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Hey guys DJ Wilma here,
Being a music advocate, I have always been seeking new ways of finding music. Every Friday and Saturday I pop by r/Music to catch some redditors posting their music, and I trudge through the many genre specific subreddits always looking for something new. This has been my main attempt at finding new music other than through word of mouth, as Youtube and such sights seem to fail to bring light to new talent and just milk the already established names. I find Soundcloud can sometimes have you stumble across new music, as long what you're listening to can appropriately connect to something new. Also SC2 events, mostly the GSL, have been staples in bringing to light music that I would have never heard before (Treat - Roar).
Other than these outlets though, I find it quite difficult to find new music. So this is what I post to you community, what outlets do you find key to coming across new music? Please post links to these places as I can imagine most of them will be online. I would like to broaden my horizon!
Also if you guys know of specific channels within the ones listen above that feature new music, I'd love to know them to!
Much Luv,
DJ Wilma
 
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I get all of my music tips from the Day[9] Daily.
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interviews of musicians you like
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Not hard at all to find music, you just need to know where to look!
I have about 3 main sources sources. I'm subscribed to ~400 music promoters/producers on YouTube, ~100 promoters/producers followed on Facebook, ~200 on SoundCloud, and others I'll find through things like Day9, Bandcamp, interviews, threads on TeamLiquid or the hundreds of music subreddits.
It really depends on what you like to listen to.
http://www.reddit.com/r/listentothis/
if you just go through you'll find a bunch of songs people just found. if you look on the sidebar you'll see a huge group of subreddits for each specific genre. in each of those subreddits you'll see that they have their own list of related subreddits that are even more obscure and promote different music. lots of music.
https://www.youtube.com/user/MrSuicideSheep
this guy is one of the better music promotion channels. he's part of the edmdistrict, which is a community of edm promoters/producers/labels. look at the sidebar for more people you can follow and search for music in. click on any song, then look for videos from the related section. all the music they promote is relatively unheard of. there are lots of other youtubers like him,
https://www.youtube.com/user/majesticdubstep
https://www.youtube.com/user/MonstercatMedia
https://www.youtube.com/user/UKFMusic
https://www.youtube.com/user/soundisstyle
https://www.youtube.com/user/MrMoMMusic
just to name a few of my favourites that i've subscribed to as a result of looking for "related videos".
edit: i find the most important thing is to build up a reputation in any site that you use. i built up a collection of music and subscriptions to main channels on youtube, and that leaks down to help me more easily find smaller producers and more content easier. same thing on soundcloud. follow a bunch of artists and promoters and you'll find their related engine is good at getting more stuff. same with youtube.
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I find new music in a few ways.
One way is to throw some music you like into a suggestion application, and see what comes up. I use grooveshark radio at work, and it works pretty well for playing stuff in the same genre, and sometimes something new comes up.
The second way I find music is to just find what music is related to what I'm listening to. So, if I like a band, I might go check out what other bands the members have been involved in. Another thing to do is check who the band/artist has toured with. Finally, just checking the comments of places the song is hosted can give some suggestions of other music to listen to as well.
Finally, I've found the following tool pretty fun to explore:
http://www.furia.com/misc/genremaps/engenremap.html
It's been pretty accurate for me in general. Once you pick a genre, just search around in it and listen to some stuff.
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all from youtube/word of mouth and personal research to artists related to ones i like
every time i see a song i like on youtube i just add it to playlist and check it out again later
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Pitchfork sometimes has pretty bizzare reviews but is great for finding new stuff regardless. Bandcamp.com is also brilliant if you have time to burn.
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awww yea. /r/Listentous is amaaaaaaaaaaazing. Best music subreddit by far. /r/TrueMusic is a distant second, but still good.
http://TheNeedleDrop.com - aka Anthony Fantano, of /mu/ fame. I really like his reviews, he does a great mix of underground and mainstream stuff, and I generally like what he likes.
speaking of which, /mu/ is awesome. yea, 4chan can be a cesspool at times, but there's tons of great stuff that you really won't see anywhere else. recognizing tripfags that have similar tastes as you is helpful too, but generally Anonymous sharethreads are where youll be finding stuff. Just be sure to give stuff a chance, even if you think you'll hate it.
www.sputnikmusic.com -This sites awesome, and very chill. Davey Boy and Channing Freeman are the best Staff Reviewers, I usually like what they like. Which is something important - you need to find a critic or outlet that has the same tastes as you. Or better yet, follow record labels you like. for example - Do you like The Shins? Follow Sub-Pop Records. Do you like Madlib? Follow Stones Throw Records. etc etc
In the same vein, find out what bands are touring with bands you like. Find out what bands your favorite bands like. Check out the history of the genre, who influenced whom? You can find this out from interviews or from professional critiques.
hmmm. what else. Last.fm / pandora / other online radio stations are useful for a little while, but their suggestions are limited. I do like to keep track of what I've listened to though. Here's my profile: http://www.last.fm/user/GnozL
Also, there's so much music out there that I don't even feel the need to look into new releases (though I do). Bowie has 24 studio albums, Bob Dylan 35, Johnny Cash 55, Roy Orbison 23, Elvis Costello 32, Frank Zappa has fuckin 99. These are just the bigshots too. Between the millions of songs already written and the hundreds of albums that come out every month I don't see how it's possible to not find anything new. [unless by 'new' you meant only new releases]
I'm gonna repeat this part cuz it's important: Find out what record label your favorite artists are on, and follow them on twitter or facebook or youtube or w.e. (this doesn't help as much for mainstream Pop, cuz those come out on giant labels that handle a bajillion dif bands, but then again.... thats a bajillion dif bands. It won't help for getting a specific sound or genre is what i mean)
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For Electronic Music:
I have a base of artists who I like in electronic music, and mainly listen to sets over individual songs. When I listen to a mix and hear a song that I like, I find out who it's by, then begin checking out their other songs and mixes. Rinse and repeat.
Sites like:
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http://www.livesets.at No articles and BS like you get elsewhere, just solid updated mixes/radio shows/festival sets of artists.
Everything else, these blogs consistently showcase upcoming artists in addition to the more recognizable names:
http://www.earmilk.com (not as much lately, not as into hip-hop as they are)
http://thissongissick.com/blog/
http://doandroidsdance.com/features/
Help whenever I feel that I'm in a rut looking through things on my own.
#1 source of new tunes is following the artists and music blogs Soundcloud profiles, most of my new music comes from mixes and songs here.
The majority of my listening is on Soundcloud (90% +) these days, allows me to avoid the pain in the ass iTunes syncing, and having music on the cloud means I'm not concerned about my music player (my iPhone) and how much space it has left. I don't even upload the stuff I buy or sets I DL to my phone anymore, use my nicer headphones at my desk to enjoy the quality bitrate of songs through a better setup.
Found that being older now and having disposable income to spend on music, I support more artists then I ever did before, as I've had a "trial period" to listen to their music as long as I like, then I buy when I want to show my support for what they do.
On March 29 2014 15:35 Blisse wrote:
i find the most important thing is to build up a reputation in any site that you use. i built up a collection of music and subscriptions to main channels on youtube, and that leaks down to help me more easily find smaller producers and more content easier. same thing on soundcloud. follow a bunch of artists and promoters and you'll find their related engine is good at getting more stuff. same with youtube.
^^^This is what I do. Definitely my suggestion to people who want new music delivered frequently and simply after you get a solid collection and idea of your tastes.
My 5 favorite mixes of the year so far:
https://soundcloud.com/dancingastronaut/axis-098 Tchami mix, stellar. Checking him out in Vancouver the day after Easter!
https://soundcloud.com/djsnake-king/dj-snake-essential-mix-bbc Fantastic, got me hooked on Tchami 
https://soundcloud.com/jack-beats/fabriclive74-online-promo-mix Deeper set from Jack Beats, promoting a great compilation release of theirs.
https://soundcloud.com/themagician/magic-tape-thirty-seven (was from late last year but just stumbled upon).
https://soundcloud.com/livesetstop/tiesto-essential-mix-2014 NOT HARD TIESTO TRACKS. A deep house mix of what Tiesto says he listens to for the relaxing after-hours vibe.
TL:DR
Soundcloud, listen to mixes to find new artists and songs, listen to mixes, songs by them and collaborating artists. Repeat.
http://soundcloud.com/beta5150/likes is my liked sounds page, keep all of the stuff I like from the feed here to listen again.
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One good way is to use Spotify on radio mode. I've found plenty of new artists that way. And as others have already said: Youtube. Just enter bunch of keywords and you'll probably find something.
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Just about all my music comes from Touhou, anime, and other assorted video game soundtracks like Zelda, Donkey Kong, Banjo Kazooie etc.
Currently setting up a ton of private playlists on youtube where I go through an entire channel's list of videos, listening to every single one, and deciding if it's good enough to add or not. I'll probably never be finished, but whenever I have homework or something to do, I go to the last video I watched in the current channel I'm in (sorted from oldest to most recent) and start listening again. I've even assigned some browser hotkeys to my F1-F4 keys using autohotkey so I can quickly press F2 to close the current tab that has the playing music video (sending me back to the youtube channel) and then F1 to tab three times and start the next video. F3 and F4 navigate tabs left and right. I've probably gone through 1500 Touhou videos so far across a few different channels so far, but I still have a ton left to sort through.
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1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
look at random people's folders in soulseek and listen to random stuff
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Holy, thank you all for your responses thus far, didn't think anyone would help, you guys all rock!
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This is a website I use to find jazz. It's still somewhat new and the community isn't very big. But it has still helped me A LOT with my pursue for new jazz. I don't know of any other website that tries to archive jazz in this grand of a scale.
http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/
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Kind of a stupid way to find music, but the way I do it is I go on Spotify and just look at a ton of the related artists. I've found a couple of bands that I like a lot doing this. I'm definitely going to go on the music subreddits though. Didn't even know those existed.
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I used to go to pitchfork when looking for new music quite a lot as well. Found more than a few good artists from compiled lists there.
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I mostly get my music from the internet, or torrents if I need FLAC
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On March 29 2014 19:47 MtlGuitarist97 wrote:
Kind of a stupid way to find music, but the way I do it is I go on Spotify and just look at a ton of the related artists. I've found a couple of bands that I like a lot doing this. I'm definitely going to go on the music subreddits though. Didn't even know those existed.
Spotify is neat, the suggestions based on other listeners can be spotty (lol puns) though. I do this with Digitally Imported, used to do it with Pandora. Hear a song I like, check out other songs by artist, repeat until I find something like Phutureprimitive, which is then listened to on repeat for weeks.
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Google lists of artists from genres and jist flip a coin against the screen, pick the one closest to where it hits and hope it's good
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Youtube and Discogs.com. Keep clicking the playlists and sidebar videos you see and checking discogs.com for the library of the ones you like.
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I've been looking at r/triphop recently a lot. When I hear a movie soundtrack I like I try to find out more about the artists. I go to music festival regularly where there's a lot of unknown (to me, but also in general) stuff.
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i have been listening a lot to online radios lately and if a song catches my attention i look it or the band up. Also threads on big forums can be nice.
Online radios play a lot of music i dont know, often because the big licenses are to expensive. Sadly it's hard to find some radios that play a lot of small subgenres. I have yet to find a good progressive rock radio.
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Try looking up local bars and seeing who is playing there for the next 1-2 weeks, then checking them out on youtube. You can also find bands by taking the bandlists from major festivals like Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo and Coachella. Sometimes through the list of 100 bands or so you might find one you like. Then you could try putting those on suggestion engines like Pandora and seeing what pops up.
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