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The Discovery Chamber: Where Do You Find New Music?
Sorry if there's already a thread on this, I couldn't find it through a search.
Since most MB members are always trying to expand their taste and exploring the massive music world, I thought it would be a good thread idea if we shared where we discover new music from. I'll start: 1. Musicbanter (duh) 2. Word of mouth, largely bandmates or people I meet at shows 3. Random blogs (I'm especially fond of this one) 4. last.fm recommendations 5. Chthulu (when a sacrifice goes particularly well he grants me the gift of an artist I haven't heard) 6. Spotify's "Discover" page 7. Forums/blogs/rym lists that turn up in "best [x] albums/artists" google search So what about you? |
Last.fm and my two favorite blogs: Mortuus in Somnis and CUT & PASTE
Occasionally from the ALbums you're digging thread. And spotify does a lot too, I'll be on a page from a band I like and see a related artist and think, "Hey they have a cool name". |
Oddly enough most of my new music comes from Download mp3 music from megaboon.com
I just see albums that look good or have interesting covers or titles, play a sample and if I like them then I buy them. Some music from here of course, then the rest of it would be accidentally, like if I hear it on the TV or in a movie perhaps. I don't actually go out looking for new music (other than the above) as I have already way too much to really ever listen to. |
1. Rateyourmusic
2. Last.fm 3. Musicbanter 4. YouTube 5. Bandcamp 6. Soundcloud 7. Record labels 8. Friends 9. Spotify 10. Other forums 11. Pitchfork 12. Theneedledrop |
1. Watching old clips from The Old Grey Whistle Test
2. Festival highlights 3. Pub chat 4. Band documentaries 5. School of Rock (back in the day lolololololol) 6. MusicBanter! |
1. MusicBanter
2. RYM 3. The radio, actually. There's a station that plays classic hits. Since I'm unfamiliar with lot of them, it's led me to check out older bands, like the Cars. |
*EDIT: The best recs I get are from musicians, either from articles in music books/magazines or interviews or documentaries found on YT. |
Recently I have been finding good stuff on band camp.
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Cliffs: Pandora, YouTube, cellphone apps, researching artist info.
I began using Pandora awhile back. What I began to notice is that when I went to find the YouTube video of a song I heard on Pandora, there were all kinds of music channels, and they were all different. So, the song will come across on Pandora, then I look it up on YouTube, and if it's on a channel I've never heard of, I subscribe to it on YouTube. I call this "spidering" of my interests, where Pandora is the origination point and I add YouTube channel subscriptions from there. I test out different subscriptions and add/delete them as necessary. I've tried Spotify, but that was a bit cluttered for me. It might just be that I'm not that familair with it. Other ways I find things: Doing background research on the artists I already know about; you come across artists/songs mentioned in an article and check them out. I have found great suggestions in YouTube comments as well. Tune-In apps were something I did for awhile. I really try to change things up and switch different stations to get more random selections. Keeps things fresh. |
Music forums and plug DJ
Plug more than anything because I'm forced to listen to things I might not have remembered to YouTube otherwise. |
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