Do you research the artists that play your favorite songs?

Hello jenin i prefer jazz music and yeah i research each of my favorite artist's lives before but now no more i don't time anymore of that....it takes time of doing it..thanks for the nice topic... Mobhomeir here...

Yes I do research the artists that I love. That is because life is one of the major inspiration for music and knowing what inspired them to write such songs is sometimes very important to know. They say experience teaches all and only few people take the experience they get and are very successful in putting them out in form of art like music. I always read up about the artist on wiki to know atleast something about them. bourne

First of all I would like to say that this is quite a good discussion! :) Anyways, as for myself, it really depends. My favourite artists I know some things about the band itself like where they are from and sometimes about the band members themselves as well. And when I get into a new band or a band I just found out about and really enjoy then I usually research into them as well.

I am fans of a few of my favourite artists on Facebook. It allows me to find out more about them and get in there before other people may find out about concerts etc. I find the Internet to be an incredible tool for finding out about your favourite artists.

Hi,JenInTN,I guess I am the one who research and learn all about the artist behind the songs.For example ,I am addicted to Taylor Swift now.I know her because a movie.In that movie she sang a song and I think it sound beautiful.After I watched the movie ,I searched all her songs and news.And I download all her songs now.I try to buy her CDs,but it's difficult in China.Then I join in her official forum.And I gather all her news, pictuers,videos,informations.I try to know everything about her.I also learn to sing her songs,and I sing it everytime I come to the karaoke.So you see it's really crazy .

I always do this because these people influenced me. They also gave me one of the best moments of my life! I love their image, music and career. That's why I trying to find out more and more about them. The information I find in books about them, autobiographies, web-sites and magazines. I'm kind of huge music lover!

I love all different kinds of music and just enjoy listening to it. Most of the time I don't even KNOW who is singing and sometimes when I do know, I don't even know who they are. It's all about what the music sounds like to me.

Hiya Jenin.. hope you are doing fine. Sometimes I do that. I like to research what type of music I'm listening to, the history of the singer or the band and also sometimes try to read stuffs on them. And mostly, I'll do it whenever I am very interested in a particular song I heard.

i have a lot of favorie songs. and i guess i researched about almost everything on the net. from artist to lyrics songs and videos. i also researched songs that my son will enjoy and new songs that we can use for our band. sometimes i no longer researched for the artist exept if the artist are one of my favorite. i heard that pearl jam has a new song.... that i will do researching on the net later. hello jen, enjoy your weekend.

Well, I used to like to read all about my favorite bands, but I think that was just a pre-teen/ teen thing. I'd read all about them, get as many pictures of them as I could, read fanfiction, etc. Now I may read up a little bit, but I don't obsess myself with it. If there's a particular song I like, I may try to find out who wrote it, and if it was the artist, what the artist wanted to convey, or if the Lyrics were true to what the artist experienced... but I don't dwell on it, I just "curiously" look.

For the most part I just like the songs. If something is said that perks my interest I may do some research. I usually hear all I want to on the tv about any certain personality. I love rock and roll and enjoy the shows on about Kiss and such.

Hey Jen! Yup! I love to know about the artists too and so does my boyfriend! He loves to watch the videos and watch BET and we love to buy all the latest CD's! He bought me the new Rhianna CD for Christmas because I begged him too! He bought the new R Kelly CD for himself! I like the old time Rock CD's too! I like a variety of music! We both love R&B, and he likes some Jazz! So we always have some kind of music playing in the house! I am mylotting and he is changing the bed and listening to something in the other room and will be ironing his clothes for work while I am frying pork chops for dinner! I can hear his music playing and it is great!

I would say I do abit of both. If I find a new artist that I really like I will research to see what other songs, albums etc they have out. And I do find it very interesting to read about how they broke into the business. But that's pretty much where I leave it. I don't follow them as far as what they are up to on a regular basis. Just check on what new songs or albums they have coming out from time to time. I don't like huge crowds so I'm not much of a concert goer but occasionally will watch one on tv or the net.

I like to know about the artists because If I like their music I want them to do well in their career and Like to know about their background as it gives them a more human side. They have the same problems as many normal people do. It also helps with when they have a new album out or if someone is talking about the artist.

If I just kind of like the song, nope. If I love it, yep, I will do some research. And if I really love it, I will actually buy books, watch biographies, etc.

It depends. Most of the time I do not think too much about the artist. Actually there are dozens of songs that I LOVE, but can't name the artist who sings the song. It was really funny, one day my hubby and I were playing a "Name That Tune" game. He goes to this website that lists the top 100 songs from each year, and he'll go through and play them and I have to name the song and artist. Well he played this one song I always heard on the radio and I said "Oooh! I love that song, but I don't know the artist" it was Maroon 5. Awhile later he plays another one and I said the same thing... again it was Maroon 5. I discovered that day that I was a fan of Maroon 5 and I just didn't know it. So then a few hours later I'm listening to the radio, and the station was doing a contest to win Maroon 5 concert tickets. I called up and actually won! It was actually hilarious because if we hadn't played that game, I wouldn't have bothered trying to get the tickets. Every once in awhile a particular artist will strike a chord with me and I'll want to know more about them, like after the Maroon 5 concert I did research them because I wanted to know more. But again, most of the time I do not go out of my way to learn something about an artist just because I like their music.

yes musicians i love, movie stars i love, and people in history that interest me im a nut like that. i guess i do enjoy surfing for info.

I'm like you. I just go for the music. I save my research skills for other things. LOL! Purrs, Catwoman=^..^= & Mija

Hi JenInTN, I used to research bands when I was younger but now not so much. I have watched documentaries and such when on the TV about musicians or bands that I like. I have a few friends that are musicians and they still read up on all the stuff about bands but I guess they do it because it is part of the job. I still occasionally do a search for a band online but that is mainly just to listen or watch a music video.

I am in the middle on this one. I like a wide verity of music some I just listen to and some I find out more about who is playing it. Being some what of a musician my self sax payer to be exact, I started playing in the 4th grade and at 13 I was making money doing it. So I can understand where some of the music is coming from and when something strikes me I will find out more about the artist behind the music.