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Discovering New Music?

Posted by Cliff on from the seeking-a-new-sound dept.

captainclever asks: "As an avid music fan, I'm keen on discovering new artists that I will like. I have discovered a few by listening to internet radio, and writing down the names of songs that take my fancy. I had a play with The Digital Music Network, but it was very intrusive, full of adverts and only worked in Windows. I found it quite a hard topic to google for as there is so much stuff about music. Has anyone come accoss a decent system that can suggest some good artists to me based on my existing listening habbits?" Word of mouth, of course, is the tried and true method of promoting a new group. Are there weblogs that allow users to discuss music much like Slashdot discusses "news"?

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  1. College Radio! by RumGunner · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No matter what city I go to, there's usually a college radio station.

    I'm actually in college, and I volunteer at one, so I'm probably a little biased, but college radio is by far the most progressive of all radio.

  2. College Radio! by hiryuu · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you can stomach newswires being read by teenagers who barely have any grasp of proper English or public speaking skills, college radio is a great way to find stuff off the mainstream, particularly if it's a station with a good-sized audience, like WSOU from Seton Hall. For those outside the central-NJ area, they do web-cast.


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  3. Shoutcast. The one and only. by Viewsonic · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They have so many genres to explore. Give it a try, and it sounds PERFECT. The record companies should be paying these guys for all the free advertising shoutcast streamers are doing. I buy so many CDs from hearing songs I like on there.

  4. Re:HOLY CRAP! LAME LAME LAME LAME LAME! by mcrbids · · Score: 4, Insightful

    All artists on MP3.com will have to reduce their pages to a maximum of 3 tracks as of January 15th, or PAY for their once free-offered service.

    What's really sad is that this simply means the further demise of mp3.com. The site would be just awesome if they'd introduce some form of moderation.

    As it is, you have some real gems mixed in with casio-keyboards-and-a-tapedeck style recordings... and it's just awful.

    -Ben

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  5. Sometimes the old ways are effective by Jucius+Maximus · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Try turning on the radio (i.e. the one that uses radio wave frequencies, not IP addresses) and find a not for profit station. They do exist. Then listen. You will hear music that you may like.

    This is still how I find CDs to buy. (Net radio is rather difficult when you can only get 28.8 where you live.)

  6. Stepping Stones by PotatoMan · · Score: 3, Insightful
    The best advice I ever got on this was from Harlan Ellison. Although he was speaking about books, I think the principle applies here as well.


    Finding new music is like stepping stones; you go from one to the next to the next. So when you find music you like, you look at similar music.


    Fundamentally, you will need to sample bands and be disappointed a lot. The proof of the pudding is in the tasting.