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Ask HN: Where do you find new music to listen to online?

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Re: Ask HN: Where do you find new music to listen to online?

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Post by claudiawerner »

RateYourMusic (you can see "top" charts of any genre rated by users of the site collectively, or find user-made lists) and 4chan's /mu/ board (chart threads). There's a lot of new stuff on Bandcamp that's worth checking out, but it means you miss out on older stuff and the things that define genres.

Example: top rated neo-soul albums by RYM users https://rateyourmusic.com/customchart?page=1&chart_type=top&...

Note that on every album you'll find some user-made lists along the side, which can point you to more esoteric/obscure recommendations.

As for obtaining it, you can either buy it from Amazon/ebay/wherever, search Discogs marketplace or pirate it (Soulseek, RED).

Re: Ask HN: Where do you find new music to listen to online?

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Post by Fnoord »

I used to say DCPP (for others I suppose BitTorrent), but it requires connections, effort, and nowadays streaming is hype, and it works.

If you want to spend minimal effort the suggestions by Spotify (just keep on playing, or select one of the 6 lists) can be good. Also, if you like an artist on Spotify, you see on the right some related artists.

YouTube has this feature as well, but make no mistake: YouTube Autoplay is garbage compared to Spotify's. Why? YouTube's too broad, and it spams you. For Spotify you get locked in a subset of genres based on your playlist. I share Spotify with my family (partner and daughter). We all have different preferences, and this is reflected in different lists.

Do note that Spotify saves everything you do there (as was in the news the other day). As does YouTube. If you desire privacy, use an offline solution.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you find new music to listen to online?

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Post by hootbootscoot »

bandcamp. it's turned into a bit of a community, and you can rest assured that sales go to the releasing entity (8% bandcamp fee.) as well as not shunting sales into low-return streaming.

I use it both for my musical releases and for finding new music across the spectrum.

The entities putting music on there are largely the ones making it, not some corporate entities that don't have time for fans... (itunes, spotify, all the other corporate rarified sales channels that require consolidators for even underground labels, and never deign to directly work with lowly artists LOL)

Re: Ask HN: Where do you find new music to listen to online?

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Post by fonkyyack »

For me it was a promise that headphones (can't remember where I found this but I think it's still on github) should have compelled... But I never got to make it work... So I find new songs when watching series or even on YouTube.

For me the best is Radio Paradise (free eclectic radio on the internet) it's more "old" stuff than new stuff but I discovered so much quality music (and still discover new things)

Re: Ask HN: Where do you find new music to listen to online?

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Post by BjoernKW »

Spotify.

Their “Discover more artists.” / “Fans also like.” feature has provided me with quite a few interesting bands I didn’t know before.

Their curated genre playlists are fantastic as well.

I mostly listen to progressive metal / progressive rock and occasionally some electronic music, too.

Their algorithms and curated content work well even for those not-exactly-mainstream genres.

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