Used to be we would share mixtapes… I really miss that.
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
How would I find new music?
newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
VeganBtw@piefed.social 3 weeks 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.
irmadlad@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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.
newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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.
irmadlad@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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.
frankenswine@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
NPR’s tiny desk
asking your friends and aquantances
listening to dj sets
rutracker
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Theses are great suggestions. Thank you.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I ❤️ Tiny Desk.
bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Aside from similar artists, I scrobble to Listenbrainz, which gives recommendations from similar artists and similar listeners.
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I like this tool too: www.music-map.com
myrmidex@belgae.social 2 weeks ago
Indeed! I lean heavily on similar users to me, finding unknown gems frequently!
half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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.
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I saw Charley Crockett last summer and a guy named Drayton Farley opened for him. I’m not a huge Drayton Farley fan.
half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I saw a Motion City Soundtrack show and Brick+Mortar opened for them. Bm is great, fell in love.
RBWells@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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).
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I mean, it’s not like you would have known, but good on you for giving the guy a chance.
wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Bandcamp? Listenbrainz?
ewigkaiwelo@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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.
Darohan@lemmy.zip 3 weeks 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.
whimsy@lemmy.zip 3 weeks 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