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General discussionHow to discover new music on Spotify etc.?(26 posts) (26 posts) 
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Posted August 08, 2016
I actually found what I was looking for on reddit's Spotify Playlists forum. Some good links over there. :)
Posted August 08, 2016
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yogsloth: Step 1) Go to your local record store
Step 2) Browse through the music for sale. Find releases that catch your eye and peak your interest.
Step 3) Ask questions to other customers and to the people on staff. See what's available in the listening stations.
Step 4) Actually pay real money for the product you wish to consume, ensuring that music will still exist in the future
Step 5) Listen to the music you purchased. Fall in love with it. Have it move your soul and change your life. Listen often.
That's all well and good... but we don't have music stores over here anymore. Ok, there's a HMV in my local town but it's not really worth bothering with. And last time I checked they certainly don't have listening stations any more.

And if you started talking to random people about stuff in this country you're likely to get stabbed...


I always struggle to find new music that I really like (or even old music I like and hadn't heard before), the radio feature others have mentioned is alright but I find it tends to play mostly the same well known kind of stuff rather then really giving you hidden gems or things you may not have heard / heard of before...

I tend to like looking for the bands that the bands I like like (that sentence looks wrong but I think it makes sense), the people who influenced them etc.
It doesn't always work, but I've found quite a few bands I like that way.
Posted August 18, 2016
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B0SC0: Multiple ways you can do it. Firstly, Spotify creates a weekly "Discover" playlist, that compiles a 30 song playlist based on songs you've added to your catalogue. This can be generally hit-or-miss, especially at the start when you've a weak catalogue. But as you get into it, it will be more on point and will take you to musical places of such magnitude and audio paradise that you will never again return to your previous state... Or it will recommend, Rihanna, who knows.
It seems to work pretty well, nice. As you said, the discover playlists were very hit-or-miss (mostly miss) in the beginning, but after I've spent more time with Spotify, created my own playlists, followed playlists, checked out lots of artist and bookmarked songs, this week I've tried this discovery function again and it's pretty spot-on, no misses so far, all good and incidentally not even a single song I already knew either. :)
Post edited August 18, 2016 by Leroux
Posted February 23, 2018
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yogsloth: Step 1) Go to your local record store
Step 2) Browse through the music for sale. Find releases that catch your eye and peak your interest.
Step 3) Ask questions to other customers and to the people on staff. See what's available in the listening stations.
Step 4) Actually pay real money for the product you wish to consume, ensuring that music will still exist in the future
Step 5) Listen to the music you purchased. Fall in love with it. Have it move your soul and change your life. Listen often.
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HunchBluntley: Not everyone has a local "record" store (and not every such shop has listening stations ;) ).
There is absolutely nothing wrong with streaming music, as long as you buy some of the music you actually enjoy. I agree, though, that "renting" music as a replacement for purchasing a copy is a bad idea.

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haidukdemon: Death metal project HAIDUK returns with a crushing new release:
“DEMONICON”!
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HunchBluntley: Is it live, or is it Spamorex?
What's spamorex?
Posted February 23, 2018
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HunchBluntley: Not everyone has a local "record" store (and not every such shop has listening stations ;) ).
There is absolutely nothing wrong with streaming music, as long as you buy some of the music you actually enjoy. I agree, though, that "renting" music as a replacement for purchasing a copy is a bad idea.

Is it live, or is it Spamorex?
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haidukdemon: What's spamorex?
Man, with reflexes like that you must really suck at action games.
Posted February 23, 2018
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HunchBluntley: Is it live, or is it Spamorex?
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haidukdemon: What's spamorex?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZyFcJcZiaU
Posted February 23, 2018
One alternative is to follow music writer(s) whose article you enjoy on their twitter. These people always eager to show their know-about in music, for better or worse.
Posted February 23, 2018
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yogsloth: Step 1) Go to your local record store
Step 2) Browse through the music for sale. Find releases that catch your eye and peak your interest.
Step 3) Ask questions to other customers and to the people on staff. See what's available in the listening stations.
Step 4) Actually pay real money for the product you wish to consume, ensuring that music will still exist in the future
Step 5) Listen to the music you purchased. Fall in love with it. Have it move your soul and change your life. Listen often.
Step 6) From the $10 you've just paid, $9 goes to the label, $1 to the artist. Better support the artists on bandcamp and go to concerts and buy swag.
Posted March 20, 2018
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yogsloth: Step 1) Go to your local record store
Step 2) Browse through the music for sale. Find releases that catch your eye and peak your interest.
Step 3) Ask questions to other customers and to the people on staff. See what's available in the listening stations.
Step 4) Actually pay real money for the product you wish to consume, ensuring that music will still exist in the future
Step 5) Listen to the music you purchased. Fall in love with it. Have it move your soul and change your life. Listen often.
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blotunga: Step 6) From the $10 you've just paid, $9 goes to the label, $1 to the artist. Better support the artists on bandcamp and go to concerts and buy swag.
This is misleading. Labels put a lot of that money directly to the artists to cover costs like studio time, album mixing, mastering, duplication, art etc. You're still supporting the artist. The % of earnings the label gives the artist as an actual direct payment depends on their agreement.
Posted March 20, 2018
Try allmusic or lastfm, or ask in a music forum.
Posted June 10, 2021
Since this thread became a magnet for bots, I will close it and leave it for informational purposes.
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