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This doesn't get me out of my bubble. I'm a huge fan of cheesy synthwave and would have never known had Trevor Something - Death Dream not been a freeleech pic

This doesn't get me out of my bubble. I'm a huge fan of cheesy synthwave and would have never known had Trevor Something - Death Dream not been a freeleech pick on w.cd years ago. Curation + association is the key.

throwawaytoday5 7y ago
w.cd had the best recommendation system for music and audio equipment. The communities that tried to take it's place after don't come close. It's a shame because I don't know where to talk about it anymore. r doesn't come close, at least not yet. The community music collages on w.cd were unreal.
- notatoad 7y ago
  yeah, we really lost a huge resource when w got shut down. I had mostly stopped pirating music by then, but still visited the site daily just to find new recommendations. r seems like a good place to acquire music, but has completely failed to recapture that community aspect.
hammock 7y ago
The influences does, but what you really need is an engine that recommends bands based on shared influences. In other words, two bands in totally different genres who both call Led Zeppelin an influence
- clSTophEjUdRanu 7y ago
  I get what you're saying but how does that help with small name or indie artists like Blank Banshee or Trevor Something for example? What you're suggesting is definitely feasible with the larger acts that have been around and have been thoroughly psychoanalyzed.
  - hammock 7y ago
    Usually the bands themselves will tell you their influences. It's a very common interview question, and often appears in bios.
Uhhrrr 7y ago
Not necessarily - a lot of musicians listen to stuff which is not obviously similar. Examples I've seen: Billy Gibbons -> Depeche Mode, Robert Plant -> Patty Griffin, Bono -> Frank Sinatra, Lars Ulrich -> Lou Reed -> Laurie Anderson, Frank Zappa -> L Shankar -> Stefan Grappelli. But yes, if you really want unexpected paths, you have to just keep your ear to the ground. The way I discovered I liked Goa music was that I randomly clicked on it while surfing Shoutcast 15 years ago. EDIT: (of course the disadvantage is that you have to sort through a lot of chaff)
rchaud 7y ago
I'm a big Trevor Something fan as well (love that he releases an LP or EP annually), but surely you'd have noticed his material on NewRetroWave, the biggest synthwave Youtube channel. They love TS as well, and make sure to upload his new stuff with a custom video.
- clSTophEjUdRanu 7y ago
  Before that freeleech pick I had no idea any of that universe existed. I had no idea this genre even existed. Now I do.

throwawaytoday5 7y ago

w.cd had the best recommendation system for music and audio equipment. The communities that tried to take it's place after don't come close. It's a shame because I don't know where to talk about it anymore. r doesn't come close, at least not yet. The community music collages on w.cd were unreal.

notatoad 7y ago
yeah, we really lost a huge resource when w got shut down. I had mostly stopped pirating music by then, but still visited the site daily just to find new recommendations. r seems like a good place to acquire music, but has completely failed to recapture that community aspect.

hammock 7y ago

The influences does, but what you really need is an engine that recommends bands based on shared influences. In other words, two bands in totally different genres who both call Led Zeppelin an influence

clSTophEjUdRanu 7y ago
I get what you're saying but how does that help with small name or indie artists like Blank Banshee or Trevor Something for example? What you're suggesting is definitely feasible with the larger acts that have been around and have been thoroughly psychoanalyzed.
- hammock 7y ago
  Usually the bands themselves will tell you their influences. It's a very common interview question, and often appears in bios.

Uhhrrr 7y ago

Not necessarily - a lot of musicians listen to stuff which is not obviously similar. Examples I've seen: Billy Gibbons -> Depeche Mode, Robert Plant -> Patty Griffin, Bono -> Frank Sinatra, Lars Ulrich -> Lou Reed -> Laurie Anderson, Frank Zappa -> L Shankar -> Stefan Grappelli. But yes, if you really want unexpected paths, you have to just keep your ear to the ground. The way I discovered I liked Goa music was that I randomly clicked on it while surfing Shoutcast 15 years ago. EDIT: (of course the disadvantage is that you have to sort through a lot of chaff)

rchaud 7y ago

I'm a big Trevor Something fan as well (love that he releases an LP or EP annually), but surely you'd have noticed his material on NewRetroWave, the biggest synthwave Youtube channel. They love TS as well, and make sure to upload his new stuff with a custom video.

clSTophEjUdRanu 7y ago
Before that freeleech pick I had no idea any of that universe existed. I had no idea this genre even existed. Now I do.