music · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
Steve Reich, "Music for 18 Musicians" - FULL PERFORMANCE with eighth blackbird
Vic Firth · 4 HN recommenders · 5 recommendation months
Recommended by 4 Hacker News commenters across 5 months (2016–2025).
SignalTube analysis
Among 170 other music videos tagged Music performance & songs, the mean is 1.2 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 4 distinct HN recommenders, about 3.2× that mean. Recommendations span 5 distinct months; the peer average is 1.2 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
71% of its 7 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2016–2025; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. A verified runtime is not present in the current metadata snapshot. A verified YouTube publication date is not present in the current metadata snapshot.
- Channel / speaker
- Vic Firth
- Verified runtime
- Not verified in the current YouTube metadata
- YouTube upload date
- Not verified
- Hacker News mention years
- 2016–2025
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other music videos in Music performance & songs. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Reich, "Music for 18 Musicians" - FULL PERFORMANCE with eighth blackbirdCurrent video | 4 | 5 | 71% | — | Not verified in the current YouTube metadata | Not verified |
| Adriano Celentano - Prisencolinensinainciusolmusic · Le Pietre Rotolanti | 6 | 6 | 35% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| William Shatner - Common Peoplemusic · dsjkhd | 6 | 5 | 86% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| The Caretaker - Everywhere At The End Of Time - Stages 1-6 (Complete)music · vvmtest | 5 | 5 | 83% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Dancing brainwaves: How sound reshapes your brain networks in real time”. Its short rationale: Complex arpeggios and shifting harmonies; a long-time coding companion.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Rescuing songs that record labels forgot existed”. Its short rationale: Reich's work and influence on electronic music.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Ask HN: Music to code to?”. Its short rationale: Hour-long piece usable as a timer for long projects.