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Re: How to Find New Music

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Post by at_a_remove »

I think a different problem that some people may be thinking of when they post this question is: how do I find new music which is like this given song?

It's a narrower question but all the more interesting for it. Most algorithmic recommendations rely on "other people who played a cumulative ten tracks from this artist played ten tracks from this other artist" or pretty vague slices of tag-clouds intersecting along n dimensions, or worse yet influencers who are perpetually hyped up about a n new thing, and that can generate some new-to-you recommendations, yet I long to find ways of answering the former question.

Re: How to Find New Music

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Post by ta999999171 »

MildlySerious wrote: post #241
pmoriarty wrote: post #7

I'm surprised this article doesn't mention youtube, which is a major way of finding new music for me. Not only can I find new music through videos that youtube selects as related to ones I like, but listening to playlists that contain music that I like is another great way to find new music, and so is listening through the other music posted by people who post music that I like. And then, of course, one always has th…

I agree with Youtube, more specifically, channels that focus on bringing attention to new music. MrSuicideSheep has got to be the most successful instances of this, but there are hundreds more and if you find the right ones for your taste this can be a great source of new music. The recommendations on the other hand have been so useless that I have been hiding them along with comments for a while now.

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Re: How to Find New Music

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Post by fit2rule »

I use "Boil the Frog" to find new music - just put in two diverse artists that are already in your playlist, and it'll make a playlist connecting the two.

Just make sure you take the most diverse artists in your existing library - that way you get the most variation in the new playlist generated for you:

http://static.echonest.com/BoilTheFrog/

Re: How to Find New Music

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Post by hammock »

clSTophEjUdRanu wrote: post #227
hammock wrote: post #167

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The influences does, but what you really need is an engine that recommends bands based on shared influences. In other words, two bands in totally different genres who both call Led Zeppelin an influence

I get what you're saying but how does that help with small name or indie artists like Blank Banshee or Trevor Something for example? What you're suggesting is definitely feasible with the larger acts that have been around and have been thoroughly psychoanalyzed.

Usually the bands themselves will tell you their influences. It's a very common interview question, and often appears in bios.

Re: How to Find New Music

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Post by anderiv »

robbrown451 wrote: post #63
bwanab wrote: post #5

For my taste, it’s been Radio Paradise for a long time.

I used to listen to Radio Paradise some years ago, had forgotten about it. They are really good. This is kind of interesting: "Radio Paradise got its start in Paradise, California (hence the name...). Paradise is a peaceful little town in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, far from the big city stress & turmoil. Our goal is to bring a little Paradise into your life, wherever you're located." I first heard…

They did indeed move away several years ago, so we’re not directly affected by the fire.

Re: How to Find New Music

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Post by reciprocity »

slouch wrote: post #44
ronjouch wrote: post #35

These days I find tons of new music through https://daily.bandcamp.com/ . No blinders, you'll get hip-hop, then doom metal, then Philippines traditional music. I like this much more than recommendation engines that only make little circles around what you know. And buying music on Bandcamp, musicians get a fairer share than they do on big platforms.

It's such a shame that bandcamp is the worst music service ever because they have their hearts in the right place.

Support your thesis by elaborating please.

Re: How to Find New Music

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Post by thirdsun »

siquick wrote: post #104
soylentcola wrote: post #29

Other than the stuff already mentioned (subreddits, blogs, playlists, word of mouth) I discover a ton of music via human-programmed streaming "radio". I know it's not as big a thing as it was in the mid-late 2000's but there are still thousands of Shoutcast/Icecast/etc. stations and many of them are programmed by DJs, music enthusiasts, and fans. A good set of bookmarks is like having a radio dial filled with 10 or 2…

I've been a DJ/record collector for two decades, run a vinyl marketplace[0], have subscriptions to several streaming sites, and I still get so bored of my own taste and what the algorithms give me. The radio has again become a bit part of my listening in the last few years. Personal favourites are UK's BBC 6 Music, and a small Lisbon-based station called Oxygenio[1] [0] https://www.soundshelter.net [1] https://www.ra…

As a music enthusiast and collector myself I'm familiar with that feeling as well as the disappointing state of recommendation engines.

However I think it's easy to fall into a habit/routine of constantly looking for and acquiring new (to me) releases when it actually may be a good idea to take a step back, rediscover the collection you already have and go back to passively stumbling upon hidden gems rather than actively seeking them out in a Discogs dive with a few dozen open tabs.

Radio, like NTS[0] as well as the mixes of other curators/DJs have indeed been a great source of inspiration for a more relaxed approach to discovery.

[0] https://www.nts.live/

Re: How to Find New Music

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Post by sharken »

chx wrote: post #249
sharken wrote: post #181

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One suggestion is to go looking for playlists with the song you like. In your case it turned up this playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0IubbAKiMSr6tzt5Zjlmrv Personally i have a playlist that new/interesting songs are added to, so perhaps some site where playlists could be uploaded and then searched would be useful. Also, i can recommend the Track Radio feature of Tidal.

Is there a feature where you can search for a playlist containing more than one song?

Could not find anything like that, only requests for such a feature. The most promising seems to be Spotify Search API: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/referenc...
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