Who are your favorite musicians/music artists?

[ihui]

I hadn't really seen anyone ask this so I decided to go for it.

Some of mine are:

Sakuzyo


a_hisa


Silentroom

[harryupbabble]

i'm not sure what you want.
are you asking for people who make videos for musicians?
album covers too?
and flyers or wall posters?

julien temple made a lot of videos for david bowie
i tend to not watch videos
but i like to watch film concerts sometimes,
to see my favourite musicians "actually" play their instruments

listening to my mp3 music collection is mostly what i do
no watching required

i don't even know what "artist" did the visuals for this song

[ihui]

Sorry if I worded it a bit confusing, I was referring to the people who created the songs.

[VOODOO U]

I'm my own favorite artist. I really am. Every other artist/band disappoints me in one way form or another.

[foosnark]

I'm my own favorite artist. I really am

I get that. I make music that I enjoy listening to. While I do like plenty of other music, so far I haven't found anyone else that sounds quite like me. I end up listening to my own work a lot.

(That said, I have eclectic tastes and interests and was making music for many years without sticking to a consistent direction. It was all fun but I found I wasn't into listening to the results... except for a small subset of what i was doing. So I decided to concentrate on that and refine it.)

But aside from that...

I just very recently got into Heilung and am practically obsessed. Though they're playing mostly primitive instruments and ancient sources for their lyrics, the production and aesthetics have a lot in common with the kinds of electronic music that I like. They kick down the door, but they've got more than just empty posturing and rote formulas once they're in.

The kind of music I'm into tends to vary over time -- sometimes I'm into a particular subgenre for just a few months, sometimes for years, and sometimes I circle back. But some current favorites anyway:

An Moku
Belief Defect
Blackmoon1348
Blakmoth
Dark Sparkler
Memoria
Nathan Moody
Nihiloxica
Suzanne Ciani

[dark water]

vurt

[Bunny_boy]

Ultrabeat

[harryupbabble]

have mostly been british classic rock songwriters:

david bowie
led zeppelin
pink floyd
the beatles
queen
the kinks
the who
joy division
the rolling stones
the clash
the cure
radiohead
the sex pistols

[harryupbabble]

rush
yes

[harryupbabble]

new order

[EfreetiSultan]

Misha

[harryupbabble]

bob dylan
jimi hendrix
stevie nicks

so many

[harryupbabble]

but lately, lots of songs/songwriters i heard from college radio, like;

slow (loud) by black midi
fetishes by self improvement
analogue rock by stereolab
run! by jailpocket
time for slurp by king krule
you see pee by harsh
over mulholland by chinos
beird by jack stauber
shadowtime by siouxsie and the banshees
bedside by fib
too much tension by meltt
moss park by rare americans
she by powerplant
silly girl by cnt evn
interlude by yves tumor
feelingbetterdotcom by hunchback

[VOODOO U]

I end up listening to my own work a lot.

Same here. It's an awesome place to be. Like you I wasn't listening to the results I created (for years!) as it didn't hit the bull's eye.
I hate to say it because it could sound discouraging to new blood but it takes years and experience to get to that sweet spot where one listens over and over to what they've written.
It's a balance of being influenced and not letting influences override one's attitude of not giving a f**k.

But ok, let's throw some bands/artists/genres:

-Nikki and the Corvettes
-AC/DC
-The Jabbers (with GG)
-Madonna (from debut to Erotica)
-Almost everything post punk/new wave
-Metal (from glam to grindcore to death to experimental)
-classic blues (1920s 30s etc)
-50s 60s (pre British invasion) garage rock (early punk i suppose)
-Motown. I grew up on black music from Motown to Cuban Mambo. I think it's the foundation no matter what I write.

[Uncle E]

I hadn't really seen anyone ask this so I decided to go for it.

Some of mine are:

Sakuzyo


a_hisa


Silentroom

These are fantastic.