Polls / Oxford bands and music throughout Oxfordshire / MusicInOxford.co.uk

Everybody loves a good poll, and if you haven’t already done so you can take part in the current MusicInOxford.co.uk poll over there on the right hand side of this page. By way of providing an important historical record, though, this page contains the results of previous polls that have been run on the website.

Do you miss the days of smoking indoors at gigs?(11/03/12-20/03/12)

1. No (22 votes)
2. Yes (16 votes)
3. Don’t know (1 vote)

Are there too many gigs in Oxford?(26/02/12-10/03/12)

1. No (21 votes)
2. Yes (9 votes)
3. Not sure (2 votes)

Do you prefer evening gigs, all-day indoor festivals or outdoor festivals?(19/02/12-25/02/12)

1. Not sure (9 votes)
2= Outdoor festivals (6 votes)
2= Evening gigs (6 votes)
3. All-day indoor festivals (1 vote)

Are you bored of the cold, yet?(12/02/12-18/02/12)

1. Hell yes! Bring on the spring… (12 votes)
2= No, loving it (2 votes)
2= I have no opinion! (2 votes)

Do you like it when music is categorised (eg ‘indie’, ‘dance’, etc)?(30/01/12-11/02/12)

1. Yes (16 votes)
2. No (6 votes)
3. Don’t know (1 vote)

Do you illegally download music? (Be honest and don’t worry, we’re not the police…)(22/01/12-29/01/12)

1. No (20 votes)
2. Yes (17 votes)
3. Don’t want to say (2 votes)

Do you collect music on vinyl/CD/tape or just listen electronically?(15/01/12-21/01/12)

1. I’m a bit of both (15 votes)
2. I’m an electronic listener (7 votes)
3. I’m a collector (5 votes)

Lots of Oxford bands are making videos lately. Have you been watching them?(08/01/12-14/01/12)

1. Yes – but just some of them (15 votes)
2. No, no interested in them (6 votes)
3. Yes – all of them! (1 vote)

“Twenty-Twelve” or “Two Thousand And Twelve”?(01/01/12-07/01/12)

1. Twenty-Twelve (12 votes)
2. Two Thousand And Twelve (6 votes)
3. Something else (1 vote)

Are you staying in or going out this New Year’s Eve?(28/12/11-31/12/11)

1. Staying in (6 votes)
2. Going out (5 votes)
3. Dunno, yet! (1 vote)

Do you wish it was snowing?(19/12/11-27/12/11)

1. Yes! (9 votes)
2. No! (7 votes)

New year’s resolution: “Go to more gigs and listen to more local music”. Are you up for it?(11/12/11-18/12/11)

1. Yep! (12 votes)
2. Nope! (3 votes)

Are you on the mulled wine yet?(04/12/11-10/12/11)

1. Yes! Ho Ho Ho! (13 votes)
2. No. Bah humbug. (4 votes)

If a band or musician makes a video, do you watch it?(27/11/11-03/12/11)

1. Depends on the band/musician (16 votes)
2. Yes (5 votes)
3. No (3 votes)

How much, on average, do you pay to get in to a gig?(20/11/11-26/11/11)

1. £5 (14 votes)
2. £10 (8 votes)
3. £0 (3 votes)
4. More! (1 vote)

Will you be giving Oxford music as Christmas presents this year?(13/11/11-19/11/11)

1. No. (4 votes)
2= Yes! (1 vote)
2= Not sure! (1 vote)

Do you prefer acoustic or amped-up electric music?(06/11/11-12/11/11)

1= Electric (11 votes)
1= Depends who’s playing (11 votes)
2. Acoustic (1 vote)

Do you like fireworks?(30/10/11-05/11/11)

1. Yes. BANG! WHOOSH! OOOOOH! (15 votes)
2= No. Clear off. (1 vote)
2= Not sure. (1 vote)

Do you read any other sources of local music information?(24/10/11-29/10/11)

1. Yes – stuff on the internet (10 votes)
2. Yes – stuff in print (5 votes)

Is any music original any more?(16/10/11-23/10/11)

1. Yes! (21 votes)
2. No! (5 votes)

Is October too early to be banging on about Christmas?(09/10/11-15/10/11)

1. Yes! (20 votes)
2. No! (1 vote)

Should there be more video and/or audio content on MusicInOxford.co.uk?(02/10/11-08/10/11)

1. More of both! (6 votes)
2. More audio! (3 votes)
3. No – everything’s okay as it is (3 votes)

Should we have a separate demo reviews section on MusicInOxford.co.uk?(25/09/11-01/10/11)

1. Yes! (14 votes)
2. No! (2 votes)

Is Oxford’s music scene better than that in other towns?(11/09/11-24/09/11)

1. Yes (18 votes)
2. Not sure (7 votes)
3. No (3 votes)

Is music art?(04/09/11-10/09/11)

1. Yes (28 votes)
2. No (1 vote)

Do you think you’ll still be a fan of Oxford’s music scene in ten years’ time?(21/08/11-03/09/11)

1. Yes (13 votes)
2. No idea! (11 votes)
3. No (6 votes)

Tea or coffee?(14/08/11-20/08/11)

1. Coffee (13 votes)
2. Tea (12 votes)
3. Neither (3 votes)

Should MusicInOxford.co.uk cover more types of music than it currently does?(07/08/11-13/08/11)

1. Yes (14 votes)
2. No (4 votes)
3. Don’t know (2 votes)

Do you mind when people talk during music at a live gig?(31/07/11-06/08/11)

1. Yes (18 votes)
2. No (5 votes)

Pay To Play: should a promoter ever ask a band to pay to play at their event?(24/07/11-30/07/11)

1. No (30 votes)
2. Yes (4 votes)

Do you prefer live music, or listening to recordings?(17/07/11-23/07/11)

1. I like them both equally! (12 votes)
2. Listening to recordings (5 votes)
3. Live music (3 votes)

Do you still use MySpace?(10/07/11-16/07/11)

1. No – not any more (24 votes)
2. Yes – not much (12 votes)
3= Yes – a lot (2 votes)
3= No – but I never did (2 votes)

Are you more or less likely to go to gigs when it’s sunny?(03/07/11-09/07/11)

1. More likely (8 votes)
2. Less likely (5 votes)

Should bands take notice of what their reviews say?(26/06/11-02/07/11)

1. Yes (10 votes)
2. No (8 votes)

Can there ever be too many gigs going on in Oxfordshire?(19/06/11-25/06/11)

1. No (12 votes)
2. Yes (11 votes)

Should there be a forum on MusicInOxford.co.uk?(05/06/11-18/06/11)

1. No (20 votes)
2. Yes (10 votes)

Are you Oxford born and bred, or did you move here from somewhere else?(29/05/11-04/06/11)

1. Moved here from somewhere else (29 votes)
2. Oxford born and bred (25 votes)

Would you be interested in MusicInOxford.co.uk running regular gigs in Oxford?(22/05/11-28/05/11)

1. Yes (32 votes)
2. No (2 votes)

Do you listen to music ‘on the go’, with an iPod or whatever?(15/05/11-21/05/11)

1. Yes (18 votes)
2. No (3 votes)

What’s your favourite kind of music event?(17/04/11-14/05/11)

1. A gig in the evening, plain and simple (34 votes)
2. An outdoors festival (28 votes)
3. An all-dayer in a venue somewhere (9 votes)
4. Don’t like watching live music (4 votes)

Are you a music-making person?(10/04/11-16/04/11)

1. Yes (36 votes)
2. No – I’m a listener (12 votes)

Do you go to gigs outside of Oxford?(03/04/11-09/04/11)

1. Yes – all over the country (27 votes)
2. No – Oxford’s enough for me (6 votes)
3. Yes – all over the world (3 votes)
4. Yes – but still within Oxfordshire (1 vote)

How many music festivals are you planning on going to this summer?(27/03/11-02/04/11)

1. One or two (15 votes)
2. Three or more (13 votes)
3. None (3 votes)

Which of these do you find useful for finding out about and listening to local music?(20/03/11-26/03/11)

1. This website (25 votes)
2. Other websites (16 votes)
3. Printed magazines (14 votes)
4. Facebook (13 votes)
5. Twitter (10 votes)
6= MySpace (8 votes)
6= SoundCloud (8 votes)
7. Spotify (6 votes)
8. BandCamp (4 votes)

Cats or dogs?(06/03/11-12/03/11)

1. Cats (18 votes)
2. Dogs (15 votes)
3. Neither – I’m an animal-hating misanthrope (8 votes)

Tea, coffee or something else?(27/02/11-05/03/11)

1. Coffee (17 votes)
2. Tea (15 votes)
3. Something else (11 votes)

The Truck Store is open! Have you…(20/02/11-26/02/11)

1. Been in, and bought something (20 votes)
2. Been in, but not bought anything (16 votes)
3. Not been in (14 votes)

Do you listen to the MusicInOxford Sessions?(13/02/11-19/02/11)

1. Yes (17 votes)
2. No (4 votes)

There will be no Nightshift Oxford Punt event this year. Is there enough going on anyway for it not to be missed?(06/02/11-12/02/11)

1. No, we need it (or something like it)! (39 votes)
2. Yes, but I hope it’ll be back next year! (6 votes)
3. Yes – glad to see the back of it. (3 votes)

Are there too many websites and magazines writing about music in Oxford?(30/01/11-05/02/11)

1. Seems like a decent amount to me (30 votes)
2. Hell no – there should be even more! (12 votes)
3. Yes, I think there are (7 votes)

How are you?(16/01/11-29/01/11)

1. Fine, thanks (23 votes)
2. Awful! Don’t ask (15 votes)
3. Superb! Peachy! (9 votes)

When a new independent record shop opens on Cowley Road, will you shop there regularly?(09/01/11-15/01/11)

1. Yes (33 votes)
2. No (11 votes)

Your New Year’s Resolution is to do more of something. What will it be…?(01/01/11-08/01/11)

1. More making music (20 votes)
2. More going to gigs (6 votes)
3. More stuff that’s nothing to do with music (4 votes)
4. More listening to music (2 votes)

In a word, has 2010 been a good year for music in Oxford?(12/12/10-31/12/10)

1. Yes (50 votes)
2. No (8 votes)
3. Dunno (1 vote)

How much alcohol do you drink at gigs (on average)?(05/12/10-11/12/10)

1. Enough to get nicely hazy (18 votes)
2. A couple of cheeky snifters (8 votes)
3= None (5 votes)
4= A ridiculous amount that’s no good for me (5 votes)

Do you miss smoking indoors at gigs?(28/11/10-04/12/10)

1. No (34 votes)
2. Yes (16 votes)
3. Dunno! (5 votes)

What’s your favourite season? No music-related reason for us asking, it’s just out of interest.(21/11/10-27/11/10)

1= Summer (10 votes)
1= Autumn (10 votes)
2. Spring (4 votes)
3. Winter (0 votes)

Looking back, will we think of these as halcyon days for Oxford music?(14/11/10-20/11/10)

1. Ask me in ten years (12 votes)
2. No (8 votes)
3. Yes (4 votes)
4. Dunno (3 votes)

What would you like to hear more of in the MusicInOxford podcast?(07/11/10-13/11/10)

1. Tracks from local artists (7 votes)
2. Local music news (5 votes)
3. Comment and discussion (4 votes)
4. Live recordings (3 votes)
5. Interviews (2 votes)

Which was the best decade for music so far?(31/10/10-06/11/10)

1. 1970s (10 votes)
2. 1960s (9 votes)
3. 1980s (6 votes)
3= 1990s (6 votes)
3= 2000s (6 votes)
4. Another one (aka “I listen to music from before the birth of popular music” or “I’d like to judge the 2010s based on not even one year of it having passed”) (5 votes)
5. 1950s (2 votes)

What’s the most important thing a new band should do when just starting out?(25/10/10-30/10/10)

1. Practice, practice, practice (26 votes)
2. Play live shows (17 votes)
3. Record a demo (5 votes)
4. Make a fancy-looking website/MySpace (0 votes)
4= Contact record labels (0 votes)

A question to stir up controversy… Which is the most important member of a band?(17/10/10-24/10/10)

1. I can’t answer this question – the bands *I* like are more non-traditional than your answers suggest (15 votes)
2. Drums (14 votes)
3. Singer (11 votes)
4. Bass player (7 votes)
5. Keyboards (4 votes)
6= Lead guitarist (2 votes)
6= Rhythm guitarist (2 votes)

If there was an independent record shop in Oxford, would you actually (and regularly) spend money in it?(10/10/10-16/10/10)

1. Yes (33 votes)
2. Don’t know (6 votes)
3. No (5 votes)

How do you ‘consume’ most of the recorded music you listen to?(03/10/10-09/10/10)

1. Buying CDs (23 votes)
2. Listen online for free (legally) (7 votes)
3. Buying MP3s (4 votes)
4. Buying vinyl (3 votes)
5. Listen online for free (not legally) (2 votes)

What’s your favourite type of gig?(27/09/10-02/10/10)

1. Bands you’ve never heard of before (13 votes)
2. Local bands you’ve heard of (10 votes)
3. Big touring bands you’ve heard of (4 votes)

On average, how many gigs do you go to a week?(19/09/10-26/09/10)

1. One (19 votes)
2. Two (11 votes)
3. None (7 votes)
4= Three (1 vote)
4= LOADS! – four or more (1 vote)

What one thing should the MusicInOxford.co.uk crack team work on next?(11/09/10-18/09/10)

1= Adding ‘feature’ articles to the homepage (10 votes)
1= A MusicInOxford.co.uk audio player (10 votes)
1= Improving the gig calendar (10 votes)
1= Adding a discussion forum to the site (10 votes)

Should we have regular rinky-dink fun polls on site, like this one?(07/09/10-10/09/10)

1. Yes Way! (40 votes)
2. No Way! (1 vote)

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