When do we stop finding new music?
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When do we stop finding new music?
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#2Listening to the music of one's childhood time from other countries is a way to find comfort-genre but new-to-you pieces.
Sometimes there are nice surprises: for instance, "My Way" (1969) and "Comme D'Habitude" (1967) share a tune but are very different songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FEwW0W9AvA (did Sid influence this interpretation?)
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#3I loved this article. I have about 4k songs saved in my "liked" playlist on Spotify, majority of them were from when I was 20 to 24, then it tapered off a lot. I turned 30 this year and I still like to discover new music but not as much as I did in my early 20s.
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#4As a middle aged guy, I've used TikTok to find new music.
Spotify recommendations are kind of crap after a bit. It's a fundamental problem with similarity based recommendations and people getting stagnant. I don't want to listen to the greatest bands of the 90s and 00s. I want to listen to new bands that were influenced by those bands.
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#5I haven't read the article, but I know the answer pretty definitively for me: the second I stopped listening to the radio, which happened in 2008 (when I was 17), because my favorite radio station in Orlando that used to carry a lot of punk rock music got rebranded to music for the 50+ demographic. I'm not even going to pretend that I know the reasons why they did that, but it was the only station I was listening to regularly, and pretty much my only source for new music as a result.
Gradually I stopped seeking out new music, instead just focusing on buying CDs for bands I already knew until I got Spotify in 2012, and that just kind of became an echo chamber.
I have a SiriusXM account now, and I do try and seek out new music that way occasionally via their phone app, but it's been a bit difficult since I don't drive since I moved to NYC. My car was probably 80+% of my music-listening time and now I don't really have that anymore. I can't really listen to music with lyrics while working (way too distracting for me), so the only music I listen to during most of the day is video game music from the 90's: stuff that's meant to be pleasant to listen to, but also easy to tune out by design.
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#6Finding "new" music is a concept that the music industry has marketed to you like being skinny or that cola is a lifestyle. In times past people were happy with one genre or slight variations of that genre for millennia. Now we are spoiled for choice but are yet still made to feel ashamed if we are not consuming the newest and discarding the oldest. As if there is sickness to be found in enjoying something old and well worn.
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#7Very difficult with streaming. Rdio used to have a slider to recommend more unusual music. No other service has this that I’ve found. They keep playing the same songs and artist forever.
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#8I haven't read the article, but I know the answer pretty definitively for me: the second I stopped listening to the radio, which happened in 2008 (when I was 17), because my favorite radio station in Orlando that used to carry a lot of punk rock music got rebranded to music for the 50+ demographic. I'm not even going to pretend that I know the reasons why they did that, but it was the only station I was listening to…
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Re: When do we stop finding new music?
#9As a middle aged guy, I've used TikTok to find new music. Spotify recommendations are kind of crap after a bit. It's a fundamental problem with similarity based recommendations and people getting stagnant. I don't want to listen to the greatest bands of the 90s and 00s. I want to listen to new bands that were influenced by those bands.
I have a similar issue with Spotify too. Everywhere on my page is stuff I am completely bored of listening to, but since its the only thing I can easily access, I end up listening to the same things and Spotify thinks I want more of it.
Instagram has the same issue. I watch a few horse videos and all of a sudden my feed is horses for months.
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#10The author seems to be describing what happens when one's primary relationship with music is one of consumption. It is easy (for me at least) to find new music when you are looking for inspiration in your own practice of making music. Most people don't make music though so I'd imagine it's easy to get stuck in that rut.