has there really not been a thread for the eMusic "music intelligence quiz" yet?

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144. How can you get 180 points from 30 questions, are some of these answers supposed to be more wrong than others?

i'm not sure. i wondered if there was some kind of weighting -- ie the mouse on mars question is worth fuck all -- but perhaps you're right and it's 6 points for the correct answer and 0 points for the one they think makes you a total dick.

not sure. don't care. gah, i'm gonna get fucking humped here.

i got 129 as well

Right answers are given 3, 6, or 9 points. Wrong answers are worth 0. The MoM one is a 3 pointer.

153. Thing reeks of scam tho, some of the answers were shtoooopid.

Your final score was 129/180

so many guesses

Your final score was 144/180

Mix-Tape Master (109-144 points)
You are a music evangelist: the person in your network of friends who always has the coolest new song, the one whose iPod gets picked to DJ every party. You understand the art of the segue, how the key to the best mix-tape isn't just the songs you pick, but how they interlock with each other. You also know who the up-and-coming acts are and are quick to recognise where their influences lie and whether they will make it big. You work hard at the pursuit of this knowledge, scouring music blogs, magazines and record stores. Most importantly, you are generous with your passion – and your friends should be very, very grateful. Still, it’s always good to get new inspiration for your latest mix.

yeh, that "mix-tape master" thing struck me as deeply balls. er, knowing the names of dudes from ZZ top equates with being "generous with (my) passion"? riiight.

Your final score was 144/180

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I didn't mention this, I thought the quiz was boring.

159 Musical Magician

i will be telling people about this for weeks

they won't care

i won't care that they won't care

Your final score was 120/180

135. There should've been more questions.

162.

300

126

168

lots of silly questions.

and no hip-hop. or funk. disco. house. etc.

haha 120

165/180=lol i correctly guessed ryan adams' first name

180/180, but i cheated

135

147.

159. Needs more questions.

159 and couldn't give a shit.

144

this test is culturally biased.

The test sucks..it should have random questions that regenerate each time you take it and stuff....

Right answers are given 3, 6, or 9 points. Wrong answers are worth 0. The MoM one is a 3 pointer.

This makes absolutely no sense, since for the most of these questions there is only one correct answer. How can you, for example, rate the wrong colour schemes on the White Stripes question based on how wrong they are?

tuomas im pretty sure it means that the questions are weighted depending on difficulty but there is still only one right answer, not that you can get a certain amount of points my missing a question more rightly or something

points by*

Also, I think the post-punk question is plain wrong, since dub evolved simultaneously alongside reggae, so it can't really be called "post-reggae".

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Okay, thanks for the explanation.

It'd make more sense if the pairs were punk:post-punk and ska:reggae.

132.

brainwasher otm

also pretty tailored to emusic's audience fwiw

Yes, it did seem rather Yank-centric indieboy.

x-post; can you blame them, though?

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Also, I think the post-punk question is plain wrong, since dub evolved simultaneously alongside reggae, so it can't really be called "post-reggae".

129. i had to guess about half of the answers though.

129, yes.

126

22/30 questions right.

While trying to retrieve the URL: http://www.mymusiciq.com/

The following error was encountered:

Unable to determine IP address from host name for www.mymusiciq.com

I'm not sure how many points I get for that.

lol 93. I guessed about half of 'em, too.

159

ella you're a guru

Your final score was 153/180

99 and i guessed quite a few. incidentally i don't know what emusic is should i care to find out?

emusic sells horrible low quality mp3s for a very cheap subscription price. if you want a lot of music, in very poor quality, then emusic may be for you. generally, emusic is complete garbage. avoid at all costs, even when that cost is low.

Um, that's not entirely true. While they're not exactly pimping lossless file types, they do encode MP3s at an average of 192kbps VBR, with no DRM, which is a damn site better than iTunes' 128kbps AAC files with DRM.

See here;http://www.emusic.com/help/technical.html

Q: What is a bitrate? At what bitrate are eMusic's MP3s encoded at?
A: Bitrate is the number of bits per second used in the encoding process. A higher bitrate (a.k.a encoding rate) usually means a larger size file and higher quality sound. eMusic currently encodes its MP3s using VBR (Variable Bit Rate). VBR is a type of audio compression that different sections of a track at different bit rates. Intricate portions are encoded at higher rates while simpler portions are encoded at lower rates. This is different than standard bit rate encoding, which encodes all sounds at a fixed rate. The average bit rate used for VBR on eMusic is 192k. We choose to encode using VBR to give you the best possible sound quality with the smallest possible file size.

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Q: What type of encoder does eMusic use to encode it's VBR MP3s?
A: To encode the files on eMusic, we used LAME version 3.92. The import option that was used is -alt-preset standard.

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153 for me.

ok, regardless of what their FAQ says, the files i got from emusic last year sound shit. i cancelled and won't do it again. they may have adjusted the file quality since i last downloaded from there.

126. I think I missed the Beatles question, and probably the Lady Day one (though I guessed Holiday, same as I did in the bar quiz last weekend).

Actually, in looking at the answers, all of the things I missed (aside from the Bad Brains one) are things that I don't really give a fuck about. Yellow refers to Yellow Pages? Well, ya got me there. Ryan Adams' real first name? I dunno, Ryan isn't his real name? I know he was in Whiskeytown and is prolific and some people like him, I guess.

More questions about Boredoms line-ups and Steve Albini production!

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Though the correct answer to any question about Ryan Adams or Coldplay is "Who cares?"

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144, 'cause I don't know much about punk.

Your final score was 75/180.

126 because i don't know anything about indie rock.

i don't think knowing anything about indie rock would really help

not just here, but anywhere

135

hahah yeah i got the ryan adams question wrong. is that really a question designed to set me apart from music geniuses?

132
Ryan bloody Adams.

156

Hang on:

So, Ryan Adams' biggest bugbear all his career is the similarity between his name and Bryan Adams, right?

And it's not even his name, he chose it for himself?

proposed heckle: "Play Summer of 69 or change yr name back!"

^^ haha that's exactly what i thought when i (incorrectly) answered the question

165.

This quiz was crap though. Not enough questions.

ryan adams can fuck off.

ok, regardless of what their FAQ says, the files i got from emusic last year sound shit. i cancelled and won't do it again. they may have adjusted the file quality since i last downloaded from there

my biggest problem isn't the encoding quality of their MP3s -- which is perfectly reasonable -- but their fucking atrocious customer service. seriously: i have never dealt with any company as piss-poor at dealing with their customers and for that reason i couldn't recommend them at all.

Your final score was 156/180

what was the answer to the ryan adams question? somebody pleease tell me i'm not doin' the quiz again

btw i am now compelled to purchase from emusic to compare with itunes.

Ryan Adams — Birth Name: David Ryan Adams

Oh. OK, I'll let him off: I know a fair few people who are called by their second (i.e. middle) name...

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I feel like I'm getting pretty good value from eMusic. Right now I'm paying $25/month for 75 downloads, and this usually works out to be cheaper than buying new or used CDs or downloading from iTunes or Amazon. The sound quality seems fine on my equipment.

This is my second time around -- a few years ago I tried eMusic and canceled my subscription because I didn't think the selection was very good. They seem to have added a lot since then.

The most annoying aspect is having to remember to use up monthly downloads before they expire.

"Miles Davis played primarily what instrument" and "which of these vaguely jamaican concepts is closest to being a genre" and "beethoven wrote how many symphonies" are really not in the same league as knowing bjork song titles

144 all i know is that both the polyphonic spree and broken social scene have a horde of members and i wouldnt know either group's sound from a bucket of nails dropped down a stairwell.

yeh that was part of the indie thing i referred to. also ryan adams. i don't know if he's "indie" per se or just shitty.

159, but that Mouse on Mars one? COME ON!

emusic is great these days although the customer service thing seems to be pretty true.. and i don't think they have ever gotten around to fixing any files with encoding errors or glitches, which while rare is pathetic to say the least

138, but like people are saying there were quite a few gimmes.