What’s the best way to discover new music?

phenom

Judgement

Going on a YouTube adventure, or Spotify! If we're talking IRL, it's going to music festivals, the smaller ones in particular. In The Netherlands, there are quite a few of those. A lot of smaller bands are actually pretty great!

weebywitch

Recommendations... or Pandora/Spotify stations... similar artists to the ones that I like or have seeded my stations with already work quite well.

maisafie

My way: 1) Live radio: kexp is fantastic, npr liveshows, kcrw, bbc live, xray, and others. You can discover absolutely great singers, bands, styles there. 2) Gonna sound weird but talent shows like got talent/voice etc. You cand find there if not new artists (but there are some names I found there) at least new songs/interpretations. 3) Embark a youtube/spotify/apple music/etc journey. 4) Listen music from other countries. I know that english is the default language to listen but is not the only one. 5) And probably the BIG THING is to force yourself to listen to new things and to try to understand them. I think that the most important thing about music is the "message" it sends. If a listener cannot get to that core then there is only some sound that is better than the random noise but that's all. If you don't resonate with that message is ok, forget about it, but should at least try to get to it and decide that is not ok for you. For example, I found out that I don't like really hardcore metal (trash, death etc) which is ok, so I focus on other things. But I tried to listen, to read the lyrics, and to find out if it is for me or not.

negatibuhige

I agree with Weeby here. Recommendations are a great way to discover new music. Even when I go on YouTube adventures, the suggestions keep hovering around the type of videos I usually watch and I have to actively venture out, which is something I do not do >.>" Another great way is anime :'D I've discovered many Japanese artists through anime. And my all-time favorite band is NoisyCell. Been a fan ever since Barakamon. (I outgrew the other favorites I had before...)

grin

Radio, in my case. And I mean actually switching through channels a lot. The popular 3 stations here will always broadcast the same 20 songs all day, but if you end up finding some obscure small-town radio station you might really find something new.

negatibuhige

I used to listen to the radio a lot, like, a hell lot, when I was in school. I have childhood memories tied to the radio! But as the popularity of private radio channels increased, so did the number of advertisements. Now tuning into the radio gets me listening to ads instead of songs. Gave up. : : :

Marco Polo

> YouTube recommendations > Spotify playlists (whether it's the "Discover" lists or just a random playlist someone else has made) > SoundCloud - the playlists they curate are generally very good, and every now and then you find a total gem

mr.mxy

Youtube and a bunch of good friends who are really into it who can recommend some stuff :

sweetjacky

I think the best way is probably when people recommend music. Already found some nice bands thanks to a work colleague (for example Broilers). And my favorite band Volbeat thanks to my boyfriend xD Other than that it's also great to discover music on radio channels. I have a rock channel I love listening to, it even got an app with different type of music streams and I always find some good music there. One more good way to find music is via movies/tv show/anime. I started to enjoy listening to Queen because I was watching Umbrella Academy and Don't Stop the Music was playing. Love that song! Also got the Guardians of the Galaxy mixtape CD's at home and I love a lot of anime songs.

angellucy

Aah, kinda remembered that my main source of music best for searching was shut down : Animenfo radio, I will never forget :( <3 So I browse either in youtube or listen to new found Hikikomori radio 24/7. Or simply catch anything interesting by hearing it anywhere really