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I made friends I still have by browsing people who had a compatible music taste to me and then reaching out to chat.
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^ protected tweets. But he's also on Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/metabrew.com
Silly curiosity - what's that "BEAM-appreciator" in that bio? I could only think of a protein brand name (that too not from my geography) shortened as BEAM :/ Anyway I loved that he has reposted a post from musicbraniz https://bsky.app/profile/musicbrainz.org/post/3lnhvp23jc22l/...
I still use last.fm. Been continously scrobbling since 2004. I also export my last.fm and Spotify listening history every now and again just in case. I plan to one day make a timeline of my listens overlayed on top of world and personal events. I made friends I still have by browsing people who had a compatible music taste to me and then reaching out to chat.
The best ”algorithm” for discovering new music was digging through profiles on last.fm back when the social functions of the site were still active. Sure, it was a lot of manual work, but the results were amazing. It wasn't completely blind, I found that people I had high similarity with, it was more likely I'll like what they like, even across different genres. Sometimes people were nice and took the effort to recom…
what.cd was the world's greatest music discovery mechanism. You could always ask for recommendations in the forums or in the comment thread of the albums pages. The community always delivered. I miss that type of camaraderie. I also spent more on music as a member of that community than since it has been disbanded.
If you need a scrobbler for Android (and Linux) I recommend Pano Scrobbler: https://github.com/kawaiiDango/pano-scrobbler
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The best way to discover music nowadays is RateYourMusic. I go to an album I like, read a couple reviews to find like-minded people and check out their profiles. They often have lists with their favorite albums. The album chart queries are also incredible. The site has a very detailed system of genres and descriptors so you can find exactly what you want.
my method is just internet/local radio stations ( there are many ) and browsing the lineups at venues near me simple, very little time investment required and avoids most modern fuckery
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what.cd was the world's greatest music discovery mechanism. You could always ask for recommendations in the forums or in the comment thread of the albums pages. The community always delivered. I miss that type of camaraderie. I also spent more on music as a member of that community than since it has been disbanded.
What.cd was the Library of Alexandria for recorded music, the depth of what was collated and properly labelled there was far beyond anything that has ever existed on any other service, paid for or not. Every permutation of every release, endless live recordings, often multiple of the same event, absolutely incredible.
I'm just wondering how a strong community like that was struck a deathblow. It's not like all of its content disappeared.
I also use the following docker containers on my home server:
Multi-Scrobbler: https://hub.docker.com/r/foxxmd/multi-scrobbler Koito: https://koito.io/guides/installation/
This allows me to share my last.fm input to both a local scrobbler (Koito) and to listenbrainz - I figured having this data in multiple locations makes it a bit more safe.
Honestly between last.fm and listenbrainz I find myself exploring more on listenbrainz - even though most of it's users don't really fit the same listening profile I do.
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Maybe because what.cd picked up the torch and carried on for another few years? For me there was some sense of continuity between the two.
There was. Oink spawned both wcd and waffles. wcd spawned a few including RED. Next thursday, RED will have been around longer than WCD...
I always thought Apple missed a huge opportunity to build a social network on top of iTunes. See what your friends are listening to, develop communities around shared musical interests, get better recommendations. Sort of like YouTube now.
iTunes Ping: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes_Ping
A bit late to the party.