What's your way of discovering new music?

[Leon74]

My Deezer Flow helps me discover new artists and songs and this Flow function is really great but I was looking also for other means of discovery.
I found these two:

https://www.gnod.com/ (Global Network of Discovery)

and

https://www.music-map.com/ (Music-Map)

I also sometimes use to ask chatgpt for suggestions.

Do you know of other interestingg ways of music discovery?

 

[Rui]

today is streaming services, even bands i though it had stopped in the 80´s or 90´s are still releasing records and good bands at the time called alternative, also know a lot of people who like hearing music and they would introduce me to new bands not that they bring anything new but are very good and play it with a personal touch, but i remenber a time that FM shows were the source of new music in every style ,today i don´t even have a tuner ,in the past was the main component ,70´s receivers ,why ,amplifier + tuner

 

[jjbomber]

I tend to have friends who recommend bands to me. I then go and chase them down on Qobuz, YouTube etc.

 

[Revolutions]

I tend to have friends who recommend bands to me. I then go and chase them down on Qobuz, YouTube etc.

I wish I had friends.

Instead, I buy two pastries each Friday: one for my buddy Spotify & one for me. I get new music. And I also get fat 😢

 

[Stuart83]

I sometimes used to "ask Google" for similar artists to whatever it is I wanted to hear a liking to.

Ie "classical music like Mozart"

It's hit and miss what Google comes up with as similar, but often within the search results others have asked the same question on a forum (especially with more popular music) like Reddit which also comes up within the search list.
These are usually a more accurate.

Being very eclectic in taste I've even found music suggestions that don't match I've ended up liking.

After that I mostly do what you've already mentioned and use streaming like a catalogue to discover new music.
If I find a keeper I purchase a physical copy usually on CD.

Thinking about it things have vastly changed even in my 40yrs so far.

I remember hearing something on the radio as a kid and running for my sister's portable "boogie box" cassette radio to record it before it has finished.
Embarrassingly a "my little pony" pink one with a microphone built into the handle 😐

 

[Leon74]

I sometimes used to "ask Google" for similar artists to whatever it is I wanted to hear a liking to.

Ie "classical music like Mozart"

It's hit and miss what Google comes up with as similar, but often within the search results others have asked the same question on a forum (especially with more popular music) like Reddit which also comes up within the search list.
These are usually a more accurate.

Being very eclectic in taste I've even found music suggestions that don't match I've ended up liking.

After that I mostly do what you've already mentioned and use streaming like a catalogue to discover new music.
If I find a keeper I purchase a physical copy usually on CD.

Thinking about it things have vastly changed even in my 40yrs so far.

I remember hearing something on the radio as a kid and running for my sister's portable "boogie box" cassette radio to record it before it has finished.
Embarrassingly a "my little pony" pink one with a microphone built into the handle 😐

Very eclectic here, too. In a way I guess I was always a bit jealous of classmates who had their favorite singers and bands and could "dream away" about them...I never really had that.

Classical music I find even harder when it's about music discovery, though my husband is a music teacher; his classical music taste simply is not similar to mine. I tend to listen to classical music streams sometimes and simply just switch to another station if I don't like what they are streaming.

>>> Embarrassingly a "my little pony" pink one with a microphone built into the handle

Lol, I wonder when that would be more embarrassing: Back then or now with all this gender stuff going on

 

[Rodolfo]

I used to subscribe to Spotify mostly because my brother also did, and we used to share Spotify findings. Since his passing, I moved to Amazon and use it some for discovery of new albums, especially. My brother and I always shared a preference for albums vs. (only or mostly individual) tracks.

I have three primary ways of finding new albums and new artists:

First, I am very fortunate to have access to an excellent public library that continuously adds to its collections. including of much diverse music --CDs, especially, and even LPs. I review it once or twice a week.

Second, I have friends and relatives who occasionally share favorites (or finds) of theirs. When I visit, I will sometimes "sneak" a peek at their collections of CDs, though there is less of that these days, as everywhere. Some also send me youtube links, but again I'm not into tracks, nor am I into youtube /music videos which is the most common modern method. The latter is also the most common way to share here and elsewhere on line. People most commonly watch music videos in these times.

Third, is my long-term favorite personal and unusual method. Though less common for me, I'll share because a few loved ones have gotten into it as well. I identify a favorite song or composition, such as "Ain't No Sunshine", or "'Round Midnight", or "Always on My Mind". or "Straighten Up and Fly Right", "The Four Seasons", etc., etc.. I've found that I like finding artists who choose to and CAN perform my favorites (as) well, nicely, impressively, amazingly, etc.. I specifically recall discovering Eva Cassidy, Grant Green, and most recently, Sarah Chang through these means, Yes, most are artists and albums that are new to me only, but that is the point, my aim.

Thanks for asking,

 

[daveh75]

Osmosis