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Music discovery sites or tools; suggestions based on stuff I like
jmdbcool
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I'm trying to find a good site or tool for discovering new music. Does anyone have anything they really like to use? Something where I can type in what I like, and it'll recommend other stuff for me.
My problem with most of the sites I've found is that it asks for one song or artist, and gives you similar stuff... but a person's musical tastes usually span several genres. It seems to me that there's got to be someone out there who has, like, 80% of the same artists that I do in my collection, and the other 20% would be stuff that I'd probably like, since they'd have the same range of interests. It would not be hard to create a system where all you did was type in a list of all the artists you like, and it would compare it with all other users' lists, and look for ones with very high similarities.
So, does anything like that exist? Or, what sources do you all use to discover new music?
My problem with most of the sites I've found is that it asks for one song or artist, and gives you similar stuff... but a person's musical tastes usually span several genres. It seems to me that there's got to be someone out there who has, like, 80% of the same artists that I do in my collection, and the other 20% would be stuff that I'd probably like, since they'd have the same range of interests. It would not be hard to create a system where all you did was type in a list of all the artists you like, and it would compare it with all other users' lists, and look for ones with very high similarities.
So, does anything like that exist? Or, what sources do you all use to discover new music?
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reading best of lists/reviews from publications I like - like pitchfork, NME, Spin, etc
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researching on wikipedia - leading to finding new songs and music that has relations to stuff I already like - perhaps they produced someone's stuff or collaborated with them in some way, or share a label
at least those are the main ways I come into finding new music.
Still not good for genre-spanning, but I've found it to be a decent way to find new stuff.
Otherwise, all the suggestions above are good.
As far as I know, nothing like you described exist, and you have reached the point that I have where you are stuck shooting into the dark and hoping you randomly find something new you like. This is why I was sad that the local Borders Outlet closed down because for $3-$7 a cd I would buy random stuff all day long.
Best of luck in your hunt for new music that is low in sodium and 76% less suck.
When you have a profile, you can punch in a bunch of names, or you can do even better:
Install a plug-in to your favorite music player (WinAmp, iTunes, whatever) and it will send the name & songs that you play to your profile, keeping a record of it (not as creepy or privacy invading as it sounds) and calculate similar artists when it gets enough data.
It's really good for finding new music. It also gives you a calendar of when the bands you listen to are playing shows in your area, shows people who share similar music tastes and provides free streaming MP3s. It's also interesting just to see your own statistics - what you listend to the most this week, what song is the most played of all time, etc.
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I'd try Pandora but alas, I reside in Australia.
Besides installing the WinAmp plugin, its probably worthwhile to grab the Last.FM player, which allows you to listen to stations based on their tag. This is good if you find you're interested in Artist X from Genre Y, so you can listen to random songs from Genre Y and see if there are other artists that strike your fancy.
Combined with all it's other features, it looks like a really awesome site.
or Brawl. 4854.6102.3895 Name: NU..
this is a selection of classic rock that I made a long time ago - http://www.finetune.com/playlist/1272496
And pandora is great, because you can add multiple artists to a single station, making it genre-spanning.
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