I noticed recently that Longing for Orpheus’ downloads were up on the CNET site. In fact, as I write this, Sa Gheimhreadh is #2 on the “Most Popular” chart for its category. Given past experience on CNET, I assumed I had simply had a good day (meaning Lots of Downloads) and made it onto one of the charts. Once you’ve made it onto the charts, its fairly easy to stay there, because the charts are the first thing people see when they select a genre from the main site.
But today, when I clicked on New Age, I noticed that there’s a themed, Top 10-style “Featured” list of songs:
What’s In a Name?
New Age artists are notoriously sappy when it comes to titling their tunes, but we understand their predicament: how do you name a track that’s deeply moving but largely abstract? Still, is that an excuse for calling your song “Evocation of something nearby?” This set gathers some of the genre’s more dubious dubbings.
- Begining of the Universe (Sebastian Nanek)
- A Moment of Clarity (Longing for Orpheus)
- Butterfly Sunrise (Jeff Bjorck)
- Dance of the Earth (The Wimshurst’s Machine)
- Trancendence (Richard Allen)
- Beyond the outer limits of the Solar System (ANAHATA)
- Love on Distant Waves (Stephen)
- Colapse of the Quantum Wormhole (AmbientSynthMusic Studio)
- Evocation of something nearby (Joaquin Taboada)
- Silence, I Exist (thomas lorenzo)
This cracks me up. I’m curious how the other artists on the list took it, though…
