How do you find new music?
Do you prefer recommendations from friends? Listen to the radio? Do you let Spotify or Pandora pick stuff?
I’m guilty of making a playlist and listening to the same 40 or so songs for a year before making a new playlist. And I’m looking at the musicians nominated for Grammys and only recognize a few of them.
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Up until recently I had a subscription to Prog Magazine (I let it lapse). I got new music recommendations from that.
It used to be friends’ recommendations but now sometimes I pick up on someone who comes up on one of my self-created Pandora stations.
Youtube playlists that people publish. When I find a music geek that knows their stuff I take a sampling of their playlist. Sometimes music I already like leads to others of similar taste.
A friend sends me spotify links.
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KCRW’s Eclectic 24 is a station I can work to, and everything they play is outside my usual preference for classical, jazz, and old rock.
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Also my local public radio station has two fantastic music shows. Or had. One just ended, the host retired. Tony Sarabia had a show called Radio M and he has an astoundingly wide taste in music from around the world.
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The remaining local show I love is Reclaimed Soul from Ayana Contreras . Ayana is a motivated crate digger, looking through LP collections for the gold. I honestly expect her to get a MacArthur grant for her work cataloging music history.
8PM – 10PM Central Time Thursdays here is the streaming URL, highly recommended
I used to rely on friends recommendations. Now I’ve set up a Pandora station & I’ve found many artists that I enjoy!!! I’m over the hill & I enjoy the good, old Blues; so, I’m somewhat limited to the good Blues musicians. There are NO good Blues radio stations here; so, I’ve installed an mp3 player in my car & I’ve got a 64 GB flash drive full of The Blues.That’s a ton of hours & it takes a long time to get to the repeat stage. I also like a lot of the Classic Rock & I have another 64 GB flash full of Classic Rock. I also have a 32 GB flash full of my favorite Christmas tunes that I play when the mood strikes!!!
BTW…Welcome to Fluther!!! :)
I get my recommendations from tv news.
Almost all of my favorite new music has been from checking out albums at the library. They usually carry some of the best indie/lesser known music artists.
I listened to I Heart Radio for a while. Pandora or Spotify work the same way. I put in an artist I like and they played music like that. Could have been music from the same era or the same style. I found some good bands and songs that way.
From Spotify or Apple Music. You can find New Music Rlease section for you in Spotify. And there is a New Music listed on the Apple Music.
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