How do you listen to music?
I use RiMusic. It’s a YT Music fronted, look it up on F-Droid.
How do you discover music?
- Various films (especially James Gunn’s)
- Wikipedia
- YT Music “For you” section and “Radio” feature
Call me basic, but I have no shortage of new music from Spotify and YouTube. Spotify recommendations plus shared playlists from friends. There are a handful of YT channels that host pretty consistent quality musicians, like NPR Tiny Desk, KEXP, Colors Studios, Zildjian Live.
Spotify recommendations have gone to absolute shit since they started recommending sponsored content. The idea of Spotify recommending an artist who is paying them to do it pisses me off. I already pay Spotify for a service, part of that service is recommending me the best music, not just the artists with marketing budgets.
I haven’t noticed. Of course there is sponsored content in the UI. I haven’t noticed it in the “auto DJ”, though I wouldn’t be surprised if it exists to some extent.
1-3 hour long mixed on SoundCloud. Mostly Jungle/D&B, with some house and techno for balance. Also, I’ve been really enjoying listening more about vocals and metal on The Charismatic Voice. (Rammstein link)
Any jungle/dnb artists you can reccomend?
Long Jungle/dnb mixes in no particular order
Listen to R.I.P. EPISODE 031: FEATURING SPECIAL GUEST: LMAJOR by SELECTAMUGILLA on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/4LmAZ
Listen to Hidden Agenda - Journeys Mix Part 2 - September 2020 by Dispatch Recs | Ant TC1 on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/EGsLS
Listen to Kola Nut - 90s Bristol Sound Selection | Certain Sounds Winter Mix Drop 2021 | Part Two by Certain Sounds on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/gLer6
Listen to Kemistry & Storm - The Edge ‘Intelligent Drum & Bass V6 S2’ - 25th October 1996 by Deep Inside The Oldskool on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/46uGo
Listen to Metalheadz Show - Rinse FM (15th Sept 2021) by J:Kenzo on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/Vqg6U
Listen to In Session: Danny Rankin by Mixmag on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/fswMG
Listen to Camo & Krooked 20 Years of D&B Mix by Camo & Krooked on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/iZ78v
And a couple of dubstep favorites
Listen to Skream Plastic People mix by SKREAMIZM on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/3nVUw
Listen to SubDocta’s Super Fun and Awesome Mix to Make You Feel Good! by SubDocta on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/7LWKV
Pandora works pretty well for discovery, and has multiple “modes” so you can hear album tracks, not just hits. Just put in a few songs of a genre and/or artists you like to build a station of similar suggestions. Use thumbs up/down to tune it. I will warn you that after a year of doing this, it might get in a rut of playing things you’ve already thumbed up. If that happens, switch modes or create a new station.
YouTube suggestions also has a pretty decent suggestion algorithm if you start thumbing up music you like. It’s also a good place to look at a particular label’s catalog.
Both are free with ads.
Also, if there’s an artist you like, be sure to look up who produced your favorite tracks. Chances are they’ve done similar music with other artists.
I use rateyourmusic.com to research a genre/artist/ album and then follow where it leads me. It’s amazing how much music is outside the algorithms, and then you get to find them in a differ context too.
Interesting! I’ve only used rateyourmusic for music rating, I didn’t know you could use it for discovery as well.
yt music does all good and also friends
I am still riding the MP3 train. Music from indies and smaller bands I buy on Bandcamp or directly from the artist. Bigger bands from larger labels and really obscure stuff I get from Soulseek.
Discovering music got more difficult after leaving Reddit, I lurked on a lot of genre subs. Now I mostly find new stuff through friends or Youtube recommendations.
Personal recommendations. Sometimes I take a chance on random artists that I see on Bandcamp. Music/artists from TV shows and movies. Music I hear when out and about, Shazam is a wonderful app for identifying tracks.
I rarely discover anything new, but I’m currently in the process of getting my entire CD and vinyl collection onto Plex - so in a way I’m rediscovering music that I liked years ago but haven’t heard in ages, especially stuff that wasn’t available on any streaming platforms.
It’s a slow process though, especially the vinyl - I’ve just about finished the As, but that’s one of the smallest sections! Fun though :-)
Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn’t work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !metal@lemmy.world
I don’t understand this not. The link looks the same?
That’s because you’re on Mbin, which further complicates Lemmy’s community linking process by making community links not always behave the same even though they look the same. This is something I really wish could be more properly unified across *bin and Lemmy.
Youtube.
I realised a few years back that my music tastes had stagnated, that I hadn’t liked any new bands in… too many years, and that I was on the way to becoming to be a stuck-in-the-past old fart.
So I nuked my youtube data to glass and started again from scratch with The Technique.
Open all the interesting-looking music in new tabs, don’t-recommend-channel annoying crap, especially reaction videos. Flick through each tab, like and add to genre playlists anything cool, and open a bunch of tabs from the recommendations on that page. If I get three solid bangers from an artist, subscribe. Go with original artists rather than reposts where possible.
Rinse and repeat.
If the algorithm starts getting stale, browse and listen through playlists I want to hear more of (often using a third-party shuffle site), to dredge up the silt.
I don’t generally listen to much of a song while browsing - you can tell from a handful of samples if it’s for you or not, and moving on quickly stops it from getting tedious.
I have found and enjoyed vastly more new music in the last few years than I did in the two decades before that. It’s awesome.
Very neat! I occsionally find interesting music on YouTube, but you seem to have a whole method down. I’ll have to try this out sometime.
Favourites currently are:
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Internet radio. Especially radiofreefedi.net which features music from people on the fediverse. I especially like their comfy channel. #radiofreefedi #RFF
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Music podcasts. The Add To Playlist podcast from the BBC is my favourite. Each track they add is inspired by the previous one. Loads of great music, plus interesting guest musicians talking about music history, theory and vibes.
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ViMusic. This is an open source front end app for YouTube music on android. No payment, adds etc. You can get it on f-droid. Found a few cool tracks via the algo but not as many as previous options.
I have to say though that, like the boomers who went before me, I feel that music in general has become worse. I’m blaming the ‘winner takes all’ effect of commercial streaming platforms for the narrowing of artistic culture and the debasement of musicians.
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Minnesota public radio has some great stations. The DJs read the sponsor spots, so no traditional “commercials” with sirens and megaphones.
I watch The Needle Drop on YouTube. He’s a music reviewer. I don’t necessarily agree with the idea of being so critical of an art form that’s so subjective, but following his channel is a great way to stay up to date on noteworthy new albums coming out.
My early years crate digging, than myself diggin, than Kazaa - till eventually my library is now so vast and eclectic that the Spotify algorithm does the job for me (mostly).
Though the best trick to find new music - look for your favourite band’s favourite bands. That’s honestly the fastest way to find new and interesting things.