In the day and age where MTV is adopting a 10 song rotation and the world is owned by Clear Channell, there are many ways to discover new music. The best being is no further than your alarm clock.
I live in Athens, GA and my main way to discover new music is to listen to the college radio station I DJ at 90.5fm.
Many stations play a mix of the best in national New Music as well as many great local bands that need support support. These stations offer music that is programmed by students and non-influenced by payola. A recent congressional ruling also allow these non profit stations to
The online tool that I find useful is Listen.com's Rhapsody. I pay 9.99 a month for the service, which allows unlimited listening and no downloads. They are missing many Indie labels, but still offer a very good selection. The quality is great, their servers are fast, it's very usable and offers recommendations for each artist on the service, along with a radio station that will play of mix of the selected artist and similar artists.
While I was once very reluctant to pay for music, I have no problem paying for this bill each month. I spent enough time at my computer where being able to listen to the complete discography of many artists is priceless.
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I live in Athens, GA and my main way to discover new music is to listen to the college radio station I DJ at 90.5fm. Many stations play a mix of the best in national New Music as well as many great local bands that need support support. These stations offer music that is programmed by students and non-influenced by payola. A recent congressional ruling also allow these non profit stations to
The online tool that I find useful is Listen.com's Rhapsody. I pay 9.99 a month for the service, which allows unlimited listening and no downloads. They are missing many Indie labels, but still offer a very good selection. The quality is great, their servers are fast, it's very usable and offers recommendations for each artist on the service, along with a radio station that will play of mix of the selected artist and similar artists.
While I was once very reluctant to pay for music, I have no problem paying for this bill each month. I spent enough time at my computer where being able to listen to the complete discography of many artists is priceless.