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Re: Ask HN: How do you discover music?

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Post by forbiddenvoid »

xnx wrote: post #69

Surprised/not-surprised that no-one has mentioned TikTok. My feed regularly exposes me to artists and styles (e.g. jazz fusion) I haven't heard at all or enough.

I literally had to C-f to find TikTok. I've found several artists there that I really enjoy. If you like music, I would be surprised if your FYP didn't surface artists to you on a pretty regular basis.

eta: Granted. Once I find them on TikTok, I listen to them on Spotify. I just don't really like Spotify's discovery features. I'm not always looking for things that are completely similar to what I've listened to in the past.

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Post by personalidea »

technonerd wrote: post #89

I frantically smash the Shazam button over and over again while I loop a certain part in a live DJ set on SoundCloud. When the DJ is overlaying 2 tracks at a faster bpm, adding their own basslines and AFX, Shazam rarely works. But when it does it's like finding a diamond in the rough. Then I listen to the EP it's on A and B sides, listen to other EPs from the DJ and listen to other releases on that label. Combination…

Yeah, pot is a great way to discover music.

Re: Ask HN: How do you discover music?

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Post by albrewer »

I'm a fan of https://everynoise.com/

> Every Noise at Once is an ongoing attempt at an algorithmically-generated, readability-adjusted scatter-plot of the musical genre-space, based on data tracked and analyzed for 5,957 genre-shaped distinctions by Spotify as of 2022-09-12. The calibration is fuzzy, but in general down is more organic, up is more mechanical and electric; left is denser and more atmospheric, right is spikier and bouncier.

I tend to visit this site after discovering a new artist I really like to find other adjacent artists and genres.

Re: Ask HN: How do you discover music?

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Post by jefurii »

KCRW FM Los Angeles. YouTube DJ sets at Laundry Room, HÖR BERLIN, Seoul Community Radio and other virtual venues.

There's a whole genre of YouTube videos of disembodied hands playing electronic music, titled with the names of the instruments featured in the videos. If you have, say, an Elektron Octatrack, a Roland SH01A, and a Korg Volca Modular, drop those terms in a YouTube search. The quality is very uneven: most of the videos are just people screwing around, but you occasionally come across somebody with an album on Bandcamp, and the recommendations lead to interesting discoveries.

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Post by william-evans »

hollywood_court wrote: post #28

I find most new music through NPR’s Tiny Desk series. I discovered IDLES a few months ago, and they’re really all I’ve listen to since. Music is a huge part of my life whether it be writing or playing or listening and I’m struggling to think of another band that has had such a powerful effect on me as IDLES.

Great band - I completely agree on the effect they can have on you.

If you haven’t already, I’d recommend giving their very first “Welcome” EP a listen.

Re: Ask HN: How do you discover music?

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Post by hollywood_court »

william-evans wrote: post #97
hollywood_court wrote: post #28

I find most new music through NPR’s Tiny Desk series. I discovered IDLES a few months ago, and they’re really all I’ve listen to since. Music is a huge part of my life whether it be writing or playing or listening and I’m struggling to think of another band that has had such a powerful effect on me as IDLES.

Great band - I completely agree on the effect they can have on you. If you haven’t already, I’d recommend giving their very first “Welcome” EP a listen.

I have not, but I will look for it now. Thank you.

Re: Ask HN: How do you discover music?

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Post by technonerd »

jefurii wrote: post #95

KCRW FM Los Angeles. YouTube DJ sets at Laundry Room, HÖR BERLIN, Seoul Community Radio and other virtual venues. There's a whole genre of YouTube videos of disembodied hands playing electronic music, titled with the names of the instruments featured in the videos. If you have, say, an Elektron Octatrack, a Roland SH01A, and a Korg Volca Modular, drop those terms in a YouTube search. The quality is very uneven: most…

Adding STOOR's SHS series to that list, it was absolutely insane. All live on hardware and mixing over the internet in 2 locations.

Speedy J and Luke Slater https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVbQrn5BoA4

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