Some time ago I wrote a Journal detailing how I recently discovered Dark Empire (Remix) by a then relatively new artist to me, X-Ray Dog. On June 9, 2007 I updated the post to mention that after just three weeks, Dark Empire (Remix) dethroned my then previously most played song, Un Giorno Per Noi by Josh Groban.

At that time, Un Giorno Per Noi topped my list with 759 plays.

Well, 5 years later, the amazing Josh Groban Song climbed past Dark Empire (Remix), whose favour slowly faded due to the emergence of new artists such as Future World…

And it happened to be Brandy - He Is.

Today, August 30, 2009 marks my third year on last.fm. My custom is that every year on this day I post my top ten tracks and my top ten artists of the past 365 days.

In total I have played over 139 265 tracks*.
Therefore I played over 39 000 tracks in one year.
An average of 109 songs were played each day (down from 132)

Click for Year 1
Click for Year 2

NEW 1. Britney Spears – Womanizer - played 172 times.
▲ 2. Sarah Brightman – Attesa - played 167 times (217 total).
NEW 3. Audiomachine…

Today, August 30, 2009 marks my third year on last.fm. My custom is that every year on this day I post my top ten tracks and my top ten artists of the past 365 days.

Click for Year 1
Click for Year 2

In total I have played over 139 265 tracks*.
Therefore I played over 39 000 tracks in one year.
An average of 109 songs were played each day (down from 132)

– 1. X-Ray Dog - played 1,258 this year (11,446 total).
NEW 2. Martin Phipps - played 1,123 this year.
▲3. Michael Jackson -…

It has been a while since I wrote a note on a song. But I had to express my love for the track E Lucevan Le Stelle.

Oddly, I have had this track in my library for over two years without really noticing it. (This is one of the reasons why I don't delete songs I find "ok" on a couple listens… you never know what gem you my find when my 5,500+ mp3s are on shuffle).

I can't tell the exact time I downloaded my first version of E Lucevan Le Stelle, but I know for a fact…

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In a little over 24 hours since I started playing Martin Phipps, he has been played 392 times. This means that he tops X-Ray Dog, who was played 391 times in three months.

The album that I have been listening to is Elizabeth 1 The Virgin Queen. I discovered this soundtrack after watching the movie of the same name.

If you haven't figured it out by now; the album is great. Some notable tracks are:

The Work of The Lord
The Virgin Queen
A Legacy Of Comfort
God Breathed
The Queen Lives
Remember Me
Gloriana

These tracks,…

Today, Friday January 9 2009, I scrobbed my 120000th track: Tina Turner's The Best

It took me 132 days to play 20 000 tracks.

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I recently downloaded the album Tina! because of the song Private Dancer by Tina Turner. It was my first track scrobbed of 2009.

Today, August 31 marks my second year (and 1 day) registered on Last.fm. To mark the date, I will list my top ten songs, and artists, played over the some 365 days.

number denotes amount played in 12 months
(number denotes amount times played in total)

NEW 1. Andrea Bocelli – Canto della terra - 338
NEW 2. Sarah Brightman – Canto Della Terra (Duet With Andrea Bocelli) - 234
NEW 3. Britney Spears – Gimme More - 231
NEW 4. Moby – Everyday It's 1989 - 227
NEW 5. Tarja Turunen – Our Great Divide - 211
▲ 6.…

Click for 1 Year - The Artists

/note/ I started this Journal on the 30th, but didn't publish until I finished editing.

Today, August 30, 2008 marks my second year on last.fm. And to not break with tradition, I am going to list, and detail my top 10 artists played in some 365 days.

number denotes amount played in 12 months
(number denotes amount times played in total)

– 1. X-Ray Dog - 3,709 (10,186)
▲ 2. E Nomine - 2,483 (2,503)
NEW 3. Future World Music - 1,534
▲ 4. Immediate Music - 1,409 (3,149)
NEW 5. Within Temptation…