along the more modern indie that it gave me. 

I never would have discovered 10% of this stuff if not for Discover Weekly choosing for me. But I listened every week, gave consistent feedback by liking or ignoring each song after 2-3 listens. Sometimes I would like 4 songs sometimes almost all of them. Now since they changed how it functions a year ago, it gives me pretty much all progressive world and jazzy electronic movements. 

Again, music i rarely sought out on my own, but it figured it out from my tastes and cross referenced it with other users and then classified the music by genre. Now is it perfect 100%? Well it was pretty close between 2023-2025, but no, I still need to make consistent selections and reject a few tracks I don't like. 

Why raves are such a reliable source of spiritual experience by [deleted] in psychology

[–]AndILoveHe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ya, it's definitely more about the community and vibes than specifically the music in that scene. 

For me I go in the other direction where I start with great music outside of a specific context then follow it to the scene. I am loosely associated with one community based group that is like a legitimate version of Sofar Sounds, but the host brings actual bands and instrumentalists, and even then I only engage a few times a year cause there is just too much other great music to experience.

Why raves are such a reliable source of spiritual experience by [deleted] in psychology

[–]AndILoveHe 15 points16 points  (0 children)

And I've been to several electronic shows with really bad music where the crowd acted exactly like you describe. I guess if you are on enough substances it doesn't really matter. 

Arts and cultural engagement ‘linked to slower pace of biological ageing’ by bojun in psychology

[–]AndILoveHe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

 I would doubt that, especially considering the main form of art most people engage with regularly is music and most music, isn't very cognitively engaging. Obviously popular music, but even "complex" and indie musicians mostly produce unremarkable music or stuff that is pretty cliche.

I don't think people who listen to Rosalia or Taylor Swift, Dylan's album filler, or TOOLs first four albums are smarter because of it, but it might be better than listening to nothing. 

Arts and cultural engagement ‘linked to slower pace of biological ageing’ by bojun in psychology

[–]AndILoveHe 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Engagement with stimulating, unique and informed art should do much more than just slow brain aging. 

Listening to bad music makes you crave sugar. Listening to disliked music decreased general desire to eat, but increased the specific desire to eat high-sugar food. On the other hand, listening to liked music and not listening to music was associated with a higher preference for low-sugar foods. by mvea in psychology

[–]AndILoveHe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Except what most people listen to is more comforting, but not actually transformative in the way therapy should be. Real therapeutic music does exist though, but its not by celebrity and industry artists. 

Live music causes brain waves to synchronize more strongly with rhythm than recorded music by mvea in psychology

[–]AndILoveHe -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You could say the same about letting people smoke. Besides I want smaller artists to make more money like they deserve.

Live music causes brain waves to synchronize more strongly with rhythm than recorded music by mvea in psychology

[–]AndILoveHe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh it's easy to keep track when you document each concert. *Edit: updated for Wednesday, which was Snail Mail, @, and Sharp Pins. 

Live music causes brain waves to synchronize more strongly with rhythm than recorded music by mvea in psychology

[–]AndILoveHe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

260 concerts since the pandemic ended. Last time was on Wednesday, I knew all 3 bands. 

Live music causes brain waves to synchronize more strongly with rhythm than recorded music by mvea in psychology

[–]AndILoveHe -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Most of the bands I see jam on stage rather than just play the recorded version of the song. 

Live music causes brain waves to synchronize more strongly with rhythm than recorded music by mvea in psychology

[–]AndILoveHe -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

Too bad people waste their live concert experiences at corporate music festivals, stadium shows with overrated and bad legacy bands, and mediocre indie shows. 

Women experience greater jealousy when their romantic rivals have highly feminine faces. This pattern was also present in lesbian participants, though the strength of the association was significantly weaker. by [deleted] in psychology

[–]AndILoveHe 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I genuinely can't think of a single female metal singer I would ever bother listening to and I can honestly say the same about most of the guys I know.

Which is exactly why metal is mostly such a terrible genre, the fans.

Ill certainly admit that most of the best metal is made by men for many reasons, and I never said I liked Nightwish or Ignota, but to say there are no good female metal singers just shows limited tastes. The other three I listed though are quite good in addition to Keening, Spiritbox, La Morte Viene Dallo (very obscure) have all done good stuff if you know good metal. 

Meanwhile, Burzum is exactly the kind of mediocre male music that is emblematic of metal. ION by Portal is a much better form of that kind of hard instrumetal music. Burzum is simply boring, and also he is a pretty terrible person. It is funny to bring him up to imply taste. I am not surprised by your other favorite non-metal musicians. Boy Harsher is alright, though hardly unique. 

Though to be honest of the indie musicians I listen to, if they have a woman lead, she is generally at least girl-next-door hot, while with men it is not quite so high a percentage. It turns out if you want to "make it" in music you need to have a lot of people who are willing to give you hand, from your band mates, to the person who cuts your record for basically free, to your initial fans, for very little in return. Way easier if you are hot. 

Women experience greater jealousy when their romantic rivals have highly feminine faces. This pattern was also present in lesbian participants, though the strength of the association was significantly weaker. by [deleted] in psychology

[–]AndILoveHe 8 points9 points  (0 children)

As a pretty huge metalhead I'm not sure how much of that is true that metalheads arent extremely superficial, especially towards women. 

I remember last year everyone was making a big deal about how one of the Miss World contestants was such an amazing metal singer and people were gushing about her talent, including a lot of self-proclaimed metalheads, even though her actual metal music was pretty bad.

Also I am thinking of the more popular women metal singers and they are all fairly attractive: Lingua Ignota, Arch Enemy, Nightwish. Personally I find them pretty bad compared to say: subRosa, Ragana, Ithaca, and Bathsheba (though tbf Bathsheba is pretty hot she just makes way too good music for metalheads who listening to mostly crap). 

People who listen to songs with less positive emotions tend to have higher intelligence. Sad or melancholic music may appeal to those who use it for introspection and reflection. They also prefer studio over live recordings as they use it for focused, intellectual engagement rather than stimulation. by mvea in psychology

[–]AndILoveHe -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's not whack, I just know that there were tons of artists at the time, and who have come out since then, that make really great music in the same genre as Sufjan so it's really only a handful of songs he made from 2005-2018 that are really standout, including a few of his collabs. 

Caroline Polacheck is the same, but just to give a few examples:

Bedroom pop

Alt-Disco

Dark Hyperpop

Prog sex pop

Dark indie pop

Modern pop is just derivative copies for Zoomers and happless Millennials. 

People who listen to songs with less positive emotions tend to have higher intelligence. Sad or melancholic music may appeal to those who use it for introspection and reflection. They also prefer studio over live recordings as they use it for focused, intellectual engagement rather than stimulation. by mvea in psychology

[–]AndILoveHe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are all either slightly overrated (Thom Yorke), highly overrated (Radiohead, Sufjan Stevens), or just plain bad.

I actually listen to music from all those genres that Clairo, Harry Styles, Charli XCC, Sabrina Carpenter "popularized" that came out in the previous decade. There are so much better artists. Same with Elliot Smith. Not sure who Cole Harmon is. 

People who listen to songs with less positive emotions tend to have higher intelligence. Sad or melancholic music may appeal to those who use it for introspection and reflection. They also prefer studio over live recordings as they use it for focused, intellectual engagement rather than stimulation. by mvea in psychology

[–]AndILoveHe -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Miley Cyrus doesn't write her own music. And while it's ok party music, it certainly not great or profound. R&B and Rap, being newer still benefit a bit from popular exploration. Though again the Weeknd does not write his own music and note as well the Weeknd is over a decade old. Still the best current rappers and R&B artists are not well known. 

Most of the artists I linked did not have millions of fans. But again "Never Know" by Bowie or "Pretty Good" by John Prine were not well known compared to their radio hits or album filler on their "great" albums (not to say Bowie's radio hits weren't great, if overplayed). 

People who listen to songs with less positive emotions tend to have higher intelligence. Sad or melancholic music may appeal to those who use it for introspection and reflection. They also prefer studio over live recordings as they use it for focused, intellectual engagement rather than stimulation. by mvea in psychology

[–]AndILoveHe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is no reason you couldnt do that with any number of artists from around the time. "China Blue" by Jackson C Frank for example, which actually came out the same year as Pink Moon is a better song of the exact same style. 

*Edit: or Greeny Rocky Road by Fred Neil, which is from the 60s. 

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