how do i make the most of last.fm as an artist?

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how do i make the most of last.fm as a user?

woooooah, music music music. i scrobble as much and as often as i can from my "home library" (i.e. wmp, itunes, foobar, vlc, amarok, etc). this helps to build a database of music to build recommendations off of but its also a major convenience for me because i have more music than what can be stored in a single mp3 device. so, i would have to lug around a pc/external drive in order to hear the music from my own personal collection. what last.fm does for me is it…

raindrops on roses and whi…..

great song, but here are some of my favourite artists and why (i will add to this list continuously):

Frank Zappa -
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where do i possibly begin? with a library of works so vast and amazing its hard to find a place to start. satire and seriousness, rock and jazz, classical and avant-garde i could go on and on. some of frank's albums that have inspired me most are Uncle Meat, We're Only In It For The Money, The Yellow Shark and many many more.

John Zorn -
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another composer/musician/etc whose library of…

i am not a composer of music, i am an inventor of music. - is

a witty saying proves nothing. fa (v)

music is my religion - jmh

rock like geology - dj

"…eternally 5 years behind being amazing" - dj

facts are cheap, information is plentiful, knowledge is precious. - fc

influences are all around. from the sound of the train to the sound of the birds - these are all sounds that require no words. - ss

whats the ugliest part of your body? some say your nose, some say your toes, but i think its your mind.…

hi. i'm skiye. i am 68" tall (1.73m), weigh roughly 145lbs (66kg) and i'm made of notes.
i enjoy long walks through your mind, picnics and musics. i still skateboard and i work on computers for a living. i also like to take pictures of stuff, especially lightning.

i enjoy a wide variety of genres/artists, but i am rather particular about the music i choose to listen to. i suppose the only requirement is it just has to appeal to me. i like to think the music i make is also a reflection of that.

i prefer coffee in the…