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How do you discover new music?

Started by Ordinary Joel, May 31, 2015, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. Ordinary Joel
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    Ordinary Joel Happiness begins when selfishness ends

    May 31, 2015
    Bandcamp, Youtube, Soundcloud, Facebook, word of mouth, forums... there are many avenues to find new music.

    What do you use to discover hidden gems?
     
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  2. Cyreides
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    Cyreides gfy

    May 31, 2015
    I only discover music in a few ways now, and it's generally not even actually "new", just to me
    • random post catches my eye during one of my infrequent facebook visits
    • i'm riding with someone in their car for some reason and they play something either on the radio or from their phone
    • i go out of my way to check the iTunes charts for the electronic/dance/pop categories
    • something on here manages to catch my eye
     
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  3. MTY
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    MTY VERY SHALLOW LISTENING

    May 31, 2015
    • reddit.com/r/indieheads and the friends and whatnot I've met from there
    • Other forums like here, OFT, and KTT
    • Random searches
    That's about it as far as I can tell.
     
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  4. J Roc
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    J Roc Straight up

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    when i like a beat i check who produced it and i check his other work
    i discovered plenty of artists that way
    also when i like a rapper i check who's on the label with him
    i also use soundcloud
    and i check artists who are praised on sxn80
     
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  5. icecube
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    icecube West Coast is the Best Coast

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    The Internet
     
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  6. Packman
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    Youtube is great, remember watching "shake it off" for the first time.. favorite song ever

    can't really think of a better tool tbh
     
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  7. threee
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    threee Rip

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    Used to be from the radio but lately it's been from forums and people recommendations.
    For metal, I just went through ever genre in wikipedia one time and got around 60 bands from that
     
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  8. Jasmine
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    I got a lot of new music from this one forum I was on. Most of it is foreign.
    So I like forums. Partially why I joined this one.
    For a lot of alternative or electronic-influenced music I listen to, I just search artists similar to the ones I already like.
    Sometimes my friends show me new stuff as well. Usually hip hop.

    I always have to find myself catching up on an artist's old works if I never listened to them before, so that's kind of daunting sometimes. So then I get stuck on my few favs.
     
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    poopdogg Retired

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    ktt
     
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  10. Charlie Work
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    RateYourMusic. Find something I like and look for more in the genre, find interesting lists made by other users, search by the decade, etc.

    /mu/. Download whatever looks cool in the sharethread. Search for Mega links in the archive.
     
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  11. Meero
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    https://forum.sectioneighty.com/
     
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  12. Mimi
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    Mimi the art of doing nothing

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    Youtube
    Word of Mouth
    Facebook
    r/listentothis
     
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  13. J Roc
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    Also stereodose.com check this out, rly great
     
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  14. GhostofYeezmas
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    Usually the cover art of a random artist catches my eye and I give it a listen. That's how I discovered Acid Rap. It had just cake out and was on datpiff's new tapes section
     
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  15. Jakey
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    I did make a soundcloud account for this purpose, but hardly ever go on it. :'(

    I'd say social media is my main go, and this forum.
     
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    blogs , forums, lastfm, friends and youtube suggestions
     
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    because the internet

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    Forums & +Premieres (whenever someone new releases an album I check it out)
     
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    Flacko Too Blessed To Be Humble

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    Whatever @WPG, @CharlieWork and @Narsh co-sign.
     
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  19. Old Account
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    Whenever new stuff comes out, I always listen

    Other than that, I just find it on my own through either radio or friends
     
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    FreeAgent Resurrected like Jesus

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    Most of the time from Radio 1. Zane Lowe introduced me to a lot of new music during his time there. When there'd be a great song I'd always Google the artist.

    Sometimes from a friend who points me in the direction of an artist, or if I hear a background/credit song on a film/tv show.
     
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