As someone who is aging. Late thirties. How can I keep my finger on the pulse of current trends, particularly in music?

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• FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Honestly, just follow some Instagram meme pages or browse SoundCloud’s rap playlists. As a young person™️, this is how I’ve always found stuff, including xxxtentacion and lil peep when I was younger and they were both still around. If you’re worried about “invading” our spaces like the other comment says, I think that sentiment is changing. I’ve befriended some older peeps online just for having anime pfps and stuff lmao.

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  • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thanks dude for the soundcloud req.

    Also, for making me feel a bit better about invading spaces, as i honestly only want to learn more about current trends and close the divide between generations.

    I went down a Xxxtentacion and Juice WRLD rabbit hole when I found them and man I’m so sad they not here as those were some interesting people with unique perspectives.

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• WamGams@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  KGRG is world famous among radio fans. Those kids have the pulse.

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  • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thanks. Going to hit this up tonight.

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• southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Dude. Dude. You’re still a kid ;)

  Age jokes from an old fart aside, it’s about your willingness to go looking.

  It does mean you’ll end up using some otherwise shitty services unless you are active in a local music related scene (like clubbing). But YouTube, Pandora, spotify, and most of the other music streaming services have some degree of recommendations. They aren’t all that great usually, but in the absence of being immersed with real life music explorers, it’s the best option.

  You can check out the Billboard top 200 and go the route of hoping your preferred music genres chart in the first place, but also being fairly reliable that other fans have vetted tracks for it to get there.

  And radio still exists. You can pick a station that’s genre specific or a top 40 station and find stuff that’s already a little popular that way. It isn’t as reliable as it used to be, but you can find newer raising acts that way.

  There’s forums. I haunt the typical lemmy based music C/s, plus the ones for my favorite genres, which keeps me fairly up to date on new releases as well as some new acts.

  And, always participate in your local scene when possible. It’s harder with hip-hop since finding local acts outside of cities is damn near impossible, but if you’re into other stuff too, it can be a great way to catch acts before they get going, if your local scene is active enough. I’m fairly lucky in that bluegrass is one of the genres I’m into, and I’m not too far away from one of the better known cities for country and bluegrass music. So it’s easy to find new bands and solo acts performing at a bar or local festival that end up getting popular eventually. That’s an example of what i mean, making use of what’s already there locally.

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  • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thanks you’ve provided many avenues I can go down here and it seems inescapable that it takes work and effort to keep ahead of these things.

    I do live in a city but sadly it’s Manchester in the UK, so hip-hop is lacking. I do like UK Drill too but those kids are just a bit too wild for me to go seeking those, I’m not keen on getting stabbed up haha.

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• sturlabragason@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I get all the inside info from my teenage kids 😅

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  • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Dude you cheated, maybe I shoulda had kids but im too selfish 😂

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• Blaze@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Small shout out to !askmenover30@lemm.ee

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• Jarix@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And online radio station that has no songs older than 36 months helps me.

  Best thing is its free. No ads. And you dont need to make an account.

  (They are changing to modernrock.ca) www.whatwasthatradio.com

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  • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Awesome thanks.

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    • Jarix@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Your welcome. If it helps was a former DJ of 10 years on 91.3 theZone out of Victoria BC Canada

      His new station is a licensed SOCAN broadcaster. He has a lot of great interviews you can look through as well.

      Hope you find it useful!

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• Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Check out the excellent podcast “Search Engine!” There’s an episode called “How do I find new music more that I’m old and irrelevant?”

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  • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thanks for this. You’ve actually helped in another way that I didn’t even ask as I am running out of descent podcasts that I haven’t binged.

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• arin@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Just listen to what you like, don’t be a creep

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  • unreasonabro@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hey, yo, the music’s not yours m8. you didn’t make it, so who’s being the creep

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• rufus@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I feel you. I think I experience the same.

  I’d say it’s almost summer now, go out and visit some music festivals. That’s a place where I found some inspiration and new (to me) artists.

  Also having friends with a similar taste in music helps.

  I have a Spotify subscription and that helps me listen to a broad range of music on a whim. But I think the Spotify algorithm isn’t helping me in discovering new artists. I rarely find anything interesting and new that way.

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  • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Seems Spotify is getting so many mentions and many people preferring it to Apple Music for finding new music.

    Festivals are an idea too so thanks.

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• Pulptastic@midwest.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  YouTube music made discovery worse compared to Google music, but it is still OK.

  When I hear a good song on a show or movie, I ID it with my phone and explore others by the artist or genre. I also thumbs up it to get more recommendations from YTM

  Same when friends recommended music. So yeah, talk to friends about music. And then do the above two steps with their suggestions and likes.

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• Resol@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There is the Eurovision Song Contest, buuuuuuuut, this year’s season has been such an incredible shitshow that I can’t recommend it anymore. Seriously, I wish it never got this way.

  So… spend some time listening to the entries from 2013 to 2022. Those are the ones that I liked the most, especially from 2021 (spoiler: Måneskin is in there somewhere, and so is Duncan Lawrence, and Rosa Linn, and the Sunstroke Project… the ones with the Epic Sax Guy, you might have heard of all of these guys before, oh, and Flo Rida too)

  2012 and earlier (down to 1997 I guess) do have some cool stuff, but most of it is kinda kitschy and unserious. There are some strong entries, but it’s being overshadowed by what is basically garbage and political voting. But at least we got a taste of Loreen out of that. You’ve heard of that Nightcore remix of a song called Rockefeller Street? Yep, that’s from Eurovision.

  As for 2023 specifically… well, there’s a certain green Finnish guy that you might love, and has almost won if it wasn’t for- oh God, Loreen again? And there’s some other cool stuff I guess.

  The 90s, 80s, and 70s all have some fantastic entries, some of then are even from super famous people such as ABBA, Celine Dion, Olivia Newton John, Johnny Logan, Julio Iglesias, Samira Bensaid, in addition to lots of incredibly interesting folks. There’s a live orchestra in there too, so you know things are authentic.

  And then there’s the 60s and 50s. I can’t remember anything about them.

  So, enjoy my recommendation of the songs, and please for God’s sake, avoid watching the contest live at all costs, and especially stay away from its political influence. There’s a particular country in there that everybody wants out, and I’m pretty sure you know who it is. They’ve basically ruined 2024.

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  • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’d never considered the Eurovision Song Contest.

    Il check out the recommended ones.

    I will avoid the live show at all costs. I always thought it was less about the singers and they vote for their friends.

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    • Resol@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well, yeah sort of, but they don’t REALLY do it anymore.

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• PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Not music specific but you could join probably a bigger Discord community around a topic which interests a bunch of young lads. For example, I’m in a VRC community, where I usually chat sometimes (I’m 23, not that old) and DC communities usually offer music channels where you could maybe check what they share.

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  • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve tried Discord before but I never knew where to find channels I might like.

    I will give it another go as it seems like a good idea. Thanks dude.

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    • PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You could perhaps check out this: disboard.org

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• TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Switch to Classical music.

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  • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I already listen to classical music. Shoutout to the Goats Chopin and Beethoven. I’m a sucker for a minor key. All I hear in my head here is Kendrick saying A-Minorrrrrr.

    I’m fortunate to have quite an eclectic taste in music genre wise, as quite frankly music is the best thing on this planet.

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• kurcatovium@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Apart from usuals like spotify or bandcamp, 8cd also like to introduce gnod here: www.gnod.com

  I do not use it very often, but it’s quite nice to browse the recommendations based on what you were recently listening once in a while.

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  • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thanks. I’m getting a nice selection of links now.

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• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I try to pick up artists from younger coworkers. That’s how I learned about 100 Gecs. Saw them live. We were the olds. Skipped PinkPantheress cause it felt like we’d be too olds.

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  • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    As a software developer in a small company. These people wouldn’t know hip-hop if pac came and slapped em.

    Thanks though.

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• vala@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Hang out with hip musicians.

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  • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    See I didn’t even know hips were instruments, I’m so out of touch. /s

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• Katrisia@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m from the 90s and I’ve been catching few trends thanks to TikTok and YouTube. Exactly what you said, new videos and keep jumping to suggested videos. Also, read the comments, people often have recommendations (you can even ask and you’ll get some new musicians).

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• rapechildren@lemmynsfw.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  www.vidlii.com/watch?v=-HkErc-xfRK

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  • Nom@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This ain’t watchpeopledie

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• gapedanus@lemmynsfw.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  snifferip.com/2My11

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  • Custodian1623@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is an IP grabber

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  • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    📽️

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