Funny you should post this right now. Last night I was looking for an old post I made some time ago on another blog somewhere. I googled myself, and found my post.
In my search I noticed that there seems to be one more vonduus on the internet. It surprised me, I have reason to believe that I am the one and only vonduus, but then, you never know, it is a big world. Anyway, I checked the links, and found that somebody had signed in on last.fm in my name and posted his/her favorite songs. That's all I was able to find from my doppelgänger, all other google hits could be traced back to me.
I listened to some of his/her favorite tunes, and could soon tell that he/she was not me. So if you should happen to come by VonDuus' profile on last.fm, then know, that this isn't me. Not that I dislike what my doppelgänger listens to, it kind of leaves me indifferent. I used to be a professional musician, my whole life was pop and rock music, but I got fed up with it, and today I find most music quite boring. What I do like is a bit more hardcore, I tend to analyze anything I hear, so I want something complex enough that it makes my brain overflow and stop analyzing. I am the kind of guy who like to listen to Lou Reeds Metal Machine Music.
I really can't bother with complaining to last.fm over identity theft, or worrying if I am becoming schizo without realizing it myself. And I really can't bother with making my profile on last.fm, as I almost never listen to music on my computer.
What I can do is give you a short list on what I listen to:
Frank Zappa, especially his late xenophonic works, they defy any analysis
Captain Beefheart, especially his early works
Brian Enos coincidental works
Richard Wagner
Arnold Schönberg
various longhaired so-called 'classical' composers, like Boulez, Ligeti, Stockhausen, Cage, Berio, Nørgård, Crumb, Reich, Schnittke, Pärt and Abrahamsen
folk music from the balkans
and a lot of obscure contemporary artists from the electronica/techno/noise scene. My son introduced me to this, he is creating tons of organized noises on his computer.
Recently I have also listened a bit to John Williams, I always thought he was a bit retro, but a friend played some of his newer works for me, and I realized that he is actually quite innovative.
