music How do you find out about new music?

[Reelz]

I’m always hunting for something new to add up to my playlist, how do you usually find good music? By just going through the social feeds of your favorite artist or listening to the radio every now and then? I just want to know how to find out new music to groove to.

 

[1stop]

I discover new music from Spotify. I incredibly love how they create playlists like Discover Weekly and Release Radar because I always use the features to discover a super cool artist or track I never knew existed. I follow all my favorite music influencers on Instagram too because they share really amazing new releases.

 

[Unvarnished]

For new songs or artist recommendations, one alternative would be checking some online communities regarding music. It could be the subreddit title on reddit or specific discord servers for that genre. These are filled with legit music fans sharing and talking about the latest releases.

 

[Harsh World]

I find new recommendations with YouTube (sometimes) pushing new music to me. However, it doesn't do it as often as I'd like, as I like to listen to much more than just the same 50 songs on repeat. It would be nice if they could pop in a new song or two every 10 that I've listened to before, at least 5 times.

@Cpvr also sends me some nice tracks and others post some new music that I've either forgotten of or never heard here:

music Thread 'What are you listening to?'

Aug 30, 2024

What are you currently listening to? Is it a song, podcast, or TikTok video? Feel free to share what you're listening to!

I’m currently listening to Ride with me by Numbaa 7. It’s a track from his album “diary of a steppa”.

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[Oshawott]

AM I the only one here who doesnt actively hunt for music?

I have three main ways for getting hold of new music

1. Through reels - the baground music is an effective way to keep tabs on new and trending songs

2. When I go to movies and something hits my head very much

3. My friends who share their favourite songs on social media.

But its no active hunt, it comes as it comes. Otherwise I am stuck with my own playlist.

 

[Cpvr]

I discover new music from Spotify. I incredibly love how they create playlists like Discover Weekly and Release Radar because I always use the features to discover a super cool artist or track I never knew existed. I follow all my favorite music influencers on Instagram too because they share really amazing new releases.

I also use spotify, but I also find a lot of songs while browsing social media or watching videos on Tiktok. I’m always on the hunt for good music to add to my collection.

 

[MamaFrankie]

I don't because I don't like today's music.

 

[Harsh World]

I don't because I don't like today's music.

How do you listen to older music or discover a new song you previously didn't know existed, and then listen to it?

 

[MamaFrankie]

I prefer older music. Very little product from the last 30 years is worth listening to unless I already like the performer.

 

[Kross]

Is it even possible to keep track of the new music that are being released? I just go find the latest songs of a particular artist that I like by searching for it on Google.

 

[Dead2009]

Usually use Spotify for all that

 

[Harsh World]

I prefer older music. Very little product from the last 30 years is worth listening to unless I already like the performer.

What I meant by that was how do you discover older artists that you may have passed over or not heard of at the time, to know to go back and listen to them?

I could give an example of this, as it's relatively within your 30-year range. Elvis' ELV1S was released when I was in high school. While it has 30 of his greatest tracks (31 if you count the remix that got it on the charts for the year), there is still some good music missing. I didn't just give up at the music offered to me on the ELV1S CD, but I used the internet (P2P file sharing) to find other Elvis songs that I might not have otherwise been exposed to if I only picked up the ELV1S CD.

So, do you use YouTube, Spotify, go to the library to find old CDs on the shelves there, or listen to oldies on the radio? Or are you content with the music that you already have and don't seek out anything more in that era?

 

[ActionAce]

I discovered most of my music from my friends because I have a friend who is very current when it comes to music. I also discovered some music through streaming platforms like Spotify and social media.

 

[MamaFrankie]

I use Spotify and I have actually discovered older artists I was hitherto unfamiliar with such as Barbara McNair. I also now like some artists I never used to like, namely David Bowie, Dusty Springfield and Lene Lovich.

I don't like most of today's output as it all sounds the same and most of the genres are boring. I don't like Beyoncé, Adele, Kylie, Justin Bieber, Britney or U2.