How do you discover new music?

[Daltonio]

For me personally, I get a lot of recommendations from friends and use the Discover Weekly playlist every week in Spotify which has been a big help in sending me stuff I'm interested in, I find a lot of new artists that way.

What about you, how do you discover new music? Or are you content with the stuff you already listen to?

 

[Nebulous]

Spotify suggestions. I follow a bunch of artists so if they drop something new I'll see it in my alerts.

Also my partner is really into music and makes playlists for me often.

 

[MrDawn]

Primarily from movies, tv shows, and on YouTube.

 

[Crys]

Television commercials, YouTube, games, movies. Sometimes I will hear music on a commercial, hear a couple of the lyrics, try to search for the song and find something else completely but what I find ends up being great so win win.

 

[Nebulous]

Television commercials

What are those?

 

[PGen98]

Mostly from bands releasing new music or a couple of yt channels I enjoy that highlight lesser known bands.

 

[Black Angel]

When I lived in Brooklyn I would know that Spring or Summer was on its way when I would hear someone blasting Reggaeton (usually Don Omar or Daddy Yankee) from their car when waiting for the light at the corner to change.. if I liked what I heard then I'd fire up Shazam..

So.. Shazam.. basically.. lol

 

[MamaFrankie]

I don't. I avoid new music as the music scene has been rubbish for the last 30 years. The only new music I will seek is music from my longterm favourites such as Tomas Ledin.

 

[Speaks]

They show up on my YouTube feed

 

[Nebulous]

They show up on my YouTube feed

Is youtube good at suggesting things you might like?

 

[ElegantAura]

Sometimes i search just by genre or by country... but also as a ESC fan always easy to see somone mention a new song or artist ...

 

[MamaFrankie]

If you like Eurovision, Sandy, then you'll know who my avatar is.

 

[ElegantAura]

If you like Eurovision, Sandy, then you'll know who my avatar is.

I was trying to see the avatar ...just using my mobile and could not see well ... but i just notice after you did mention the name on the above post .

 

[cybercupid]

Is youtube good at suggesting things you might like?

I use youtube music and I'm always in the loop on the new music scene especially for the bands and artists I sub to, it's pretty spot on for recommendations and the radio is a genius feature too

 

[Dollhouse]

I used to rely on Discover Weekly playlist but overtime they just got worse for some reason. These days I use online radio shows to discover new music

 

[Mendalla]

I am a member on a fansite for a rock singer I like and pick up a lot of ideas from there since pretty much everyone on there is a music fan of some shape and size. Same with music threads on other forums I am on. YouTube and Amazon Music recommendations, of course, since those draw on what I have listened to before. And being a recent fan of a genre I didn't used to listen to (metal), there's just tons of artists I am finding as I learn more about that genre.

 

[Sylwira]

Some time ago I found a great tool for discovering music, chosic.com so now it's my primary way of searching for new artists, when I feel an urge to discover something new.
Sometimes I also check Spotify/YT recommendations or check out recommendation subs on reddit. For Korean music I just follow K-Ville YT channel.
And I just joined a discord server for sharing music, I added link in 'Promotion Directory' section.

 

[Nebulous]

Some time ago I found a great tool for discovering music, chosic.com so now it's my primary way of searching for new artists,

Looks like an interesting site.

 

[InMyOpinion]

I use Spotify smart shuffle, that or I'll type in a genre or mood of music I want to listen to and listen to what ever song pops on.

 

[Cpvr]

I usually discover new music on Tiktok or via Spotify’s suggestions. I also find new music on Soundcloud and Youtube. I’m a huge fan of music, so I’m always looking for new tunes to listen to.