Smart Searching: A Tip for Music Explorers

[Geekoid]

Making use of specific Google search terms lately has helped me to really refine my music searches. So, I thought I would share with you guys some ways to make the most out of your music searches (if you don't already know how). This is for all the programming noobs out there

There is a reliable way to search for multiple tags on last.fm via Google search....

Type in the following:
site:last.fm/music intitle:"tags for"

...followed by whatever tags you want to search in combination (in quotes).
So your end result could look something like this:
site:last.fm/music intitle:"tags for" "space rock" "minimal" "progressive"

You can get really creative with the combinations.

For allmusic, you can search moods and themes just as easily based on their lists:

site:allmusic.com/artist "artist moods"
or
site:allmusic.com/artist "artist themes"
or
site:allmusic.com/album "album moods"
or
site:allmusic.com/album "album themes"

With a few adjustments, I'm sure this could work with several other sites as well. Try it out! It's kinda fun, if you like that sort of thing