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FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• whimsy@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  KEXP (a radio station and also online+YouTube) has opened my eyes to so many new artists. And also bandcamp has a very interesting related artists kinda feature

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• newthrowaway20@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Used to be we would share mixtapes… I really miss that.

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  • VeganBtw@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah I share the sentiment, but I remember finding the songs for mixtapes on… the radio, where I didn’t really have a say on what’s playing. Algorithms can be a force for good sometimes.

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    • irmadlad@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      but I remember finding the songs for mixtapes on… the radio

      Back in the day, disk jockies would announce 'Alright, get your cassettes out, we’re going to play the entire Led Zep - Kashmir LP, usually late at night.

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      • newthrowaway20@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Used to be that disk jockeys also got to pick what they played to an extent. Now it’s all just predetermined lists nationwide brought to you by iHeartRadio.

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  • irmadlad@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    True. I remember the days of mixtapes, and then the advent of cd collections in your car of all the bootleg ‘mix tapes’. However, I still hold that if it weren’t for Shawn Fanning, among others, pushing the envelope, the music scene online would be quite different than it is now. Technology is like that…double edged sword and all that.

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• frankenswine@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  NPR’s tiny desk

  asking your friends and aquantances

  listening to dj sets

  rutracker

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  • FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Theses are great suggestions. Thank you.

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  • MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I ❤️ Tiny Desk.

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• bitwolf@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Aside from similar artists, I scrobble to Listenbrainz, which gives recommendations from similar artists and similar listeners.

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  • FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I like this tool too: www.music-map.com

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  • myrmidex@belgae.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Indeed! I lean heavily on similar users to me, finding unknown gems frequently!

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• half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Not by reading pitchfork or rolling stone. Those are only for people who hate music.

  Back in the aughts I would find bands because they were an opener for another band I was seeing.

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  • FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I saw Charley Crockett last summer and a guy named Drayton Farley opened for him. I’m not a huge Drayton Farley fan.

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    • half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I saw a Motion City Soundtrack show and Brick+Mortar opened for them. Bm is great, fell in love.

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    • RBWells@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I saw Joshua Ray Walker open for Marcus King and didn’t even like his show but looked him up and found his recorded work to be incredible, THEN he found out he had cancer and that was part of why the live show was weak, nothing to do with his music, and says he is recovering now, but I felt so uncharitable thinking the show sucked when he was dealing with something so awful.

      But anyway - I do use streaming but like you find bands other ways, opening acts, radio, sometimes Brooklyn Vegan, that site posts about bands I’ve never heard of, I listen and find stuff I like (and a lot I don’t).

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      • FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I mean, it’s not like you would have known, but good on you for giving the guy a chance.

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• wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Bandcamp? Listenbrainz?

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• ewigkaiwelo@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Find music that you already like on rateyourmusic and look at the lists that feature the artist or the realeases that you like. Also internet archive.

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• Darohan@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve been meeting my music discovery needs with a combination of community radio and bandcamp - plus just talking to friends, though your mileage may vary depending on your friends’ taste.

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