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Re: How to Find New Music

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Post by bryanlarsen »

kamilszybalski wrote: post #68

I don't think this is a fair assessment of Spotify. I discover new music all the time through Spotify, here's what I do. Choose a song, artist or playlist that you really enjoy, right click and select "Go to _______ radio". Spotify will instantly generate a whole new playlist for you based on the selected song/artist/playlist. I've spent hours discovering new music this way, good luck.

Maybe Apple Music is a lot worse than Spotify's Artist Radio, because unlike the author, I find lots of awesome new music through Artist Radio. It does work better if you use an obscure artist for your recommendations though.

Re: How to Find New Music

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Post by yaur »

uoaei wrote: post #130
kamilszybalski wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you build me an app for that?

I'd like at least some graph database containing all these entities. Can probably be scraped from the internet, would need to know which ones are highest quality and most comprehensive though.

what you are looking for is MusicBrainz. You can download their full db and start hacking from there.

Re: How to Find New Music

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Post by gen220 »

psadri wrote: post #123
Uhhrrr wrote: post #67

Rather than subjecting oneself to the whims of recommendation engines and random people, I recommend starting with the artists you like: -Find out who they've toured with - this is one of the strongest signals possible -Find out who produced their albums, and check out other albums produced by those folks -See if people in their band(s) have released their own work -Read interviews to find out who their influences ar…

Same could be used for movies - directors, cinematographers, producers. I wonder what else this could be applied to?

It works for literature reasonably well. Start with somebody you really like, and see who they wrote critiques and reviews for, who they wrote letters to most frequently, and who they admired or otherwise aspired to be more like.

Works for software, too. What’s new is old, and the old stuff is often quite good.

There’s a lot of stuff that was way “ahead of its time”, to borrow an aphorism, but nobody knows this because it hasn’t been “rediscovered”, to borrow another.

Re: How to Find New Music

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Post by egypturnash »

Two things that have worked for me:

1. Look for covers of stuff by older bands you love. Sometimes you don't find much, sometimes you hit the jackpot - I sure never would have run into Kobra and the Lotus's awesome mystical metal if I hadn't gone hunting for covers of Rush's "The Spirit of Radio" one day, for instance.

2. Go onto whichever of the social medias you have the biggest active following on. Say something like "I have $100 to spend on some new music, what is something awesome y'all think I should be listening to?"

Again, not everything you get is gonna be a winner. But all these responses are gonna be from people who clearly have good taste, after all, they're already listening to you right?

Re: How to Find New Music

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Post by andai »

dorian-graph wrote: post #87

I would add: - Radio stations, especially triple j [1] and SomaFM [2] - Hype Machine [3] with Plug (macOS) [4] - Similar artists (e.g. on Last.fm [5]) - Other artists on the same label (e.g. Ghostly [6]) - Wander through a record store - Search for one of your favourite songs and see what other user's playlists it's on - YouTube chanels (e.g. David Dean Burkhart [7]) - Bandcamp—just wander around, and also check out…

Seconding SomaFM! I especially like the DEF CON Radio. I've found some great underground stuff there. (The Music Director is very responsive, asked about an obscure track recently :)

https://somafm.com/player/#/now-playing/defcon

Re: How to Find New Music

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Post by _bohm »

t3rse wrote: post #80

Bandcamp. It has been mentioned by others but it bears repetition. From the curated articles to following different labels/artists, it is an incredible resource. I take comfort also knowing they are artist friendly.

The ability to follow artists and labels mailing lists has been a game changer for me. I have a nice fat stack of new music waiting in a folder my inbox for me every morning :)

Re: How to Find New Music

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Post by paranoidrobot »

0xdeadb00f wrote: post #102
dorian-graph wrote: post #87

I would add: - Radio stations, especially triple j [1] and SomaFM [2] - Hype Machine [3] with Plug (macOS) [4] - Similar artists (e.g. on Last.fm [5]) - Other artists on the same label (e.g. Ghostly [6]) - Wander through a record store - Search for one of your favourite songs and see what other user's playlists it's on - YouTube chanels (e.g. David Dean Burkhart [7]) - Bandcamp—just wander around, and also check out…

As a listener of Triple J's actual radio content; I think it's become stale and more "mainstream" in recent years however their online stuff: Unearthed, and Double J are great.

Triple J's Like a Version program/segment is also good for discovering new artists/songs. Live performances of one or two songs, with a cover[1]

NPR Tiny Desk Concert[2], BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge[3], KEXP[4] and Mahogany Sessions[5] are also good for similar reasons.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC_9ZVpXZiQ

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi6uRT7PxTQ

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTuLDimhKaY

[4] https://youtu.be/C5-5Uu7HNtA?t=261

[5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cehBKymPvP0

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